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x Tylophora yunnanensis, Schltr. Sp. nov. 
Erecta, simplex vel subsimplex, apice subscandens, usque ad 
50 cm. alta; caule tereti, minute puberulo, bene foliato, apicem 
versus subefoliato ; foliis brevissime petiolatis ellipticis, obtusis, 
go cum apiculo minuto, basi cuneatis, superne glabratis, 
ubtus minute puberulis, 3-7.5 cm. longis, medio fere 1.2-3.2 cm. 
latis ; cymis graciliter pedunculatis, laxe plurifloris, 3.5-5 cm. 
longis, pedunculo gracili, puberulo, usque ad 3.5 cm. longo; 
pedicellis filiformibus, puberulis 0.7-0.9 cm. longis; calycis 
laciniis lanceolato-triangulis, obtusiusculis, dorso sparsim pilo- 
sulis, margine sparsim ciliatis, 1.25 mm. longis; corolla rotata, 
alte 5—partita, 2.5-3 mm. longa, lobis oblongis, obtusis, margine 
minute ciliatis, extus glabris, intus tenuissime pilosulis; gyno- 
stemio humili, parvulo; coronae squamis dorso filamentorum 
omnino adnatis, gibbiformibus, triangulis, obtusis, basi truncatis, 
basin antherarum haud superantibus; antheris quadratis, 
appendice hyalino subreniformi, obtusissimo, apice in stigmatis 
caput incumbente ; polliniis oblongoideis, horizontaliter patenti- 
bus, translatoribus perbrevibus, retinaculo oblongoideo-quadrato, 
minuto, polliniis fere 6—plo minoribus. 
““Semi-scandent plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers livid greenish- 
crimson. Dry, rocky, open situation in pine forests on the foot- 
hills of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° N. Alt. gooo ft. July 
1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2567. 
“ Plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers purplish-green. Amongst shrubs 
and grasses on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’N. 
Alt. 8000-g000 ft. June-July 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 466r. 
The species is somewhat allied to the Himalayan T. Govant, 
Hook. f. 
Ceropegia dolichophylla, Schltr. Sp. nov. 
Terrestris, scandens, usque ad 1 m. et ultra; caule filiformi, 
tereti, glabrato, laxe foliato; foliis patentibus patulisve, lanceo- 
latis vel lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi longe cuneatis, 
in petiolum breve sparsim puberulum angustatis, margine 
praesertim basi sparsim ciliatis, caeterum glabris, textura tenuibus 
6-21 cm. longis, medio fere 0.8-1.8 cm. latis; cymis breviter 
pedunculatis, abbreviatis, pedunculo usque ad 1. 7 cm. longo, 
sparsim puberulo vel subglabro; pedicellis glabratis, usque ad 
1.5 cm. longis, glabris, calycis laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, glabris, usque ad 0.6 cm. longis; corolla omnino 
c. 2.5 em. longa, extus glabra, e basi subgloboso-inflata vulgo 
obliqua, in tubum subcylindricum producta, lobis oblongo- 
ligulatis, obtusis, apice cohaerentibus, intus carinatis et sparsim 
puberulis, c. 1.4 cm. longis, tubo fere aequilongis, corona poculi- 
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