NOTES ON THE FLORA OF NORTH-WESTERN YUNNAN. 43 
black berries are the principal food, during the season, of the common 
pheasant of Yunnan, Phasjanus elegans. 
Caragana Franchetiana is also plentiful, especially by the stream- 
side, where it blooms most profusely and forms quite a handsome 
shrub. Another new species worthy of mention is Euonymus 
porphyrea, with graceful foliage, dark maroon flowers, and brilliant 
scarlet fruits. It attains a height of 20 feet and is a shade plant. In 
contrast to it, another handsome species, Meliosma cuneijolia, revels 
in the sunshine and is one of the freest-flowering shrubs of the region. 
Normal specimens are fully 20 feet in height. 
Curiously enough, though on all other parts of the range Rhodo- 
dendrons are very numerous, few are to be found in that gorge ; only 
a few stunted specimens of a form of R. Fortunei (fig. 13) and R. 
vernicosum are seen, whilst on the cliffs are forms of R. intricatum. 
The screes proved exceptionally rich : many fine species of 
Delphinium, as D. yunnanense, D. ceratophorum, D. mosoynense, D. 
likiangense, and two fine new species, D. Beesianum and D. calcicolum. 
The last three are dwarfs, D. likiangense the finest. It is a beautiful 
plant of 10 to 16 inches, with stout scapes arising from a cluster of 
finely cut foliage, each bearing from two to five extremely large flowers 
of a fine shade of deep purplish-blue, whilst, to add to its attractiveness, 
the blooms are sweetly fragrant. 
Several species of Meconopsis are there, notably M . Delavayi, M. 
Forrestii, and M. rudis (fig. 14), the last the most abundant, with flowers 
of every conceivable shade of purplish-blue. Other scree plants of 
note are Dipoma iberideum, a semi-prostrate crucifer of 6 to 9 inches, 
with white fragrant flowers and ruddy foliage ; Dracocephalum bullatum, 
with deep purple flowers ; Codonopsis Bulleyana, with pale blue blooms 
marbled milky-white ; and C. Meleagris, which has large dull yellow 
corollas netted maroon. Campanula Delavayi, also a scree plant, of 
9 to 15 inches, has large pale blue flowers. Several splendid species 
of Corydalis are in abundance ; Saussureas are everywhere, their 
brilliant tints classing not a few of them as worthy of cultivation. 
On the screes several dwarf species of Caragana have their home. 
Their large yellow or cream-coloured flowers, flushed brown or rose, 
their bright foliage and neat habit, commend them as subjects for the 
rock garden. C. tibetica is one ; two others are as yet unnamed. 
On the cliffs above the screes are many fine rock plants, most of 
the best growing in shady northern exposures. Of those Isopyrum 
grandiflorum (fig. 15) takes first place, seen growing to perfection there. 
It is the ideal cushion rock plant, and, as with most of the others, in the 
tints of its foliage shows the character of its surroundings. Saxifrages 
abound, many of them new, the finest being 5. pulchra, with fleshy, 
silvery-grey foliage and rose-pink flowers. Androsace alchemilloides, 
with its clear white blooms, and many forms of A . Chamaejasme and 
A. mucronijolia, with flowers of every shade of rose and pink, adorn 
each ledge ; whilst in moister situations are seen huge compact 
cushions of the beautiful Androsace Delavayi, with large sessile blooms, 
