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“Dry banks and on edges of pine-woods, valley of Wei Hsi. 
Alt. 9-10,000 feet. Yunnan, 1904.” G. Forrest. No. 414. 
sigueccu can ieee Serra, Franchet, in Bull. Soc. Bot., France, 
i. (1884), p. 376; Kusnezow, in Acta Horti Petrapok, XV. 
(1808), P. 252. 
“On grassland, head of Chien Chuan valley. Alt. 8000 feet. 
Yunnan, 1904.” G. Forrest. No. 3o1. 
Gentiana ea i ed pose ig fil. et G. Forrest. 
nov. Plate 
Annua radice tenui ee e basi multicaulis, caulibus 
patentibus tenuibus viridibus 4-angulatis alis integris, ramis ultimis 
horizontaliter divaricatis. Folia rosularum sub anthesi nulla; 
caulinia parva late ovata v. subcordiformia brevissime petiolata 
tenuia 5—nervia, 1-1°5 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata, margine tenuiter 
erosa subcartilaginea. Flores solitarii ad apicem ramulorum 
brevium inter folia suprema brevissime pedicellati. Calycis tubus 
membranaceus angustus obconicus 8 mm. longus, angulis quinque 
exalatis viridibus v. nigro-rufescentibus minutissime scaberulis ; 
lobi lineari-aristati 4 mm. longi. Corolla ccerulea calyce fere triplo- 
longior obconico-tubulosa, tubo 2 cm. longo, lobis triangulari-acutis 
latis 7 mm. longis plicas subtruncatas breviter fimbriatas super- 
antibus. Staminum filamenta apice recurva. Ovarium angustum 
1o mm. longum stipitatum, stipite 5 mm. longo basi aurantiaco 
tumido; stylus ovarium zequans corollam superans ramis brevibus 
ieeutvie: Semina complanata exalata. 
“Valley of the Yangtse above Shiti Ko 7-g000 feet. Flowers 
bright blue. Yunnan, Oct. 1904.” G. Forrest. No. 409. 
Allied to G. primuleflora, Franchet, but distinguished by its 
larger size, larger flowers, shape of the corolla. In some flowers 
two of the stamens are much shorter than the others, but this does 
not appear to be a constant feature. 
Gentiana (Frigida) ornata, Wall. (1828); Kusnezow, in Acta 
Horti Petropol., xv. (1898), p. 268. 
“Boggy ground. Summit of Nie Chang pass between River 
Yangtse and Chung Tien plateau. Elevation 14-15,000 feet. 
Flower deep blue. Yunnan, Sept. 1904.” G. Forrest. No. 408. 
