t20 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
Planta perennis, dense caespitosa, radice crassissima multi- 
cipiti praedita. Scapi 3-5 cm. longi, basi foliis hornotinis 
multis et vaginis pristinorum marcidis dense obsiti, superne 
nudi, plus minusve dense pilis albis patentibus praediti, racemo 
5-9-floro terminati. Folia omnia radicalia linearia, 2-3 cm. 
longa, I mm. lata, subobtusa, integra, glabra. Racemus brevis, 
circ. I cm. longus, subcorymbosus, pedicellis circ. 2 mm. longis 
albo-patenti-villosis. Sepala-3 mm. longa, vix 2 mm. lata, 
elliptica, distincte albo-marginata, viridia, apice purpuratta 
glabra. Petala calycem fere duplo excedentia, obovata, alba, 
Siliqua (immatura) oblonga, compressiuscula, stylo circ. I mm, 
longo, seminibus paucis (circ. 4) 
“Tufted plant of 1-3 inches. Flowers white. Crevices of 
limestone cliffs on the western flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’N. Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. June rgio.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 5749. 
gil? Cardamine ? verticillata, Jeffrey et W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu C. Franchetianae, Diels ( = Loxostemon Delavayt, 
Franch.) et C. granuliferae (Franch.) Diels sed foliis integris verti- 
cillatis facile distinguenda; fructu ignoto et inflorescentia 
bracteis praedita, in genere Cardamine dubie posita. 
ta circ. 10 cm. alta gracilis. Radix, in locis saxosis 
errans, praelonga, ad ro cm. longa vel ultra, flagelliformis, ad 
collum folia pauca 2-4 mm. longa squamiformia gerens ; bulbilli, 
ut videtur, desunt. Caulis solitarius (rarius duo) simplex, 
tenuis, glaber, nisi ad apicem foliis nudus. Folia 4-8—verticillata, 
circ. I-2 cm. sub inflorescentia posita, petiolo 10-12 mm. longo 
praedita, spathulata, 5-8 mm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, apice rotun- 
data, basi in petiolum attenuata, integerrima, glabra carnosula 
venis indistinctis, subtus rugosula. Inflorescentiae 1-3 ex 
axillis foliorum verticillatorum ortae, 1-2 cm. longae, corymbosae, 
densiores ; bracteae foliis subsimiles sed minores ; pedunculus 
pilis albidis deflexis sparse praeditus ; pedicelli ad 5 mm. longi — 
glabri. Sepala 2-2.5 mm. longa, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 
margine translucente. Petala 5-6 mm. longa, obovata, ungue 
angusta, alba. Filamenta circ. 3 mm. longa, antherae in sicco 
higrae. Ovarium immaturum obovoideum circ. 2 mm. longum. 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan, near Atuntsi, at an altitude of 
15,000 ft. July 1grr.”’. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 17. 
A peculiar plant recalling the Cardamines of the section 
Dentaria and placed provisionally in Cardamine. The whorled 
leaves and the bracts are against its inclusion in that genus, but 
in — a of fruit the affinity is doubtful. 
