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The specimens present are much more dwarfy than D. chrysotrichum, as it is pictured by FINET and GAGNEPAIN; also are the leaf-lamina more divided, see Pl. I, Fig. 5. But as all the characters from the flower agree with the description and drawings of D. chrysotrichum, especially the golden hairiness on the upperside of the sepals and the bilobate lamina of the calcarate petals (see Pl. II, Fig. 1) I have identified Hedin's plant with it as a dwarf form (var. pygmæum), perhaps only a high-alpine modification.

D. chrysotrichum came from Batang, S. W. China, ca. 30° N. Lat., 99° 30′ East. Long. which is not so very far from the locality given above.

Geogr. area: see above.

Delphinium candelabrum Ostf. nov. sp. (Pl. II, Figs. 2—3).

Sectio Delphinastrum. Humile, perenne; rhizoma (?); caulis subterraneus erectus brevis pallidusque, glaber; folia in apice caulis subterranei subrosulata, longe petiolata, basi dilatata, parce pubescentia; limbus ad basin tripartitus, partitiones laterales bis bipartitæ, dein laciniatæ, media tripartita, dein laciniata, apice truncata mucrone aucta. Flores 3—6, in apice dilatata caulis subterranei subumbellati, longissime pedunculati; pedunculi arcuato-adscendentes, supra dense pilis aureis vestiti; bracteolæ duo suboppo-sitæ infra medium (rarius in medio) positæ, partitionibus lanceolatis vel oblongis subintegris. Flores magni, sordide brunnei vel purpureo-brunnei, apicibus marginibusque sepalorum et petalorum lateralium pallescentibus. Sepala late ovata, extus pilis aureis pubescentia; calcar sepalum æquans, rectum vel leviter arcuatum, subemarginatum. Petalorum calcaratorum limbus obtusus truncatus emarginatus atro-violaceus, calcare brevior; pars basalis limbi et calcar intus parcissime pubescens vel glabrum; petala lateralia unguiculata, limbo suborbiculari, bilobato, parte centrali atroviolacea pilis aureis ornata, lobis semi-circularibus, margine ciliatis; unguis abrupte angustatus, basi appendice parva aucta. Stamina glabra, petalis breviora. Carpella 3, hispida, stylo brevi. Semina ignota.

Planta 8—12 cm. alta, caulis subterraneus 5—6 cm., pedunculi 5—7 cm., foliorum lamina 1—2 cm. diametro, sepala calcarata 30—40 mm., ecalcarata 20—25 mm., petalum calcaratum 23—28 mm.

Differt a D. Pylzowii Maxim. foliis sparsissime pubescentibus, colore florum, petalis calcaratis parcissime hirsutis, carpellis tribus, etc.; a D. chrysotricho Finet et Gagnep. foliorum partitionibus angustioribus, colore florum, petalis calcaratis non bilobatis, etc.

Eastern or Inner Tibet, near Camp XLIV, 5127 m., 9th Aug. 1901 (flowering).

The peculiar subumbellate arrangement of the flowers with their long arcuate peduncles, the dark colour of the sepals and petals and the broad, nearly circular limb of the lateral petals are very characteristic of this species. It is allied to D. chrysotrichum and D. Pylzowii.