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192 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
basi cuneata in unguem brevem I mm. longum, petaloidea, in 
sicco_ viridi-albida, purpureo-venulosa; venula primaria in 
media lamina duas laterales gignens, omnes ad marginem vel 
vix percurrentes, conspicuae; (aestivatio non nota; flores 
omnes omnino aperti; in sicco sepala remotiuscula). Petala o. 
Stamina 10-15, erecta, brevia 2 mm. longa antheris minimis 
vix 0.5 mm. longis rimis lateralibus dehiscentibus. Carpella 
plerumque 5-7, primo stamina aequantia, ovario I mm. longo 
ventricoso stylo subulato 1 mm. longo erecto, deinde aucta, 
fructu (semimaturo) 4 mm. longo, stylo persistente erga suturam 
dorsalem deflexo, apice paululo uncinato ; semen solitarium a 
media sutura ventrali pendulum. 
« Western China :—In deep shade in damp gullies of Rhodo- 
dendron forest at an elevation of 13,000 ft., in N.W. Yunnan, 
bordering on Tibet, in neighbourhood of Doker-la. Coll. July 
1913.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 734 in Herb. Edin. 
A very distinct genus of Ranunculaceae so far monotypic. 
The habit of the plant is that of a large Adoxa. The shape and 
texture of the leaf recall certain species of Adiantum, the struc- 
ture of the flower suggests Thalictrum, especially in the shape of 
the fruit and the style. The half-ripe fruit seems to indicate 
that at maturity the style will be persistent and probably 
slightly bent or hooked at the apex. The uniovulate ovary 
allocates the genus somewhere in the neighbourhood of Thalic- 
trum, but it can scarcely be said to be closely akin to that 
genus. The generic name is in honour of Mrs Marshall Ward, 
whose son, F. Kingdon Ward, discovered the plant on the borders 
of China and Tibet. 
Lilium Forrestii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Lzliit Fargesti, Franch.; foliis pro 
longitudine latis, floribus 1-2 nutantibus luteo-roseis recedit. 
Bulbus 2—2.5 cm. diametro, squamis Io—12 carnosulis, ovatis, 
apice attenuatis. Caulis 45-90 cm. longus, erectus gracilis 
glaber, superne sat foliosus, inferne aphyllus. Folia 12-20, 
3.5-6 cm. longa, 1-1.8 mm. lata, erecta, laxius imbricata, lanceo- 
lata vel oblanceolata, acuta vel subacuta, basi in insertionem 
latam late cuneata, 4 suprema verticillata, cetera alterna, carno- 
sula, integra utraque facie glabra, supra viridia minutissime 
favosa, subtus pallidiora rugosula. Flores 1-2, términales, 
cernui, pedunculis 12-15 cm. longis glabris. Perianthium 4.5 
cm. longum, pallido- vel luteolo-roseum, intus crebre kermesino- 
maculatum, extus glabrum; segmenta lanceolata, 4.5 cm. 
longa, I cm. lata, obtusa vel subobtusa, apice indurata, mox ex 
toto recurva, intus ad basin cristis duabus paleaceo-fimbriatis 
