136 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM CHINENSIUM. 
* China :-—N.W. Yunnan, at Atuntsi. Alt. 14,000 ft. 
July 1911.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 130. 
A plant very near to Pedicularis ingens, Maxim, of which it is 
possibly a dwarf southern form. It differs from it by— 
(1) Its small size ; 
(2) Its smaller leaves with lobes not mucronate ; 
(3) Its more elongated, linear-lanceolate pointed calyx lobes ; 
(4) Its shorter corolla tube, longer hood, and smaller lip ; 
(5) Its glabrous stamens inserted lower down. 
THYMELAEACEAE. 
Wikstroemia lichiangensis, W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. : 
Species affinis Wikstroemiae seeps Hemsl.;  foltis 
approximat, floribus tomentosis rec 
Frutex 1.5-3 m. altus, ramosus, ee foliatus, ramulis novellis 
teretibus gracilibus dense incano-tomentosis, senioribus glabris 
cortice griseo ruguloso praeditis. Folia 1.5—3 cm. longa, .5-I cm. 
lata, alterna, oblanceolata vel oblonga, apice rotundata vel 
obtusa, basi late cuneata, chartacea, integra, margine paulo 
revoluta, supra viridia rugosula sparsius incano-pilosula nervis 
obscuris, infra pallidiora sparse pilosula nervis eminentibus 
pilosioribus. Inflorescentiae numerosae vel ramulos terminantes 
vel prope apices exaxillares (in medio internodio) orientes, 5—15- 
florae, pedunculis 5-10 mm. longis incano-tomentosis, floribus 
fere capitatis, pedicellis vix 1 mm. longis, bracteis nullis. Calycis 
tubus circ. I cm. longus, I mm. latus, extus dense incano- 
tomentosus; lobi 4, circ. 2 mm. longi, subrotundati, extus 
tomentosi, intus glabri viridi-lutei. Stamina 8, biseriata. 
um villosum stylo brevi, stigmate capitato magno. Fructus 
deest. 
“Shrub of 5-9 ft. Flowers greenish yellow. Dry, open 
situations amongst scrub on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. May 1g10.” G. 
Forrest. No. 5664. 
“ Shrub of 4-8 ft. Flowers dull rose. Dry situations on the 
margins of pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 25’N. Alt. gooo-10,000 ft. October 1910.”” G. Forrest. 
