THE NV, 2 JOURNAL THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. BOTANY. VOL. XXIII. ., 4s LONDON: SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S APARTMENTS, BURLINGTON HOUSE, | AND BY LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND WILLIAMS AND NORGATE. 1886-88. Dates of Publication of the several Numbers included in this Volume. Pp. 1- 80, issued May 20, 1886. » 81-162, ,, July 23, _,, „ 163-240, ,, Oct. 21, 1887. » 241-328, ,, Dee. 12, , , 929-400, ,, June l2, 1888. „ 401-521, ,, Dee. 29, , PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. CONTENTS. ' Page An Enumeration of all the Plants known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hongkong, together with their Distujutin and ES, F.L.S., Knight Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of Wasa; and WirLiAM Bottinc HkMsLEY, A.L.S., Honorary Synonymy. By Francis BLACKWELL For Member of the Mexican Natural History Society, Assistant for India in the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Kew. (Map, and Plates L-XIV.) .. 0... cece eee cee eee 1-489 (Ranunculacesee—Composite. ) Corrections `... 489, 490 Description of the Date... 400—192 Index to Genera and Synonyms ................... «sess 493-521 T ENUMERATION OF ALL THE PLANTS KNOWN FROM CHINA PROPER, FORMOSA, HAINAN, THE COREA, THE LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO, AND THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG; TOGETHER WITH THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SYNONYMY. 1. RANUNCULACE. 1. Clematis acerifolia, Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 2; Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 142. CHIHLI: Pohuashan (Bretschneider!). Herb. Kew. 2. Clematis sthussfolia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. v. p. 181; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 586; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 12. Clematis nutans, Royle, 5. æthusifolia, Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 129. Curr: near Peking (Tatarinow! Kirilow! Bushell! Williams); Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. 3. Clematis alpina, Mill. Dict. ed. viii. n. 9; DC. Prodr. i. p. 10; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 14. Atragene alpina, Linn. ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 603. LINN JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. B 2 l. RANUNCULACER. Curmty: Pohuashan (Kirilow! Bretschneider !) ; Jehol (David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. Europe ; Siberia. 4. Clematis angustifolia, Jacg. Enum. p. 310, Collect. i. p. 137, et Ic. Pl. Rar. i. t. 104; DC. Prodr. i. p. 7; Maxim. in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 594, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p 3: Debeaux, Fl. Tché-fou, p. 22 (var. tchefouensis); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 14. Clematis recta, Tinn., m. angustifolia, Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 112. Curmi: Peking (Bushell! Hancock !); Bnrsortso: Talienhwan (Swinhoe!); Chienshan (Ross!); SHmawruNG (Maingay! Han- cock!) . Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Dahuria, Mongolia, and Mandshuria. 5. Clematis apiifolia, DC. Syst. i. p. 149, et Prodr. i. p. 6; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 593; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 7 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 528 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 2. Clematis virginiana, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 345, ez Mazim. l. c. p. 594 (ubi sphalmate virginica). FoxiEN : near Amoy (Fortune, A. 86!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, Gi: Lvcenuv AncureELAGO (Beechey!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 6. Clematis Benthamiana, Hemsl. Clematis terniflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 7 (sphalmate C. ternifolia), non DC.; F. B. Forbes in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 265; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 596, pro parte. Cuextane: Ningpo (hb. Forbes!); CHUSAN ARCHIPELAGO: Pootoo (Carles, hb. Forbes!) ; Foxien: Amoy (Fortune, A. 89!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. i In order to terminate the confusion in which the names terni- flora, ternifolia, and tenuiflora are involved in this genus, a new one is given to this species. The original terniflora proves to be a compound of C. chinensis, Retz., aud C. recta, Linn. 7. Clematis brachyura, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 598. Clematis paniculata, Thunb., forma? pauciflora, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 1. Corra (Carles!) ; Corran AncuirELAGO: Long Reach (Old: ham, 7!) Herb. Kew. l. RANUNCULACER. 3 8. Clematis brevicaudata, DC. Syst. i. p. 138, et Prodr. i. p. 3; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 592; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 14. Curmi: Peking (Zutarinow!), between Peking and Jehol (Staunton!); Western Hills (Bushell! Bretschneider!); SHenst or Kawssun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Mazximowicz MSS.); Corra (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mongolia, Mandshuria. 9. Clematis czssariata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 71; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 586. Foxes (de Grijs, 6670!). Herb. Kew. Hance quotes the number 6700; still there is no doubt that the Kew plant bearing the number 6670 in Hance's handwriting is this species. 10. Clematis chinensis, Retz. Obs. ii. p. 18, t. 2; DC. Prodr. i. p. 3; F. B. Forbes in Journ. Bot. 1884, pp. 262 et 265 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 596, quoad spec. Fortune 94. Clematis sinensis, Lour. er DC. Syst. i. p. 137. Clematis minor, DC. Syst. i. p. 136, an Lour. Fl. Coch. p. 345? ; F. B. Forbes, Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 263. Clematis terniflora, DC., quoad spec. C. Flammule var. in Herb. Linn. CnuiwA: without locality (Bladh, spec. typ. in Mus. Brit. ! ; Baird! Dorwand!); Foxtrn: Amoy (Fortune, 94! Hance, 1476!); Formosa (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The plant alluded to by Bentham (Fl. Hongk. p. 7) under the name C. ternifolia, DC. (a slip of the pen for C. terniflora, DC.), is a distinct species, C. Benthamiana, Hemsl. 11. Clematis crassifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 7; Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 152. Honekone: in a ravine on Victoria Peak (Wilford, 106!). Herb. Kew. 12. Clematis grata, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. t.98; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 3; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 592. Snensi or KansctH: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); Formosa: north-east side (Wilford, 502!) ; without locality (Oldham, 2!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Afghanistan, eastward through the Himalayas; also in Tro- pical Africa. B 2 4 l. RANUNCULACER. 13. Clematis Hancockiana, Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 1. Cuexrane : hills west of Ningpo (Hancock!). Herb. Kew. 14. Clematis heraclezfolia, DC. Syst. i. p. 138 ; F. B. Forbes n Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 263; Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 182. lematis tubulosa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1837, x. p. 148; Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. iii. p. 147, fig. 17; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 589; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xiii. p. 73; Dene. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2me sér. iv. p. 204, t. 9; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 13. Clematis Hookeri, Decne. Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2me sér. iv. p. 206, t. 11. Clematis tubulosa, var. Hookeri, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6801. Curt: between Peking and Jehol (Staunton, spec. typ. C. heracleefolie in Mus. Brit.!); mountains east of Peking (Bretschneider in hb. Forbes);. SHANTUNG (Maingay). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Var. Davidiana, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 13 (var. C. tubulose) ; Verlot in Revue Horticole, 1867, p. 9, cum ic. xylogr.; Dene. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2™° sér. iv. p. 205, t. 10 (species). Clematis tubulosa, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4269. Cumt: Peking district (Zutarinow! Moellendorff! Bret- schneider! Bushell!); Corea (Caries!). Herb. Kew. Decaisne (7. c.) defines six species of the group to which this belongs, founded on forms which we should follow Maximo- wicz in regarding as varieties of C. heracleefolia, DO. The only one easily separated from the others is C. Davidiana, which has larger flowers clustered in the axils of the upper leaves instead of a distinct terminal inflorescence. There are both wild and cultivated specimens exhibiting these marked characteristics ; but as the forms with distinet terminal inflorescence and smaller flowers are collected with it, and have been regarded by collec- tors as the same species, it is possible that C. Davidiana is the male of the fully dicecious condition of the species. Maximowicz also reduces the comparatively slender small-flowered C. stans, Sieb. et Zucc., to this species; and Sir Joseph Hooker (Bot. Mag. t. 6810), on figuring C. stans, Sieb. et Zucc., accepts this limitation of the species, while defining five principal types from China and Japan. Kuntze’s classification (loc. sup. cit.) of the forms differs slightly from Hooker's. gf 1. RANUNCULACEEX. 5 15. Clematis Kirilowi, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 583. Clematis Massoniana? Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pekin. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468, non DC. Cumu: near Peking ( Airilow ex Maximowicz). 16. Clematis lanuginosa, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. iii. p. 107, t. 94; Flore des Serres, tt. 811 et 1176; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 600, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 2. C. florida, 8. lanuginosa, Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 149. Cuexiane: on hillsides, Ningpo (Fortune! Hancock!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 17. Clematis leptomera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 257. Kwawasr: Wuchaufu (Mesny ex Hance). Kuntze (Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 140) treats this and C. Stro- nachii, Hance, as varieties of C. cadmia, Ham., syn. C. bracteata, Kurz. 18. Clematis longiloba, DC. Syst. i. p. 136, et Prodr. i. p. 3. CurNA (Staunton ex DC.). We have not seen the type of this species, the flowers of which are not described ; but it is probably C. paniculata, with which the author compares it. 19. Clematis macropetala, Ledeb. lc. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 11; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 130; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 14. Atragene macropetala, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. ii. p. 3/6; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 603. Cururr : near Peking (Kirilow ex Maximowicz), western moun- tains near Miaoar (Tatarinow!), Pohuashan (Bretschneider !). Herb. Kew. Dahuria, Mongolia, and Mandshuria. 20. Clematis Meyeniana, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. Xix., Suppl. i. p. 297, et Repert. v. p.3; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 6; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 597. Clematis oreophila, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 3. C. hedysarifolia, DC., varietates a, 8, et 0, Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem, p. 152. CHEKIANG: Shaoshing (Savatier ex Franchet MSS); KraNasr. Kiukiang (Shearer!); Foxten: Amoy (Fortune, 14 A !, Swinhoe !); Formosa: Tamsu (Oldham, 1!); Honexona (Champion! Ur- 6 1. RANUNCULACEAX. quhart! Hance! Wright !); Kwaxetune: islands near Macao (Vachell!); Leen (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This species, as here limited, is very variable in foliage; but the extreme forms in the Kew Herbarium named by Kuntze respectively C. oreophila, Hance, and C. Meyeniana, Walp., are connected by intermediate ones of every degree. 21. Clematis nannophylla, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 707. Kaxsuu: south of the Hoangho (Przewalski A Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 22. Clematis orientalis, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 543; DC. Prodr. i. p. 3; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 583; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 12; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 321. Var. intricata, Mazim. l. c. (cum synon.); Bunge, Pl. China Bor. p. 1 (species). Cum: Peking (Bretschneider! Bushell !); KaNsun : south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.), Hami (Mesny ex Hance). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Persia, through Northern India to Mandsburia. 23. Clematis paniculata, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 337 ; DC. Prodr.i. p. 3; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 595; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 12. SuisGKiNG: Chianshan (Ross!); Kranesu (Poli ex Franchet MSS.); Curxtanea: Meichi (Poli ex Franchet); KraANGsI: Kiukiang (David, 882, ex Franchet); ConEA (Wykeham Perry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 24. Clematis parviloba, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. 1841, p. 241; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 6; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 597. Howaxowsa (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus, Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 25. Clematis patens, Morr. et Dene. in Bull. Acad. Brus. iii. 1836, p. 173 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 599; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 257. Clematis cerulea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1955. Huren: Ichang (Watters ex Hance). The only wild specimens we have seen are from Japan; and the cultivated ones at Kew are of the same origin. "me EX l. RANUNCULACES. 7 26. Clematis pinnata, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 591. Curmi: Peking (Bretschneider!), mountains westward of Peking (Tatarinow ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. 27. Clematis recta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, i. p. 554. Var. mandshurica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p.. 594; F. B. Forbes in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 261. Clematis mandshurica, Rupr. Pl. Maack. in Bull. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. xv. p. 514. Clematis terniflora, DC. Syst. i. p. 137, et C. tenuiflora (sphalmate), DC. Prodr. i. p. 3, excl. syn. C. Flammule, var. Survexine (Ass); KtaNasv: Chinkiang (Maries!), Feng- wangshan near Shanghai (Martin! in hb. Forbes); Chekiang (Staunton!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Typical recta has a wide range in Europe. 28. Clematis Stronachii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 103, «t 1885, p. 321. Kranasu: Chinkiang (Stronach ex Hance); Kwanotune: Pakong (B. C. Henry ex Hance). In Herb. Forbes is a specimen from near Meichi, Chekiang, which agrees with Hance’s description of C. Stronachii in most particulars ; yet we dare not refer it to that species uncondition- ally. If not the same species, it is very closely allied to it. 29. Clematis Tatarinowii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 590. Curr: near Peking (Zatarinow ex Maximowicz). There is a specimen in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Ta- tarinow, agreeing with the description of this, except that the sepals are not connivent. 30. Clematis uncinata, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 255; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 6; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 997. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Lienchau (Lamont!); Hoxakoxe (Champion!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 31. Clematis urophylla, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 1884, p. 433. Kweicuau (Perny ex Franchet). [ C. viticella, Linn., var. flore pleno, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 166, we have not seen ; but it is not likely to belong to the species to which it is referred. ] 8 ]- RANUNCULACES. 1. Naravelia zeylanica, DC. Syst. i. p. 167, et Prodr. i. p. 10. Naravelia pilulifera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 111. Clematis zeylanica, Poir.; Kuntze, Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 121. Kwanetune (Hance 4 Sampson!). Herb. Kew. The Chinese specimen is very distinct in the shape of its petals from the ordinary form; but there is a specimen in the Kew Herbarium from Gowhatty, in India, which is quite like it; and there is every gradation between these very slender knob-headed petals and linear ones. Widely spread in Tropical Asia. 1. Thalictrum alpinum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 545; DC. Prodr. i. p.12; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 4. YuxxNaN: mountains near Tali (Delavay ex Franchet). Alpine and Arctic regions all round the northern hemisphere. 2. Thalictrum feniculaceum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 2; Walp. Rep. i. p. 13; Lecoyer in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv. p. 222. CurauLr: near Peking (Bunge! Tutarinow! Bretschneider !) ; Kawsun: south of the Hoangho, and on the Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Thalictrum Fortunei, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 130; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 295; Lecoyer in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv. p. 162. Thalictrum baicalense, Turcz., var. ? minor, Mazim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. P. 3. AnwueEt: Wuhu (Bullock ex Hance); Curextane: Ningpo (Hancock !), without locality (Fortune 28); Kianast: Kiukiang (Maries!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Thalictrum majus, Jacg. Fl. Austr. t. 420 (sensu Regel, Gattung Thalictrum, p. 34), ex Franchet, Pl. David. p. 15. Curnrr: Jehol and near Peking (David, 600, 2054). This is united, as a variety, with T. minus in Hooker's ‘ Flora of British India. 5. Thalictrum minus, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 546; DC. Prodr. i. p. 13; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 8, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 191 (var. hypoleucum) ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 23. WS ~ 1. RANUNCULACES. 9 Thalictrum mucronatum, Ledeb.? Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468. Cuni: near Peking (Tatarinow! Bushell! Bretschneider !) ; SHINGKING: Chienshan (foss!); Suanrune: Chefoo (ex De- beaux); KaNsuH: south of Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) ; Corra (Carles!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 10!). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Asia, and North and South Africa. 6. Thalictrum petaloideum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 771; DC. Prodr. i. p. 12; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 17; Lecoyer in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv. p. 165. Cnururr: Peking (Zatarinow!); Suenst or Kawsug: Tsunglin range (Prasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); KaNsunH: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) ; Corea: Port Chusan (Wilford!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Biberia. 7. Thalictrum Przewalskii Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 707 ; Lecoyer in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv. p. 157, t. 3. fig. 9. Kansus (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 8. Thalictrum simplex, Zinn. Mant. p. 78; DC. Prodr. i. p.15; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468. Cursi: Peking (Bretschneider!); KawsvH: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. Northern Europe, Siberia. [Thalictrum sinense, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 346; DC. Prodr. i. p. 16, is an altogether doubtful plant which De Candolle questions belonging to the Order. 9. Thalictrum tenue, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 16, t. 7; Lecoyer in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv. p. 175. CHLI: Sanyu (David, 2343, ex Franchet); near Peking (Bushell!) Herb. Kew. 10. Thalictrum squarrosum, Steph. in Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 1299; Lecoyer in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv. pp. 198 et 318. Thalictrum trigynum, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 14; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 16. Cumi: Jehol (David, 2054, ex Franchet). Siberia, Mongolia, and Dahuria. 10 1. RANUNCULACER. 11. Thalictrum, sp. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO : Green Island (Oldham, 12!). Herb. Kew. Specimens in young flower; foliage near that of Thalictrum punduanum, Wall., from North India. Lecoyer (Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxiv.) records T. sparsiflorum, Turez., T. filamentosum, Maxim., T. baicalense, 'Turez., T. acte- folium, Sieb. et Zucc., and T. fætidum, Linn., from North China and the Corea; but as he gives no precise localities, it is not clear that they have been found within our limits. 1. Anemone altaica, Fisch. in Ledeb. Fl. Alt.ii.p. 862 ; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376. Suinexine: Fungwangchung (oss!) ; Corra : Laoling ( Web- ster). Herb. Kew. Altai to Kamtschatka. 2. Anemone barbulata, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 149; Walp. Hep. i.p. 29; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468. Nort Cassa (Kirilow ex Maximowicz); Curmi: Peking (Tatarinow!). Herb. Kew. Franchet (Pl. David. p. 18) reduces A. barbulata, Turez., to A. rivularis, Ham., an Indian species, and he may be quite right; but we have only seen a specimen, collected by Tatarinow, which bears only one flower. 9. Anemone cernua, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 238; DC. Prodr.i. p. 16; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376. SHINGKING: Fungwangshan and elsewhere (Ross!); COREA (Carles! Webster!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 4. Anemone chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 2; Walp. Rep. i. p. 19; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 8 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 130, et 1882, p. 2; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 17. CuiuLr: Peking mountains (Bunge! Bretschneider | Bushell), Jehol (David, 1733!), Pohuashan (Bretschneider ex Hance); SHANTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock!); SukNsr (Piasezki ex Maxi- mowicz MSS.); Kranesu (Stronach!); KrAwGsI: Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. l. RANUNCULACES. 11 5. Anemone colestina, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 4. Yunnan: Heechanmen mountain above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). 6. Anemone exigua, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 708. Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 7. Anemone flaccida, F. Schmidt, Reisen in Amur-Lande, p.103; Franch. et Sav. Fl. Jap. i. p. 6; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 8. Kranasu: Chinkiang (Stronach ex Hance); CuHEKIANG: near Meichi (Carles & Forbes! hb. Forbes). Amur to Japan. 8. Anemone Hepatica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 538; Baker A Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 375. Hepatica triloba, Chaiz ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 22. SuixGKING: Kwandien mountains (oss !) ; Corra (Carles !). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Asia, and North America. 9. Anemone japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 15,t. 5; Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 66 ; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193. Kianesu: Shanghai (Fortune! Maingay !); KrAwNGsr: Kiu- kiang (Shearer!); Foxten: Foochow (Swinhoe!); YUNNAN (Anderson ex Kurz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This species is commonly cultivated in China as well as in Japan, and it is uncertain where it is indigenous and where only naturalized. Maingay remarks, “ Apparently only naturalized near Shanghai.” 10. Anemone narcissiflora, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 542; DC. Prodr. i. p. 21; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 3. Curnurr: Siaowutaishan mountain at 10,000 feet (Hancock ex Maximowicz). Europe, North Asia, and North America. 11. Anemone nikoénsis, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 1? Corea (Carles !). Japan. 12. Anemone obtusiloba, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 194; Walp. Rep. i. p. 29; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Dot. France, xxxii. p. 4. 12 1. RANUNCULACEE. Yunnan: Heechanmen mountain above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). Kashmir to Sikkim. 18. Anemone polyanthes, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p.194; Walp. Rep. i. p. 80; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 4. Yunnan: Heechanmen mountain above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). Kashmir to Sikkim. 14. Anemone Raddeana, Regel, PI. Radd. i. p. 16, t. i. figg. 2, 8, f, 9; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 606. SurweKriNaG : various localities (Ross!); Corra: Laoling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria ; Japan. 15. Anemone Rossii, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376, t. 16. fig. 1. Suinexina: Fungwangchung (Ross!); Corea (Carles!): Laoling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. 16. Anemone rupestris, Hall. Hook. f. et Thoms. Flora Indica, i. p. 9; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 9; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 4. Yunnan: Heechanmen mountain above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). Kashmir to Sikkim. 1. Adonis cerulea, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 708. Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 2. Adonis vernalis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 547; DC. Prodr. i. p. 24; Regel et Herder, Enum. Pl. Seminov. p. 11. « Adonis apennina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 548; pro parte ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Europ. p. 4. Adonis apennina, Linn., var. davurica, Ledeb.; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468 ; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 3/6. Cunt: Peking (ex Maximowicz) ; Surnexine: Corean Gate (Ross!) ; Corra (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Central Europe, eastward through Russia and Siberia. 1. Callianthemum cachemirianum, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. p. 5, t. 3; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 14; Walp. Rep. i. p. 33; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 5. f | 1. RANUNCULACES. 13 Yunnan: Koualapo mountains between Tali and Hokin (De- lavay ex Franchet). Kashmir to Sikkim. 1. Ranunculus acris, Zinn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 554; DC. Prodr. i. p. 89; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 3; Franch. et Savat. Fl. Jap. ii. p. 266; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 19. Ranunculus japonicus, Thunb. non Langsd. fide Maxim. Ranunculus propinquus, C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. Altaica, ii. p. 332. Ranunculus propinquus, C. A. Mey., var. hirsutus, A. Gr. in Mem. Am. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 378. Ranunculus hirtellus, Royle?, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 104. CHIHLI, SHINGKING, SHENSI, Krawasu, Kranasi, and COREA. Apparently common in the northern provinces. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe, North Africa, North Asia. 2. Ranunculus aquatilis, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 556; DC. Prodr. i. p. 26, var. vel subspecies Bungei. Ranunculus hydrophilus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 2, non Gaudich. ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 18. Ranunculus Bungei, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, ii. p. 433. Ranunculus hydrocharis, Spenner, forma Bungei, Hiern in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 100. Curnrr: near Peking (Bunge! Bushell!) Jehol (David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. There are also specimens from the same region in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Moellendorff, of a slightly different form, in which the leaves are more deeply divided and the segments much narrower. Maximowicz (Ind. Fl. Pek.) includes a second form, which he calls R. aquatilis, P. brevifolius, Rossm., and which may be the same. In Herb. Forbes is a fruiting specimen of an apparently somewhat starved state of a different form (R. trichophyllus, Chaix ex Maximowiez in litt.) without floating leaves, from a small pond near the Tsau Lake in ANwuer. The aggregate species is very widely diffused in temperate regions. 3. Ranunculus auricomus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 551; DC. Prodr. i.p. 33; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376. SurvakiNG: Fungwangehung (Ross!), Muchi (JFebster !). Herb. Kew. Europe, Siberia, and North India. 14 1. RANUNCULACEAE. 4, Ranunculus Cymbalaria, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii. p. 392; Hook. f. & Thoms. Flora Indica, i. p. 81; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 18; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 20, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. Ranunculus plantaginifolius, Murr.; Ledeb. FI. Altaica, ii. p. 312; Franchet, l. c. Ranunculus salsuginosus, Pall.; DC. Prodr. i. p. 33. a. major, Hook. f. & Thoms. l. c. p. 32. Cururr: near Peking (Bretschneider !). Herb. Kew. B. alpinus, Hook. f. & Thoms. l. c. Cnurinzr: near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 1752!) ; Yunnan: Koualapo mountain near Hokin ( Delavay ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. North cold temperate regions and southward in Ameriea to the Andes. 5. Ranunculus diffusus, DC. Prodr. i. p. 38 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 19. ANWHEI: Chinkiang and Yangtse (JMaries!). Herb. Kew. The Chenab to Bhotan, and the Western Peninsula of India; also Java and Sumatra. The Chinese specimen quite agrees, so far as it goes, with the form named subpinnatus by Wight and Arnott. 6. Ranunculus japonicus, Langsd. ex Fisch. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 38, non Thunb., ex Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 3. Ranunculus ternatus, DC. Syst. i. p. 242, et Prodr. i. p. 31; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 19; Deless. Ic. Pl. Rar. i. t. 25? Curar: near Peking (David, 469, 2977, ex Franchet); Lvonu (Wright!). Herb. Kew. The only specimen from within our limits we have seen that we could refer to this species is Wright’s. As stated under R. pensylvanicus, some forms of this are scarcely distinguishable from that species. Delessert’s figure may represent either species. See the remarks under R. ternatus. Japan. 7. Ranunculus Motsténdorffii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p.7. CHIHLI: Pohuashan (Moellendorff ex Hance). 8. Ranunculus pensylvanicus, Linn. Suppl. Pl. p. 272; DC. Prodr. i. p. 40; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 19. Ranunculus chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 3. Ranunculus fibrosus, Wall.; Hook. f. et Thoms. Flora Indica, i. p. 37. l. RANUNCULACEE. 15 Ranunculus cantoniensis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 43? Hecatonia pilosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 371? This very variable species seems to be common in the Eastern Provinces, from Chihli to Kwangtung, and Maximowiez reports it to us from Shensi and Kansuh ; it is also in the Kew Herbarium from Szechuen and the Corea. The extreme forms with globose and oblong heads of achenes are very different, but there is every gradation between. A form collected by Hance within the enclosure of a temple in the Pahwan mountains near Canton is hardly distinguishable from R. japonicus except in the very short straight beak of the achenes. This species exhibits the same kind and range of variability in North India. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Sutlej to the Khasia hills and in the Amur, and in North America. 9. Ranunculus Polii, Franchet, sp. nov. “ Radix fibrosa, fibris validis elongatis; caulis e basi ramosus, ramis decumbentibus, sepe radicantibus; folia inferiora tripartita, vel pinnatim ternata, segmentis petiolulatis trifidis, lobis ovatis vel lanceolatis integris vel rarius 2-3-dentatis ; folia superiora pauca (1-2), sessilia, tripartita ; pedunculi uniflori, elongati (22—4 poll.), graciles, subtiliter striati; sepala ovalia, patentia; petala lutea, late ovata, calyce triplo longiora; carpella juniora in capitulum ovatum digesta, oblonga, hispidula, in stylum elongatum circina- tum abeuntia. * Planta gracilis vix palmaris, preter carpella hispida, glaber- rima; corolle diametro circiter 6 lineas." — Franchet MS. Krawasv: Fengwangshan (Poli ex Franchet). In the Kew Herbarium are very young specimens of a Ranun- culus from Shanghai, collected by Maingay, which may be this species, described by Franchet as having the habit of a very much reduced state of R. repens. 