‘NuMERICAL CATALOGUE 393 
23255. Pyrus rhamnoides, DC. Shrub of 20-25 ft. In fruit, 
fruits green. In open thickets by streams on the 
Chien-chuan-Mekong divide. Lat. 26° 30’ N. Long. 
g9° 40’ FE. Alt. g-10,500 ft. Sept. 1922. N.W 
Yunnan. 
23256. ap ig Sh microphylla, Drumm. et Hutch. ‘Tufted 
4-6 inches. Flowers semi-pendulous, pale 
pone blue, anthers orange - yellow. Forming 
cushions on cliffs on the western flank of the 
Sungkwei range. Lat. 26° 18’N. Long. 100° 12’ E. 
It. 11-12,000 ft. Aug. 1922. N.W. Yunnan. 
23257. Didissandra taliensis, Craib, fa. robustior, Craib. 
Plant of 6-8 inches. Flowers pale blue, tipped white. 
Forming rosettes on dry shady rocks in side valleys 
on the Chien-chne Mes one divide. Lat. 26° 4o’ N. 
tg 99° 40’ E. Alt. 10-11,000 ft. Aug. 1922. 
N.W. Yunnan. 
23258. Diapensia purpurea, Diels. Prostrate trailing shrub of 
many inches. Flowers bright rose. On moist rocks 
and boggy peaty pasture on the Chien-chuan-Mekong 
divide. Lat. 26° 30' N. Long. 99° 40’ E. Alt. 
13,000 ft. Aug. 1922. N.W. Yunnan. 
