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252 CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES. 
°” Ornithoboea Darrisii, Craib, comb. nov. 
Boea Darrisit, Lévl. in Fedde Rep. Nov. Sp., xi, p. 494 (1913). 
Kouy-Tcheou, Esquirol, 730! Yuin-li-tcheou, Cavalerie, 
3975 ! 
The type—in fruit only——shows that this species is nearest 
to O. Henryi, Craib. From that species it may be distinguished 
by the shorter, paler fruits. 
po Ornithoboea Forrestii, Craib, sp. nov., ab O. avachnoidea, Craib, 
partibus omnibus multo maioribus distinguenda. 
Caulis erectus, ad 30 cm. altus, dense cinnamomeo- vel pallide 
cinnamomeo-arachnoideus. Folia opposita, ovata vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, apice subacuta, basi inaequilateralia, saepissime cor- 
data, ad 18 cm. longa et 9 cm. lata, membranacea, supra viridia, 
pilis flaccidis transverse septatis saepe capitatis conspersa, subtus 
pallidiora, cinnamomeo-arachnoidea, indumento demum plus 
minusve deciduo, nervis lateralibus utrinque ad 13 saltem 
superioribus intra marginem anastomosantibus pagina utraque 
conspicuis vel leviter prominulis, nervulis rete laxum conspicuum 
vel saepius subconspicuum efficientibus, margine crenulata vel 
serrulato-crenulata ; petioli usque ad 15 cm. longi, dense cinna- 
miomneo-arachnoidei. Pedunculi solitarii, axillares, circa 3-6 cm. 
ongi, dense cinnamomeo-arachnoidei, apice bracteis duabus 
linearibus circa 12 mm. longis arachnoideis instructi, inflorescen- 
tiam multifloram umbelliformem gerentes, pedunculis partialibus 
circa 15 mm. longis, pedicellis terminalibus circa 20 mm. longis. 
Calyx pallidus, in segmenta 5 inter se subaequalia oblonga vel 
oblongo-ovata apice nervo mediano excurrente breviter apiculata 
circa 7.5 mm. longa et 3-4 mm. lata pilis transverse septatis longe 
ciliatis praetereaque sparse rubro-glandulosa partitus. Corollae 
tubus vix 4mm. longus ; labium posticum 3 mm. longum, 7 mm. 
latum, apice 4-undulato-lobulatum, paulo infra apicem linea 
transversa elevata dense pilosa instructum, anticum 9 mm. 
longum, trilobatum, lobis 2.5 mm. longis apice rotundatis vel 
truncato-rotundatis, intra e loborum basibus ad imam basem 
densissime pilosum. Stamina fertilia duo; filamenta circa 
mm. longa, I.5 mm. supra corollae tubi basem inserta, glabra. 
Ovarium circa 2 mm. altum, dense glanduloso-pubescens, stylo 
curvato ovario paulo longiore densius glanduloso-pubescente. 
Capsula vix matura, 1.7 cm. longa, valvis tortis, stylo persistente 
coronata, calyce reflexo accrescente persistente. 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salwin divide. Lat. 25°30’ N. Alt. gooo ft. 
On shady rocks by streams. Plant of 6-14 inches. Flowers 
bright blue. G. Forrest, 17,557. Fl. July 1918. 