10. Ranunculus pulchellus, C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. Altaica, ii. p. 833, et Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 111; Walp. Rep. i. p. 88; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. Yurnan: Koualapo mountain near Hokin (Delavay ex Franchet). Baical to Altai. 11. Ranunculus repens, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 554; DC. Prodr. i. p. 88; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Scc. xvii. p. 376. 16 1. RANUNCULACES. SHINGKING: Chienshan and east of Moukden (oss!) ; COREA (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Europe, through Siberia to Japan, and in North America. 12. Ranunculus sceleratus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 551; DC. Prodr. i. p. 84; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 98; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 876; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 19, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 197. Ranunculus holophyllus, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 4, xv. p. 220, et in Journ. Linn. Soe, xiii. p. 98; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 15? Ranunculus oryzetorum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 2? This species ranges from CHIHLI and SuineKine to KwaNaTUNG, and is apparently a common weed in southern rice-fields. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North temperate and subtropical regions. We have seen no authenticated specimens of R. oryzetorum, Bunge, and R. holophyllus, Hance; but from the descriptions and from the variability of the Chinese specimens of R. sceleratus, we have little doubt that they belong here. 13. Ranunculus Sieboldii, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 5. Kranasv : Shanghai (Maingay !) ; Cuexrana: Ningpo (Old- ham!); Lvocuv Arcurpetaeo (Wright!) Herb. Kew. We have seen. no authenticated specimens of Miquel’s species ; but the Chinese plant is the only one from the region with pe- duncles opposite the leaves, and in this, as in other particulars, it agrees with Miquel’s description. 14. Ranunculus ternatus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 241; Wallstr. Pl. Jap., nov. sp. in Thunb. Diss. p. 8, cum tab. ; Maxim. Fl: As. Or. Fragm. p. 3, nec aliorum. Ranunculus extorris, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 204. Ranunculus Zuccarinii, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 5. Kranesu: Fengwangshan and Shanghai (Forbes!) ; CHEKIANG: Ningpo (Hancock !), Shaoshing (Savatier ! hb. Forbes), Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 4!). Herb. Kew. Japan. Mr. Maximowicz has recently had an opportunity of examining Thunberg’s herbarium, and we are indebted to him for clearing up the confusion between this species and R. japonicus. He found only one specimen labelled R. ternatus, and that was clearly ëm ër tms We tt aite s PP ST odd _ een mma H gu. qot As. UT Í l. RANUNCULACES. 17 the original of Wallstróm's figure, as well as of Thunberg's description. 15. Ranunculus yunnanensis, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxii. p. 5. Yunnan: Heechanmen, above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). 16. Ranunculus, sp. Suinexine: Yoongdien (Ross!). Herb. Kew. An undescribed species, having the habit of R. auricomus and subglobose, pubescent achenes ; but the material is insufficient to make a satisfactory description. 1. Caltha palustris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 558; DC. Prodr. i. p. 44; Baker § Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376. SHINGKING: Yoongdien, Corean Gate (Ross!); SHENSI or KaNsun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); COREA (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. 1. Trollius asiaticus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 557; DC. Prodr. i. p. 46; Hance, Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 104. Trollius chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor.p. 3 ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 47; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 20. Trollius asiaticus, Linn., var. affinis, Regel, Gartenfl. 1863, p. 209, t. 20. Cuu: Siaowutaishan mountain, about 100 miles west of Peking (Hancock! Moellendorff!); Kianasv : Shanghai, in gardens (Fortune!). Herb. Kew. Asiatic Russia. 1. Eranthis stellata, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 22; Baker d Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376. Surnexine: Fungwangchung (Ross!). Herb. Kew. Amur. Baker and Moore question the species, though unnecessarily. 1. Coptis Teeta, Wall. ? in Trans. Med. & Phys. Soc. Calc. viii. p. 347; Griffith, Ic. Pl. Asiat.iv. t.660; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. p. 23. Kwanatune: East River, Canton (Ford!). Herb. Kew. There are only Griffith's Mishmi specimens in the Kew Her- ei barium, and these are without either flowers or fruit; and Griffith’s LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. c 18 1. RANUNCULACER. figure represents the carpels as sessile, whilst in the present plant they are distinctly stalked, yet it agrees so well in foliage with { the Indian that we think it must be the same species. t 1. Isopyrum adoxoides, DC. Syst. i. p. 324; Prodr. i. p. 48; | Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 257; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. | p. 630, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 3. Isopyrum japonicum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 73, fide Maxim. Krayasu: Fengwangshan (Ab. Forbes!); Cuexiane: Ningpo (Hancock ex Maximowiez), hills near Meichi (Carles § Forbes! | hb. Forbes); Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer !). Herb. Kew. | Japan. 2. Isopyrum anemonoides, Aur. et Kir. Enum. Pl. Songor. | n. 55; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 633: Kansus: various alpine localities (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). North-western India ; Siberia. 3. Isopyrum grandiflorum, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 48; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 627. Kansvu: in alpine situations along the river Tetung (Prze- ; walski ex Maaimowicz). Western Himalaya and Siberia. : 4. Isopyrum Raddeanum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 639. Enemion Raddeanum, Regel, Pl. Radd. i. p. 61. Surnexine: Laoling (Webster !). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. x o 1. Aquilegia viridiflora, Pallas in Act. Petrop. 1779, p. 260, | t. 11, ex DC. Syst. i. p. 388. Aquilegia atropurpurea, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. p. 577; DC. | Prodr. i. p. 50; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 130. Cum: Pohuashan (Bretschneider! Hance, 18557 !); Kansun: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. 4 Siberia. 2. Aquilegia vulgaris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 533 ; var. oxype- Y) tala, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 21. i Aquilegia oxypetala, Trautv. et Mey. Fl. Ochst. n. 22. CuruLi: Jehol (David, 2217 ex Franchet), Pohuashan (Bret- schneider ! hb. Forbes, David, 1708, ex Franchet). Temperate Europe and Asia. 1. RANUNCULACEX. 19 1. Delphinium alboceruleum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 709. Kaxsun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 2. Delphinium anthriscifolium, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 207 ; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 137 ; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 1882, p. 329, et Pl. David. p. 21. Kraxasv : near Chinkiang (Bullock! hb. Forbes); CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Everard!) ; Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); SHENSI: southern part (David ex Franchet); without locality (Piasezki ex Maximowicz); KwANaTUNG : along the West River (Sampson ! Hance, 10125 !), Lamchin (Chawmont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Delphinium Callerii, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1882, p. 329. Kwanerune: Macao (Callery ex Franchet). 4. Delphinium cheilanthum, Fisch. in DC. Syst. i. p. 352, et Prodr. i. p. 53; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 22, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 198. Cunt: Siwan (David ex Franchet); Suantune: Chefoo (hb. Forbes !). Dahuria. 5. Delphinium grandiflorum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 531; DC. Prodr. i. p. 53 (B. chinense, Fisch.) ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 45; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 22; Bot. Reg. t. 472. Delphinium chinense, Lodd. Bot. Cab. i. t. 71. Cum: near Peking (Moellendorff! Bushell! Bretschneider!); Suinexine: Peiling (Webster!) ; SuaNTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock ex Maximowicz) ; SZECHUEN : beyond Shanteantze (Capt. Gill). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Siberia. 6. Delphinium Pylzowi, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 709. Kansun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 7. Delphinium Savatieri, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1882, p. 330. CuexianG: Shaoshing (Savatier ex Franchet). 8. Delphinium sparsiflorum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 710. Kansvun (Przewalski ex Masximowicz). c2 20 1. RANUNCULACEEX. . 1. Aconitum Anthora, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 5832; DC. Prodr. i p.56; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468. Cum: near Peking (ex Maximowicz). Temperate Europe and Asia. 2. Aconitum Fischeri, Reichb. Monogr. Acon. t. 22; Franchet, in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 198 (excl. synon. Dene.). Aconitum sinense, Siebold ex Zuccarini fide Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1847, p. 46 (nomen nudum), non A. chinense, Bot. Mag. t. 3852. Aconitum autumnale, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 77, et in Paat. Fl. Gard. i. p. 187, eum figura. Aconitum Carmichaeli, Debeaux, Fl. Tientsin, Addend. p. 61. Aconitum sp., Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 206, cum descript. Aconitum chinense, Herb. Kew. ; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 137. SurNaKkrNG: Chienshan (foss!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!) ; Cnusan (Fortune, 35!); Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; CukKrANG: Ningpo (Hverard!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Two species have been confused under the name sinense (chinense) ; see the synonymy of A. Fortunei, Hemsl. 3. Aconitum Fortunei, Hemsl. Aconitum chinense, Pact. Mag. Bot. v. t. 3; Bot. Mag. t. 3852; non A. sinense, Sieb., sed A. sinense, Lindl. in Post. Fl. Gard. i. p. 187, fig. 116. Aconitum japonicum, Decne. in Rev. Hort. 1851, p. 175, cum ic., non Thunb. Cuixa (Fortune!). Herb. Kew. 4. Aconitum gymnandrum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol, ix. p. 711. . Kawsun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). ` 5. Aconitum Kusnezoffii, Reichb. Monogr. Acon.t.21; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 22. Aconitum villosum, Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468,non Reichb. ex Maxim. in litt. . Cumi: near Peking (Bretschneider!), Jehol (David ex Franchet) ; Corra (Perry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Siberia. 6. Aconitum Lycoctonum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 532; DC. Prodr. i: p 57 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 23; Regel, Pl. Radd. p. 71 (varietates plures). 1. RANUNCULACEEX. 21 Aconitum barbatum, Patr. in Pers. Syn. ii. p. 83; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468 (8. Gmelini). Aconitum Cynoctonum, Reichb., A. Vulparia, Reichb., et A. Lamarkii, Reichb. Monogr. Acon. tt. 64-68. CurHLr: near Peking (Bretschneider!), Pohuashan (David, 2246, 2277, ex Franchet); Sutnextna (Ross!); KrawGsI: Kiukiang (Ab. Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and Temperate Asia. 7. Aconitum Napellus, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 532; DC. Prodr. i. p. 62. SurNGKING: Chienshan (Ross !). Temperate and arctic Europe, Asia, and America. 8. Aconitum ochotense, Reichb. Monogr. Acon. t.18; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 22. Curutr: Siwan, near Peking, and Jehol (David, 490, 576, and 2214, ex Franchet). Siberia; Mongolia. 1. Actæa spicata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 504; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 28. Cnurnrr: near Peking (ex Maximowicz), J ehol (David, 1845, ex Franchet). North temperate and arctic regions. 1. Cimicifuga davurica, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 28. Actinospora davurica, Turcz. in Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Petrop. 1835, . 2). P Actæa davurica, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 23. Crmur - near Peking (Bretschneider! hb. Forbes), Jehol (David, 2045, ex Franchet). Dahuria; Mongolia. In the Kew Herbarium is a fruiting specimen of a Cimicifuga from Shingking, collected by Ross, which may be from a very vigorous plant of this species, or it may belong to a different species. 1. Peonia albiflora, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. t. 84; DC. Prodr. i. p. 66; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 257, et 1882, p. 257; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193; Baker § Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376; Baker in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxi. (1884), p. 779; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 28; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 3 (B. trichocarpa) ; Bot. Mag. t. 1756. 22 1. RANUNCULACES. Pæonia edulis, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t.78; Bot. Mag. t. 1768 (var. sinensis). Cuinri: Jehol (David, 1813, 1850, ex Franchet), Siaowutai- shan (Moellendorff!) ; Sainexine: Fooling (Boss !), Chienshan (Ross!) ; Suanrune (Fauvel ex Franchet); YUNNAN (Anderson ex Kurz); Kwanatune: Canton (ex Bot. Mag.). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Siberia. 2. Pæonia Moutan, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1154; DO. Prodr. i. p. 65; Baker in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxi. (1884), p. 779; Bot. Mag. t. 379. KawsuH: north of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz AMSS.). Cultivated specimen only in the Kew Herbarium. 3. Peonia obovata, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 29; Baker in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxi. (1884), p. 779. P:eonia oreogeton, S. Moore, in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 376. Suinkine: Kwandien (Ross!). Herb. Kew. Amur ; Sachalin. 2. DILLENIACEJE. 1. Tetracera sarmentosa, Vahl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 70; Willd. Sp. Pl, ii. p. 1240; Planch. et Triana in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 4, xvii. p. 20; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 115, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 99. Delima sarmentosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 736; DC. Prodr. i. p. 69; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 7. Leontoglossum scabrum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 18, et iii. p. 812. Calligonum asperum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 342. Trachytella aspera, DC. Syst.i. p. 410, et Prodr. i. p. 70. Actæa aspera, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 405. Trachytella Actza, DC. Syst. i. p. 410, et Prodr. i. p. 70. SOUTHERN CHINA: common in Kwangtung and Hongkong; and there are many specimens in the herbaria without exact localities. — Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Assam to Singapore and the Malay Archipelago. 3. CALYCANTHACEA. 1. Chimonanthus fragrans, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 451; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 15. Calycanthus præcox, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 718; Bot. Mag. t. 466. 3. CALYCANTHACER. 23 Curmi: near Peking (Bretschneider!); Kr1anast: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; SuHenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz in litt.) Herb. Kew. Introduced in Japan according to Japanese authors. 4. MAGNOLIACEA. l. Illicium religiosum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 5, t. 1; Bot. Mag. t. 3965; Berge und Schmidt, Off. Gewächs. iv. t. 30 f. figs. A-C ; Holmes in Pharmac. Journ. 1881, p. 1066. Illicium anisatum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 664; DC. Prodr. i. p. 77 ; Franch, et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 15; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 92. KwaweruNG: Macao (Millett!), Pakhoi (Ford!); without locality (Livingstone!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Illicium anisatum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 353; Berge und Schmidt, Off. Gewächs. iv. t. 30 f. figs. M-R (non Linn. et alio- rum); Holmes in Pharmac. Journ. 1881, p. 1066. Kwanetune: west of Canton (Loureiro). All the Chinese and Japanese specimens of Jlicium that we have seen are referable to one species. 1. Magnolia conspicua, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 38 (1806) ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 508. Magnolia Yulan, Desf. Hist. Arb. ii. p. 6 (1809); DC. Prodr. i. p. 8 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 14; Bot. Mag. t. 1621; Bot. Reg. t. 1164 (var. Soulangiana). Yulania conspicua, Spach, Hist. Veg. vii. p. 464. Magnolia precia, Correa in Vent. Jard. Malm. n. 24 (absque descrip- tione). Curmi : near Peking (Bretschneider! Skatchkoff!) ; KIANGST : Shanghai (Maingay!); Kiawasr: Kiukiang (Maries!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Magnolia obovata, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 336 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 81; Franch. et Sav. Enum, Pl. Jap. i. p. 16. Magnolia purpurea, Curtis, Bot. May. t. 390. Magnolia discolor, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 24. ` Magnolia denudata et M. liliflora, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 675. Magnolia glauca, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 237, non Linn. Buergeria obovata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 19. Talauma obovata, Hance in Journ, Bot. 1882, p. 2, non Korth. 24 4. MAGNOLIACER. Talauma Sieboldi, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 257. Yulania japonica, Spach, Hist. Veg. vii. p. 466. SzecuuEN (Watters ex Hance) ; Krawasu (Poli ex Franchet.. in litt.); East coast, without special locality (Home!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Franchet and Savatier (loc. cit.) state that this exists in Japan under cultivation only. 3. Magnolia pumila, Andr. Bot. Repos. t. 226; Bot. Mag. t. 977; DO. Prodr. i. p. 81; Hance, Advers. p. 6, non Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. 2. p. 217. Liriodendron Coco, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 347, fide Hance. Magnolia Coco, DC. Syst. i. p. 459. Magnolia Championi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 8. Talauma pumila, Bl. Fl. Jav. Magnol. p. 38, t. 12 C. Liriodendron liliifera, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 755, fide Blume. Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Old- ham, 5!); Kwanerune: Macao (ex Hance); Honexone (Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. [Magnolia inodora, DC. (Syst. i. p. 459; Prodr. i. p. 81), founded on the Liriodendron liliifera, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 346) non Linn., and Magnolia parviflora, Bl. (Bijdr. p. 9: Walp. Rep. i. p. 70), are both doubtful plants. ] 1. Michelia Champaca, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, pl. 586; DO. Prodr. i.p. 79; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 42. Cuina: without locality (Millett! Beazeley!). Herb. Kew. Nepal and Assam to the Nilgherries and Java. Perhaps only cultivated in China, in the eastern part at least. 2. Michelia fuscata, Blume, Fl. Jav., Magnol. p. 8. Magnolia fuscata, Andr. Bot. Repos. t. 229; Bot. Mag. t. 1008; DC. Prodr. i. 81. Liriodendron Figo, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 347, fide Hance, Advers) p. 6. Magnolia Figo, DC. Syst. i. p. 460. Liriopsis fuscata, Spach, Hist. Veg. vii. p. 461. Cuina: without locality (Macartney! Staunton !); KiANGSI : | Kiukiang (Shearer !); KwaNGTUNG: Macao (ex Hance). Maus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 4. MAGNOLIACER. 95 1. Liriodendron Tulipifera, Linn., var.? chinense, Hemsl. * Arbor pulchra patula" (Maries); foliis variabilibus, adultis (Shearer lectis) alte lobatis lobis obtusissimis, novis (Maries lectis) breviter lobatis lobis acutissimis; **floribus viridibus " (Maries), sepalis petalisque vix 9 lineas longis.— Liriodendron sp. nov. ?, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 225. Kranest: Lushan mountains, Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!). Herb. Kew. Possibly this may prove sufficiently distinct from the American form to rank as an independent species; but the leaves furnish no distinctive character, and the flowers appear to differ only in size. We have seen only one, however. 1. Schizandra chinensis, Baill. Hist. Pl. i. p. 148; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 17; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 24. Maximowiczia chinensis, Rupr. in Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 31, t. 1. Kadsura chinensis, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. no. vii. 1837, . 149. P Sphærostema japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 80; A. Gr. in Mem. Am. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 380. Schizandra (Sphærostema) japonica, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 258. CHIHLI: Jehol (David, 1839, ex Franchet); SHINGKING (Ross, 309!), Muchi (JWebster!); Krawasv: Fengwangshan (Ab. Forbes!); Suenst or Kawsuu: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maxim. MSS.) Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Kadsura chinensis, Hance in Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 8. Kadsura japonica, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 1851, p. 258, non Don. Curva: without locality (Millett!), Hongkong (Champion! Wright! Hance, 601!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 5. ANONACE. 1. Uvaria calamistrata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 77. Melodorum sp., Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 99. Honexone: Heongkong (Hance, 7436 !), Little Hongkong (Lamont| Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Uvaria microcarpa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. in. 1851, p. 256; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 10. 26 5. ANONACER. Uvaria badiiflora, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 19. Guatteria rufa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 836, non Dunal. Kwanerune: Canton (Reeves!), Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Hoxne- Kone (Millett! Beechey! Urquhart! Champion! Lamont! Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Uvaria purpurea, Blume, Bijdr. i. p. 11, et Fl. Jav., Anon. p.13, t. 1 et t. 13A ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 9. Uvaria platypetala, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 1851, p. 257. Uvaria rhodantha, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 19. Honexone (Champion! Wilford! Hance!). Herb. Kew. Malay Archipelago. We have followed Bentham in the synonymy of this species, though we suspect that the specimens, such as they are, represent more than one species. In the Kew Herbarium are two spe- cimens, each bearing only one flower: one having petals nearly as broad as long, and overlapping each other; the other having petals nearly twice as long as broad and free from each other except near the base. 4. Uvaria synsepala, Mig. Journ. Bot. Néerl. i. p. 128. Kwanetune: Hoan (Krone ex Miquel). 1. Artabotrys hongkongensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, . p. 71. Artabotrys Blumei, Hook. f. § Thoms. Fl. Ind. i. p. 128, partim ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 10. Honaxone (Champion! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Artabotrys odoratissimus, E. Br.in Bot. Reg. t.423; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 10. Uvaria uncata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 349; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 136. Anona uncinata, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 127. Unona uncinata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 90. CurwA: without locality (Seemann! Millett!); Foxten : Amoy (Campbell!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 5/a!) ; Hoxe- KONG (Champion!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western peninsula of India, and Ceylon and Java. 1. Unona discolor, Vahl, Symb. ii. p. 63, t. 36; DC. Prodr. i. p. 91; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 11. 5. ANONACER. 27 Unona chinensis, DC. Syst. i. p. 495, et Prodr. i. p. 91. . Desmos chinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 352. Unona Lessertiana, Dun. Monogr. Anon. p. 107, t. 26. Kwanetune: Canton (Loureiro!), Macao (Vachell D: Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Hoxakoxa: common, and in all collections. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. The Himalayas to Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago. [Cananga odorata, Hook. f. et Thoms. (Uvaria odorata, Lam.) is recorded from China by Lamark, De Candolle, and others ; but there are no Chinese specimens in the London herbaria. } 1. Polyalthia suberosa, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 25; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 65, Uvaria suberosa, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. t. 34, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 467. Guatteria suberosa; Dun. Monogr. Anon. p. 128, et in DC. Prodr. i. p. 93. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!). Herb. Kew. Bengal to Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago.: 1. Melodorum glaucescens, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 112. Honexone: Victoria Peak, Little Hongkong, and Happy Valley woods (Ford!). Herb. Kew. 2. Melodorum Oldhami, Hemsl., n. sp. Ramuli ultimi graciles, ferrugineo-pubescentes, vetustiores nigrescentes, glabrescentes, rugulosi. Folia petiolata, vix co- riacea, oblonga, 24-5 poll. longa, 1-13 poll. lata, utrinque obtusa vel rotundata, supra secus costam impressam primum hirsutula, cito omnino glabrescentia, infra ferrugineo-puberula, tardius glabrescentia, venis lateralibus primariis 12-15-jugis promi- nentibus, venis ultimis minute reticulatis ; petiolus crassiusculus, primum ferrugineo-pubeseens, deinde glabrescens, nigrescens, transverse rugulosus. Flores ut videtur parvi (alabastra vix diametro 3 lineas tantum adsunt), oppositifolii, solitarii vel 2-3 aggregati, ferrugineo-pubescentes, breviter pedicellati; sepala deltoidea; petala crassa nondum bene evoluta; stamina in- definita; ovaria circiter 20, pilosa, ovulis 6 vel 8? Carpella ferrugineo-puberula, subglobosa, diametro usque ad 9 lineas, breviter stipitata; semina interdum minime 3 vel 4, discoidea, , diametro circiter lineas 5. | Formosa (Oldham, 5/11). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 28 5. ANONACER. 3. Melodorum verrucosum, Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. i, p. 119; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 80; Hance in Journ. Both 1883, p. 296. a Haras: Hungmo (B. C. Henry ex Hance). i Khasia mountains. 6. MENISPERMACEÆ. 1. Limacia cuspidata, Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. i. p. 189; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 100; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 12. Hypserpa nitida, Miers in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. 1851, p. 258. Honexone (Champion! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Bengal to Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago. 1. Cocculus cuneatus, Benth. MSS. in Herb. Kew.; Swinhoe, List of Plants of the Island of Formosa. Nephroica cuneifolia, Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xix. p. 26, et Contrib. Bot. iii. p. 266. Formosa: West coast (Wilford 526!), Takau (Swinhoe D, South coast (Maries!). Herb. Kew. 2. Cocculus macrocarpus, Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penin. Ind. Or.i. p. 13 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 101; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 12; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 362; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 652; Wight, TU. i. t. 7. Diploclisia macrocarpa, Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vii. p. 42, et Contrib. Bot. iii. p. 280, t. 127. Hoxaxoxa (Wright | Champion! Seemann! Hance! Lamont !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. The Conean to Ceylon. 3. Cocculus Thunbergii, DC. Syst. i. p. 524, et Prodr. i. p. 98 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 99; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xil p. 651; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 24. Cocculus ovalifolius, DC. Syst. i. p. 526, et Prodr. i. p. 99; Benth. F. Hongk. p. 13. Cocculus diantherus, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 167. Nephroia sarmentosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 565. i Nephroica sarmentosa, N. hexagyna, N. ovalifolia, N. dilatata, N.'. hastata, N. triloba, N. cynanchoides, N. Thunbergii, et N. pycnantha, | f Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xix. pp. 25-26, et Contrib. Bot. iii. pp. 261-268, ; b | 6. MENISPERMACER. 29 | Eastern CHINA: common from Shanghai to Hongkong and Macao; also in SouTHERN Corra and Formosa. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Pericampylus incanus, Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vii. p. 40, et Contrib. Bot. ii. p. 118, t. 111; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 13; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 99. Pericampylus aduncus, P. assamicus, et P. membranaceus, Miers, Contrib. Bot. ii. pp. 119-122. Cocculus incanus, Colebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 57 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 650. KwaweruNG (Ford!); Honexona (Wright! Hance! La- mont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Sikkim and Assam to Java. 1. Menispermum dauricum, DC. Syst. i. p. 540, et Prodr. i. p. 102; Deless. Ic. t. 100; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 4; Miers, Contrib. Bot. ii. p. 116; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p.130; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 647 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 25; id. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 198 (dahuricum). CHIHLI: Jehol (David ex Franchet), near Peking (Bushell! Tatarinow! Bretschneider!), Pohuashan (Bretschneider! hb. Forbes); Ssineaxine: Fungwangshan (Ross!); SHawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Siberia; Japan. 1. Cyclea deltoidea, Miers in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. 1851, p. 258, et Contrib. Bot. ii. p. 244; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 14; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 642; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 362. KwaxoruNa (Ford!); Honexone (Champion! Wright! See- mann!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Stephania hernandifolia, Walp. Rep. i. p. 96; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 13. Stephania longa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 609; Miers, Contrib. Bot. iii. p. 212 partim? Curva: common in the warmer parts. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropieal Asia, Africa, and Australia. 30 6. MENISPERMACE. 2. Stephania tetrandra, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 225 ; f Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 646, t. 2. Kiawesr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, , 7&7a!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Fibraurea tinctoria, Zour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 626; Miers, Contrib. Bot. iii. p. 41; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 98. Cuixa (Loureiro!). Mus. Brit. There is some doubt whether the Indian plant has been cor- rectly referred to Loureiro's Fibraurea. 7. BERBERIDEZ. 1. Stauntonia chinensis, DC. Syst. i. p. 514, et Prodr. i. p. 96; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 14. Cous, without locality (Fortune, 166!; Macartney d Staun- ton, spec. typ. in Mus. Brit. !) ; HoxGkoxe (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 2. Stauntonia hexaphylla, Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 2, xii, p. 105; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 148, t. 11; Maxim. in Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 88. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford!); Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO (Doderlein ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Akebia lobata, Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 2, xii. p. 107 ? Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Akebia quinata, Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 2, xii. p. 107 :, Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 28 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 8; S. Moors + in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 137; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 3 Franchet, Pl. David. p. 25. Kranesv : Fengwangshan (Ab. Forbes!) ; CneK1ANG: M (Hancock!); Cuusan (Fortune, A. 31!) ; Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Swenst or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ech: Maximowicz); Corea (Carles!) ; COREAN AngcuiPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 7. BERBERIDER. 81 l. Berberis brachypoda, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 711. Kansun (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 2. Berberis dasystachya, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 711. Kassun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 3. Berberis diaphana, Ma«im. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 712. Kass (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 4. Berberis Fortunei, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. pp. 231 et 300 cum ic. xylogr., et v. p. 19; Walp. Ann. i. p. 21. Cuina: in gardens at Shanghai (Fortune, 32, coll. 1846 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 5. Berberis nepalensis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 120; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 2; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 142; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 109. Mahonia napaulensis, DC. Syst. ii. p. 21, et Prodr. i. p. 109; Deless. Ic. Pl. Sel. ii. t. 4. Berberis Bealei, Fortune in Gard. Chron. 1850, p. 212; Bot. Mag. t. 4852, et var. planifolia, t. 4846. Berberis japoniea, R. Br. ín Append. Tuckey Congo, p. 22; Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. p. 11. Mahonia japonica, DC. Syst. ii. p. 22. Ilex japonica, Thunb, Fl. Jap. p. 79, et Ie. Pl. Jap. t. 12. Kiawasu: in gardens (Fortune, 42!); Sensi or KANSUH: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) : SZECHUEN (Mesny ex Hance). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Kashmir to Khasia, in the Nilgherries, Mergui, and Japan. 6. Berberis sinensis, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. p. 158 ; DO. Prodr. i p. 106; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii p. 377; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 180; Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. ii. pp. 416, 417 (varietates angustifolia et crategina); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 26 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6573. Curuut: between Peking and Jehol (Staunton !), Pohuashan (Bretschneider | hb. Forbes), Jehol (David !), Chuilungshan ( Han- cock!) ; SurneKrne: various localities (Ross!) ; Kansus: south of Hoangho (Masximowicz MSS.); CogEA: Laoling (Webster !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. ` 7. Berberis stenophylla, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 257. SzECHUEN (Parker ex Hance). 32 7. BERBERIDED. 8. Berberis Thunbergii, DC. Syst. ii. p. 9, et Prodr. i. p. 106; Bot. Mag. t. 6646; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 272 (var. Maximowiczii). Berberis Maximowiczii, Regel, Gartenflora, 1872, p. 238. Suenst or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Maximowicz MSS.). Japan. 9. Berberis vulgaris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 330; DC. Prodr. i. p. 105 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 25 (var. amurensis). Curnrr: near Peking (David, 492, 581, ex Franchet); Kansun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz in litt.). Widely spread in Europe and temperate Asia. 10. Berberis Wallichiana, DC. Prodr. i. p. 107 ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 110. SurNsr or Kansus : Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz in litt.). Himalaya and Khasia mountains. 1. Leontice microrhyncha, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 377, t. 16 (cum var. venosa). SHINGKING: Kwaudien Ze, (Ross!); Kranesu : “an cult." (Poli ex Franchet MSS.); CogEA: Laoling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. 1. Nandina domestica, Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl. p.14; DO. Prodr. i. p. 109 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 14; Bot. Mag. t. 1109. Cnuiuri: near Peking (Bretschneider!) ; Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay cult.); CmeKrAwe (Staunton!); KrawGsr: Kiukiang. (Shearer !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Epimedium macranthum, Morren et Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 2, ii. p. 352, t. 18; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, p. 377 ; Baker in Gard. Chron. n. s. xiii, p. 683 ; Bot. Reg. t. 19064 Epimedium violaceum, Morren et Decne. l. c. p. 354, t. 12. ! SurvGKING: Changdien to Kwandien (Loss !); Kianasu Chinkiang (Maries!) ; Kianest: Kiukiang (Maries!); COREA $ Laoling ( Webster !). Hb. Kew. Japan. 2. Epimedium pubescens, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 712. SHENSI (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 7. BERBERIDEEX. 33 3. Epimedium sagittatum, Baker in Gard. Chron. (1880) n. s. xiii. p. 683. Aceranthus sagittatus, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Bayer. Acad. Ph. Cl. iv. 2. p. 175; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 71. Epimedium (Aceranthus) sinense, Sieb. ex Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 2. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang (Watters ex Hance). Herb. Kew. Japan? 1. Jeffersonia dubia, Benth. et Hook. f. ex Baker et Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 377. Jeffersonia manchuriensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 258. Plagiorhegma dubium, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 34, t. 2. Surnexine: Corean Gate and Fungwangshan (Ross!); COREA (Carles!); Laoling (Webster ). Herb. Kew. Amur. 1. Podophyllum pleianthum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 175. Formosa: Tamsui(Watters!). Herb. Kew. 2. Podophyllum versipelle, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 362. Kwanerune: Lofaushan mountains (B. C. Henry ex Hance, 22200); various localities (Faber! Ford!) Herb. Kew. 8. NYMPHAHACE. 1. Nymphaa acutiloba, DO. Prodr. i. p.116 ; Braam, Ic. Chin. t. 18; Regel, Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 18. CHINA. 2. Nymphæa tetragona, Georgi, Bemerk. einer Reise im Russ. Reich. i. p. 220, ex Caspary in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. n. p. 251, t. 7. B " Nymphza pygmea, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. iii. p. 293; DC. Prodr. 1 p. 116; Bot. Mag. t. 1525. Cura (ex Bot. Mag.). l. Euryale ferox, Salisb. in Konig d Sims Ann. Bot. ii. p. 74; DC. Prodr. i. p. 114 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1447. l NN Curarr: cultivated in lakes and ponds, Peking (ex Bot. Mag.); Formosa (Oldham, 9!); HAINAN (Staunton!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Kashmir to Bengal. D LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 84 8. NYMPHAXACEEX. 1. Nelumbium speciosum, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 1258; DC. Prodr. i. p. 113; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p.15 Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 199; Bot. Mag. t. 908. Nymphza Nelumbo, Lour. Fl. Cochin. p. 340, ex Bretschneider, Early Res. p. 137. CnrNA: commonly cultivated, and it is included in Maximowicz’s Index Flora Pekinensis, exclusis plantis cultis.’ Persia to China, and southward to tropical Australia. 9. PAPAVERACEJE. 1. Papaver alpinum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 507; DC. Prodr. i. p. 118; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 468 (varietates) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 36. Papaver nudicaule, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 507; DC. Prodr. i. p. 117; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 4. Cmm: near Peking and Pohuashan (David, 552, 2255, ex Franchet), Siaowutaishan (ancock!). Herb. Kew. North arctic and cold temperate regions. 2. Papaver somniferum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 508; DC. Prodr. i. p. 119. SHENSI (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Both this and P. Rheas, Linn., were cultivated in gardens according to Bunge (Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 4); and Argemone mexicana, Linn., exists as a weed of cultivation (Fl. Hongk. p. 15). 1. Meconopsis racemosa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 718. Kansuu (Przewalski ex Mazimowicz). 1. Cathcartia integrifolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 718. Kansun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 1. Stylophorum japonicum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 11, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 199; Baker § Moore in Jouran.. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 378. Suinexing: Fungwangshan (Aoss!); Corra (Webster!) Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Eomecon chionantha, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 346, et 1885, p. 254; Bot. Mag. t. 6871. 9. PAPAVERACER. 85 Kwanast: Waitsap (C. B. Henry ex Hance, 22218) specim. cult. (Ford!) Herb. Kew. 1. Bocconia cordata, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 841 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 121; Bot. Mag. t. 1905 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 312, et 1874, p. 259; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 27. CHEKIANG (Fortune ! Staunton !); Kraxasr: Kiukiang (Shearer! David, 824, ex Franchet); Suenst or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Prasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); Kwanast (Graves ex Hance). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Glaucium leptopodum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 714. Kansvu (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 1. Chelidonium majus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 505; DC. Prodr i p.128; Baker 4 Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 378 Franchet, Pl. David. p. 27. CHILI: Jehol Ze, (David, 463, 2066, ex Franchet); without locality (Ta£arinow ! Bushell !); Surnexine: Chienshan, Chang- dien, Fooling, and Corean Gate (Ross D: Corra (Perry,!). Herb. Kew. . Europe and temperate Asia. [Chelidonium sinense, DC. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 100 (C. majus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. non Linn.), is a doubtful plant. ] 10. FUMARIACE. 1. Hypecoum chinense, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 27. Cum: near Peking (David, 507, 554, ex Franchet). 2. Hypecoum erectum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 124; DC. Prodr. i. p. 124; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 27. Onm: near Peking (Bushell! David, 2348 D. Herb. Kew. 3. Hypecoum leptocarpum, Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 276; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 120. Kansun: Tangut (Przewalski!) Herb. Kew. Tibet and Sikkim. 1. Dicentra spectabilis, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Tage: Bot. i p.12; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 92; Baker d Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 378. 52 36 10. FUMARIACEX. Fumaria spectabilis, Linn. Amen. Acad. vii. p. 457, t. 7. Diclytra spectabilis, DC. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 110; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 15. Corydalis spectabilis, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 858. Capnorchis spectabilis, Borck. in Romer Archiv Bot. 1797, p. 46. Eucapnos spectabilis, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Münch. Acad. in. p. 71. Dielytra spectabilis, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. p. 233 et n. p. 178, t. 3; Bot. Mag. t. 4458. Hedyeapnos spectabilis, Planch. in Flore des Serres, vii. p. 193, in nota. Cmm: Pohuashan (Bretschneider!); SmrwakrNG: Saimaji mountains (Loss 1. Commonly cultivated in North China. Herb. Kew. 1. Corydalis adunca, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 47. Kansun (Przewalski & Piasezki ex Maximowicz); SHENSI or KawsuH : Tsunglin range (Piasezki, Maximowicz MSS.). 2. Corydalis bulbosa, DC. FI. Franç. iv. (1805) p. 637, Syst. ii. p. 119, et Prodr. i. p. 127; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 199. Corydalis solida, Swartz in Sv. Bot. viii. (1819) p. 531, ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Europ. p. 26; Kegel in Radde, Reisen, Bot. Abth. i. p. 137; Maaim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 4. Corydalis remota e¢ C. gamosepala, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 37. Corydalis remota et C. solida (varietates), Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 378. CuiuLr: near Peking (ex Maximowiez); SurNGKING: Fung- wangshan, Kwandien, and other localities (Ross!); SHanrune: Chefoo (Hancock!) ; KraNasu or Ktanest : Chinkiang or Kiu- kiang (Maries!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Europe and temperate Asia. 3. Corydalis Bungeana, T'urcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xix. 1, 1846, p. 62; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 130; Debeaux, FI. Shangh. p. 16; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 29. Corydalis racemosa, Bunge, Enum. Pi. Ch. Bor. p. 4, non Pers. Curr: Jehol and near Peking (David, 1701, 2374!), Nan- kau Pass (Bretschneider !), near Peking (Bunge!) ; Krawasu: Shanghai, on the walls and ramparts (ex Debeaux). Herb. Kew. Var. odontopetala (petalis distincte denticulatis). Curmi: Heilungtan (Hancock!) Herb. Kew. 10. FUMARIACER. 37 4. Corydalis curviflora, Mazim. FI. Tangutica, pars 1, t. 20. figg. 1-11, ined. KaxsuH: Tangut (Przewalski!) Herb. Kew. 5. Corydalis dasyptera, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 45. Kaxsun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 6. Corydalis decumbens, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 269; DC. Prodr. i. p. 127; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 193. Corydalis gracilipes, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 326. CurwA: without locality (Fortune, 2, 1846!); CHEKIANG: Meichi (Carles & Forbes, hb. Forbes!) ; Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Yunnan (Anderson ex Kurz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 7. Corydalis edulis, Maxim. Mél. Biol. x. p. 49. Corydalis chinensis, Franchet, Pl. David, p. 28. Kranesu: Shanghai (hb. Forbes!): Krawasr: walls of Kiu- kiang (David, 844!); Huren, Suenst, and Kaxsun (Piasezki ex Masximowicz). Herb. Kew. 8. Corydalis incisa, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 269; DC. Prodr. i. p. 127; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 4. Course: Ningpo (Hancock !), Meichi (Carles & Forbes, hb. Forbes!) ; Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer ! Maries!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 9. Corydalis linarioides, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 44. Kaxsun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 10. Corydalis melanochlora, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 43. Kansvun (Przewalski ex Maximowtez). 11. Corydalis micropoda, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 29. - SHENSI: valley of Hanchongfou (David ex Franchet). 12. Corydalis ochotensis, Turcz. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 103? Nort Oura (Zatarinow!). Herb. Kew. An imperfect specimen, apparently intermediate between this and C. Raddeana, Regel, which Maximowicz regards as varieties of one. 13. Corydalis pallida, Pers. Syn. PI ii. p. 270; DC. Prodr. i. p. 129; Maxim. in, Mél. Biol. x. p. 49, in nota, et FI. As. Or. Fragm. p. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 6826. 38 10. FUMARIACEZ. Sophorocapnos pallida, T'urez. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1841, i. p. 570; Flora, xxxi. (1848) p. 707. Corydalis heterocarpa, Sieb. et Zucc., C. speciosa, Maxim., et C. Wil- fordi, Regel, fide Maxim. Corydalis aurea, Willd., var. speciosa, Baker A Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 3/8? Common in Northern and Eastern China, from Com to the Corra, and southward to Kwanetune and Formosa. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Siberia, Japan, and North America. We have followed Maximowicz in the synonymy of this species and C. racemosa, Pers., though we are unable to sort satisfactorily the numerous herbarium specimens into the two species. Regel and others have referred some of the forms to the North- Ameri- ean C. aurea, Willd., which Maximowiez (Mél. Biol. x. p. 49) says may always be distinguished by the shape of the spur and the smooth seeds. 14. Corydalis racemosa, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 270; DO. Prodr. i. p. 129; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 4; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 30; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 275. SnawTUNG: along the sea-coast ( Hancock!) ; Krawasu : Tahu lake near Shanghai (hb. Forbes!) ; Curxitane: Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet; Everard!); SuENs: (Piasezki ex Maaimowicz; David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. Japan. Sir Joseph Hooker (Bot. Mag. sub t. 6826) states that this: has much smaller seeds than C. pallida. 15. Corydalis rosea, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 46. Kansun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). L^ 16. Corydalis Sheareri, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 225; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 45, sub C. trachycarpa. Cura: without locality (Fortune, 101), Chinkiang or Kiu- kiang (Maries!) ; KraNasr: Kiukiang (Shearer !), near Yangtsze (Capt. Gill). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 17. Corydalis straminea, Maxim. Fl. Tangutica, pars 1, t. 20. figg. 17-24, ined. Kansus: Tangut (Przewalski!) Herb. Kew. 18. Corydalis streptocarpa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 48. Kansvu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 10. FUMA RIACER. 39 19. Corydalis suaveolens, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 258. Kwanatune: along the North River (Gerlach ex Hance); cultivated (Ford!) Herb. Kew. 20. Corydalis trachycarpa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 45. Kawnsva (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). In the Kew Herbarium is one flowering specimen (Chinlung- shan, Peking, Hancock, 50) of what may be an undescribed species of Corydalis. Itis a bulbous species near C. bulbosus, but very slender and much-branched, perhaps, however, only accidentally so. 11. CRUCIFERZ. 1. Cheiranthus aurantiacus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ohin. Bor. p. 5; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 32. Cumi: near Peking (Moellendorff, ex herb. Hance, 13568! ; David, 443, ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. 1. Nasturtium amphibium, A. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 110; DC. Prodr. i. p. 138; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469. Curmi: Peking (ex Maximowicz). Europe; North Africa, and temperate Asia. 2. Nasturtium austriacum, Crantz, Stirp. Austr. fasc. 1 (1762), p. 15, t. 2. Camelina austriaca, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 93; DC. Prodr. i. p. 201; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 6. Nasturtium Camelina, Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1835, p. 34. Cnm: in fields near Peking (ex Bunge). i. Bunge's plant is probably JN. globosum, Turcz., which is very closely allied to the European N. austriacum. 3. Nasturtium globosum, Turez. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. i. p. 109; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 76; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 31. Nasturtium cantoniense, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1865, p. 378; Walp. Anz. vii. p. 99. Com. Jehol and near Peking (David, 393, 1957, ex Fran- chet), near Peking (Bretschneider !) ; KwawarUNG: banks of the West River (Sampson, ex herb. Hance, 5429!). Herb. Kew. Siberia. 40 11. CRUCIFERA. 4. Nasturtium indicum, DC. Syst. ii. p. 199, et Prodr. i. p. 139 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 184. Clandestinaria indica, Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. vi. p. 429. Nasturtium atrovirens, DC. Syst. ii. p. 201; Prodr. i. p. 139. Sisymbrium atrovirens, Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. p. /2, ex Spach, l. c. Cursa: without locality (Macartney d Staunton!) Mus. Brit. Widely spread in India and Malaya. 5. Nasturtium microspermum, DC. Syst. ii. p. 199, et Prodr. i. p. 189; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 5; Maxim. Ind. Pl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 17; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 32. Nasturtium benghalense, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 99, et in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 8, non DC. Curr: in fields near Ssijuissy and elsewhere (ex Bunge) ; SuawTUNG: without locality (Sfaunton!, spec. typ. in Mus. Brit.), Chefoo (Perry !); Kxawasv: Shanghai (Poli ex Franchet MSS.); Kitanest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); FokrEN: Foochow (Perry!); SuENsI: southern part (David ex Franchet); Kwane- TUNG: Whampoa (Hance, 6554!), Simchung (Tute!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This is readily distinguished from W. benghalense by its sub- sessile flowers, Ze, 6. Nasturtium montanum, Wall. Cat. 4778 in part; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 16; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 184; Debeaux, Fl. Shang. p. 17; Franchet, Pl. David. p.81. CHIHI: near Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Ktanasu : Shanghai (Maingay!); Cuextana: Ningpo (Oldham, 44!); Kiawast, Kiukiang (Shearer !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 7 and 14!) ; Suenst: Hanchongfou (David ex Franchet); Yunnan: Momien (Anderson!) ; Honexone (Wright! Lamont! Hance, 694!) ; Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford!) ; (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The Punjab to Sikkim and Khasia, southward through Birma to Java, and in Japan. Lcopr ARCHIPELAGO 7. Nasturtium officinale, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 110; DC. Prodr. i. p. 197; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207. Kranesu: Tahu lake (4b. Forbes !). ll. CRUCIFERA. 41 Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia, and naturalized in other countries. 8. Nasturtium palustre, DC. Syst. ii. p. 191, et Prodr.i. p. 137 ; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 5; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 378; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 31, et in Mém. Soc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 199; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 10 (varietates plures). Curu: near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 1884, ex Franchet) ; SurivaxiNa (Joss!) ; SuawNTUNG : Chefoo ( Fauvel ex Franchet). | Herb. Kew. Widely spread in north temperate and cold regions. [Nasturtium sinense, DC. Syst. ii. p. 699, syn. Lepidium petreum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 395, Lepidium chinense, Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. iii. p. 429, Hutchinsia petrea, Desv. Journ. de Bot. iii. p. 168, has not been identified.] 9. Nasturtium sylvestre, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 110; DC. Prodr. i. p. 137. Cutna (ex De Candolle). Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia; introduced in America. 1. Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 109; DC. Prodr. 1. p. 140. Survexine: Moukden (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Europe, temperate Asia, North and South Africa, and Aus- tralia; perhaps introduced in the southern hemisphere. 1. Alyssum incanum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 650. Berteroa incana, DC. Syst. ii. p. 291, et Prodr. i. p. 158; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 199. SuawTUNG : Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Europe and temperate Asia. 1. Draba incana, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 643; DC. Prodr. i. p- 170 (sub D. contorta). Cumi: Siaowutaishan (Hancock, Maxim, determ.). North arctic and alpine regions. 2. Draba nemorosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 643; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 35, et in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 200 42 11. CRUCIFERA. (varietates hebecarpa et leiocarpa, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 154) ; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 378. Draba nemoralis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 171. Curmi: Jehol (David!) ; Sunare: Moukden ( Webster !), Fungwangshan (Ross!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock !); Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Suenst: southern part (David ex Franchet); Corra (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Asia, and North America. A third undetermined species of Draba, near D. elata, Hook. f. & Thoms., is enumerated in Franchet’s list of Delavay’s Yunnan plants. 1. Arabis hirsuta, Scop. Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, ii. p. 30; DC. Prodr. i. p. 144. Turritis hirsuta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 666. Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. 2. Arabis pendula, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 665; DC. Prodr. 1. p. 147 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 33 (var. hypoglauca). CHIHI: Jehol (David, 1986, 2181, ex Franchet). Siberia. 3. Arabis perfoliata, Lam. Dict. i. p. 219. Turritis glabra, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 666; DC. Prodr. i. p. 142. KraNasv : Chinkiang (Maries!) ; CogEA: west coast (Perry !) ; Corgan AnCurPELAGO : Port Hamilton (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Europe and temperate Asia. 4. Arabis Piasezkii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 567. Kansus : southern part (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 5. Arabis Stelleri, DC. Syst. ti. p. 242; 8B. japonica, Schmidt, Reise in Amur. p. 111, ex Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 33. Arabis alpina, Linn., var.? japonica, A. Gr. Pl. Jap. p. 307. Arabis japonica, A. Gr. L. c. p. 381. ConEAN AncurPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford! Oldham, 52 and 998!) Herb. Kew. Amur to Japan. 6. Arabis, sp. (aff. A. serrate, Franch. et Sav.). Cuni: Chiulungshan, Peking (Hancock!). Herb. Kew. ll. CRUCIFERE. 43 7. Arabis, sp. n.? Corea (Carles !); CongAN AncurPELAGO: Tracey Island (Old- ham, 58!). Herb. Kew. 1. Cardamine Griffithii, Hook. f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. p. 146; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 139. Cardamine pratensis, Linn., var. ? Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193. Yunnan: Mawein (Anderson!) Herb. Kew. Bhotan. 2. Cardamine hirsuta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 655; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 16; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 6; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 34. Cnmtz- Jehol (David ex Franchet) ; Foktiks: Amoy (Hance, 1475): Hoxexoxe (Wright!) Herb. Kew. Very widely spread. Subspecies flexuosa, Withering, Brit. Pl. ed. 3(1796), iii. p. 578. Cardamine sylvatica, Link. in Hoffm. Phytogr. Blatt. i. (1803), p. 50; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 35; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 199. Suantune: Chefoo ( Faucel ex Franchet); Curxtane : Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet MSS.); ConkAN AmcurrELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 47!). Herb. Kew. There are also specimens in the Kew Herbarium from Shanghai (Maingay), and Chinkiang or Kiukiang (Maries), strongly resem- bling the European forms C. multicaulis, Hoppe, and C. wmbrosa, Andrz. 3. Cardamine Impatiens, Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. l, p. 655; DC. Prodr. i. p. 152. Suenst: ( Piasezki ex Marimowicz MSS.). Europe and temperate Asia. 4. Cardamine Lamontii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 363. Hoscekoxse (Lamont ex Hance). 5. Cardamine lyrata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 50; Walp. Rep. i. p. 135 ; Mazim. in Ml. Biol. ix. p. 6. Cuin: by rivulets near Ssijuissy (Bunge!). Herb. Kew. 6. Cardamine macrophylla, Willd. Sp. Pi. ii. p. 454; DC. Prodr. i. p. 152; Baker § Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 975; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 10; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 34. Dentaria dasyloba, Turcz.; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 44. 44 11. CRUCIFERÆ. CHILI: Jehol (David, 1714!), mountains near Peking (Moellen- dorff!) ; Sursexrne: Kwandien and Chienshan (Ross!); Yungling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Siberia; Japan. 7. Cardamine paradoxa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 111; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 4; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1285. KwaxarvNa : near Kaikunshek (Sampson, herb. Hance, 13844). Herb. Kew. 8. Cardamine parviflora, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 914; DC. Prodr. i. p. 152; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 5; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 230; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 10; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 34. CHIHLI: near Ssijuissy (Bunge!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa (Oldham 170!); SuENsI: southern part (David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. 9. Cardamine pratensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 656; DC. Prodr. i. p. 151. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. North temperate and cold regions; also in Chili. [Dentaria repens, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 5, from Yunnan, is unknown to us. | 10. Cardamine tenuifolia, Turez. Fl. Baic-Dahur. i. p. 120: Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 4. Dentaria tenuifolia, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 130. Dentaria tenella, Regel, Fl. Ussur. n. 66, non Pursh. Corea: Laoling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Throughout Siberia and Mandshuria, and in Sachalin. 11. Cardamine? scaposa, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 33. Cunt: Jehol (David ex Franchet). Cardamine Chelidonia, Linn., included by Loureiro (Fl. Cochinch. p. 398) from Canton, is not in any of the later col- lections. l. Hesperis aprica, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. Suppl. iii. p. 194; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 173. Cheiranthus apricus, Stev. in Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 518; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 32 (var. trichosepala). ll. cRUCIFERE. 45 Hesperis trichosepala, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. v. (1832) p. 180. Crni: Pohuashan (David, 2822, ex Franchet). Siberia. 1. Malcolmia africana, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 121; DC. Prodr. i. p. 187. Suensi or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Western Europe to North-west India and Songaria. 1. Dontostemon dentatus, Ledeb. Fl. Ross.i.p.175; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 36; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 10; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 375. Andreoskia dentata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 6. Dontostemon eglandulosus, C. A. Mey., et C. oblongifolius, Ledeb., fide Mazim. Cunt: near Peking (Bretschneider!), Jehol (David ex Franchet); Su1iNGKING : Chienshan (Ross !); SHantune: Chefoo (Hancock, Maximowicz determ.); CogEA: Port Chusan ( Wil- ford! Carles!); Conran ARCHIPELAGO: Long Reach (Oldham, 56 and 1054!). Herb. Kew. Siberia; Japan. 2. Dontostemon micranthus, C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. Altai. iii. p. 120; Ledeb. Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. iv. t. 353; Franchet, Pi. David. p. 36. Cun: Jehol (David, 970, 1970, ex Franchet). Altai. 1. Sisymbrium heteromallum, C. 4. Mey. in Leceb. Fl. Altai. iii. p. 132, et Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 263; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469. CuinuLi: near Peking (ex Mazimowicz). Altai. 2. Sisymbrium Trio Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 659; DC. Prodr. i. p. 192. Sisymbrium junceum, Bieb., Hance in sched. 12645. Cnmt1 : near Peking (Williams!). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Africa to North-west India. 3. Sisymbrium Piasezkii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 569. Kaxsun ( Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 46 11. CRUCIFERE. 4. Sisymbrium Sophia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 659; DC. Prodr. i. p. 193; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 6; Maxim. Ind. FI. