18 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
formi, foliolis altius connatis, in dentes 2 triangulos obtus 
pilosulos productis, ligulis interioribus linearibus obtusis fore 
duplo longioribus, glabris ; polliniis oblique oblongoideis, trans- 
periet attra retinaculo anguste oblongoideo, polliniis . 
paulo mi 
= Senhdai plant of 1-3 ft. Flowers deep purplish-maroon 
and green. Root fleshy, and eaten by the hill tribes. On grass 
and dwarf scrub in dry, stony places on the eastern flank of the 
Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8000-go00 ft. July-August 
1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4738. 
Dr. Henry’s plant, No. 9490, from Mengtze, alt. 6000 ft., 
certainly belongs to the same species as Mr. Forrest’s. By the 
long leaf one is at first reminded of C. er Wall., but the 
flowers are very different. 
> Ceropegia Balfouriana, Schltr. Sp. nov. 
Terrestris, humilis, c. 12 cm. alta; radicibus fasciculatis, 
crassis ; caulibus paucis, simplicibus, flexuosis, laxe foliatis, basi 
denudatis, teretiusculis, minute puberulis ; foliis erecto-patenti- 
bus, ellipticis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acum- 
inatis, superne et petiolo minute puberulis, subtus nervo medio 
excepto glabratis, margine vulgo paulo undulatis, textura ut 
videtur crassiusculis, 0.g-2 cm. longis, medio vel infra medium 
0.4-0.6 cm. latis; cymis subsessilibus paucifloris; pedicellis 
teretibus, sparsim puberulis, c. 1 cm. longis; calycis laciniis 
anguste lanceolatis, subulato-acuminatis, basi sparsim puberulis, 
c. 0.5 cm. longis; corolla c. 3 cm. longa, e basi subgloboso-inflata, 
in tubum subcylindricum, c. 4.5 mm. diametientem fauce paululo 
dilatatum producta, extus glabra, lobis oblongo-ligulatis, intus 
carina puberula donatis, tubo aequilongis, c. 1.2 cm. longis; 
corona poculiformi, foliolis alte connatis in lobos 2 pilosulos 
triangulos, acutos productis, ligulis interioribus anguste linearibus, 
apicem versus paululo dilatatis, obtusis, glabris, plus duplo 
longioribus ; polliniis oblique ovalibus, translatoribus medio- 
cribus, horizontalibus, retinaculo rhomboideo, polliniis yee 
4—plo minore. 
‘Plant of 6 inches. Flowers purple and green. Rocky 
situations amongst scrub on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat.27°10’N. Alt. 9500 ft. May 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 2204. 
This species has outwardly a certain resemblance with C. — 
nana, Coll. et Hemsl., but has much shorter flowers, more — 
elliptical leaves, and a very different corona. It is dedicated to _ 
Professor Balfour. ] 
