IIo DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
bene reticulatis purpurascentibus. Pedunculi 2—4—nati in apice 
orum foliis paucis, bracteis multis squamiformibus im- 
bricatis instructorum, circ. 1.5 cm. longi, arcuato-cernui, subro- 
busti magis quam filiformes, glabri vel glabrescentes, bracteis 
linearibus circ. 6 mm. longis, glabris, bracteolis nullis. Flores 
gemini; calyx carnosulus, pallide viridis, glaber, annulatus, vix 
I mm. longus, ovariis glabris ex toto connatis multo minor, 
margine undulato-lobatus. Corollae saturate aurantiaco-luteae 
tubus circ. 11 mm. longus 4-5 mm. latus, basi valde gibbosus 
extus glaber vel primo ad apicem sparse pilosulus, intus albo- 
pilosus ; lobi circ. 2 mm. longi rotundati. Stamina alte inserta, 
vix inclusa, filamentis albo-pilosis parte libera glabra excepta. 
Stylus breviter exsertus dense longiuscule albo-pilosus . 
“Shrub of 8-15 ft. Flowers deep golden yellow. In rhodo- 
dendron forest on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 25’ N. Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. June 1910.” G. Forrest. 
No. 5744. 
Allied to Lonicera trichopoda, Franch., but with very different 
flowers. The specific name is taken from the thick covering of 
lichens. 
CARYOPHYLLEAE. 
\e* Arenaria lichiangensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Avenariae kansuenst, Maxim.; petalis angustis 
calycem multo superantibus inter alia differt. 
Planta densissime pulvinata, glebam 10-15 cm. diametro 
efficiens subglabra. Caudex lignosus polycephalus, foliorum 
reliquiis marcidis densissime indutus. Cauliculi simplices ; pars 
viridis brevissima ad 1.5 cm. longa, pars hypogaea emarcida 
6-8 cm. longa, Polytrichi canlibus simillima. Folia basalia dense 
conferta, 10-13 mm. longa, circ. 1 mm. lata, linearia, pungentia, 
coriacea, glabra, margine albido-marginata et indurata; caulina 
2, margine ciliata, basitranslucentia. Pedicelli circ. 5 mm. longi, 
fulvo-pilosuli. Calyx basi rotundatus, vix incrassatus; sepala 
3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, oblonga vel oblongo-ovata, obtusa, 
glabra, marginibus albo-marginatis minute ciliatis exceptis. 
Petala 5-6 mm. longa, lineari-spathulata, alba. Stamina 10 
fere corollam aequantia. Ovarium obovoideum, nitens, stylis 
tribus, seminibus reniformibus compressis 12-20 praeditum. 
“Plant of 1-4 inches. Flowers white. Forming dense 
cushions in the crevices of boulders and cliffs in moist situations 
on the western flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. July 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 6103. 
“ Matted plant of 1-2 inches. Flowers white. Stony, alpine 
pasture on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 
