大叶梅花草 da ye mei hua cao

Stems 2-4, ca. 24 cm, with 1 leaf near middle. Basal leaves petiolate; leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially deep green, oblong-ovate, to 7 cm, 7-veined abaxially, base cordate, apex acute. Cauline leaf sessile, semiamplexicaul, similar to basal ones but much smaller. Flower ca. 3 cm in diam.; hypanthium inconspicuous. Sepals unequal, larger ones to 1.2 cm. Petals white, spatulate, base attenuate into a long claw, margin fimbriate with fimbriae capitate at apex, apex rounded. Staminodes 5-lobed, lobes narrowly oblong. Style inconspicuous; stigma spreading.

* NE Yunnan (Yanjin Xian).

The present authors have seen no specimens of this species; the above description is based on the protologue and a photograph of the type specimen.