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469; Debeaux, Fl. Tchefou. p. 26; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 36. Com: confines of Mongolia and China (ex Bunge); SHAN- TUNG: Chefoo (Perry!); SmENsr: southern part (David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. Europe and North Africa to Japan. 1. Erysimum cheiranthoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 661; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 37. Cumt: Peking (David, 2409, 2352, ex Franchet) ; SHENSI : southern part (David ex Franchet). Europe, North Africa, North Asia, and North America. 2. Erysimum hieraciifolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 923; Prodr. i. p. 198. Curmrri: near Peking (Bushell!); Corra (Perry!). Herb. Kew. l North and Central Europe, eastward through Siberia. 3. Erysimum macilentum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 6; Walp. Rep. i. p. 169 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 37. CHHL: near Peking (Bunge!); Huren (Piasezki ex Masi- mowicz); SHENSI or Kansun (Piasezki ex Mawimowicz). Herb. Kew. . 4. Erysimum stigmatosum, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 38. Cuni: Peking (David, 2394, ex Franchet). 1. Brassica campestris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 666 ; DC. Prodr. 1. p. 214. Brassica chinensis, Linn, Amen. Acad. iv. p. 280; DC. Prodr. i. p. 215; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 10, et Fl. Shangh. p. 18; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 200. l Brassica oleracea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 396? Smapis pekinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 400; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 137? Suenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz); SZECHUEN: Chungking (Bourne!). Herb. Kew. Europe and Siberia. There are several varieties of this species cultivated in China, and, from the Chinese names given by Loureiro, Bretschneider, ll. CRUCIFERZ. 47 and Bourne, the above synonymy is probably correct. See note under Brassica juncea. 2. Brassica cernua, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 261; DC. Prodr. i. p. 219. Cumu: Peking, cult. (Skatchkoff!. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 3. Brassica juncea, Hook. f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. p. 170. Sinapis juncea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 668; DC. Prodr. i. p. 218; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 40; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 137. Sinapis chinensis, Linn. Mant. p. 95; DC. Prodr. i. 219. Sinapis brassicata, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, iii. App. p. 231. Cumi : Jehol (David, 1979, ex Franchet); Huren (A. Henry!); SHENSI or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) ; SzECcHvEN (Bourne!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Several varieties of this species are commonly cultivated in India and China, and its exact native country is uncertain. Mr. F. S. A. Bourne, H.M. Consular Agent at Chungking, has sent to Kew a fine series of specimens of varieties of this and B. cam- pestris, cultivated in the province of Szechuen, with particulars of their uses which will be published elsewhere. One variety of B. juncea is cultivated in immense quantities, and, after drying in the sun, is pickled and eaten with rice. [Brassica violacea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 667, is not represented in the Linnean Herbarium, and is quite indeterminable from the description. ] 1. Eruca sativa, Lam. Fl. Frang. à. p. 496; DC. Prodr. i. p. 223; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1888, p. 296. KwawarvsG: Kowlung (ZLamont!); Snensi or Kansun: Tsuuglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Mus. Brit. Europe, North Africa, and North Asia. 1. Morican dia sonchifolia, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6243. Orychophragmus sonchifolius, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 7; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207; S. Moore in op. cit. 18/8, p. 137; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 40 ; Debeauz, Fi. Tients. p. 11. Moricandia sonchifolia, 8. homoeophylla, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 259. 48 1l. CRUCIFERZ. Cuni: near Peking (Bunge! Bushell! David, 2365! Play- fair!) Pohuashan (Bretschneider!), Heilungtan (Hancock) ; Suantune: Chefoo (hb. Forbes !); Kranasu or Krawesr: Chin- kiang or Kiukiang (Maries!); Kianesu: Fengwangshan (Ab. Forbes!); Cuexiane: Ningpo (Everard! Cooper!); SHENSI (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. 1. Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Wench. Meth. p. 271; DC. Prodr. i. p. 177 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 16. Thlaspi Bursa-pastoris, Linn. S p. Pl. ed. 1, p. 647; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 395; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 39. Cura. Apparently common in cultivated ground. Very generally diffused. 1. Senebiera integrifolia, DC. in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. Ann. vii. p. 140, t. 8, et Prodr. i. p. 202; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 98. Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO (ex Engler) ; PRATAS Isuanp ( Wilford !). Herb. Kew. Madagascar, South Africa, and Eastern Australia. 1. Lepidium chinense, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 39. SHENSI: southern part (David ex Franchet). 2. Lepidium latifolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p.644; Ledeb. Fl. Altai. iii. p. 189 (varietates plures); DC. Prodr.i. p. 207 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvii. p. 378; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 11. Lepidium affine, Ledeb. in App. ad Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorp. 1821, p. 22 ; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 6. Cuimir: Peking (ex Bunge), mountains west of Peking ( Bret- schneider, hb. Forbes!), Tientsin (ex Debeaux); SmiwaKiNG: Chienshan (Joss?) ; Suenst or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Pia- sezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. Europe eastward. 3. Lepidium ruderale, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 645; DC. Prodr. i. p. 205; Regel in Radde, Reisen in Ost-Sib. Bot. Abth. i. p. 209 ; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 200. Lepidium incisum, Roth. Nov. Cat. i. p. 224; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 185 Franchet, Pl. David. p. 39. ll. CRUCIFERZ. 49 Lepidium micranthum, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 205, et Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. i. p. 22, t. 92. Carm: Peking(Bretschneider !); Sainexine: Fooling (Ross!); Suantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Ktanesu: Shanghai (ex Debeaux); KawsuH (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. Europe eastward. 1. Celonema draboides, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 572. KaxsuH (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 1. Dilophia fontana, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 570. Kawnsvun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 1. Thlaspi arvense, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 646; DC. Prodr. i. p. 175; Baker § Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 378; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 257; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 38. SHINGKING: various localities (Ross! Webster!); KrAwGsv: Shanghai ( Maingay, 493!) ; ANwHEI: Wuhu (Bullock ex Hance); Cores (Perry!) ; Corran ARcHiPELAGO: Port Hamilton ( Wil- Jord, 691! Oldham, 49!); without locality (Fortune!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and North Africa to the Himalayas and eastward. 1. Isatis indigotica, Fortune in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. p. 269, cum ic. xylog. p. 271; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 19. Kianesu: Shanghai &c., cultivated for dyeing purposes (Fortune). We have seen no authenticated specimens of Fortune’s plant; and Fortune's figure differs from the specimens of Isatis we have seen from the Amur and Mandshuria in the cauline leaves being quite destitute of auricles ; but it is probably a variety of I. tinc- toria, Linn., as is a Corean specimen lately received at Kew from Mr. Carles. 1. Bunias tcheliensis, Debeauz, Fl. Tientsin, p. 12. Cnr: (ex Debeauz). There is a specimen from the Liao River, Shingking, in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Ross, which may be this plant. 1. Raphanus Raphanistrum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 669; DC. LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. E 50 11. CRUCIFERA. Prodr. i. p. 229; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 396 ; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 200. Corra (Carpenter! ; Leen ARcHIPELAGO (Carpenter!) Herb. Kew. Europe and North Africa eastward. [Raphanus sativus, Linn., is generally cultivated, and is often found in a wild state. There are some ‘noteworthy Chinese cul- tivated varieties, one of which is described and figured in Regel's * Gartenflora, 1862, p. 407, t. 383. It includes the R. chinensis, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, n. 5.] 1. Chorispora tenella, DC. Syst. ii. p. 435, et Prodr. i. p. 186; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pekin. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469. Cuni: near Peking (ex Maximowicz). Asia Minor to Songaria. [ Ricotia P cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 397 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 157, has not been identified.] 12. CAPPARIDEA. 1. Polanisia viscosa, DC. Prodr. i. p. 242; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 363. Cleome icosandra, Linn., et viscosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 672; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 398. Kwanerune: Macao (Vachell ), Kowlung (Seemann !) ; Pakhoi (Playfair ); Honexone (Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely dispersed in warm countries. 1. Gynandropsis pentaphylla, DC. Prodr. i. p. 238; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 171. Gynandropsis viscida, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 7 ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 93; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 41. Gynandropsis sinica, Miq. Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 128. Cuma, from Peking southward, and in nearly all warm coun- tries. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Capparis flexicaulis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225. Harsa (Bullock ex Hance). 2. Capparis membranacea, Gard. et Champ. im Hook. Kew 12. CAPPARIDEX. 51 Journ. Dot. i. 1849, p. 211; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 18; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° série, v. p. 206. Kwanetuna: Whampoa (Hance); Honaxona (Champion! Wright! Urquhart! Hance! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Capparis pumila, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 260; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 225; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.18; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 177. Capparis sciaphila, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° série, v. p. 206, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 100. Born Cuna, without locality (Millet! Beechey!); Kwane- TUNG (Ford!); Honexone (Hance! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Sikkim ; Khasia. 4. Capparis sepiaria, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 720; DC. Prodr. i. p. 247; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 177, var. incanescens. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair, 237 ) ; Hamas (Hancock !). Herb. Kew. Throughout India and in the Philippines. 5. Capparis Swinhoii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 296. Capparis hastigera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 296, et 1879, p. 8. Kwanatune: Paksha (Hance, hb. 13732), Pakhoi (Playfair, 138); Harnan (Swinhoe! Hancock!). Herb. Kew. [Capparis cantoniensis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 331; DC. Prodr. i. p. 253), is an altogether doubtful plant.] 1. Crateva religiosa, Forst. Fl. Ins. Aust. Prodr. p. 203; DC. Prodr. i. p. 243; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 172. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair, 137!) ; Haag (Hancock!). Herb. Kew. India and tropical Africa ; often cultivated. Crateva falcata and C. magna, DC. Prodr. i. p. 243, syn. Capparis falcata, Lour., and C. magna, Lour. F1. Cochinch. p. 331, are probably forms of C. religiosa. Hance (Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 41) identifies C. magna with C. Nurvala, Ham.), which is treated as a variety of C. religiosa in the ‘ Flora of British India.’ 13. RESEDACEX. Reseda odorata, Linn., is recorded by Loureiro as an introduced plant about Canton, and he describes a Reseda chinensis (Fl. E2 52 13. RESEDACES. Cochinch. p. 299) which cannot, from the description, belong to the Order. 14. VIOLARIEZ. 1. Viola biflora, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 936; DC. Prodr. i p. 300; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 44; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 749, non Baker et S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379. CHEL, Pohuashan (Bretschneider!); Kawsum (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Scattered all round the northern hemisphere in cold regions. 2. Viola bulbosa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p.748. Kansun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 3. Viola canina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 935; p. acuminata, Regel, Pl. Radd. p. 247; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 746, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 4; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379. Viola acuminata, Ledeh. Fl. Ross. i. p. 252; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 134; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 44. Viola micrantha, Turcz. Dec. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 4. CurHu1: Pohuashan (Bretschneider !), Siaowutaishan (Moellen- dorff!); Surnexine: various localities (Joss); SmHaNTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; COREA (Carles, 32!) ; Laoling (Webster!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Temperate regions nearly all round the northern hemisphere. 4. Viola diffusa, Ging. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 298; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 20; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 735, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 43. Viola tenuis, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 482, et in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 260. Viola Parkeri, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p. 26 (nomen tantum) ? OnurKiANG : Ningpo (Hverard!); Formosa (Swinhoe !); SnuENsI: southern part (David ex Franchet); Kwanarune (Tate!); Honexone (Hinds! Urquhart! Champion! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalaya and Khasia mountains. 5. Viola hirta, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 934 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 737 (varietates) : Franchet, Pl. David. p. 43. 14. VIOLARIER. 53 Cuir: Jehol (David ex Franchet); SuiNaK1NG: Changdien Voss !); COREAN AncnurPELAGO (Oldham, 65!). Herb. Kew. Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia, Japan. 6. Viola hirtipes, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379. SursGkiNG: Kwandien mountains (Ross!); Corra: Soul mountains (Carles!) Herb. Kew. 7. Viola Hookeri, 7. Thoms. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 183; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 5. Yunnan: above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). Eastern Himalaya. 8. Viola japonica, Langsd.; DC. Prodr. i. p. 295; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 724. Viola japonica, var. pekinensis, Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 4. Viola kamtschatica, var. pekinensis, Regel, Pl. Radd. i. p. 230. Viola Patrinii, auct., Fl. Brit. Ind. etc., pro parte. CursaA: Peking to the Corea, Luchu, and Formosa, and ex- ceedingly common in Japan, according to Maximowicz, who says of it, with reference to V. Patrini, * sepissime optime distin- guenda;" but we have not found it so. See remarks under V. Patrini. 9. Viola mongolica, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 43. CurnuLr: Jehol (David, 1737, 1796 bis, ex Franchet). [Viola odorata, Linn. (Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 513), “ in hortis et prope vias," is a very doubtful determination.] 10. Viola Patrinii, DC. Prodr. i. p. 293; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.20; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 722, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p- 5 (varietates). Viola primulifolia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 513, ex specim. in herb. Mus. Brit. Viola chinensis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 322. Viola prionantha, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 8. Viola Averyi, Kellogg in Pacif. Rural Press, 31st May, 1879, et Buil. Calif. Acad. Sc. Feb. 1885, p. 131. Curva, very common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Nearly all over India, the Amur, Mandsburia, and Japan. Without specially studying the numerous forms referred to this species and V. japonica (and that is beyond the scope of this work), we are unable to say whether the herbarium specimens 54 14. YIOLARIEX. represent one very variable or several closely allied species, or what it would be convenient io treat as such. 11. Viola pinnata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 934 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 292; Turcz. Fl. Baic. Dah. i. p. 178 (var. B. dissecta) ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 717; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 41, et in Mém. Soc. Ae, Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 200. Viola dissecta, Ledeb. FI. Ross. i. p. 244. Viola pinnata, 3. cherophylloides, Regel, Pl. Radd. i. p. 222. Curt: Jehol (David 1739, ex Franchet), Pohuashan ( Bret- schneider!); SuiwGkiNGó: Kwandien mountains and Toongdien (Ross!); Suantuna: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Corra (Wilford! Carles!); Corran Arcuipetaco: Port Hamilton (Oldham!). Herb. Kew. Alps of Europe, Central and Eastern Asia to Japan. 12. Viola Raddeana, Regel, Pl. Radd. i. pp. 251 et 256, t. 7. figg. 1-5. Corra (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Amur. 13. Viola ($ Nomimium) Rossii, Hemsl. Rhizoma hypogea crassiuscula. Folia longe petiolata, mollia, late cordata, absque petiolo usque ad 2 poll. longa lataque, sinu aperto, crebre serrato-denticulata, acuminata, vix acuta, utrinque precipue subtus parce puberula, stipulis integris fere liberis. Flores imberbi, circiter pollicares, pedunculis eum foliis subsequi- longis, bracteis subintegris amplectentibus longe acuminatis; sepala glabra, ovato-oblonga vix acuta, appendicibus rotundatis vel truncatis latioribus paucidenticulatis ; petala obovato-spathulata, calcari brevi lato scrotiformi; staminum 2 anteriorum appendi- ces dorsales subequaliter triangulares, apice obtuse, incrassate ; connectivorum squame scariose, late, obtuse ; ovarium glabrum, acutum, stylo breviter exserto basi leviter constricto, stigmate breviter rostrato. Capsula non visa. Suinekrne: Kwandien and Changdien (Ross!); KrANGSU: Chinkiang (Maries!); KraNGs:: Lushan mountains, Kiu- kiang (Maries!) ; Correa: Soul mountains (Carles!) Herb. Kew. . An imperfect specimen of this species was sent to Mr. Maxi- mowicz, who suggested it might be a variety of his V. Bisseti, a 14. VIOLARIER. 55 native of Japan; but the latter has oblong-cordate leavés with an almost closed sinus, and about ten or twelve distant teeth on each side of the blade. Further, the dorsal appendage of the two anterior stamens is constricted in the middle, and the rounded end is as broad as or broader than the point of attachment. In V. Rossii the broadly cordate leaves have a wide sinus and from twenty to twenty-five teeth on each side of the blade, whilst the nearly equally triangular dorsal appendage of the two anterior stamens terminates in a small knob. 14. Viola Selkirkii, Pursh ex Goldie in Edinb. Phil. Journ. 1822, p. 324; DC. Prodr. i. p. 305; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 730; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 42. Viola umbrosa, Fries, Novit. p. 271. Viola kamtschatica, Ging. in Linnea, i. p. 406. CHL: Jehol (David ex Franchet); CoREA : northern frontier (ex Maximowicz). North Europe eastward to Japan and in North America. 15. Viola serpens, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. p. 449 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 296; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 184 (varieta- tes); Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 739. Viola confusa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 260; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 283; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 20. Kwanetune: near Canton (Hance!), Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Hoxakoxa (Champion!) Herb. Kew. Mountains of India, Ceylon, and Java. Viola inconspicua, Blume (Bijdr. p. 58), fortnérly supposed to be Chinese and probably the same as V. confusa, Champ., inhabits the mountains of Java and not China. 16. Viola sylvestris, Kit. in Schult. Estr. Fl. i. p. 423, y. gry- poceras, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 748. Viola grypoceras, A. Gr. in Perry Exped. p. 308. Viola sylvatica, var. imberbis, A. Gr. Bot. Jap. 382. Viola Grayi, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 288; Franch. Pl. David. p. 43. Curva, without locality (Fortune 28 !); Kriawasv: Fengwang- shang (hb. Forbes!) ; SHENSI : in the south (David ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Europe, Asia, and North America. [In the British Museum is a specimen of V. tricolor, L., from Hongkong, collected by Lamont. ] 56 14. YIOLARIEEX. 17. Viola uniflora, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 936; DO. Prodr. i. p. 301; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 751. Viola biflora, var., Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 3/9. SuineKine: Fungwangehung and Corean Gate (Ross !); Corra (Carles!) ; Laoling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Baical to Japan. We have followed Maximowiez in referring this Violet to uniflora, though it is intermediate between that and V. glabrella, Nutt., a North-American species. 18. Viola variegata, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 203; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379; Franchet, Pl. David. 2- 42, cum var. chinensi; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 728. Cnm : Peking( David 1738, 2400, ex Franchet); SHINGKING: Fungwangchung and Corean Gate (Ross!); Snenst: in the south (David, 1738 ex Franchet); Corra (Carles!) Herb. Kew. 19. Viola verecunda, 4. Gr. Bot. Jap. p. 382; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 7, y. excisa. Viola excisa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 296. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 20!) ; Foxen: Amoy (Swinhoe!), without locality (Tate!) ; Kwanerune: foot of the White Cloud Hill (Sampson!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 20. Viola Websteri, Hemsl., n. sp. Caulescens, puberula, caulibus ut videtur simplicibus adscen- dentibus pedalibus basi aphyllis vaginis membranaceis instructis. Folia breviter petiolata, anguste lanceolata, circiter 3 poll. longa, utrinque valde attenuata, acuta, remotiuscule argute- serrata, glabrescentia, venis primariis paucis apicem versus ex- currentibus ; stipule usque ad 1 poll. longe plus minusve fim- briato-pinnatifide. Flores unicolores, parvi (6-9 lineas diametro), axillares, solitarii; pedicelli graciles quam folia paullo brevi- ores bracteis minutis supra medium instructi; sepala angus- tissima, acutissima, petalis paullo breviora, basi breviter producta, truncata; petala subsqualia, obovato-spathulata, apice rotun- data, imberbia, caleari brevissimo lato; antherarum appendices dorsales crassiuscule obtuse; stylus staminibus vix longior, stigmate parvo nudo; ovarium glabrum. Capsula deest. 14. VIOLARIER. 57 Corra: Laoling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. There are imperfect specimens in the Kew Herbarium from North China of several other species of Viola. 1. Ionidium suffruticosum, Ging. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 311; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 185; Hance, in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 8. HarNAN (Bullock ex Hance). Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 15. BIXINE. 1. Scolopia crenata, Clos in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, viii. p. 250; Walp. Ann. vi. p. 227; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 19; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 191. Phoberos chinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 318. Phoberos Arnottianus, Hance, Advers. p. 8. Phoberos szevus, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. p. 825. Scolopia chinensis et S. acuminata, Clos, loc. cit. pp. 249 & 251; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 100 (species propri). Scolopia Oldhami, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° série, v. p. 206. Formosa (Oldham, 21 and 22!); KwaNaruNa and Honekone: common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Cochinchina, Western Peninsula of India, Ceylon, and the Philippines. 1. Xylosma racemosum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 155. Hisingera racemosum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 169, t. 88, et p. 189, t. 100. Xylosma japonicum, A. Gr. in Mem. Am. Acad. n. s. vi. p 381; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 275, et 1878, p. 8. Hisingera japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. i. p. 60, excl. cit. pro nomine. Flacourtia chinensis, Clos in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, viii. p. 219 ; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 228. Cura, without locality (Fortune, 1351); Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1478!); Kwanetune: Canton(Sampson!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Xylosma senticosum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 328; Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 100. 58 15. BIXINER. Suenst ( Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) ; Honexone: Victoria Peak (Hance, 7437 !). Herb. Kew. There are imperfect specimens in the Kew Herbarium of two other Bixinew, possibly species of Xylosma: one, collected by Parkes, without locality ; the other from the Gorge of Ichang, Hupeh, collected by Maries. 16. PITTOSPOREZ. 1. Pittosporum glabratum, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. (1846) p. 230 adn.; Walp. Ann. i. p. 77; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 19. Pittosporum Fortunei, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mose. 1863, p. 562. Curknxwa: Ningpo (Zeerard!); KrzawGsi: — Kiukiang (Shearer Di: Foxen: Amoy (Fortune, A. 120); Honexone (Lamont! Wilford! Champion!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Khasia hills. 2. Pittosporum pauciflorum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 168, t. 32. CuiNA, without locality (Beechey!); KriaNasr: Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!). Herb. Kew. The Kiukiang specimens are doubtful. 3. Pittosporum pauciflorum 0 ?, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 259 pro parte. Lucnu ARCHIPELAGO (Beechey !); Oosima (Carpenter!). Herb. Kew. There are specimens from the Bonin Islands on the same sheet which probably belong to a different species, and none of them are of the same species as typical pauciflorum ; but the material is insufficient to characterize the species satisfactorily, especially as there are one or two closely allied species in India. 4. Pittosporum Tobira, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. p. 27 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1396. Cursa: without locality (Beechey!); Kriawosu (Poli ex Franchet MSS.); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 20/a!) ; Foxren : Amoy (Fortune, A.70!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford!); Lvcmv Arcuteetaco (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 17. POLYGALEX. 59 17. POLYGALEX. 1. Salomonia aphylla, Griff. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 342 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 207; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 321. Salomonia parasitica, Griff. Notul. iv. p. 538. Epirhizanthes tenella, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 158. Epirhizanthes, Blume, Cat. Gewass. Buitenz. p. 25. Kwasoivvo: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Malacca ; Java; Borneo. 2. Salomonia cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 14; DC. Prodr. i. p. 334; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 44; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 206 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 364. Kwanotune: Whampoa (/Hance!), Lofaushan ( Ford); Hoxo- KONG (Champion! Wright! Seemann!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Assam, through the Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 3. Salomonia oblongifolia, DC. Prodr. i. p. 334; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 44; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 207. Honexone ( Hance!). Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and through the Malayan archipelago to Australia. 1. Polygala arillata, Ham. in Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 199; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 100; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 45; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 200. Hoxeroxe (Champion! Wright! Wilford'). Herb. Kew. The Himalaya and Khasia mountains, to Ceylon and the Malay archipelago. All the Hongkong specimens referred to this species are remarkable for having solitary, long, terminal racemes of flowers, and possibly represent a different species. [Polygala chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 704, is only recorded as an Indian plant by the author; and in the ‘ Flora of British India’ its range is described as “ Tropical Asia and Australia.” Whether it grows in China is uncertain ; and the Chinese species generally require revision.] 2. Polygala fallax, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex t ramis teretibus puberulis. Folia petiolata, membra- nacea, sparse puberula, elliptico-lanceolata, 5-7 poll. longa, usque 60 17. POLYGALEE. ad 12 poll. lata, utrinque attenuata, acuta, integra. Flores 6-9 lineas longi, in racemos axillares erectos 3—4 poll. longos dispositi, pedicellis puberulis patentibus circiter 3 lineas longis, bracteis deciduis lineari-oblongis pedicellos equantibus ; sepala 3 exteriora colorata, decidua, ciliolata, inequalia, posticum inverso-galeatum vel galeiformi-saccatum, acutum, antica oblique ovato-rotundata ; sepala 2 interiora leviter oblique obovata, petala equantia ; petala lateralia (postiea) oblonga eum carina alte connata, apice fere truncata, basi in sepalum galeatum unilateraliter producta, simul breviter semicalcarata vel semisaccata, intus basi hirsutula ; carina galeata dorso cum crista stipitata ampla fimbriata ornata; ovarium valde compressum, ciliatum. Capsula deest. Foxten: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. In foliage and inflorescence this so closely resembles Polygala venenosa, Juss., as to be easily mistaken for it, in a dried state at least. In floral structure, however, it is nearer P. arillata, Ham., differing mainly in its stipitate multifid crest. How far the modi- fieations of the crest may be used for specific characters we cannot judge from the few we have examined; but in P. venenosa it is sinuate and scarcely divided, and in an apparently undescribed species from Bhotan in the Kew Herbarium it is multilamellate. 3. Polygala glomerata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 426 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 326 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 44; A.W. Benn. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 200. Kwanotuna: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexona (Lamont! Wright! Champion! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern Himalaya southward through the Malay peninsula. 4. Polygala hongkongensis, Hemsl., n.sp. (Plate IT. A. figg.1-6.) Suffrutex 6-18 poll. altus, fere omnino glaber vel glabrescens, ramis teretibus gracillimis. Folia sparsa, brevissime petiolata, crassiuscula, venis immersis obsoletis, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceo- lata, usque ad 2 poll. longa, vix acuta, integerrima, margine leviter incrassato, subtus pallidiora. Flores circiter 4 lineas longi in racemos terminales folia paullo superantes dispositi; bractee parve, ante anthesin decidue; sepala 3 exteriora persistentia, anguste arcuato-navicularia, ciliolata, dorso paullo infra apicem breviter cornuta; sepala 9 interiora petaloidea leviter oblique obovato-oblonga, petalis lateralibus longiora; petala 2 lateralia (posteriora) sinuata, apice rotundata, medio attenuata, intus deorsum hirsutula; carina sublibera, anguste unguiculata, cueul- 17. POLYGALEX. 