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SPECIES CHINENSES. 211 
infra subglaucescentia, nervis utraque facie conspicuis bene 
reticulatis ; petioli brevissimi vel fere nulli. Flores solitarii 
in axilla folii supremi orti, rarius duo in eodem ramulo, subcernui, 
pedicellis usque ad 3 cm. longis glabris rubridis suffulti ; bracte- 
olae duae conspicuae sub flore positae circ. 8 mm. longae 5-6 mm. 
latae, ovatae vel suborbiculares foliaceae virides purpureo- 
suffusae pulchre reticulatae. Calycis lobi deltoidei 1 mm. longi, 
2 mm. lati, rubro-purpurei. Corolla globosa circ. 4 mm. longa, 
fere ad medium in lobos ovatos apice rotundatos leviter re- 
curvatos fissa, in sicco rubro-purpurea. Stamina 1o filamentis 
2 mm. longis glabris, antheris 1.5 mm. longis tubulis 2 mm. 
longis praeditis, aristis duabus 2 mm. longis subulatis rigidis. 
Ovarium circ. 4 mm. longum, glabrum. Fructus deest. 
China :—Western Yunnan near the Doker La. Alt. ? 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1023A in Herb. Edin. 
A. pretty dwarf species suggesting a single-flowered Pyrola 
in habit. 
Dracocephalum Isabellae, G. Forrest. Sp. nov. 
Species pulcherrima affinis D. tangutico, Maxim. quod foliis 
approximat sed floribus multo differt; statura habituque D. 
argunense, Fisch. proximum est sed foliis integris antheris 
villosis inter alia signa separatur. 
Herba perennis caulibus gracilibus simplicibus 30-50 cm. 
altis apud angulos dense longiuscule albo -crispato - villosis. 
Folia ad 2.5 cm. longa vix petiolata potius vaginulata fere ad 
basin in 5-7 segmenta linearia pedatim partita in memoriam 
ea D. tangutict, Maxim. revocantia ; segmenta 1.5-2 cm. longa 
1-2 mm. lata apice obtusiuscula subcoriacea integra plus minusve 
revoluta supra atroviridia sparse pilosula infra pallidiora minute 
nitenti-glanduloso-punctata in costam pilis adpressis hispida ; 
vaginula densiuscule albo-villosa ; in axillis superioribus inveni- 
untur ramuli abbreviati foliosi. Verticillastri 4—6-flori approxi- 
mati inflorescentiam spiciformem 8-10 cm. longam formantes. 
Bracteae inferiores foliis subsimiles sed minores, superiores 1.5 
cm. longae pedatim 3—5-partitae vel -lobatae extus atropurpureae 
plus minusve albo-pilosulae segmentis apice subspinescentibus 
margine longiuscule albo-ciliatis; bracteolae lanceolatae vel 
trifido-oblanceolatae bracteis subaequilongae vel paulo minores ; 
pedicelli + 5 mm. longi densissime albo-villosi. Calyx 1.5-1.7 
cm. longus tubuloso-campanulatus extus dense albo-villosus 
intus glaber dentibus 4-5 mm. longis triangularibus subspin- 
escentibus longe albo-ciliatis. Corolla 3.5-4 cm. longa saturate 
caeruleo-purpurea extus capillis pluricellularibus purpureis 
praesertim in galeam eximie ornata intus glabra ; tubus curvatus : 
