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332 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
vix aequantia viridia margine albo-villosula vel subglabra ; 
umbellulae 6—10-florae pedicellis circ. 6 mm. longis. Calycis 
dentes obsoleti. Petala oblonga vel obovata 2-3 mm. longa, 
alba. Ovarium circ. 2 mm. longum, oblongum, glabrum. 
Fructus maturus deest. 
“ Plant of 4-8 inches. Flowers white. Open stony pasture 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. July rg10.”’ G. Forrest. No. 6020. 
“ Plant of 14-2 ft. Flowers white. Mountain pasture on 
the margins of pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. June 1910.” G. 
Forrest. No. 5914. 
Aster pycnophyllus, Franch. mss. in Herb. Paris. ex Diels in 
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard., Edin., vii (1913), 340. Ex speci- 
minibus Forrestianis tantum descr. W. W. Sm. 
Species ex affinitate A. tvinervi1, Roxb. 
Planta 30-60 cm. alta, erecta, rhizomate longo reptante 
praedita. Caulis flexuosus teres infra subnudus, medio foliosus 
glabrescens ruber, supra -+ dense villosulus, simplex nisi in 
regione inflorescentiae. Folia petiolata petiolo I-2 cm. longo ; 
lamina usque ad 7 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, ovata vel ovato- 
lanceolata, apice longiuscule caudato-acuminata, basi rotundata, 
repando-dentata dentibus indurato-apiculatis, supra olivaceo- 
viridis minute setosula, marginibus densius, vix scabridula, infra 
cinereo-setosula, nervis supra obscuris infra eminentibus bene 
reticulatis. Inflorescentia paniculato-corymbosa, ampla, ramulis 
plurimis dense albido-villosulis, foliis bracteiformibus multis 
1-2 cm. longis linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis praedita; pedun- 
culi ultimi circ. r cm. longi. Capitulum cum ligulis in sicco 
circ. I cm. diametro 30—40-florum ; involucri phylla pauci- 
seriata, circ. 4 mm. longa, linearia, apice aristato-apiculata, 
extus crispato-villosula intus glabra. Flores radiati circ. 20 ; 
tubus corollae 2 mm. longus, ligulae patulae circ. 5 mm. longae 
lineares laete purpureo-coeruleae, pappus 3 mm. longus albidus ; 
in floribus disci corolla aurantiaca 4-5 mm. longa. Ovarium 
obovatum I mm. longum parce pilosulum. : 
“ Plant of 13-2 ft. Ray florets bright purplish blue, disc 
florets orange-yellow. Shady ledges of cliffs in side valleys on 
the eastern flank of the Tali Range, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. Sept. 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 40or. 
Betula Delavayi, Franch., var. Forrestii,W. W. Sm. Var. nov. 
Magnitudine, foliis majoribus, ad 4.5 cm. longis, ad 3 cm. 
. latis, ovatis nec lanceolatis, apice obtusis vel subrotundatis 