61 lata, cristam amplam multiramosam gerens; vagina staminea lata, petalis lateralibus medio adnata; ovarium glabrum, breviter stipitatum, stylo complanato valde arcuato. Capsula deest.— P. Loureirii, Gard. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. (1849) p. 242, pro parte, non P. sibirica 3, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 426; P. elegans, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 44, pro parte. Howakowa (Champion! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb Kew. It is singular that this very distinct species should have been confused with P. sibirica in both Champion and Wright's col- lections, especially as we have seen no other specimens of either species from Hongkong. Gardner and Champion's description is in part a fusion of the characters of the two; whilst in Bentham's description the differential characters are neglected. P. hongkongensis is readily distinguished by the obsolete venation of its glabrous leaves: and it also differs in its horned outer sepals and free keel-petal. 5. Polygala Mariesii, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate II. B. figg. 7-13.) Fruter fere omnino glaber, ramis teretibus gracilibus, apice tantum foliiferis, cortice albicante. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, elliptico-lanceolata, 2—4 poll. longa, usque ad 1 poll. lata, utrinque longe attenuata, apice cuspidata, subsinuata, subtus pallidiora, venis transversis primariis utrinque circiter 10 prope marginem anastomosantibus. Flores, ut videtur, flavi, circiter 9 lineas longi, longiuscule pedicellati, racemosi, racemis in apicibus ramorum aggregatis quam folia brevioribus, bracteis minutis cito deciduis ; sepala 3 exteriora suborbicularia, ciliolata; sepala 2 interiora petaloidea, obovato-oblonga, obscure ciliolata, petala fere equantia; petala lateralia truncata cum carina usque ad cucullum connata ; carina breviter cucullata, dorso crista incrassata vel subcarnosa, bisaccata munita; ovarium glabrum, breviter stipitatum, disco cylindrico. Capsula compresso-clavata, seminibus pilosis. Hvrrn: Ichang Gorge (Maries! A. Henry!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Allied to P. Wattersii, Hance, which has very much smaller flowers and veinless leaves, and to P. karensium, Kurz, which has a branched crest. 6. Polygala sibirica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 702; DC. Prodr. i. p. 321; A. W. Benn. in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 277 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 257. 62 17. POLYGALEX. Polygala japonica, Houtt. Syst. p. 8, t. 62. fig. 1; DC. Prodr. i. p. 324 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 45. Polygala Loureirii, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. (1849) p. 242, pro parte. Polygala elegans, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 44, pro parte. Curva: Chihli to Hongkong and Formosa, common in the northern part of its area; and in the Corea. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Siberia to Japan; mountains of North and South India ; and in Australia. 7. Polygala Tatarinowii, Hegel in Bull. Soc. Mose. xxxiv. 2. p. 923; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 45. Norru Cusa (Zatarinow ex Regel) ; CHin: Peking moun- tains (David, 2439, ex Franchet). 8. Polygala telephioides, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 876; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 205. Polygala cyanolopha, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1866, p. 117. Kwanetoune: Danes Island, Whampoa (Hance, 12330); Honexonea (Lamont! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western peninsula of India, Malay archipelago, and Philip- pines. 9. Polygala tenuifolia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 879; DC. Prodr. i. p. 824; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6. Polygala sibirica, Linn., 8. angustifolia, Ledeb. FI. Ross. i. p. 269; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 44. Polygala sibirica, Linn., var. stricta, Debeaua, Fl. Tchef. p. 98 ; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 201. Polygala sibirica, Linn., var. tenuifolia, Zaker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 379. Cnn: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Bushell! Wil- liams!); Surnexine: Chienshan and Jaoling (Ross!), Moukden (Webster!) ; SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Perry! Hancock!). Maus. ' Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Altai; Mongolia; Amur. 10. Polygala triphylla, Ham. in Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 200; Walp. Rep. i. p.234; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i.p.201; Franchet, in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 5. YuxsaN: mountain above Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet); Corea (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains and Central India to Ava and Birma. 17. POLYGALER. 63 11. Polygala Wattersii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 209, et 1882, p. 3. Hvrkn: Ichang (Watters ex Hance); Kwanxotune: Lien- chau river (B.C. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 1. Securidaca tavoyana, Wall. Cat. p. 4196; A. W. Benn. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. p. 208. Securidaca scandens, Ham. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 45, non Jacg. Honexkone (Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Silhet to Rangoon and Java. 18. CARYOPHYLLELE. 1. Dianthus barbatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 409: DC. Prodr. i. p. 355; Hohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 667 (varietates). Dianthus japonicus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 183, t. 23. Dianthus pulcherrimus, Lois. in Herb. Amat. n. 460, et in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxxv. p. 417 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 1172. NomgrH Cura. Probably only under cultivation. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. We have followed Rohrbach in uniting the Japanese plant and the reputed Chinese D. pulcherrimus with the European D. barbatus. [ D. Caryophyllus, Linn., is recorded by Loureiro as a cultivated plant in China; and D. arbuscula, Lindl. (Bot. Reg. t. 1086) is a semi-double form of that affinity received from China.] 2. Dianthus chinensis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 411; DC. Prodr. i. p. 359; Bot. Mag. t. 25, et t. 5536 (var. laciniata); Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 670 (sinensis), varietates. Dianthus Seguieri, Chaiz in Vill. Fl. Dauph. i. p. 330; Mazim. Fi. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 45. Dianthus Schraderi, Reichb. Iconogr. Exot. p. ix, t. 35. Dianthus Fischeri, Spreng.; Bunge, Enum. Pi. Chin. Bor. p. 8. Nortn Cuixa, common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. South of Europe to North-west India, and eastward through Central Asia to Japan. 3. D. longicalyx, Mig. Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 127. KwaxsorvNG: Fookwing (Krone ex Miquel). 4. Dianthus Morrisii, Hance in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 472; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 364. Tunica Morrisii, Walp. Ann. ii. p. 101. 64 18. CARYOPHYLLES. Kwanertune: Lintin Island (Morris ex Hance). Seemann says, “ This is doubtless D. Caryophyllus, Linn.” 5. Dianthus superbus, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. p. 272; DC. Prodr. i. p. 865; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1888, p. 296 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 46, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 202. Dianthus oreadum, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5* série, v. p. 207. Cuina, common in the northern provinces, and extending southward to Kwangtung. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe to Mongolia, Sachalin, and Japan. 1. Gypsophila acutifolia, Fisch. Hort. Gorenk. 1812, p. 59; DC. Prodr. i. p. 353; Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 540; Regel in Radd. Reise, i. p. 294 (var. chinensis); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 47; De- beaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 29; Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 674. Nortu Cusa, without locality (Tatarinow!); Cem: Jehol (David, 2097!) ; Suantruna: Chefoo (ex Debeaux); KANSUM: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki, Maximowicz MSS.) Herb. Kew. Caucasus eastward through Siberia. 2. Gypsophila Oldhamiana, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 187; Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 851; Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 675. Survexine: Chienshan (Ross, 258!) ; SuawTUNG : Chefoo (hb. Forbes !) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Kuper Harbour (Oldham, 76 !). Herb. Kew. 1. Saponaria Vaccaria, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 409; DC. Prodr. i. p. 365; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225, et 1883, p. 296; Mazim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 47. Nortu Cuwa, common. Herb. Kew. A weed of cultivation, ranging from south-western Europe to North-western India, and through Siberia to Japan. 1. Silene aprica, Turcz. in Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. p. 38, et Fl. Baical- Dahur.i. p. 209; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 684 (sensu latiore). Silene Oldhamiana, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 187; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 8. l8. CARXOPHYLLE E. 65 Silene firma, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 58; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 50, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 201. Silene melandryiformis, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 54. Melandryum apricum, Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 239. Melandryum firmum et M. Oldhamianum, Rohrh. Monogr. Silene, pp. 232 et 233, et in Linnea, p. 241. NonrH Curva, common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mongolia to Mandshuria, and Japan. 2. Silene conoidea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 418; DC. Prodr. i. p. 371; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. p. 218; Rohrb. Monogr. Silene, p. 92; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 47. SuENSI: Hantsongfou (David ex Franchet), Tsufglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Western Europe and North Africa to Japan. 3. Silene Fortunei, Vis. Ind. Hort. Patav. 1847, ex Linnea, xxiv. p. 181; Rohrb. Monogr. Silene, p. 222, et in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 688; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 47. Curna, without locality (Fortune, 36! Jacob! Home!) ; CHE- KIANG (Staunton!); CmusaN (Fortune!); KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Formosa, without locality (Oldham, 24!) ; Tamsui (Hancock!), beach on the north-west coast (Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Silene Tatarinowii, Regel in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1861, ii. p. 563; Rohrb. Monogr. Silene, p. 131, et in Linnaa, XXXV). p. 681: Franchet, Pl. David. p. 48 (varietates). Nortu Cura, without locality (Tatarínow!); CHIHLI: near Peking (Bretschneider! Bushell!) Jehol (David, 428, ex Fran- chet). Herb. Kew. 1. Lychnis apetala, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 437; DC. Prodr. i. p. 386; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 104. Physolychnis apetala, Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 679. CHIH: Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Hance). North Europe, Asia, and America. 2. Lychnis Bungeana, Fisch. in Bot. Heg. t. 1864; Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. pp. 187 et 678. Agrostemma Bungeana, D. Don in Sweet Fl. Gard. ser. 2, t. 317; Bot. May. t. 3594. Cuinurr: Peking, cultivated (Bunge!). Herb. Kew. LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL, XXIII. F 66 18. CARYOPHYLLER. 3. Lychnis coronata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 187 (1784); Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. pp. 186 et 678; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1433; Bot. Mag. t. 223. Lychnis grandiflora, Jacq. Collect. i. p. 149 (1786), et Pl. Rar. t. 84; DC. Prodr. i. p. 386 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 9/9; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6. Agrostemma grandiflora, Déll, Rheinische FI. p. 643, in Anmerk. Agrostemma Banksia, Meerb. Pl. Sel. Ic. t. 28. Hedona sinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 286. Cura: without locality (Fortune, 10!) ; Cuexrana: Ningpo (hb. Forbes!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 4. Lychnis fulgens, Fisch.; Bot. Mag. t. 2104; Bot. Reg. t.478; DO. Prodr. i. p. 386; Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. pp. 183 et 676 (varietates); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 50. Agrostemma fulgens, Doll, Rheinische Fl. p. 643, in Anmerk. Lychnis cognata, Maxim. in Prim. Fl. Am. p. 55, in adnot. Lychnis Sieboldii, Van Houtte, Fl. des Serres, t. 980, non Maxim. Curutt: Jehol and Pohuashan (David, 2098!). Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Japan. L. Haageana, Lemaire, Illustr. Hort. 1859, t. 195, is a reputed hybrid between L. fulgens and L. coronata. 5. Lychnis Senno, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 98, t. 49; Belg. Hort. 1864, p. 162, t. 11; Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. pp. 188 et 678. Cum. Peking (Bretschneider!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Ab. Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Cerastium arvense, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 438; DC. Prodr. i. p. 419; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469, et in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 53. Norta Curva (ex Mazimowicz). Widely diffused in the cold and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, and reappearing in Chili and Fuegia. “ Cerastium repens, Linn." Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 284, may be this. 2. Cerastium melanandrum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 580. Kaxsun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 18. CARYOPHYLLER. 67 3. Cerastium pilosum, Ledeb. in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. v. p. 539; Fl. Alt. ii. p. 178; Fl. Ross. i. p. 398, et Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 351. Corea: Toonghwasien (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Ural to Mandshuria. 4. Cerastium triviale, Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. i. p. 483. Cerastium vulgatum et C. viscosum, auctor. nonnull. SurNeKrNG: Chienshan (Ross!); Kranasu: Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!); Corra (Carles!). Herb. Kew. l. Stellaria aquatica, Scop. Fl. Carniol. ed. 2,i. p. 319; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 21; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380. Cerastium aquaticum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 439. Larbrea aquatica, Ser. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 395, et iii. p. 366, non St.-Hil. . Malachium aquaticum, Fries, Nov. ed. 2, p. 122; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. p.94; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 202. Myosoton aquaticum, Mench.; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 53. Cerastium petiolare, Hance in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 143. Stellaria fecunda, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 95. Cuina, common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely spread in the north temperate and subtropical regions of the Old World. 2. Stellaria chinensis, Regel in Pl. Radd. i. p. 402, in Anmerk. ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 49; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 258. Stellaria undulata, Thunb.?, Regel in Pl. Radd. i. p. 401. Nortu Cutna, without locality (Latarinow!); KrAwGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Anwari: Wuhu (Bullock ex Hance), Chinkiang (Bullock! in herb. Forbes), Chinkiang or Kiukiang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. . 3. Stellaria Davidi, Hemsl. Krascheninikowia Davidi, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 51, t. 10 (varietates). Cumi: Jehol (David, 1924!) Herb. Kew. 4. Stellaria dichotoma, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 411; DC. Prodr. i p.397; Maxim. in. Mél. Biol. ix. p. 44 (a. cordifolia, Bunge, Verzeich. Altai- Geb. Pfl. p. 34, et P. heterophylla, Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 379) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 58. ` Norru Cura, without locality (ex Mazaimowicz) ; CHIBLI: Pohuashan ( David ex Franchet). From the Ural eastward through Siberia and Mongols F 68 18. CARYOPHYLLEX. 5. Stellaria discolor, Turcz. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. i. p. 230 ; Fran- chet, Pl. David. p. 52. Cura: Jehol (David, 1881, ex Franchet). Dahuria eastward. 6. Stellaria diversifolia, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 44; Fran- chet, Pl. David. p. 52 (var. gymnandra). SHENsI: cultivated places in the south (David ex Franchet). Japan. 7. Stellaria graminea, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p.422; DO. Prodr. i. p. 397; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 48 (8. lanceolata, Fenzl); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 53. Norta Curwa, without locality (Kirilow ex Maximowicz). Temperate and arctic Europe to Tibet and Mandshuria. 8. Stellaria heterophylla, Hemsl. Krascheninikowia heterophylla, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 187, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 351; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 40. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford, 712 !), Sont- sik Group (Oldham, 80!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 9. Stellaria leptophylla, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 96. Honexkone (ex Hance). 10. Stellaria media, Cyr. Char. Comm. 86; Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauph. ii. p. 615; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.21; Maxim. in Mél. Biol, ix. p. 42. Curva, not uncommon, though perhaps originally introduced. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North temperate and arctic regions, and naturalized else- where. 11. Stellaria nemorum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 421; DO. Prodr. i. p. 396. Stellaria Bungeana, Fenzl in Ledeb. FI. Ross. i. p. 376. Stellaria nemorum, 8. Bungeana, Regel, Pl. Radd. i. p. 388; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 42. Norra Cursa (ex Masimowicz). Temperate and arctic Europe and Siberia. 12. Stellaria palustris, Ehrh. in Retz. FI. Scand. Prodr. ed. 2, p. 106. Stellaria glauca, With. Arrang. Brit. Pl. i. p.420; DC. Prodr. i. p. 397; Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, no. vii. p. 150. 18. CARYOPHYLLER. 69 Norra Cur, without locality ( Kirilow ex Turezaninow). Western Europe to the Himalayas and Japan. 13. Stellaria ($Krascheninikowia) rhaphanorrhiza, Hemsl., n. Sp. Radix tuberosa, fusiformis. Caules erecti, simplices, 3-6 poll. alti, obscure bifariam puberuli. Folia subcarnosa, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 1-14 poll. longa, utrinque attenuata, vix acuta, cito glabrescentia. Flores 5-meri, in axillis foliorum superiorum solitarii, circiter 6 lineas diametro, pedunculis puberulis quam folia paullo brevioribus; sepala anguste lanceolata, acuminata, margine alba, scariosa, dorso pilosula, petalis fere squilonga ; petala obcordata, unguiculata; stamina 10; styli 3, stamina excedentes, stigmatibus capitatis. Capsula deest. Suinexine: Fungshan (Ross!); K1awesu or Kraxesr: Chin kiang or Kiukiang (Maries!); COREA : Soul mountains (Carles !). Herb. Kew. We advance this species with considerable doubt, as it depends, as far as the material goes, on the constancy of the number of styles and the emarginate petals. 14. Stellaria rupestris, Hemsl. . Krascheninikowia rupestris, Turcz. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 373 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 37, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6. Cum: Pohuashan (Bretschneider ex Maaimowicz). Baical and Dahuria eastward. . This is united with the European Stellaria bulbosa, Wulf. in Hooker’s * Flora of British India; but in a later review of the genus Krascheninikowia, Maximowicz claims specific rank for it. 15. Stellaria saxatilis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. n. 634; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 232. Stellaria vestita, Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 194. Yunnan: Momyen (Anderson !). Herb. Kew. Himalaya and Khasia mountains, Java, Siberia, and Japan. 16. Stellaria uliginosa, Murr. Prodr. Gætt. p. 55; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 22; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 49. Stellaria Alsine, Hoffm.; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p- 8. l x Nourn Cura (ex Bunge) ; Kranesv : Shanghai ( Maingay n; Kianest : Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Formosa (Oldham!) ; Weigel TUNG (Tate!); Honaxona (Wright! Lamont !) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North temperate and subarctic zone. 70 18. cARYOPHYLLEE. 1. Arenaria holosteoides, Edgew. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 241. Lepyrodiclis holosteoides, Fenzl im Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i p. 359; Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 686. Gouffeia crassiuscula, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 30. Kawsuu: north of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz, ASS.). Asia Minor to the Himalayas and Soongaria. 2. Arenaria juncea, Bieb. Fl. Taur. ii. (Suppl.) p. 309; DC. Prodr. i. p. 408; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 84; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 54. Cnmtt - Pohuashan (David, 2291!). Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Mandshuria. 3. Arenaria kansuensis, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 579. KaNsUH : alpine pastures (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 4. Arenaria lateriflora, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 428; DC. Prodr. i. p. 412. Moehringia lateriflora, Fenzl; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 371. Corea: Laoling (Webster !). Herb. Kew. North cold-temperate and arctic regions. 5. Arenaria Przewalskii, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 578. Kansus : alpine pastures (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 6. Arenaria serpyllifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 423; DC. Prodr.i. p. 411; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 34; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 58, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 202 (varietates). Cuina: common. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Temperate Europe, N. Africa, and Asia, and naturalized in other countries. 1. Sagina Linnzi, Presl; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 323 , Franchet, Pl. David. p. 50 (var. maxima). Sagina maxima, A. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. 1859, p. 382, in adnot.; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 309. Sagina sinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 46. Cura: not uncommon. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in north temperate regions. l. Spergularia media, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 426, a. hetero- 18. CARYOPHYLLEEX. 71 sperma, Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 168, ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 54. ) Norta Cursa (ex Maximowicz). Very widely dispersed. l. Drymaria cordata, Willd. ex Rem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 406 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 395; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 22. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 23!); Kwanerune (Tate!); Honexone (Wright! Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout the tropics. 1. Polycarpon Leflingiw, Edgew. et Hook. f. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 245. Hapalosia Loeflingie, Wall.; Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. . 358. P Kwanetuna: West River (Sampson !), North River (Ford !), Pakhoi (Playfair !); HarNAN (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Africa. 1. Polycarpza corymbosa, Lam. Dict. ii. p. 129; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 374; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 22. Cursa, without locality (Fortune, 88!); Honaxone (Wright!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost throughout the tropics. 19. PORTULACEA. 1. Portulaca oleracea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 445; DC. Prodr: Hi p. 853; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 293; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 127; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 63; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 220. . Curva: common in the warmer parts. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. . Tropical and subtropical regions generally, including remote oceanic islands. l. Claytonia, sp. o CHIHLI: Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Maximowicz, MSS.). 79 - 20. ELATINER. 20. ELATINEZ. 1. Bergia ammannioides, Roxb. Hort. Bengal. p. 34, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 457 ; Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. p.219; DC. Prodr. i. p. 390; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225. Kwanetune: Canton (Sampson ex Hance). Tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, Africa, and Australia. 21. HYPERICINEA. 1. Hypericum Ascyron, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 783; DC. Prodr.i. p. 545; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 259; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 162; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 55. Cnmmtt: Inschan (Zatarinow ex Masximowicz), Talkiosze (Bretschneider D: SHantune: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!) ; Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Hunan: banks of the Siang (Bullock ex Hance); Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford!); Corgan Amcmr- PELAGO (Oldham, 84!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria eastward. 2. Hypericum attenuatum, Choisy, Prodr. Hyper. p. 47, t. 6, et in DC. Prodr. i. p. 548; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259, et 1878, p. 104, et 1885, p. 321 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 166 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 56. Curarr: Jehol (David 1933, ex Franchet); ANnwuet: Chin- . kiang (Stronach ex Hance); Ktanest: Kiukiang (Moellendorff ex Hance); Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Baical eastward. 3. Hypericum chinense, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 1184 (1759) ; Richt. Codex, p. 759, n. 5772; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 10; DC. Prodr. i. p. 545; Hance, Advers. p. 42, et in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 8; Maxim in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 159. ' Hypericum monogynum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1107 (1763) ; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 29; Bot. Mag. t. 334. Hypericum salicifolium, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 162, ex Maxim. loc. cit. Norysca chinensis, Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. v. p. 497. Hypericum aureum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 472! Norysca aurea, Blume in Mus. Bot. Luad.-Bat. ii. p. 23. Norysca punctata, Blume, loc. cit. Hypericum monogynum, var. salicifolium, Choisy in Zoll. Verz. p. 150. Hypericum chinense, 2, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 172. 21. HYPERICINES. 73 Curva: without locality (Beechey! Macartney! Staunton! Nelson!); Cumi: Peking (Bretschneider!); KrAwasv: Poli ex Franchet MSS.); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); For- MOSA : Tamsui (Oldham, 29 ') ; Swenst ( Piasezki, cult. ex Maxi- mowicz); KwawaruNa: North River (Sampson ex Hance). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 4. Hypericum erectum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 296; DC. Prodr. i. p 948; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 168. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer! Forbes!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. There is some confusion of this and H. attenuatum, and we doubt the two being represented in China; but in the absence of authenticated specimens, we are unable to determine the point. Japan. 5. Hypericum formosanum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 160. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 31!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 6. Hypericum japonicum, Thunb. p. 295, t. 31; DC. Prodr. i. p. 548; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.23 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 56. Hypericum mutilum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 171, vix Linn. Brathys japonica, B. laxa, et forsan alte, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 19, fide Maxim. Hyperieum nervatum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 188. l Ktanest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 31/17); Kwangtung (Ford!) ; Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; HoxekoNao (Wright! Champion!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. l North-eastern India to Japan, and southward to Australia and New Zealand. [Hypericum olympicum and H. petiolatum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. pp. 471, 472, have not been identified.] 7. Hypericum patulum, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 295, et Te. Pl. Jap. t.17; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 254; Maxim. in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 161; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 104; Bot. Mag. t. 5693. Hypericum uralum, Ham. ep Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 218; Bot. Mag. t. 2375.. Ea Hypericum oblongifolium, Wall. Pi. Asiat. Rar. t. 244, non Choisy in Wall. Cat. 74 21. HYPERICINES. Kianesu: Chinkiang (Stronach ex Hance); SHenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz) ; Yunnan (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Northern India, from Kashmir to Assam and Khasia; also recorded from Formosa in the ‘Flora of British India,’ but probably by mistake, as there are no specimens in the Kew Herbarium. . 8. Hypericum perforatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 785; DC. Prodr. i. p. 549; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 166; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 35 (var. confertifolium). SHantuna: near Chefoo (ex Debeaux); Kianeast: Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; SuENs1 (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Western Europe and North Africa to North-west India and in the Altai. 9. Hypericum Przewalskii, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 164. KansvH: in the western elevated alpine part on the river Yussun-Chatyma (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 10. Hypericum Sampsoni, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1865, p. 378, et 1870, p. 275; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207 ; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 255; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 165. Hypericum electrocarpum, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. xii. p. 60. CureKiawG : Ningpo (hb. Forbes!); KrANGsI: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 30!); KwANGTUNG: Lukpo, west of Canton (Sampson !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains in Eastern India, and Japan. ll. Hypericum Seniawini, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 169. SourH Cura (Seniawin in herb. Fisch. ex Masximowicz). 1. Cratoxylon polyanthum, Korth. in Temminck, Verhandl. Nat. Geschied. Bot. p. 175, t. 36; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 257 (varietates 2): Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 173. Cratoxylon ligustrinum, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 16. Cratoxylon petiolatum et C. cochinchinense, Blume, loc. cit.? Hypericum cochinchinense et H. petiolatum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 472? Hypericum biflorum, Lam. Dict. iv. p. 170; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 172. Hypericum chinense, Retz. Obs. Bot. v. p. 27. Elodea chinensis, Hance in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 472. Ancistrolobus ligustrinus, Spach in Hist. Nat. Veg. v. p. 361. Cuna: without locality (Bladh! Millett! Seemann !); Kwane- 21. HYPERICINER. 