32 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
mucronata mucrone I-2 mm. longo, cum mucrone 8-10 mm. 
longa. Petala fusco-purpurea, calycem superantia, sub anthesi 
perfecte recurvata, + late obovata, integra, basi longe patule 
albo-villosa; circ. 10 mm. longa. Filamenta glabra vel ad 
basin sparsim ciliata, calyce longiora; antherae oblongae, atro- 
purpurea. Pistillum glabrum vel sparsissime barbatum. Fruc- 
tus immaturus 28 mm. longus; valvulae pubescentes ; rostrum 
sparsim puberulum, supra medium filiforme. 
“ Flowers magenta. Moist pine woods, western slope of 
Kari pass, Mekong-Yangtze divide. Elevation 11,000-13,000 ft. 
Yunnan. September 1904.’’ G. Forrest. No. 97. 
Geranium Forrestii, R. Knuth. Sp. nov. in Geraniaceae in 
Engl. Pflanzenreich iy, 129 (1912), p. 578. 
' Rhizoma lignosum, perpendiculare, versus collum 8-10 mm. 
crassum. Caulis 20-45 cm, altus, suberectus vel erectus, demum 
glaberrimus vel superne sparsim pilosus, iuvenilis non raro 
retro-setoso-pubescens, angulosus, superne (2-15 cm. supra 
basin) pseudo-dichotome ramosus, inferne simplex. Folia in- 
feriora satis longe petiolata ; petioli usque 10 cm. longi, satis 
graciles, vix 2 mm. crassi, pilis recurvatis vel retrorsis praecipue 
laminam versus puberuli; folia superiora brevissime petiolata, 
summa sessilia ; lamina supra glabra vel sparsim hyaline pilosa, 
subtus praecipue ad nervos pilis setosis hirsuta, usque 7 cm. lata, 
44 cm. longa (a basi ad apicem), ambitu reniformi-rotundata, 
usque ad $ palmato—5(—7)-partita, lobis e basi integra cuneata 
rhomboideis, apice producto acutis vel fere acuminatis, incisis, 
laciniis et lacinulis oblongis acutis. Stipulae firmae, fuscae, 
deltoideo-lanceolatae, acutae vel acutissimae, integrae, inferiores 
-—usque 2 cm. longae, basi 4-5 mm. latae. Inflorescentia race- 
moso-corymbosa ; folia floralia lobis multo angustioribus dentatis 
instructa, sessilia. Pedunculi, saepe trini, 2-3-flori, folio 2~3-plo 
longiores, usque 6 cm. longi, indumento patulo albo eglanduloso + 
divaricatulo obsiti. Bracteae subulatae vel capillares, basi vix 
latiores, 5-6 mm. longae. Pedicelli demum divaricati vel 
recurvati, calyce 1-2-plo longiores, indumento satis brevi patulo- 
retrorso setoso dense obtecti, 1-2 cm. longi. Sepala pilis sursum 
adpressis vix dense subsericea, ovato-lanceolata, trinervata, 
margine vix membranacea, apicem versus acuminata, mucronata 
mucrone 14 mm. longo, cum mucrone 8-g mm. longa. Petala 
atro-purpurea, calycem superantia, sub anthesi perfecte patula, 
obovata, integra, basi longe patule albo-villosa, circ. 9 mm. 
longa. Filamenta infra medium margine sparsim ciliata; an- 
therae lineari-oblongae nigricantes. Pistillum sericeum. Fructus 
maturus (?) 3 cm. longus; valvulae pubescentes; rostrum 
puberulum, superne filiforme (per partem quartam superiorem). 
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