I Saussurea bullata, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
206 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
basi intus levissime kermesino-tincta, lobis orbicularibus 2.5-3 
. diametro emarginatis. Stamina 10, inclusa, filamentis 
circ. 1.5 cm. longis glabris antheris 2.5 mm. longis brunneis. 
Ovarium conicum circ. 5 mm. longum glandulis nigris sub- 
sessilibus dense vestitum; stylus 2.5 cm. longus glandulis 
eisdem conspersus stigmate capitato lobatulo. Fructus maturus 
deest. 
‘China: Western Yunnan, at Doker La on the frontier of 
Tibet, im shrub and forest belt at 13,000-14,000 ft. Flowers 
large yellow.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 529. 
‘‘ Western Yunnan, near A-tun-tsi, I2,000-13,000 ft.” F. 
Kingdon Ward. No. 586. 
“Shrub of 14-20 ft. Flowers slightly fleshy bright yellow 
with the faintest touch of crimson on interior at base. In 
rhododendron thickets in the mountains on the N.E. of the 
Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. July 1913.” 
G. Forrest. No. 10,428. 
This new species is very closely allied to R. Souliet, Franch., 
a widespread species extending from Szechwan to Yunnan. It 
is at once distinguished by the somewhat fleshy bright yellow 
flowers which are rather larger than those of R. Souliei. In 
structure and shape of leaf, in the glands on the pedicels and on 
the calyx, in the shape of the calyx, in the form and appearance 
of stamens and style, the two species are very much alike. In 
addition to the colour of the flower, R. Wardii is separated by 
the more elongate leaves which are never orbicular, and in the 
larger flowers with longer calyx. 
Haec species forma specieque foliorum ad S. vestitam, Franch. 
spectat sed habitu nano, inflorescentia foliis multo breviore 
inter alia recedit. | 
Planta 5-8 cm. alta, rhizomate longo perennans. Caulis 
brevis densius fulvo-pilosus. Folia 4-6, omnia radicalia vel 
subradicalia, 4-7 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, ovata vel obovata vel 
suborbicularia, apice rotundata, basi late cuneata vel breviter 
cordatula, margine dentibus apiculatis remotius dentata, supra 
viridia bullata glabra, infra dense albo-pannosa, nervis con- 
spicuis fulvo-tomentosis bene reticulatis. Inflorescentia corym- 
boso-congesta ; pedunculi capitulis breviores 5-10 mm. longi. 
Capitula 2-5, campanulata, 2 cm. longa vel paulo ultro, apice in 
sicco circ. r cm. lata; involucri phylla arcte adpressa, lanceo- 
lata, acuta vel subacute: coriacea, 5-seriata, inferiora extus 
glabra, superiora ad apices sparse longiuscule albo-pilosa. 
Flores multi saturate coeruleo-purpurei circ. 1.5 cm. longi; 
