NovaruM CHINENSIUM. I2I 
- Draba alpina, Linn., var. involucrata, W. W.Sm. Var. nov. 
Dense caespitosa ; caules permulti arcte intertexti; folia sub 
anthesin rosulatim conferta, quasi involucrum formantia ; 
pedunculus brevissimus ; flores subcapitati. 
Differs much in habit from typical Draba alpina, Linn. The 
older portions of the stems, almost hypogeal, form a dense weft, 
in extreme cases like a mass of Polytrichum. At the summit of 
this are the numerous short shoots of the year usually only 1 cm. 
high, the leaves rosulate and forming almost an involucre round 
the contracted inflorescence. ; 
“ Tufted plant of 1-3 inches. Flowers bright golden yellow. 
Crevices and ledges of moist limestone cliffs on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. r1,000—12,000 ft. 
June 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 5732. 
“Matted plant of 1 inch. Flowers golden yellow. On 
boulders and limestone drift on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat.27°40’N. Alt. 15,000-16,o00 ft. July 1910.” G. 
Forrest. No. 6138. 
_ Alsogrown from seed in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
where it flowered in the beginning of April 1912. 
tT Megacarpaea Delavayi, Franch., var. minor. W. W. Sm. 
nov. 
Planta minor, foliolis angustissimis, floribus saturate roseis 
praedita. 
“ Plant of 6-24 inches. Flowers deep rose, fragrant. Open 
alpine meadows on the western flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’N. Alt. 11,000 ft. July 1910.””. G. Forrest. No. 
6021. 
GENTIANEAE. 
° Gentiana atuntsiensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Ex affinitate Gentianae microdontae, Franch. sed habitu nano, 
foliis angustioribus, floribus subcapitatis inter alia recedit. 
Planta erecta vel subdecumbens, 7-12 cm. alta, e rhizomate 
crasso ad collum haud filamentoso radicibus fibrosis multis 
praedito orta, caules steriles plures, florentem unum gignens. 
Caulis 5-8 cm. longus sparse foliatus, subangulatus, glaber, 
rubescens. Folia basalia pauca, laxius rosulata, 3-4 cm. longa, 
4-8 mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, apice obtusa, vix 
vel breviter petiolata, carnosula; caulina 1-—3-paria, basalibus 
subsimilia, minora. Flores 3-5, subcapitati, ad axillas foliorum 
superiorum orientes, speciosi; pedicelli subnulli. Calycis tubus 
I cm. longus vel ultra, anguste obovoideus membranaceus ore 
truncatus ; lobi inaequales, lineari—lanceolati, 3-5 mm. longi, 
