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pappus albidus r cm. longus, pilis interioribus longe plumosis, 
exterioribus deficientibus. Achaenia (immatura) circ. 2 mm. 
longa, oblonga, glabra, rugosula, annulo membranaceo undulato 
coronata. 
“Plant of 2-3 inches. Flowers deep bluish-purple. Stony 
alpine pasture on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
(Rare!) Lat. 27° 35’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. September r1gro.” 
G. Forrest. No. 6653. 
9° Sonerila yunnanensis, J. F. Jeffrey. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. maculatae, Roxb. et S. laetae, Stapf ; 
ab hac ex descriptione foliis ciliatis, petalis longioribus differt, 
ab illa indumento longiore et densiore, foliis haud maculatis 
recedit. 
Herba’semierecta 4-10 cm. alta. Caulis teres dense longius- 
cule glanduloso-pubescens (praesertim in parte inferiore). Folia 
late ovata ad suborbicularia, subacuta, symmetrica vel paulo 
asymmetrica, basi nonnunquam cordata, 2-8 cm. longa, 1.5—4 cm. 
lata, membranacea, haud maculata, saepe pagina inferiore 
purpurascentia, supra glanduloso-setulosa, infra + dense glan- 
duloso-pilosa praesertim ad costam nervosque, margine minute 
denticulata denticulis ciliatis; nervi 3-5-paria, supra indis- 
tincti infra eminentes ; petiolus 1.5-3.5 cm. longus indumento 
denso flocculoso praeditus. Cyma terminalis contracta, 3-Io0- 
flora; pedunculus 2-4 cm. longus + glanduloso-ciliatus, pedi- 
cellis ad 4 cm. longis. Calyx oblongo-cylindricus 6 mm. longus, 
setulis patentibus glandulosis conspersus, dentibus brevibus 
acutis. Petala 1 cm. longa, lanceolata, acuminata, in sicco 
purpurea. Antherae sulphureae, rostrato-acuminatae, 5 mm. 
longae. Stylus r cm. longus, stigmate subcapitato. Capsula 
8 mm. longa, oblonga, obscure sulcata, pedicello paulo longior, 
commie, ovoideis minute punctulatis. 
‘Yunnan : Szemao, forest ravines, 4500 ft. Flowers pink.’’ ee 
Henry 12,337. 
Neighbourhood of Tengyueh, Howell 123. 
‘2’ Strobilanthes Dielsiana, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. versicoloris, Diels ;  foliis coriaceis 
scabridis, staminibus perfectis duobus conspicua. 
Planta 15-30 cm. alta. Caules e basi lignosa numerosi, 
4-12, erecti, sparse foliati, scabriduli. Folia remota, sub 
regione inflorescentiae 1-2 paria, 2-5 cm. longa, 1.5-2 cm. lata, 
plus minusve late ovata, apice obtusa, basi rotundata vel late 
cuneata, coriacea, supra dense pustuloso-scabrida, costa pilosula, 
infra dense fulvo-araneoso-tomentosa, nervis 5—6-paribus eminen- 
