122 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
Corolla 3-3.5 cm. longa, in sicco ad 1.5 cm. lata, tubulosa, azurea, 
extus maculata ; lobicirc. 5 mm. longi, ovati, plicas asymmetricas 
3-4-plo superantes. Antherae circ. 4 mm. longae, liberae ; 
filamenta haud alata. Ovarium sub anthesin circ. 1.5 cm. longum, 
circ. 1.5 cm. stipitatum, stylo brevi. Semina (immatura) testa 
lamelloso-rugosa praedita lamellis albis areolas hexagonas 
formantibus. 
‘‘ China :—Near Atuntsi, on the borders of Yunnan and 
Tibet, at an elevation of 14,000-16,000 ft. September IgII.”’ 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 108. 
-.© Gentiana Wardii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu Gentianae phyllocalycis, Clarke; in eadem 
sectione Frigida, Kusnezow ponenda; flore maximo pro magni- 
tudine plantae foliorumque inter species sectionis conspicua. 
Planta nana rhizomate repenti gracillimo praedita. Caulis 
simplex, basi subdecumbens, deinde erectus, + 1 cm. longus, 
foliis fere velatus. Folia rosulatim conferta, caulem et calycis 
tubum velantia, 4-5 mm. longa, circ. 4 mm. lata, late obovata vel 
late spathulata, apice.rotundata, basi in petiolum latum brevis- 
simum angustata, in sicco translucentia, subnitentia. Calyx vix 
I cm. longus, ad tertiam partem divisus in lobos 5, alios 
lanceolatos acutos, alios (rarius) obovatos, foliis similes. Corolla 
2-2.2 cm. longa, in sicco circ. 8 mm. lata, dense coerulea, medio 
paululum ampliata, in lobos 3 mm. longos ovatos obtusos cum 
tubo continuos divisa; plicae asymmetricae, vix 1 mm. longae. 
Antherae liberae inclusae. Ovarium . immaturum, longe 
stipitatum, stigmatibus linearibus revolutis coronatum; testa 
lamellosa, lamellis areolas hexagonas formantibus. 
hina :—Near Atuntsi, on the borders of Yunnan and Tibet, 
at an elevation of 14,000-16,000 ft. September igri.” F. 
Kingdon Ward. No. 103. 
A beautiful dwarf species with the flowers exceeding in size the 
short stem and leaves together. 
LABIATAE. 
Nepeta complanata, Dunn. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma crassum, ramosissimum, ramis late vagantibus 
caules foliosos florentesque solitarios emittentibus. Caules 
prostrati, subglabri, g-14 cm. longi. Folia approximata, arcte 
imbricata, ex origine decussata, mox complanata, rotundata, 
apice obtusa, basi cordata, in petiolum brevissimum contracta, 
crenata, I-3 cm. longa, papyracea, basimembranacea, albescentia, 
utrinque primo dense pubescentia, subtus glandulosa, tandem 