75 TUNG: Macao (Tate!), Whampoa (ex Hance); HoneKone (Wright! Urquhart! Champion! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Birma, Malay peninsula and archipelago, and Philippines. 22. GUTTIFERZ. 1. Garcinia multiflora, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 310; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 365 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 368, t.79; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 25. Honexone (Champion! Wright!) Herb. Kew. 2. Garcinia oblongifolia, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p.911; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 352 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p.368, t. 93; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 25. Honexkone (Wright! Champion). Herb. Kew. 1. Calophyllum Inophyllum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 513; DC. Prodr. i. p. 562; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 8. Harwaw: around Kiengchaufu (Delavay ex Hance), near Hoihau (Bullock § Stuhlmann ex Hance). Very widely dispersed in the tropics of the Old World. 2. Calophyllum membranaceum, Garda. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 309; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 191; Planch. et Triana in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 4, xv. p. 290; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 29. Calophyllum spectabile, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 174, non Willd. Cunina: without locality (Beechey!); Hoxakoxa (Champion! Wright!) Herb. Kew. [Stalagmites erosipetala, Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i p. 126, from China, and Calysaccion chinense, Walp. in Bot. Zeit. 1851, p- 368, described from buds of male flowers alone, have not been identified.] 23. TERNSTREMIACEH. 1. Ternstremia japonica, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 335; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. p. 148, t. 80; Choisy, Mém. Ternstr. Jp. 18; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 27; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 280. Cleyera japonica, Thunb. Fi. Jap. p. 294, non Sieb. et Zucc. l Cleyera fragrans et C. dubia, Champ. in Trans. Limn. Soc. xxi. p. 115. Ternstroemia fragrans et T. dubia, Choisy, Mém. Ternstr. p. 19. Hoxaxoxa (Champion! Wilford! Lamont!); Lucnu ARCHI- PELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 76 23. TERNSTREMIACER. Western peninsula of India to Ceylon, and Khasia mountains to Sumatra, and in Japan. 1. Sladenia celastrifolia, Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 194, t. 133. fig. 1; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. part 2 (1874), p. 281. Yunnan: Mynela (Anderson!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Kurz records the locality as “ Muangla, Khakyen hills.” 1. Adinandra Drakeana, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 56. Krawasr: eastern region (David ex Franchet). 2. Adinandra Millettii, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. p. 188; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9. Cleyera Millettii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 171, t. 33. Kwanetune: Pakwan hills, above Canton (Millett! Sampson! Wawra!). Herb. Kew. At the British Museum and Kew are specimens (Tamsui, Formosa, Oldham, 37) of an Adinandra, which may be a variety of this, or possibly a distinct species. 1. Cleyera ochnacea, DC. Mém. Ternstr. p. 21, et Prodr. i. p. 524; Choisy, Mém. Ternstr. p. 21; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 283. Cleyera japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. p. 153, t. 81, non Thunb. CuEextana: Ningpo (Cooper!); Formosa: Keelung (Wil- ford! Ford!), Tamsui (Oldham, 35!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Central Himalaya and Japan. 1. Eurya chinensis, R. Br. in Abel s Voy., Append. p. 379, cum ic.; DC. Prodr.i. p. 525; Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p.108; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald, p. 366; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 285. Eurya littoralis, Sieb. in Münch. Abh. der 2 Cl. Akad. Wiss. iv. Abth. 2, pp. 163 et 199, ex Blume. Curva, without locality (Staunton! Forbes!); KrAwasr (ex De Candolle); FokrEN : Amoy (Ab. Mus. Brit.) ; KwANGTUNG : Swatow (Perry!); Howakowe (Seemann!); COREAN ARCHI- PELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 93!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Ceylon; Japan. 23. TERNSTR(MIACE.E. 77 2. Eurya distichophylla, Hemsl., n. sp. Ramuli ultimi graciles, primum sericeo-villosi. Folia disticha, conferta, subsessilia, subcoriacea, ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanceo- lata, 1-12 poll. longa, basi rotundata sepiusque leviter inzqualia, apice obtusa, margine minutissime crenulata, supra glabra, nitida, subtus strigillosa, venis utrinque immersis. Flores (d tantum visi) subsessiles, pauci ad axillas foliorum congesti, 2-3 lineas diametro; sepala inzqualia, ovata, obtusa, extus pilosula ; petala obovato-oblonga, sepalis triplo longiora, glabra, basi coherentia ; stamina circiter 15, uniseriata, omnino glabra, petalis breviora, filamentis filiformibus, antheris undulatis filamentis equilongis ; pistilli rudimentum conicum, apice barbatum. Foxen: Amoy (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. This species is allied to a small hairy Indian form of the genus referred to E. acuminata ; but it seems sufficiently distinct in the characters described above. 3. Eurya japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 191, t. 25 ; DC. Prodr. i p.925; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 28; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 284. Formosa: Keelung (Oldham, 32! Ford !) ; Kwanetune (Tate); Honexona (Champion! Wilford! Seemann?); Lvcuu ARCHI- PELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. | Common in the mountains of North and South India to Ceylon, and in the Eastern Peninsula eastward to the Fijis and Japan. 4. Eurya Macartneyi, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p. 307; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 347; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 28; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 366, t. 74. Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Ford! Lamont D). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. ; There are also specimens collected by Lord Macartney's expe- dition and by Fortune which are not localized. l. Pentaphylax euryoides, Garda. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 245; Champ. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi, D pt t. 12; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 28; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald, p. 367. HoneKxone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Seemann! Ford! Lamont D. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 78 23. TERNSTRGMIACEZX. 1. Actinidia arguta, Planch. ex Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 15; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 58. Trochostigma arguta, Sieb. et Zucc. in Münch. Abhandl. iii. p. 727. Curt: Peking (Bretschneider!). Herb. Kew. Japan. Perhaps not specifically distinct from the next; but we have seen only one imperfect specimen bearing this name. 2. Actinidia callosa, Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot. ed. 2 (1886), p. 439; Walp. Ann. i. p. 15; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 286, excl. syn. SuineKine : Chienshan (Ross !); Formosa: Keelung (Ford !); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 94!) ; Lengt ARCHIPELAGO (Wilford !). Herb. Kew. Himalayas and Japan, as limited in the ‘Flora of British India’ (excluding 4. Kolomikta), and by Masters (Gard. Chron. n. s. xiv. p. 262). Franchet and Savatier do not, however, include A. callosa in their ‘Enumeration ;’ but it is probable that the specimens they refer to A. arguta (or possibly to A+ rufa) are this species. Bentham (Journ. Linn. Soc. v. p. 55) treats Trochostigma arguta and T. rufa as varieties of Actinidia callosa. See Maximowicz in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 424. 3. Actinidia Championi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 26. Heptaca? latifolia, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 243. Honexone (Champion! Urquhart! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Cambodia. 4, Actinidia chinensis, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. p. 303; Walp. Ann. i. p. 15. Cursa, without locality (Fortune, 39, 1846!) ; CHEKIANG: near Huchau (Ad. Forbes!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 5. Actinidia Davidii, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 57. Kriawosr: eastern part (David ex Franchet). 6. Actinidia eriantha, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. p. 95. Cursa, without locality (ex hb. Lindley, 1838!). Herb. Kew. 7. Actinidia fulvicoma, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 321. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Henry ex Hance). Herb. Kew. 8. Actinidia Kolomikta, Rupr. in Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. 23. TERNSTR@MIACER. 79 p. 63; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. p. 55; Masters in Gard. Chron. n. 8. xiv. p. 262. SurwGKING: Chienshan (Ross!). Herb. Kew. Amur; Japan. 1. Saurauja macrotricha, Kurz ex Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 287. Yunnan: Ponsee (Anderson !). Herb. Kew. Khasia ; Birma. 2. Saurauja Oldhami, Hemsl., n. sp. ftamuli crassiusculi, cavi, foliaque sparsim hispidula. Folia petiolata, submembranacea, discoloria, subtus pallidiora, lanceo- lata, absque petiolo usque ad 7 poll. longa et 3 poll. lata, utrinque attenuata, apice longe acuminata simul mucronulata, margine pilis rigidis subaculeolata; petiolus graciliuseulus, 9-15 lineas longus. Flores parvi (3—4 lineas diametro) in cymas parvas pedunculatas supraxillares dispositi, pedunculis gracilibus petiolis paulo longioribus, pedicellis brevibus; sepala subequalia, glabra vel glabrescentia, oblongo-orbieularia basi cohsrentia; petala bene evoluta non visa ; ovarium glabrum, stylis 3. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 34! Watters!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. In foliage this is very much like some of the forms referred to S. tristyla ; but the pedunculate inflorescence on the young shoots distinguishes it. 3. Saurauja punduana, Wall. Pl. As. Har. i. p. 40; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 287. Yunnan: Ponsee (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. North-eastern India and Birma. 4. Saurauja tristyla, DC. Mém. Ternstr. p. 31, t. 7, et Prodr. i.p. 526; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 27; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 287. Hoxaxoxa (Wright! Hance!). Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago. 1. Stachyurus przcox, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 43, t. 18; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 59. l Kianest: Kiukiang (Maries!); LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO (Wright). Herb. Kew. Japan, with a closely allied species in the Himalayas. 80 23. TERNSTROMIACEE. 1. Stuartia monadelpha, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 181, t. 96; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 59. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO? (Oldham, 91, A !). Herb. Kew. Japan. It is uncertain whether Oldham’s specimens were collected in Japan or the Corean archipelago. 1. Schima Noronha, Reinw. in Blume Bijdr. p. 129; Korth. in Temminck, Verhandl. Nat. Gesch. Bot. p. 144, t. 29. figs. 21-27 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 2. p. 492; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 29. Schima superba, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 246; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 367, t. 75. Gordonia javanica, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4539. Cura, without locality (Abel! Millett!); AxwnuEr: Tongmun (Heude in hb. Forbes!); Kwaneatuna: Lofaushan (ford!) ; Honexone (Champion! Lamont! Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern frontier of India; Cochin China and Malay archipelago. 1. Gordonia anomala, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 126; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 29. Camellia axillaris, Bot. Reg. t. 349; Bot. Mag. t. 2047; DC. Prodr. i. p. 529, sed non Roxb. fide Dyer in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 330. Polyspora axillaris, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 1, p. 61, ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 574; Bot. Mag. t. 4019; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 367. Honexone: common, and apparently endemic, for there are no localized specimens from the mainland. Seemann's specimens labelled “South China” are recorded from Hongkong, op. sup. cit. Brit. Mus.; Herb. Kew. 1. Camellia assimilis, Champ. Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p.309, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 112; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 867, t. 77 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 30. Thea assimilis, Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 349. Honexone (Champion! Wright!) Herb. Kew. This is probably a large-flowered variety of C. caudata, Wall. 2. Camellia caudata, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. p. 36 ; Griff. Notul. i. p. 559, et Ic. t. 601. fig. 2; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. p. 203; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296. Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. Himalaya and Khasia mountains. 3. Camellia drupifera, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 411; Seem. in 23. TERNSTR(EMIACE X. 81 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 344; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. p. 293? KwaNarTUNG: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. North-eastern India, Tenasserim, Andaman Islands, and Cochinchina. This and C. Sasanqua are so closely allied that imperfect spe- cimens are very difficult to determine, and Ford's specimens may belong to the latter. 4. Camellia Edithæ, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, xv. p. 221; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 368. FoKIEN: without locality (Swinhoe!), Ankoe (De Grijs!). Herb. Kew. 5. Camellia euryoides, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t.983 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7. Camellia theiformis, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, xv. p. 221. Curxrane: Ningpo (Hancock!); CHusan ARCHIPELAGO (Cantor!). Herb. Kew. 6. Camellia fraterna, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, xviii. p. 218; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 368. Foxen: Foochow (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. 7. Camellia Grijsii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 9. FoxrEN (De Grijs ex Hance). 8. Camellia hongkongensis, Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 342, t. 60; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 30. E l Camellia japonica, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iu. P. 309, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 112; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 367, non Linn. | . | Honexona (Eyre! Champion! Seemann! Lamont! Perry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 9. Camellia japonica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 698; DC. Prodr. i p. 529; Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 341; Bot. Mag. t. 42; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 155, t. 82; Seem. Journ. Bot. iv. (1868) p. 1, t. 42 (var. foliis variegatis). | Cuina, without locality (Macartney! Staunton! Fortune!) ; Corran ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford d Lvcuv ARCHIPELAGO: Oosing Island (Carpenter!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout Japan. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 82 23. TERNSTRGMIACEZ. 10. Camellia reticulata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1078; Bot. Mag. t. 2984 ; Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 343; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 30. Camellia spectabilis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 310, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 111; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 367, t. 78. Honexone (Champion! Eyre! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 11. Camellia roseflora, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5044; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 369. Camellia Sasanqua, 8. stricta, Edwards, Bot. Reg. t. 547; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1134. Camellia maliflora, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub t. 1078. Thea maliflora, Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 346. Recorded from CutwA by Edwards, and from Japan by See- mann, while Hooker states of the cultivated plant that he did not know its history. lt is not included in Franchet and Sava- tiers Enumeration of Japanese Plants. 12. Camellia salicifolia, Champ. Hook. Kew. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 309, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 112; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 367, t. 76; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 30. Thea salicifolia, Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 349. Honexone (Champion! Urquhart! Wilford! Seemann ). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 13. Camellia Sasanqua, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 273, t. 30; Staunt. Embas. China, ii. p. 466, cum icone; Bot. Reg. t. 12 et t. 1091 ; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 158, t. 83; Bot. Mag. t. 5152 (var. anemoniflora); Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 343; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 9; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 58. Camellia oleifera, Abel, Journ. in China, p. 174, cum ic., App. p. 363; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 942; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1065. Camellia oleosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 339, ex Seemann. Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer !), without locality (Staunton!) ; CHUSAN ARCHIPELAGO (Cantor!); Kwanetune (Staunton ! Abel !), West River (Graves ex Hance); Hainan (Hancock!) ; Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Also in Japan. 14. Camellia Thea, Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Bot. Berol. ii. (1822) p. 78. Camellia Bohea, Griff. Notul. iv. p. 553, et Ic. t. 602. fig. 1. Camellia theifera, Griff. Notul. iv. p. 558, et Ic. t. 601, fig. 1 et 3; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 292; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 58. 23. TERNSTR@MIACER. 83 Camellia viridis, Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Bot. Berol. ii. p. 73. Thea sinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 515. Thea Bohea et T. viridis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, pp. 734 et 735. Thea cochinchinensis et T. cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. pp. 338 et 339, ex Seemann. Thea assamica, Masters in Journ. Agric. et Hortic. Soc. India, iii. (1844), p. 63. Thea japonica, Kempf. Amen. Exot. p. 605. Thea chinensis, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 998; DC. Prodr. i. p. 530; Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. p. 349, t. 61. There are numerous specimens of this species in the herbaria, from China, Formosa, and Japan; but it is still uncertain whe- ther the plant is really indigenous eastward of Assam and Cachar. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. See Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 321: “ Thea Bohea, Linn., really wild in Hainan," Rev. B. C. Henry. In addition to the foregoing there is a fruit-bearing specimen of a species of Camellia in the Kew Herbarium (China, Reeves), with large leaves (six to seven inches long) like the common laurel ; and flowering specimens (Ningpo, Everard, and Kiu- kiang, Maries) of a species closely resembling C. roseflora, but having a hairy pistil. There is also (Lofaushan, Ford) a fruit- bearing specimen of a Camellia or Pyrenaria. [Vatica chinensis, Linn. (Dipterocarpee) Mant. ii. p. 242; Smith, Ic. ined. t. 36, has been identified (Dyer in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 302) with V. Roxburghiana, Blume, a species appa- rently restricted to the western peninsula of India and Ceylon.] 24. MALVACEZ. [Althea rosea, Cav. (Alcea rosea, Linn.), the Hollyhock, is cultivated and subspontaneous in China and Japan. In Bot. Mag. t. 3198, it is said to have been introduced into Europe from China in 1753. Althea chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2689 is a synonym. Althea sinensis, Cav. Diss. ii. p. 92, t. 29. fig. 3, has not been identified, and is possibly not Chinese. ] l. Malva parviflora, Linn. Amen. Acad. ii. p. 416; DC. Prodr. i. p. 433 ; Masters in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 321. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) Herb. Kew. ` ` Very widely dispersed in the north temperate regions of the Old World, and now naturalized in many other parts. , G 84 24. MALVACER. 2. Malva sylvestris, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 689; DC. Prodr. i. p. 432; Masters in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 320; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 32. Malva mauritiana, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 689; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469. Malva mauritiana, 8. sinensis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 432. Malva sinensis, Cav. Diss. ii. p. 77, t. 25. fig. 4. Com: near Peking (Bunge!) ; Suantune: Chefoo (ex De- beaux); SuEnst (Piasezki ex Mazimowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. Widely spread in the north temperate regions of the Old World. 3. Malva verticillata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 689; DC. Prodr. i. p. 483; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 422; Masters in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 320. Malva pulchella, Bernh.; Turcz. Fl. Ross. i. p. 436 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p.469; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 58. Malva chinensis, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, n. 6; DC. Prodr. i. p. 436. Curmi: Peking (Bretschneider!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Swenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Maus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in the northern temperate and subtropical regions of the Old World. We have been able to identify Miller's M. chinensis, from a specimen .in the Kew Herbarium, from Bishop Goodenough’s herbarium, grown in the Chelsea Botanie Garden in 1732. 1. Malvastrum tricuspidatum, 4. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 16; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 32 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 365, excl. syn. Sida carpinifolia. Malvastrum carpinifolium, A. Gr. in Pl. Fendl. p. 22 (excl. syn. Sida carpinifolia et S. planicaulis), fide A. Gr. in Pl. Wright. i. p. 16. Malvastrum ruderale, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 830. Foxren: Foochow (Perry!); Honexone (Hance!) Herb. Kew. This is now very widely dispersed in tropical and subtropical and even some temperate regions, though believed to be of American origin. l; Sidà acuta, Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 137 (1768); Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 32. Sida carpinifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 307 (1781); DC. Prodr. i. p. 461 ; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 323. t 24. MALVACER, 85 Sida Stauntoniana, DC. Prodr. i. p. 460, ex Mast. loc. cit. Sida stipulata, Cav. Diss. i. p. 22, t. 3. fig. 10. Malvastrum carpinifolium, 4. Gr. Pl. Fendl. p. 22 (quoad syn. Sida carpinifolia, Linn.). Cuina, without locality (Macartney § Staunton!); Formosa Tamsui (Oldham, 39 and 40!) ; Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1471!) Honexone (Wilford! Lamont!) ; Hatnan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in the tropics, though hitherto not recorded from Australia. 2. Sida cordifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 684; DC. Prodr. i. p. 464; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 33; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 324. Curva, without locality (Macartney d Staunton! Millett! Fortune!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 43!); Kwanerune: Lappas Island( Vachell!) ; Pakhoi (Playfair D: HonaKone (Cham- pion! Wright! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely diffused in tropical and subtropical countries. 3. Sida fallax, Walp. Relig. Meyen. p. 306; A. Gr. Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. i. p. 161; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 312; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 33. Sida rotundifolia, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p.79, non Cav. Honexona (Wright!); Kwanerune: Pakhoi (Playfair !). Herb. Kew. Cochinchina and northern Polynesia to the Sandwich Islands. 4. Sida humilis, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 744; DC. Prodr. i. p.463; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 32; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 322. CurwA, without locality (Millet; Formosa (Swinhoe!); Honexona (Hinds! Wright! Tute!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 5. Sida rhombifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 684; DC. Prodr. i. p. 462; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 32. Sida chinensis, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 29; Walp. Rep. i, p. 314. Sida philippica, DC. Prodr. i. p. 462. Sourn Cura, common. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres ; common. 86 24. MALVACER. [Sida spinosa, Linn., a common tropical plant, is recorded from Canton by Osbeck, Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 329.] 1. Abutilon Avicennae, Gertn. Fruct. ii. p. 251, t. 135. fig. 1; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 20, et Fl. Tehef. p. 33; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 298; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 59. Sida Abutilon, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 685; DC. Prodr. i. p. 470. Sida tilizfolia, Fisch. Cat. Hort. Gor. ex DC. Prodr. i. p. 4/0; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 9. CHILI: Peking (Bretschneider! SmawTUNG: Chefoo (ex Debeaux); Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay!) ; ANwHEI: Wuhu (Bullock ex Hance) ; CuExtane ( Fortune!) ; KraNasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Suenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in Asia and extending westward to the south of Europe; also in Africa, North America, and Australia, but often existing only as a colonist. Often cultivated for its fibre. 2. Abutilon indicum, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 504; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 33. Sida indica, Linn., et Sida asiatica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 964; DC. Prodr. i. pp. 470 et 471. Abutilon cysticarpum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 157. Abutilon graveolens, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 365, non Wight et Arn. CursA, without locality (Millett!) ; SHantuna: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!) ; Cuextane : Ningpo (hb. Forbes); Kwanatune (Tute), Pakhoi (Playfair!); Honexone (Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. (-Malachra? Urena, DC. Prodr. i. p. 441; Urena polyflora, Lour. Fl. Co@iinch. p. 417, Canton, has not been identified.] 1. Urena lobata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 692; DC. Prodr. i. p. 441; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 416; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 34. Urena diversifolia, Walp. Rep. v. p. 89. Urena sinica, xanthii facie, Dill. Hort. Elth. p. 340, t. 319. Common in the warmer parts of China, extending northward to Shanghai; and very widely spread in the warm regions of both hemispheres. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Urena procumbens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 692; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 417 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 441. CHINA. 24. MALVACER. 87 3. Urena sinuata, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 692; Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 417; DC. Prodr. i. p. 442; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 34. Honexone (Champion! Lind! Forbes!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropies of both hemispheres, though hitherto not recorded from Australia. [Urena chinensis, Osbeck, Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 363, cited by Bretschneider (* Early Researches,’ p. 93), has not been identified.] 1. Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 696; DC. Prodr. i. p. 452; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 84; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225. Formosa (Oldham, 45!); Kwanerunea (Staunton! Hance!) ; Honexone (Champion! Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, and cultivated in most hot countries. 2. Hibiscus esculentus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 696; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 421; DC. Prodr. i. p. 450; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 943? SzECHUEN (Mesny!). A fragment. Herb. Kew. Native country uncertain; now cultivated and more or less colonized in most tropical countries. [Forster in Osbeck Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 328, records Hibiscus ficulneus, Linn., from Canton ; but there is no Chinese specimen in the London herbaria.] 3. Hibiscus mutabilis, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 694; Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 419 ; DO. Prodr. i. p. 452; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 9; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 58; Bot. Reg. t. 589. Hibiscus sinensis, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, n. 2. Common in China, except the colder regions, and believed to be indigenous in some parts; but it is often cultivated, as in other warm countries. 4. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 694; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 419; DO. Prodr. i. p. 448; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 834; Bot. Mag. t. 158. Formosa (Oldham, 47!); Kwaneruna: near Shatan, "oer tainly wild" (Sampson!); Lucmu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 88 24. MALVACER. 5. Hibiscus surattensis, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 696; DC. Prodr. i.p. 449; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 884; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225. HarwaN: at Hoitow (Fogg!). Herb. Kew. Tropics of the Old World. 6. Hibiscus syriacus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 695; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 418; DC. Prodr. i. p. 695; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 844; Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. viii. p. 58 (var. chinensis). Hibiscus chinensis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 455; Braam. Ic. Pl. Chin. 1821, t. 24. Common in China, both wild and cultivated, as well as in India; also recorded from several localities in Asia Minor, but not recently in Syria. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 7. Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 694; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 418; DO. Prodr. i. p. 454; Mast. in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 343. CurwaA, without locality (Fortune!); CmusAN ARCHIPELAGO (Jacob); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 44!); Honaxone (Cham- pion! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropics of both hemispheres, especially in maritime districts. 8. Hibiscus Trionum, Linn. Sp. Pl.ed.1, p. 697 ; DC. Prodr.i. p. 453; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 59, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- bourg, xxiv. p. 208. Hibiscus ternatus, Cav. Diss. iii. p. 172, t. 64. fig. 3; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469; Debeaus, Fl. Tchef. p. 32 (cum var. sirensi). Curnrr: Peking (Bretschneider in hb. Forbes D. Jehol (David, 2117!) along the Peiho (Swinhoe!); SHrnexine: Liao river (Webster!); SuaNTUNG: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely dispersed in the warm regions of the Old World. 1. Gossypium arboreum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 693; DC. Prodr. i. p. 456 ; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 347. FokiEN: Amoy, eult.? (Fortune, A.116!). Herb. Kew. 2. Gossypium herbaceum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 963; Lour. Fl. 24. MALVACER. 