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SPECIES CHINENSES. 193 
1.5 cm. longis sulco nectarifero parallelis pererrata. Stamina 
circ. 2.5 cm. longa, filamentis glabris, antheris circ. 9 mm. 
longis, polline luteo. Stylus glaber, ovario 1 cm. longo duplo 
longior, incowe’ parvo obscure trilobo. Fructus deest. 
“ Plant of 14-3 ft. Flowers yellowish rose with deep lake 
crimson markings, fragrant. Dry, open situations in pine forests 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. July 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 6224. 
“Plant of 18 inches. Flowers shaded pale rose, spotted a 
deeper shade. Dry, shady situations in pine forests on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 
12,000 ft. September.1g1o.”’ G. Forrest. No. 6582. 
Marsdenia oreophila, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Marsdeniae lucidae, Edgew.;  foliis 
subtus rufo-tomentellis, pedunculis longioribus, corolla intus 
dense pilosa, inter alia differt. 
Frutex scandens 2-3 m. altus. Caulis teres molliter denseque 
albo-pilosulus. Folia opposita, petiolo 2-3 cm. longo dense 
pilosulo praedita, 6-12 cm. longa, 4-7 cm. lata, elliptica, basi 
rotundata apice rotundata vel breviter abrupte acuminata, 
coriacea, Supra sparse pilosa, infra pallidiora molliter rufo- 
tomentella, nervis 4-5 paribus vix conspicuis, arcuatis. Ped- 
unculi petiolis subsimiles, 3-5 cm. longi; cymae umbelliformes 
10-15-florae, pedicellis ad 2 cm. longis. Calyx in lobos quinque 
basi paulo imbricatos ovatos obtusos, extus dense pilosos, intus 
glabros partitus, basi intus glandulis circ. 10 praeditus. Corolla 
ad I cm. longa, subrotata, in lobos lanceolato-oblongos obtusos 
recurvo-patentes extus subglabros, intus dense albo-pilosos ad 
tres partes divisa. Coronae squamae 5 erectae, antheras 
aequantes ; pars dorso antherarum adnata carnosula, 2—um- 
bonata, circ. 2 mm. longa; apice pars libera linguiformis 
membranacea circ. 1 mm. longa. Stamina circ. 3 mm. longa ; 
filamenta lata carnosula cuspidibus duabus sub antheris positis 
cartilagineis adnatis praedita; antherae membrana orbiculari 
inflexa instructae ; pollinia oblonga circ. r mm. longa. Stylus 
filiformis 5—6 mm. longus flexuosus. Fructus deest. 
“‘ Scandent shrub of 6-10 ft. Flowers deep maroon, white 
on exterior. On shrub in dry situations at the north end of the 
Lichiang Valley. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. gooo ft. July 1gto0.” 
G. Forrest. No. 6208. 
».2” Orchis Beesiana, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Orchidis Giraldianae, Kranzl.; bracteis 
et floribus minoribus inter alia recedit. 
