SPECIES CHINENSES. 337 
08° Herminium Souliei, Rolfe, var. lichiangense, W. W. Sm. 
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ar. NOV. 
Foliis floribusque typo multo major. Planta ad 30 cm. 
alta. Folia 2-3, oblonga, ad 12 cm. longa, ad 2 cm. lata, obtusa. 
Spica ad 15 cm. longa. Flores eis typi simillimi sed omnibus 
partibus majores. 
“Plant of 9-12 inches. Flowers green. Open stony pasture 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 35 
Alt. 11,000 ft. Aug. 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 6399. 
A very much robuster plant than Forrest No. 4864 from the 
Tali Range. On dissection and comparison of the flowers I 
find no difference except in size. 
‘ aor oe clavicuspis, Hook. f., nomen tantum in Herb. Kew. 
Sm. 
erb. Edin. descr. W. W. 
as inter I. aquatilem, Hook. f. et I. radiatam, Hook. f. 
in Herbario Kewensi a claro Hookero f. sub numero 37 apud 
species chinenses posita. 
Herba 30-60 cm. alta erecta substricta, setulis glanduligeris 
paucis exceptis glabra, caule parce ramoso gracili basi longe 
nudo superne folioso. Folia 7-g cm. longa, 2—3.5 cm. lata, 
petiolo 1-2 cm. longo gracili praedita, alterna tenuiter chartacea 
ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata longiuscule acuminata basi + 
late cuneata, regulariter crenato-serrata setulis inter crenaturas 
interjectis, subtus pallida nervis utrinque 6-8 obscuris. Pedun- 
culi axillis superioribus orientes foliis paulo longiores erecti 
raciles 10-12-flori basi longe nudi; pedicelli 1-1.5 cm. longi, 
fructiferi paulo elongati; bracteae 6-8 mm. longae, ovatae in 
aristam glanduligeram laminae subaequalem productae sub- 
persistentes. Flores majusculi pallido-lutei apice purpureo- 
tincti vel pallido-purpurei basi luteo-albidi. Sepala 2, oblique 
ovato-rotundata 4-5 mm. diametro in aristam glanduligeram 
circ. 2 mm. longam acuminata, membranacea multinervia. 
Vexillum. suborbiculare circ. 1 cm. diametro costa distincta 
apiculata. Alae 3 cm. longae; lobus basalis subrotundatus 
circ. I cm. diametro ; distalis duplo longior a basi paulo dilatata 
sensim angustatus. Labellum saccatum circ. 2 cm. longum 
(calcare excluso), basi in calear 1 cm. longum vel paulo ultro 
incurvum attenuatum, ore horizontali 1.6-1.7 cm. lato apicu- 
lato. Filamenta late linearia antheris ovatis. Ovarium lineare 
rectum acutum. Capsulae 2.5 cm. longae lineares vix stipitatae 
acutae oligospermae. Semina semimatura circ. 2 mm. longa 
breviter fusiformia. 
“Plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers pale yellow, tips of corolla 
