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NOVARUM CHINENSIUM. III 
30’ N. Alt. 14,000-15,000 ft. August 1910.” G.Forrest. No. 
63 
Another of the cushion Arenarias, which seem so prevalent in 
the higher mountains of India, Tibet, and China. 
Arenaria roseotincta, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Arenariae ciliolatae, Edgew. et A. melan- 
_dryoidis, Edgew.; sepalis roseotinctis corollam aequantibus 
conspicua. 
Planta perennis nana I-2.5 cm. alta, caespitosa, multicaulis, 
basi squamulis stramineis induta. Caulis debilis stramineus, ad 
medium nudus, superne foliorum 3-4 paribus praeditus, flore 
solitario terminatus. Folia circ. 4 mm. longa, lanceolata, acuta, 
saepe mucronata, petiolo 1 mm. longo membranaceo instructa, 
glabra. Pedunculus circ. 5 mm. longus, flexilis, tomentellus. 
Sepala circ. 3 mm. longa, erecta, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 
obtusa vel subacuta, glabra vel basi sparse puberula, roseo-pur- 
purea nisi costa lata viridis. Petalacalycem aequantia, tenuissima, 
sepalis fere (in sicco) velata, anguste spathulata, rosea. Stamina 
to calycem fere aequantia. Styli 3. Fructus maturus deest. 
“Plant of 4-1 inch. Flowers rose. Moist, peaty, alpine 
pasture on the western flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 
35 N. Alt. 14,000-15,000 ft. August tgto.’”. G. Forrest. No. 
6360. 
Silene rosiflora, F. K. Ward. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu S. cardiopetalae, Franch. cui valde affinis est ; 
magnitudine, foliis sessilibus, inflorescentia glandulosa, calyce 
diverso distinguitur. 
Perennis, 15-30 cm. alta, ramosa. Caulis suberectus vel 
procumbens, dense pubescens; rami fere recto angulo abeuntes. 
Folia vix petiolata, ad 2.5 cm. longa, ad 1 cm. lata, lanceolata, 
basi parum attenuata, apice acuta, submucronulata, supra sparse 
puberula infra densius, margine ciliata. Inflorescentia terminalis 
7-8 cm. longa, laxe dichotome cymoso-corymbosa ramis dense 
glanduloso-pubescentibus ; bracteae lanceolatae vel lineares ; 
pedicelli 2-4 cm. longi. Calyx fere 1.5 cm. longus, 6 mm. latus, 
tubulosus, basi subtruncatus, parum constrictus, viridis, lineis 10 
eminentibus, saturate purpureis, dense glanduloso-pubescentibus 
pererratus, dentibus circ. 4 mm. longis, triangularibus, acutis, 
margine membranaceis. Corolla 2 cm. longa vel ultra, rosea ; 
unguis glaber in auriculas latas dilatatus, ad faucem constrictus ; 
lamina late obcordata, apice ad tertiam partem sinu angustissimo 
divisa, pulchre reticulata ; squamae faucis oblongae, fere integrae. 
Stamina paulo exserta, filamentis glabris, antheris pallido-pur- 
pureis. Styli tres; ovarium oblongum carpophoro longius. 
