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SPECIES CHINENSES. 187 
rhododendrons at 15,000 ft.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 850 in 
Herb. Edin 
A puzzling dwarf species very closely allied to G. num- 
mulartoides, Don. The structure of the stamens suggests its 
being one form of a Gaultheria with dimorphic flowers, It 
differs, however, too much both in foliage and flower for me to 
attribute it to an abnormal form of G. nummularioides without 
further evidence. Small states of G. nummularioides from the 
Himalaya do not show the same foliage, nor do they appear to 
have dimorphic flowers. 
»+ Gentiana Beesiana, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Amarellae, ex affinitate Gentianae cyan- 
anthiflorae, Franch. 
Planta annua erecta 15-25 cm. alta, e basi ad apicem fasti- 
giato-ramosa. Rami graciles flexiles quadrangulati rubri infra 
pubescentes, supra mox glabrescentes nitentes. Folia basilaria 
delapsa ; caulina subremota, circ..2 cm. longa, circ. 1 cm. lata, 
ovata vel oblongo-ovata, sessilia, apice obtusa, basi subrotun- 
data, serratula, chartacea. Flores plerumque ternati, non- 
nunquam solitarii, ramos ramulosque terminantes, longe (1-3 
m.) pedicellati. Calyx Io-12 mm. longus, in lobos quinque 
fere ad basin partitus ; lobi erecti, latitudine valde inaequales, 
ovati vel lanceolati vel lineari-lanceolatae (eodem flore), acuti, 
basi subsaccati, margine serratuli nigrescentes, textura foliis 
similes, extus praesertim in costa marginibusque sparse albo- 
pilosi. Corolla 2-2.5 cm. longa, coerulea; tubus late cylin- 
dricus, in sicco 6-7 mm. latus ; lobi 1 cm. longi, oblongi, apice 
rotundati; plicae nullae ; fimbriae fauce insertae, multae, 3-4 
mm. longae, lineares vel lineari-spathulatae. Stamina in 
medio tubo inserta, vix ad summas fimbrias pertinentes. 
Ovarium oblongum; capsula (immatura) inclusa, sessilis, 
seminibus multis subglobosis  pallido-brunneis nitentibus 
praedita. 
“Plant of 6-9 inches. Flowers blue, plicae green. Open 
stony pasture on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. October 1910.” G. Forrest. 
No. 6733. 
(I do not find any plicae. Mr Forrest’s note must refer to 
those edges of the corolla lobes which have been overlapped.) 
Gentiana scabratopes, W. W. Sm. 5p. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Gentianae yunnanensis, Franch., sed 
minor; caule ramosiore, calyce fere ad imum fisso inter alia 
difiert. 