89 Cochinch. p. 415 ; DO. Prodr.i. p. 456; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 346. Gossypium indicum, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 134. Gossypium religiosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 185, an Linn.? Cuina. Commonly cultivated and more or less colonized in many parts. The Nanking cotton is the produce of the variety or species named religiosum by Roxburgh. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Bombax malabaricum, DC. Prodr. i. p. 479; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 349. Cut, without locality (Staunton!); Honaxone (Urquhart !). India; Java; Sumatra. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Eriodendron anfractuosum, DO Prodr. i. p. 479; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 350. Bombax pentandrum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 511; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 415; Bretsch. Early Res. p. 140. Cursa (ex Loureiro). Tropical Asia, Africa ?, and America. 25. STERCULIACEX. 1. Sterculia lanceolata, Cav. Diss. p. 287, t. 143. fig. 1 (144 in tab.) ; DO. Prodr. i. p. 481; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 36; Bot. Reg. t. 1256. Helieteres undulata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 531, ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 81. Curwa, without locality (Millett! Parker!); Kwanerune: Canton (Reeves!), Macao (Vachell!); Howakoxa (Champion! Lamont!); HarNAN (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Sterculia nobilis, Smith in Rees, Cyclop. no. 4; DC. Prodr. i. p. 482; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 358. l Sterculia Balanghas, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, v. p. 338, non Linn. Sterculia monosperma, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 9]. Southwellia nobilis, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 69, excl. synon. Curva, without locality (Blake! Lay!); Honeaxone (Bowring in herb. Hance, 1179!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malabar? ; Sumatra. 3. Sterculia peltata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 517 ; Walp. Rep. n. p. 795. Cursa, without locality (in herb. Lambert ex Don). 90 25. STERCULIACER. 4. Sterculia platanifolia, Zinn. f. Suppl. p. 423; DC. Prodr. i. p. 483; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 30; Kurz n Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 193; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 13, et Fl. Shangh. p. 21. Hibiscus simplex, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, ii. p. 977. Sterculia pyriformis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 9; Walp. Rep. i. p. 335. Firmiana platanifolia, Schott et Endl. Meletem. Bot. p. 33; Walp. Rep. v. p. 104. CHIHLI : Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider!); Ktanasv : Shanghai (Maingay!); Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 52!); SuENs1 (Péasezki ex Maximowicz, MSS.); YUNNAN (Anderson ex Kurz); Howakoxa, naturalized (Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Heritiera littoralis, Act. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. p. 546; DC. Prodr. i. p. 484; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 36; Maxim. in Engler, Jahrb. vi. p. 61. Formosa (Oldham, 51!); Howakowa (Hance! Lamont!); Lucuu AnceureELAGO (Tachiro ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Littoral in tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia, and E. Africa. 1. Reevesia thyrsoidea, Lindl. in Brandes Journ. n. s. i. p. 112, et Bot. Reg. t. 1286; FI. Hongk. p. 37. Kwanetune: Canton (Reeves!), Macao (Millett! Vachell!) ; Honexone (Champion! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Kleinhovia Hospita, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1865; DC. Prodr. i. p. 488; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322. Haran (Henry ex Hance). Now widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and Polynesia, though often existing only as a colonist. 1. Helicteres angustifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 968 ; Osbeck’s Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 876, t. 5; DC. Prodr. i. p. 476; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 530; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 37. SOUTH-EASTERN CurwA and Formosa, common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 2. Helicteres spicata, Colebr. ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 507 ; 25. STERCULIACEX. 91 Walp. Rep. i. p. 332; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 366. Kwaxervxa : Canton (Reeves! Millett!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in tropical Asia; often cultivated. Var.? hainanensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322. Harnan (B. C. Henry ex Hance). 1. Pterospermum heterophyllum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 112. Pterospermum acerifolium, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 39, viz Willd. KwawarUNG: in dense woods around a Buddhist temple, Filoitze, on the North river (Sampson A Hance, 13743!) ; Hoxe- KONG (Champion!) Herb. Kew. Flowers unknown; apparently different from the Indian P. acerifolium. 1. Pentapetes phenicea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 698; DC. Prodr. i. p. 498; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 409; Bot. Reg. t. 575. Curva, without locality (Millett!) ; cult. ex Loureiro. Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India; cultivated in many countries. 1. Melochia corchorifolia, Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. 1, p. 675; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 374. Melochia concatenata, Linn. loc. cit. Riedleia corchorifolia et R. concatenata, DC. Prodr. i. pp..491, 492. SOUTH-EASTERN Curva and Formosa. Maus. But: Herb. Kew. A common tropical weed. 1. Waltheria indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 673; DC. Prodr. i. p. 493; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 100. Waltheria americana, Linn. loc. cit. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 38. SOUTH-EASTERN Cura. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely dispersed in tropical regions. 1. Abroma fastuosum, Jacg. Hort. Vindb. iii. (1776), p. 3, t. 1, non Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 102, nec DC. Prodr. i. p. 485, nec Gertn. Fruct. i. t. 64. Theobroma augusta, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, App. p. 233. 92 25. STERCULIACE X. Ambroma augusta, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 341; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 375, excl. syn. pro parte. Honaxone (Urquhart!) Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, but frequently cultivated. 1. Buettneria aspera, Colebr. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., Carey ed., ii. p. 383; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 39. Cursa, without locality (Millett!); HowakoNa (Champion ! Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. North India. 26. TILIACEJE. 1. Grewia affinis, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. p. 265; Walp. Rep. i. p. 360. Cura, ex Lindley. This is referred to G. Microcos by Hooker and Arnott (Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 171). 2. Grewia biloba, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 549; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 800. CHINA, ex Don. 3. Grewia glabrescens, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 42; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 443. SzECHUEN (Mesny!); HowakoNa (Wright! Hance, 4483 !). Herb. Kew. 4. Grewia hirsuta, Vahl, Symb. i. p. 34; DC. Prodr. i. p. 509; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225. Kwanetune: West river and North river (Sampson & Hance ex Hance). Southern provinces of the Western peninsula of India and Ceylon. 5. Grewia Microcos, Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 12, p. 602; DC. Prodr. i. p. 510; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 42. Arsis rugosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 336? Fallopia nervosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 336; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 239. Grewia Stauntoniana, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 551. SOUTH-EASTERN CHINA, common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout India; also in Ceylon and Java. 20. TILIACEX. 93 6. Grewia nitida, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. iv. p. 90, t. 47. fig. 2; DC. Prodr. i. p. 510. CHINA, ex Jussieu. Cultivated specimen in Herb. Kew. We have seen no wild specimen of this very distinct species. 7. Grewia parviflora, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p.9; Walp, Rep. i. p. 360; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 3; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 59. Cum: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider!); SuawTUNG (Maingay!); Kianasu: Chinkiang (Bullock!) ; KiaNosr: Kiu- kiang (Shearer !); Suenst or Kanstn: Tsunglin range ( Piasezkt ex Masximowicz, MSS.); Corran AmncurPELAGO (Oldham!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 8. Grewia piscatorum, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° sér. xv. p. 208. Foxen - Lamyet Island (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. Oldham's 55/1 from Formosa is near this, and possibly a small- leaved state of G. parviflora. 9. Grewia polygama, Roxb. Fl. Ind.ii. p. 588; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 391. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!). Herb. Kew. India, from the north-west to Ceylon and Pegu, and in North Australia. 1. Triumfetta pilosa, Roth, Nov. Sp. p.223; DC. Prodr. i. p. 506; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 41. Howakoxa (Champion! Lamont!) Maus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Africa. 2. Triumfetta rhomboidea, Jacg. Sel. Stirp. Am. p. 147, t. 90; DC. Prodr. i. p. 507 ; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 395. Triumfetta angulata, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 491; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.4l. SOUTH-EASTERN CHINA, common; and in Formosa. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 1. Corchorus acutangulus, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 104 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 505; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 40. Generally dispersed in hot countries. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Corchorus capsularis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 529; DC. Prodr. i. p. 505; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 40. 94. 26. TILIACER. . Honexone &c. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Commonly cultivated for its fibre, and now found wild in almost all warm countries; uncertain where truly indigenous. 1. Corchoropsis crenata, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. Münch. iii. p. 738, t. 4; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 59, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 203. Cnmtr: Peking (Bretschneider!); SuawTvNG: Chefoo (hb. Forbes); Cuusan (Cunningham! in herb. Sloane, xciv. 146); Kriawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer D: Kwanetune: Lofaushan moun- tains(Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Tilia mandshurica, Rupr. et Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ii. p. 412; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 62, et in Mél. Biol. x. p. 586; Baker & S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 380; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 60. Tilia pekinensis, Rupr. in Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. . 469. P Tilia argentea, Bayer, Monogr. Til. p. 48, t. 9. fig. 3 (sub T. pekinensis), ex Franchet. Cumi: Jehol (David, 1938!), Peking mountains (David, 2336, ex Franchet); Smınexne: Chienshan (Ross!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria; Japan. 2. Tilia mongolica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 585; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 60. Cut - Jehol (David, 1923 !), Pohuashan (Bretschneider !). Herb. Kew. Southern Mongolia. 1. Echinocarpus sinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 108. Kwaneatune: Lofaushan (Faber ex Hance). 1. Elæocarpus chinensis, Hook. f. in Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 43. Friesia chinensis, Gard. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 243; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 174. Kwanetcne: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexona (Champion! Wright!) Herb. Kew. 2. Eleocarpus decipiens, Hemsl., n. sp. E. photiniefolio affinis, differt imprimis foliis tenuioribus an- 26. TILIACEX. 95 gustioribus confertioribus, floribus minoribus multo numerosi- oribus; E. lanceefolio etiam affinis sed fructu ovali-oblongo vix à poll. longo.—E. photinisfolius, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. i. p. 56; Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 17, non Hook. et Arn. Lucuu AzcurPeELAGO (Wright!); Kwanetune (Reeves!) ; Formosa (Oldham, 54)? Herb. Kew. 3. Eleocarpus Henryi, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322. Kwanetune: North River (B. C. Henry ex Hance). 4. Elzocarpus japonicus, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 57; Maxim. in Engler, Jahrb. vi. p. 61. Lucuvu AncuiPELAGO (Wright! Döderlein ex Engler). Herb. Kew. Japan. 5. Eleocarpus lancezfolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 598 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 42. Eleocarpus serrulatus, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p. 263, non Linn. Formosa: Kelung (Ford!); Honexone (Champion! Wright! Lamont ). Widely dispersed in India, and also found in Java. 27. LINE. 1. Linum nutans, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 581. Kaxsunu: near Dadshan (Przewalski ex Maxim.). 2. Linum perenne, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 277; Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. D. 173; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 5. Yunnan: Mosoyun (Delavay ex Franchet). . Generally diffused in north temperate regions, and colonized in southern countries. 3. Linum stelleroides, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 178; Walp. Ann. i. p. 117; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 61; Debeaux, Fl. Tehef. p. 31 (var. salsuginosum) ; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 204. ` Linum davuricum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 1. p. 260, non Schult., teste Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 68. l Cuna, without locality (Fortune!) ; CHINLI : Jehol (David )), 96 27. LINES. near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider Y), Summer Palace, Peking (Williams!); SmiwakiNG: Peiling (Webster!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!); Corran AmcHiPELAGO: Green Island (Oldham, 1092!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Reinwardtia trigyna, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. (1848) p. 522; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 412. Linum trigynum, Roxb. Fl. Ind., Carey ed., ii. p. 110; Bot. Mag. t. 1100; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 3. Hurrun: Ichang (Watters ex Hance); SzEcHvEN: Chung- king (Bourne!). Herb. Kew. The Punjab to Sikkim, and in the hills of the western penin- sula of India. 1. Erythroxylon monogynum, Roxb. Corom. Pl. i. t. 88, et Fl. Ind., Carey ed., ii. p. 449 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 414. Lethia indica, DC. Prodr. i. p. 576 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 174. Curva (Beechey). Western peninsula of India and Ceylon. 1. Ixonanthes chinensis, Champ. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 114, t. 18; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p. 808 (n Benth. Fl. Hongk. omissa); Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 258. Kwanetune: North river (B. C. Henry ex Hance); Hone- Kone (Champion! Wright! Ford!) Herb. Kew. 28. MALPIGHIACE. l. Hiptage Madablota, Gertn. Fruct. i. p. 169, t. 116; DO. Prodr. i. p. 583; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 49. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 56!); Howaxowa (Champion ! Lamont!) ; HAINAN (Swinhoe!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical India and Malaya. 2. Hiptage obtusifolia, DO. Prodr.i. p. 583 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 49, i» nota sub H. Madablota ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 418, in nota sub H. Madablota; Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. p. 178. Yunnan: Ponlin (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Birma. 29. ZYGOPHYLLER. 97 29. ZYGOPHYLLEZ. 1. Tribulus cistoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 387 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 703; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 423. Harnan (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. Throughout the warmer regions of both hemispheres. 2. Tribulus terrestris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 387; DC. Prodr. i. p. 703; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 270; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 62, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 204; Debeaux, FI. Tients. p. 14, et Fl. Tchef. p. 38. Cururr and southward, common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout the tropies and far into some temperate regions. 1. Zygophyllum mucronatum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 175. Kansuu (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 1. Nitraria Schoberi, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 638; DO. Prodr. iii. p. 456 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296. SuENsr or KawsuH: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Masimo- wicz). Syria to China. 1. Sarcozygium xanthoxylum, Bunge in Linnea, xvii. p. 8, t.1; Walp. Rep. v. p. 885; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 258. Kawsuu; Hami (Mesny ex Hance). Mongolia. 30. GERANIACE/E. 1. Biebersteinia heterostemon, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 176. Kansun (Piasezki ; Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 1. Geranium davuricum, DC. Prodr.i. p. 642; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 618; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 64. Geranium pseudosibiricum, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 71, et G. bifo- lium, id. ibid. p. 469, nec aliorum. . Cumu: Jehol (Zatarinow ex Maximowicz), Pohuashan (Bret- schneider, in hb. Forbes!) ; Kansuu (Przewalski ex Mazimowicz). Dahuria; Mandshuria; Japan. 2. Geranium eriostemon, Fisch. im DC. Prodr. i. p- 641; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469, et in Mél. Biol. x. p. 628; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 63. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. H 98 30. GERANIACES. Ommur: Jehol (David, 2154!), Pohuashan (Kirilow! Bret- schneider), Siaowutaishan (Hancock! Moellendorf!); KawsvH (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Dahuria and Baical to Japan. 3. Geranium nepalense, Sweet, Geran. t. 12; DC. Prodr. i. p. 643; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 37; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 615 ; Franch.in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 204. Geranium Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. i. p. 136 (nomen tantum) ; Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. p. 186, fig. 115. Surnexine: Chienshan (Ross!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!); Kianest; Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Yunnan (Anderson !). Herb. Kew. Mountains of Northern India to Japan. 4. Geranium pratense, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p.681; DC. Prodr. i. p. 641; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 632. Cuni : Siaowutaishan (Hancock!) ; Kawsun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Western Europe to China. 5. Geranium Pylzowianum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 638. Kawsvun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 6. Geranium sibiricum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 683; DC. Prodr. i.p. 639; Maxim. Mél. Biol. x. p. 617 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 62. Norta Cuixa, without locality (Daniell!); Cutnt1: Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 2087, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Caucasus and Ural eastward. 7. Geranium Wilfordi, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 614? ; Fran- chet, Pl. David. p. 63. Cp: Jehol (David, 2058, ex Franchet). Mandshuria. 8. Geranium Vlassovianum, DC. in Mém. Soc. Phys. et Hist. Nat. i. p. 441, et Prodr. i. p. 641; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 626 (“ Wlassowianum, Fisch.”); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 64. Curmi: Pohuashan (David, 2244, ex Franchet). Dahuria eastward. 1. Erodium Stephanianum, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 625; DC. Prodr. i. p. 645; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 686, et FI. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 87 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 64. 30. GERANIACER. 99 CHIHLI: near Peking (Staunton! Bushell! Bretschneider! Hancock!); Surnexine: Kaichow to Kiuchow (Ross!), Peiling (Webster !); SHantune: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!); Corra (Perry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tibet ; Siberia. 1. Oxalis Acetosella, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 4833; DO. Prodr. i. p. 700; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 880. SHINGKING: Shingking (Ross!). Herb. Kew. All round the north temperate zone. 2. Oxalis corniculata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 435; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 285; DC. Prodr. i. p. 692; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 56; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 65; Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 839 (8. lurida). Cosmopolitan in warm countries. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Oxalis Griffithii, Zdgew. et Hook. f. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i.p. 486; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 230. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Himalaya and Khasia mountains. 4. Oxalis Martiana, Zucc. Oxal. Nachtr. p. 27; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 56. A Brazilian species colonized in many warm countries, including Hongkong. 5. Oxalis stricta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 435; DC. Prodr. i. p. 692. Oxalis fontana, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 13; Walp. Rep. i p. 476. Curmi: Peking (Bushell! Bunge !); Survexrne: Talienhwan (Birnie!); SHanrune: Chefoo (Fawvel ex Franchet); Kranasv: Tahoo Lake (hb. Forbes!); Cuexiana: Ningpo (hb. Forbes!). Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed. 6. Oxalis obtriangulata, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vi. p. 260, Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 880. Suinexrine: Kwandien mountains (Ross!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Japan. l. Biophytum Reinwardtii, Edgew. et Hook. f. in Hook. Ff. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 437. H2 100 30. GERANIACES. Oxalis Reinwardtii, Zucc. in Abhand. Bayer. Akad. i. p. 2/4; Walp. Rep.i. p. 476; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 9, partim. Kwanetune: banks of the West river (Hance, 4834 !). Herb. Kew. India; Java. 2. Biophytum sensitivum, DC. Prodr. i. p. 690; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 436. Oxalis sensitiva, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 434; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 285; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 68? Cuina, without locality (Fortune ex Lindley); Kwanetune: near Macao (Hance, 4834, in part!). Herb. Kew. Very widely diffused in the tropics of both hemispheres. 1. Averrhoa Carambola, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 428 ; DC. Prodr. p. 689; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 288; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 56. Kwanetune: Macao (Millett!) ; Honexone (Wright! Har- land!). Herb. Kew. Now widely dispersed; native country uncertain, probably America. Osbeck (Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 306) cites Averrhoa Bilimbi, Linn., perhaps by mistake for 4. Carambola. 1. Impatiens arguta, Hook. f. et T. Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 1837; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. p. 470. Yunnan: Momein (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Bhotan, Sikkim, and Khasia mountains. There is a very imperfect specimen of a second species on the same sheet, which we were unable to identify with any published one, but it is insufficient for description. 2. Impatiens Balsamina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 938; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 812; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 458. Balsamina hortensis, Desf. in Dict. Sc. Nat. iii. p. 485; DC. Prodr. i. p. 485. Suantune (Fauvel ex Franchet); Foxren : Amoy (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, cclxvii. p. 20!); Kwanerune : Macao (Tate !). Herb. Kew. Common throughout tropical and subtropical India and Malaya, often only as an escape from cultivation, as it probably is in China. 3. Impatiens chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 987; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 511 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 55. 90. GERANIACER. 101 Impatiens fasciculata, Lam.; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 748. Balsamina chinensis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 686. Curva, without locality (Parkes!) ; Kwaneatune: Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honexona (Harland! Hance! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 4. Impatiens cochleata, Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 512. Balsamina cochleata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 666. Kwanetune: Canton, cult. (ex Loureiro). Loureiro describes the flowers of this with * neetario magno compresso in spiram convoluto,” a condition not exhibited by any of the Chinese species under observation. 5. Impatiens Davidi, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 65. Kranast: Kiukiang (David, 890, ex Franchet). 6. Impatiens furcillata, Hemsl., n. sp. Planta habitu foliisque T. parviflore simillima, differt pedun- culis multo brevioribus subtrifloris, floribus triplo majoribus caleari longo curvato furcillato. Caulis ramosus, subcarnosus, glaber. Folia alterna, petiolata, tenuissima, leviter oblique ovato-oblonga, usque ad 6 poll. longa et 2 poll. lata, erenato-dentata, crenis apiculatis. Pedunculi gra- cillimi, 1-2 pollicares. Flores absque calcari recurvo 1 poll. longi; sepala lateralia viridia, late fere rotundato-ovata, acuminata ; sepalum saccatum coloratum, tabeforme, caleari longo gracili ; petala lateralia longe exserta. Corra: Gensan (Perry!); Corean ARrcHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 123 !). Herb. Kew. 7. Impatiens mutila, Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 512. Balsamina mutila, DC. Prodr. i. p. 686. E . » * Culta in Cochinchina, puto quod a Sinis translata," Loureiro. 8. Impatiens nolitangere, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 938; DC. Prodr. i. p. 687; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 65. Curuur: near Peking (Bretschneider !); SHINGKING: Chien- shan (Ross!); Corra: north-east coast (Perry '). Herb. Kew. Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia, Japan. 9. Impatiens plebeja, Hemsl., n. sp. Planta pedalis et ultra, glabra, caulibus simplicibus crassius- culis usque ad pedalibus. Folia omnia alterna, petiolata, geg branacea, lanceolata, 4-6 poll. longa, utrinque valde attenuata, acutissima, crenata simul calloso- vel glanduloso-serrulata. Pedun- 102 30. GERANTACER. culi axillares, 1-2 poll. longi, 3—4-flori, parvibracteati. Flores mediocres (bene evoluti non visi); sepala lateralia colorata, oblique ovato-oblonga, vix acuta; sepalum saccatum late cucul- latum, petala ut videtur equans, calcari brevi crasso obtusissimo bigibbo arcte recurvo; petala parva. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. 10. Impatiens Textori, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 76; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 70. l Corta: Soul mountains (Carles!) Herb. Kew. Japan. 11. Impatiens tubulosa, Hemsl., n. sp. Folia suprema subverticillata, breviter petiolata, membranacea, lanceolata, 4-5-poll. longa, calloso-denticulata. Pedunculi sub- triflori, foliis paulo breviores, pedicellis gracilibus. Flores 2-23 poll. longi ; sepalum saccatum infra insertionem 2 poll. productum, ventricoso-infundibuliforme, subite caudato-calcaratum ; petala breviter exserta. Foxen: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!) Herb. Kew. A very distinct species, though the specimen is insufficient for a full description. Hance (Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322) records a probable new species from the Lienchau river, Canton. 31. RUTACEJE. 1. Ruta dahurica, DC. Prodr. i. p. 712; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470. Curmi: Peking (ex Maximowicz). Dahuria and Mongolia. One or more varieties of Ruta graveolens, Linn. (R. chalepen- sis, Linn., Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p.269; R. angustifolia, Pers., Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 175; R. bracteosa, DC., Bretschn. Early Res. p. 141), are cultivated, and perhaps colo- nized, in China. l. Benninghausenia albiflora, Reichb. Conspect. Reg. Veg. p. 197; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 486; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 66. Cuexiane: Ningpo (Ab. Forbes!); KriaNasi: Kiukiang (David, 743! Shearer! Moellendorf!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalayas to Japan, 31. RUTACER. 108 PsrrnorPEGANUM, Hemsl., gen. nov. Calyx 4-partitus, persistens. Petala 4, sessilia, oblongo-ovalia, integerrima. Discus parvus, fere obsoletus. Stamina 8, alterna breviora, filamentis subulatis; anthere oblonge. Ovarium ses- sile, alte bilobum, lobis 1-locularibus; stylus unicus, stigmate simplici; ovula in loculis 5-6, placentis a medio loculi pendulis affixa. Cocci 2, basi connati, divergentes, membranacei, inflati, apice (ventre) dehiscentes. Semina reniformia, testa cinerea, crustacea, scrobiculata; albumen carnosum; embryo teres, eurvus.—Herba perennis, glanduloso-punctata, caulibus numerosis gracilibus. Folia alterna, trifoliolata. Flores parvi, solitarii, extra-axillares, graciliter pedunculati. 1. Psilopeganum sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate III.) Planta circiter sesquipedalis, undique glaberrima, caulibus ramulisque fere filiformibus erectis. Foliola breviter petiolu- lata, tenuissima, leviter inequalia, ovalia, oblonga, ovata vel obovata, maxima vix pollicaria, obtusiuscula, subtus pallidiora, margine leviter revoluta crebre glandulosa, lateralia interdum leviter obliqua; petioli atque pedunculi filiformes, 6-9 lineas longi. Flores, ut videtur, albi, 3-4 lineas diametro; calycis segmenta obtusa. Fructus late bilobus fere reniformis, 4—5 lineas latus. Hurren: Ichang Gorge (Maries!), near Ichang (4. Henry ID: Barcngrs : Chungking (Bourne!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This differs from Benninghausenia, which it very strongly resembles in general appearance, in having trifoliolate leaves, solitary extra-axillary flowers, a very small disk, and a sessile two-celled ovary. Thamnosma has a dimerous pistil, associated with simple leaves and a very different habit. 1. Peganum Nigellastrum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 13; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 76. Norta Cura, without locality (Bunge!); Commu: Chatau (Williams ex Hance). Herb. Kew. Mongolia. 1. Dictamnus albus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 383; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 487. Dictamnus Fraxinella, Pers. Syn. Pl. i. p. 44; DC. Prodr. i. p. 7125 Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380. 104 31. RUTACER. Sumiwaxiwa: west of Hingjing (Ross!); Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford!); Chemulpo (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Japan. 1. Evodia Daniellii, Hemsl. Zanthoxylum (Oxyactis) Daniellii, Benn. in Ann. Nat. Hist, ser. 3, x. (1862), p. 201, t. 5. Curmi: Peking mountains (Bretschneider!); SHINGKING: Talienwhan (Daniell! Swinhoe? hb. Hance, 311); CORFA: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This may be the same as Zanthoxylum Bretschneideri, Maxim., though it sometimes at least has two superposed seeds in each carpel, and one leaf has seven leaflets. See note under that plant, p. 105. 