Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae. 
Plants discovered and collected by George Forrest during his first exploration 
of Yunnan and Eastern Tibet in the years 1904, 1905, and 1906. 
Description of New Species of Geranium. 
BY 
Dr. R. KNUTH, 
Berlin. 
Geranium kariense, R. Knuth. Sp. nov. in Geraniaceae in 
Engl. Pflanzenreich iv, 129 (1912), p. 577. 
Caulis 30-50 cm. altus, suberectus vel erectus, demum glaber 
vel superne pilis recurvatis sparsim obsitus, angulosus, supra 
basin pseudo-dichotome ramosus. Folia inferiora longe petiolata ; 
petioli graciles, non raro tortuosi, 1-14 mm. crassi, pilis retro- 
adpressis praecipue laminam versus densius obsiti ; folia superiora 
brevissime petiolata, sed non sessilia; lamina supra sparsim 
adpresse pilosa, subtus ad venas tantum pilis setosiusculis 
adpressis obsita, usque 10 cm. lata et 6-7 cm. longa (a basi ad 
apicem), ambitu 5~angulata, usque ad { palmato-5—partita, lobis 
e basi integra cuneata elongato-rhomboideis, apice satis longe 
producto acutis vel acuminatis, marginibus anterioribus grosse 
dentato-incisis vel incisis, laciniis et acinulis oblongis acutis et 
minutissime mucronulatis. Stipulae membranaceae, fuscae, + 
lanceolatae, + acuminatae, acutae vel acutissimae, integrae, 
mediae usque 10 mm. longae et 4 mm. latae. Inflorescentia 
corymbosa ; folia floralia saepe ad unum lobum grosse incisum 
reducta, brevissime petiolata. Pedunculi bini, 2-flori, 
folium 14-3-plo longiores, usque 6 cm. longi, indumento satis 
brevi + retro-adpresso eglanduloso obsiti. Bracteae subulatae 
vel capillares, basi vix latiores, 5-6 mm. longae. Pedicelli 
demum divaricati vel recurvati, calyce 14-24-plo longiores, pilis 
_albidis setosiusculis retro-adpressis eglandulosis dense obsiti, 
1-2 cm. longi. Sepala glabra, ad nervos (3) sparsissime pilis 
sursum directis adpressis ornata, ovata vel lanceolato-ovata, 
margine anguste membranacea, demum apicem versus acuminata, 
[Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXVI, March 1913.) 
