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184 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
filaments and anthers bright magenta-rose on trees and scrub 
in open situations on the western flank of the Shweli-Salwin 
divide, Lat. 25° 20’ N, Alt. 7ooo-8000 ft. Dec. Ig12.” 
G. Forrest. No. 9308. 
‘Same locality. Feb. 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 9526. 
A species with very characteristic bud and bracts; im the 
young state before the opening of the flower the bud girt round 
the middle by the connate bracts bears a strong resemblance to 
the bud of a Styrax. 
_ Corydalis calcicola, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species persimilis C. trachycarpae, Maxim. ; floribus minori- 
bus, petalis, ovario differt. 
Planta 7-20 cm. alta, radicibus plurimis fusiformibus prae- 
dita. Caules complures, debiles, adscendentes, paulo complanati, 
striatuli, basi longe nudisuperne in ramulos 2—4 racemiferos divisi. 
Folia basalia petiolo ad 10 cm. longo flexili praedita ; lamina 
tripinnato-secta, segmentis ultimis lanceolatis acutis ; caulina in 
superiore caule aggregata, alterna, petiolo circ. I cm. longo 
instructa, ambitu oblonga, 4-6 cm. longa, cetera radicalibus 
subsimilia. Racemi densi multiflori 4-5 cm. longi. Bracteae 
pedicellos superantes flabellato-pinnatisectae, superiores 3-—5- 
sectae; pedicelli 5-15 mm. longi. Flores pallido-purpurei, 
apice saturate roseo-purpurei, fragrantes. Sepala minuta, 
membranacea, orbicularia, profunde lacera. Petali exterioris 
postici lamina circ. 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, utrinque alata, 
cristata, obtusa, calcare 10-12 mm. longo subrecto vel paulo 
decurvo obtuso praedita; petali exterioris antici lamina circ. 
g mm. longa, utrinque alata, carinata; petala interiora apice 
cohaerentia 6-7 mm. longa. Ovarium ellipsoideum, 3 mm. 
longum ; stylus 4 mm. longus, stigmate 5-lobo. 
“Plant of 3-9 inches. Flowers pale purple with tips deep 
rose-purple, fragrant. On limestone drift on the western 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. 
August 1910.” G, Forrest. No. 6372. 
‘> Cremanthodium comptum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species nana foliis late ovatis subtus dense incano-tomentosis, 
involucri phyllis densissime crispato-nigro-villosis inter con- 
generes satis conspicua. 
Planta 5-7 cm. alta rhizomate longiusculo praedita. Caulis 
gracilis infra glaber atroruber supra sub inflorescentia crispato- 
nigro-villosus. Folia 3-4; infimum squamiforme usque ad 2 cm. 
longum, lamina deficiente vel minima ; mediana plerumque duo, 
1-5-2 ‘cm. longa, 1-1.5 cm, lata, late ovata, apice obtusius- 