2. Evodia melizfolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 58; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. p. 490. Boymia glabrifolia, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p. 330; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 370. Megabotrya melizfolia, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 259. Evodia glauca, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 23. Cuina: without locality (Millett! Parkes!); Krawasi: Kiu kiang (Shearer!); Honexone (Champion! Hance!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Assam. 3. Evodia rutecarpa, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 59 (in nota sub E. melisfolia); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 490. Boymia rutecarpa, Adr. Jus. ex Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 50, t. 21. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. Himalayas; Japan. 4. Evodia triphylla, DC. Prodr. i. p. 724; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. p. 488. Evodia Lamarckiana, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 59. Fagara triphylla, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 447. Zanthoxylum Lamarckianum, Cham. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 98. Zanthoxylum ptelezfolium, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 330; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 415. Lepta triphylla, Lour. F1. Cochinch. p. 82. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 61, 62!) ; Honaxona (Wilford! Champion! Wright!) ; Hatnan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malaya, Bonin Islands, and Japan. 31. RUTACER. 105 1. Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 30; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 22. Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 58!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Zanthoxylum alatum, Soch, Fl. Ind. iii. p. 768; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 493 ; Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 171. Zanthoxylum Bungei, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5e sér. v. p. 209.. Zanthoxylum planispinum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 30; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 67. Krawasu: Shanghai (Maingay!); Curxtane: Kianang (Staunton !), Hangchow (hb. Hanbury!); Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1480 in part!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalayas, from the Punjab eastward. 3. Zanthoxylum Avicenne, DC. Prodr. i. p. 726; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 58. Zanthoxylum lentiscifolium, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 329, non Z. lentiscifolium, Anders. Zanthoxylum piperitum, Benn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, x. (1862), p. 199, non DC. Zanthoxylum Clava- Herculis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 659? non Linn. Cun, without locality (Staunton! Reeves! Millett! Beechey!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Honexona (Lamont! Wil- ford! Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Zanthoxylum Bretschneideri, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 655. Curt: Shangfangshan (Bretschneider ex Maximowicz). In the Kew Herbarium are specimens of a tree collected on the Peking mountains by Bretschneider, which we have referred to Evodia Daniellii, and, from the description, we suspect that this may be the same, though the author states that in this the carpels are not stellately arranged and the seeds neither two nor super- posed. Bennett’s original specimen bears quite ripe fruit with the carpels very wide open, hence their more stellate appearance. There are two unattached leaves having eleven leaflets each ; but these are probably not the uppermost ones, for Bennett describes the leaves as having 5 to 9 leaflets. 5. Zanthoxylum Bungei, Planch. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3° sér. xix. P. 82, non Hance, Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° sér. v. p. 209; Hance in 106 31. RUTACER. Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 181, et 1882, p. 3; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 66, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 205 (var. im- perforatum). Zanthoxylum simulans, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° sér. v. p. 208. Zanthoxylum Bungeanum, Mazim. in Mei Biol. viii. pp. 2 et 372. Zanthoxylum nitidum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 13, non DC. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider !), Tientsin (Daniell!) ; Suanrune (Guillon ex Franchet); Kianasv : Chim- kiang (Bullock!) ; Cuusan ARCHIPELAGO (Cantor! Cunningham in herb. Sloane, xciv. pp. 190, 191!); Krawesr: Kiukiang (Maries!); Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1480 in part !), without loca- lity (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 10698); Huren: Ichang (Watters!) ; Suenst and Kansun (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 6. Zanthoxylum cuspidatum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 329; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 445; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 58. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 59! Swinhoe!); HowakoNa (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 7. Zanthoxylum dissitum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex vel arbor novellis undique glaberrimis, ramulis ultimis floriferis crassiusculis inermibus (an semper?). Folia ampla, pin- nata, alterna, ultra pedalia (2 tantum visa); foliolorum juga dissita ; foliola 7, subopposita vel distincte alterna, breviter petiolulata, coriacea, integerrima,oblongo-lanceolata, 5—6 poll. longa, 13-2 poll. lata, acute acuminata, basi cuneata, interdum leviter obliqua, supra nitidissima, nuda, subtus opaca, pallidiora, glandulis paucis opacis notata, nuda vel costa aculeis paucis armata, venis primariis nu- merosis sat conspicuis ; petiolus rhachisque teres, aculeis paucis recurvis armatus. Flores (d tantum visi) tetrameri, 22-3 lineas longi, pauci in cymas axillares vix pollicares dispositi ; sepala parva, rotundata ; petala elliptico-ovalia, apice rotundata ; stamina petalis breviora, antheris magnis dorsifixis ; pistilli rudimentum bene evolutum 2-3-lobatum. Horn ; Ichang Gorge (Maries!). Herb. Kew. 8. Zanthoxylum nitidum, DC. Prodr. i. p. 727; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 58; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 2. Fagara piperita, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 80, ex DC. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 60!); Fos: Amoy (Hance, 1144!); Kwanetune: Dane’s Island, Whampoa (Macartney !) ; 31. RUTACEX. 107 Howexowa (Hinds! Wright! Wilford! Lamont!); HAINAN (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 9. Zanthoxylum piperitum, DC. Prodr. i. p. 725; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 3; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 205. SuENst or Kansun: Tsunglin range ( Piasezki ex Maximowicz); SuaNTUNG : Chefoo, cult. (Fauvel ex Franchet); Corean Arcu- PELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 10. Zanthoxylum podocarpum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex vel arbor fere omnino inermis, novellis glabris. Folia alterna, petiolata, pinnata, 4-6 poll. longa; foliola 5-7, opposita, brevissime petiolulata, contigua, tenuiuscula, conspicue pellucido- punctata, crenato-serrulata, leviter inequilatera, ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-elliptica, 11-2 poll. longa, sursum sensim longiora, acuminata vix acuta, basi cuneata, venis paucis subtus prominulis ; petiolus rhachisque crassiusculus, nitidus, aculeis paucis minutis interdum dorso instructus. Flores........ dense cymosi, cymis axillaribus subsessilibus 2-3 poll. latis, pedicellis brevibus. Car- pella obliqua, distincte pseudostipitata, ut videtur subcarnosa, opaca, immerso-glandulosa, compressa, semine atro nitido. Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!) Herb. Kew. 11. Zanthoxylum schinifolium, Sich, et Zucc. Fl., Jap. Fam. Nat. p. 29; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 3. Zanthoxylum Mantschuricum, Benn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, x. (1862), p. 200. SurNakrNa : Talienwhan (Daniell! spec. typ. Z. mantschurici, in Mus. Brit.); Suanruna : Chefoo (Forbes!); Kranasu (Staun- ton!); AnwueEt (Heude in hb. Forbes!) ; CHusAN ARCHIPELAGO (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, xciv. p. 190!); Corra (Perry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 12. Zanthoxylum setosum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex vel arbor novellis setosis, ramulis fructiferis simul acu- leatis, aculeis rectis. Folia alterna, petiolata, pinata, 23-5 poll. longa ; foliola 5-7, opposita, subsessilia, tenuiuscula, obscurissime pellucido-punctata, minute crenata, equilatera, circumscriptione variabilia (ovata, obovata, oblonga, elliptica vel fere orbicularia), 108 81. RUTACER. 1-2 poll. longa, superiora sepius majora, sepius utrinque obtusa . vel rotundata, interdum breviter acuminata, supra subtusque parce appresso-setosa, costa subtus aculeolis paucis instrueta vel nuda; rhachis tenuiuscula, inter foliolis leviter curvata, setosa, simul aculeis paucis rectis vel obliquis (nec curvatis) instructa. Flores ........ cymosi, cymis axillaribus, subsessilibus, circiter 2 poll. longis, pedicellis brevibus. Carpella sessilia, opaca, im- merso-glandulosa, semine nigro nitidissimo. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. 13. Zanthoxylum, sp. (Pluk. Iconogr. t. ccexcii. fig. 1.) CHUSAN ARCHIPELAGO (Cunningham in hb. Sloane, xciv. p. 190!); Formosa: Kelung (Ford!) Maus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew Possibly the same as the imperfectly described Z. emarginellum, Miq. (Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 22), though the leaflets are much more numerous in the specimens we have seen. [Piper pinnatum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 31, Bretschneider (Early Res. p. 141) surmises, from the Chinese name, may be a species of Zanthoxylum. | 1. Toddalia aculeata, Pers. Syn. PL i. p. 249; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 83; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 59; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. p. 497. Toddalia floribunda, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. p. 37. Zanthoxylum nitidum, Wall. Cat. 1207, e China, non DC. Paullinia asiatica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 365; Osbeck, Voy., Eng. ed. ii. . 9. ` KwawaruNG: Lofaushan (Ford!); Howakowa (Champion! Wright! Lamont!); Lucuv AncurPELAGO (Wight!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Western Himalaya to the Khasia mountains; Ceylon, Malay archipelago, and Philippine Islands. 1. Phellodendron amurense, Rupr.in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. xv. p. 526; Mazim. Fl. Amur. p. 72, t. 4; Franchet, DI. David. p. 67. Cut: Jehol (David ex Franchet). Amur; Mandshuria; Sachalin ; Japan. 1. Acronychia laurifolia, Blume, Bijdr. p. 245; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 498. Cyminosma pedunculata, DC. et C. resinosa, DC. Prodr. i. p. 722; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 60; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 370. 91. RUTACER. 109 Acronychia Cyminosma, F. Muell. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. i. p. 27; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 101. Jambolifera pedunculata, Linn. et J. resinosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. pp. 230 et 231; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 141. Cuina, without locality (Millett! Seemann!); Formosa: Kelung (Ford!); Kwanatune: Macao Ze (Vachell!), Lofau- shan (Ford!) ; Hoxakoxa (Champion! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and Malaya. 1. Glycosmis pentaphylla, Correa in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. p. 884 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 588 ; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v., Suppl. ii. p. 37 (var. chinensis). Glycosmis citrifolia, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. p. /2; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 51. Limonia parvifolia, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2416. Curva : without locality (Macartney 4 Staunton !); Honekone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Lamont!) ; KwANGTUNG: Pakhoi (Playfair !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Western Polynesia and North-eastern Australia. 1. Triphasia Aurantiola, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 153; Risso, Orang. t. 108. Triphasia trifoliata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 536; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v., Suppl. ii. p. 26. Limonia trifoliata, Linn. in Mant. alt. p. 237. Loureiro records this as a native of China, but we have seen no Chinese specimens. It is now very widely spread in warm countries ; but where it is really indigenous is uncertain. 1. Limonia ? trichocarpa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 258. SzEcHUEN : Chungking (Parker ex Hance). 1. Murraya exotica, Linn. Mant. alt. p. 563; DC. Prodr. i. p. 537; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 50; Bot. Heg. t. 434; Bretschn. Early Res. p.142. l o Chaleas paniculata et C. japonensis, Lour. FI. Cochinch. pp. 210, 271. Curva, without locality (Bladh! Macartney! Millett !) d Foz- Mosa (Oldham, 63! Maries!); LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. l Widely spread in tropical Asia and Polynesia ; often cultivated. 110 81. BUTACEX. 1. Clausena Wampi, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. p. 34; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 50; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 505. Cookia Wampi, Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, p. 358. Cookia punctata, Sonnerat, Voy. ii. p. 258; DC. Prodr. i. p. 537. Quinaria lansium, Zour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 272. Harnan (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. The Wampee is cultivated for its fruit in China, India, and Malaya; native country uncertain. 1. Atalantia buxifolia, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v., Suppl. ii. p. 26; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 51; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 94. Limonia bilocularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 377. Sclerostylis atalantoides, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 94, non Wight Icones. Sclerostylis buxifolia, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p. 326; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 689, t. 81. Atalantia monophylla, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 172, non DC. Severinia buxifolia, Tenore in Cat. Hort. Nap. p. 96. Cuwa, without locality (Millett! Hance!); Formosa: west coast (Wilford!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Hone- KONG (Champion! Wright!); Hatnan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Buzoides aculeata, Osbeck, Voy., Eng. ed. i. p. 394, Bret- schneider suggests may be this. 2. Atalantia Hindsii, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v., Suppl. ii. p. 26; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 51. Atalantia monophylla, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 483, non DC. Sclerostylis Hindsii, Champ., et S. venosa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. pp. 327 et 328 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 369, t. 82. Limonia monophylla, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 271? vide Bretschn. Early Res. p. 142. Honexone (Hinds! Wright! Champion! Seemann! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Citrus Aurantium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 782; DC. Prodr. i. p. 939; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 466; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 142. Citrus aurantium sinense, Gall. Citr. p. 149. Citrus sinensis, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 74. 81. RUTACEA. 111 Citrus buxifolia, Poir. Encycl. iv. p. 680. Citrus vulgaris, Risso in Ann. Mus. Par. xx. p. 190. Citrus fusca, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 467 ? The herbarium specimens of the various forms of Citrus from ‘China appear to be all of cultivated origin; yet there is little doubt that some, if not all, of the species here enumerated are really native in some parts of that country. 2. Citrus Decumana, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 467 (1790); Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 1428 (1800) ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 539; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 516; Bretschn. Early Res. pp. 10 et 95. Citrus Aurantium, 8. sinense, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1101. 3. Citrus japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 292, et Ic. Jap. t. 15; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap.i. p. 35 ; Fortune in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. iii. p. 239, cum ic. xylogr.; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 83; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 5 et p. 94. Citrus madurensis, Lour., et C. margarita, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 467. Citrus microcarpa, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 10; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 142. Citrus Aurantium, var. japonica, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6128. Citrus inermis, Rozb. Fl. Ind. iii p. 393. This is the Kumquat. 4. Citrus Medica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 782; DC. Prodr. i. p. 589; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 465; Bretschn. Early Res. pp. 94 et 142. Citrus digitata seu chirocarpus, Lour. l. c. 5. Citrus nobilis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 466; DC. Prodr. i. p. 540; Bot. Heg. t. 311; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 142. Citrus deliciosa, Tenore, Sull. Arancio Mandarino, pp. 11, cum tab. ; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 804. 1. Egle sepiaria, DC. Prodr. i. p. 588; Kempf. Amen. Bot. p. 80, eum ie. . . Pseudegle sepiaria, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 83; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 67. , Citrus trifoliata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1101; Bot. Mag.t. 6513; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 205. Citrus trifolia, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 294. . Citrus triptera, Desf. Cat. Pl. Hort. Reg. Par. ed. 3, p. 406; Rev. Hort. 1869, p. 15, et 1885, p. 516, cum ic. color. We have seen only cultivated and hedgerow specimens of this plant. Herb. Kew. 112 32. SIMARUBES. 32. SIMARUBEJE. 1. Ailantus glandulosa, Desf. in Act. Acad. Par. 1786, p. 268. t. 8, ex DO. Prodr. ii. p. 89; Baker et Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 880; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 68, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 206; Debeaux, FI. Tients. p. 15. Cum (Bunge! Staunton!); Surnexine: Chienshan (oss); Suantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); KraNGsU: common about Shanghai (Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Ailantus malabarica, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 89; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 518. Foxen: Amoy (Hance, 1479). Herb. Kew. Western peninsula of India, Ceylon, and Cochinchina. Specimens of an Azlantus from Cape d'Aguilar, Hongkong, collected by Ford, possibly represent a distinct species. 1. Picrasma quassioides, Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 198, in adnot. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 61; A. W. Benn. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 520. Picrasma ailanthoides, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 573; Walp. Ann. i. p. 167. Rhus ailanthoides, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 15. Picrasma japonica, A. Gr. Bot. Jap. p. 383. CHIHLI: Zuiweyshgn mountains (Bwage!)) HoneKone (Wright! Hance!); Corra: west coast (Perry!). Herb. Kew. Himalayas and Japan. 1. Brucea sumatrana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 467; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 88; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 60. Gonus amarissimus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 586. Cuiwa, without locality (Macartney! Staunton! Millett!) ; Foxrrn: Amoy (Swinhoe!); KwaNarUNG: Macao (Zute!), Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Hosaxoxa (Wright! Champion! Lamont!) ; Hanan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Assam and Malaya to Australia and the Philippines. 1. Harrisonia Bennettii, Hook. f. ex A. W. Benn. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 519; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 41. Lasiolepis paucijuga et L. multijuga, Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 202, t. 42. Lasiolepis Bennettii, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 570. HariwaN (Swinhoe!) Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago, Philippines, and Africa ? 93. BURSERACEJ. 118 33. BURSERACELE. 1. Canarium album, Reusch, ex DO. Prodr. ii. p. 80; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 39; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 122; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 95. Pimela alba, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 408. Canarium sinense, Rumph. Herb. Amb. ii. p. 154, ex DC. Kwanetune: Whampoa, cultivated (ex Hance). Cochinchina. 2. Canarium Pimela, Aon. in Konig d Sims’ Ann. Bot. i. p. 861, t. 7. fig. 1; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 80; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 88; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 95; Engler in DO. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 80. Pimela nigra, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 407. Ourwa, without locality (Fortune, 55!); Kwanertune: Whampoa (Hance, 5866!); Honaxone(Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Cochinchina. This and the preceding bear the name of Chinese Olives. 34. MELIACEZ. 1. Turrza pubescens, Hellen. in Nov. Act. Holm. v. (1788), ex DO. Prodr. i. p.620; C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 446 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9. Harnan (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. Cochinchina, Philippines, and Java. 1. Melia Azedarach, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 384; DC. Prodr. i. p. 621; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 68. Melia japonica, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 680; Walp. Rep. v. p. 3/3; Mazim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7. Kianasu: Shanghai (Ab. Forbes!); CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Hancock!) ; Kianast: Kiukiang (David, 838, ex Franchet) ; Formosa (Oldham, 67!); Smxwsi (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); Hanan (Swinhoe! Hancock!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. . India, and commonly cultivated and naturalized in other warm countries. 2. Melia dubia, Cav. Diss. vii. p. 364; Hiern in Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. i. p. 545; C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 453. Melia composita, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 559, non DC. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. I 114 94. MELIACEJE. Cuna, without locality (Vachell!) ; Kiawasu (Poli ex Fran- chet MSS.) ; Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 1. Aglaia odorata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 1783; DC. Prodr. i. p. 587; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 174, t. 94; C. DC. in DO. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 602, cum 8. mierophyllina. Cursa, without locality (Millett!); KwaweruNG: Canton, without collector's name! Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago. 1. Amoora Rohituka, Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Ind. i. p. 119; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. p. 559; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10. Hanan (Bullock ex Hance). Widely spread in India, Malay peninsula and archipelago, and reaching the Philippines. 1. Cedrela sinensis, 4. Juss. in Mém. Mus. Par. xix. p. 294; Walp. Rep. i. p. 436; C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 743; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 68. Toona sinensis, Rem. Synop. i. p. 138. Ailantus flavescens, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1865, p. 366. Curmi, near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! David, 2386!) ; KawsuH: beyond the great wall (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Japan? 35. CHATLLETIACE. 1. Chailletia hainanensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322. Haras: Woshi (B. C. Henry ex Hance). 36. OLACINEA. 1. Schepfia chinensis, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew. Journ. Bot. i. p. 308; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 52. Schoepfiopsis chinensis, Miers in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 77. Hoxaexoxa (Wright! Champion! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Schepfia jasminodora, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Minch. Akad. iv. 8, p. 135; Walp. Ann. i. p. 960. Scheepfiopsis jasminodora, Miers in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 77. Lucnuv AncurPELAGO (Wright!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 36. OLACINEX. 115 1. Cansjera Rheedii, Gel. Syst. i. p. 280; DO. Prodr. xiv. p. 519; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 296. Cansjera lanceolata, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 491. Hoxaxoxa (Wright! Champion! Hinds!). Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and in the Malay Archipelago. 1. Iodes vitiginea, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 184. Erythrostaphyle vitiginea, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 266. Kwanerune: West River (Sampson! Hance, 16858! Ford!). Herb. Kew. 37. ILICINEA. 1. Ilex asprella, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 829; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 65; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 49. Prinos asprellus, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 176, t. 36. CurNa, without locality (Beechey! Fortune, 664!); FOKIEN : Amoy (Swinhoe!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 71!), Kelung (Ford!); Kwanetune: Whampoa (Hance, 16549!) Swatow (Perry!) ; Honexone (Champion! Wilford! Wright! Lamont). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Ilex chinensis, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2043. China. The cymose, not subumbellate, inflorescence on peduncles exceeding the petioles is unknown to us among Chinese hollies, and there may be some error as to the origin of this species. 3. Ilex cinerea, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. P. 327 ; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 430; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 64; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 46. Hoxakoxe (Champion!). Herb. Kew. A specimen in the British Museum from Little Hongkong, collected by Lamont, may be a long-leaved variety of this, or possibly a distinct species. 4. Ilex cornuta, Lindl. et Paat. in Past. Fl. Gard. i. p. 43, fig. 27, in Gard. Chron. 1850, p. 311, repetita; Walp. Ann. d p. 265; Bot. Mag. t. 5059; Flore des Serres, t. 895; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 44; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 137. a , Krianesu: Shanghai (Fortune, 14!), Chinkiang (Maries!) ; Curxtane: Ningpo (Home! Everard!); Kianest (Staunton!) ; Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kow. I 116 37. ILICINEX. 5. Ilex ficoidea, Hemsl., n. sp. Species facie Ilicis gracilfloræe, a qua differt foliis insigniter acuminatis, drupis brevissime pedicellatis. Arbor? omnino gla- berrima, ramulis ultimis crassiusculis nigrescentibus. Folia longiuscule graciliterque petiolata, coriacea, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, absque petiolo 23-3 poll. longa, longe acuminata, obtusa, basi cuneata, obsolete remote crenulata, venis immersis inconspicuis; petiolus 6-8 lineas lon- gus. Pedunculi axillares, brevissimi, pauciflori (flores desunt), pedicellis brevissimis. Druperubre (Ford), globose, sepius 3-4 aggregate, pisiformes, stigmate sessili plano 4-lobato coronate ; pyrene ssepius 4, crustaceæ, quartaglobosse, fere lives. Honexone: Happy Valley (Ford!) Herb. Kew. 6. Ilex formosana, Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 46. Formosa (Oldham, 71/1!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Maximowicz mistook the number 71/1 for 74. 7. Ilex Fortunei, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 868; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 52. Tlex Reevesiana, Fortune in Gard. Chron. 1851, p. 5? CuEexiane: Hwuychow (Fortune). This may be the same as J. integra, Thunb. 8. Ilex graciliflora, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p 328; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 429; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 65; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 372; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 43. Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Seemann | Lamont !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 9. Ilex Hanceana, Marie. cn Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 33. Ilex buxifolia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 364. Honexone: Wongneichung (Lamont!) Mus. Brit. 10. Ilex integra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 77 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 16; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 41. CHINA, without locality (Fortune, 57 !); COREAN ARCHIPE- LAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford! Oldham, 144!); LvcHU ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout Japan. 97. ILICINEX. 117 11. Ilex leptacantha, Lindl. ex Bast, un Past. Fl. Gard. iii.p. 72; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 44. Cuina (Fortune). 12. Ilex memecylifolia, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 328; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 480 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 65; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 37 (cum B. nummularia, Champ.). Honexone (Wright! Champion! Wilford! Lamont!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 13. Ilex Mertensii, Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersh. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 42, et in Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 60. Lucuvu ARCHIPELAGO (Doederlein ex Maximowicz). Boninsima. 14. Ilex myriadenia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296. Kwanatune: ona hill by the river Lienchau near Maposhui (B. C. Henry ex Hance, hb. 22120). 15. Ilex Oldhami, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Ludg.-Bat. iii. p. 105; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 38. Cura, without locality (Fortune, 58!); Axener (Heude, hb. Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 16. Ilex Pernyi, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 69; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1539. Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!); Suenst: Tsinling mountains (Perny ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. 17. Ilex oxyphylla, Mig. Journ. de Bot. i. p. 124. Kwanatune: near Suheang (Krone ex Miquel). This name is not taken up by Maximowicz, and it was over- looked by us until after we had examined the Chinese species. 18. Ilex pubescens, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 176, t.35; Walp. Rep.i. p. 540; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 65; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 372; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 40. Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Seemann! Hance! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This is recorded from Macao, and “ other parts of South China,” but there are no localized continental specimens in the London herbaria, 118 37. ILICINER. 19. Ilex rotunda, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 77; DC. Prodr. ii. p.16; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 106; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 36. Ilex lzvigata, Blume MSS. in distrib. Pl. Oldh. Ilex microcarpa, Lindl. ex Pact. in Post, Fl. Gard. i. p. 43, fig. 28. Cuzxiaxo : Tientung (Fortune, 56!) ; Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1494!); Kwanerune: Lofaushan (ford!) ; Lucnu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 20. Ilex viridis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 329; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 430; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 65; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 46. Kwanerunea: Pakwan near Canton (Sampsonex Maximowiez) ; HoxaxoNa (Champion! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Hance's 13799 from the North river near Lupan, Kwangtung, which he doubtingly refers to Ilex Aquifoliwn, Linn., is probably not that species, as it has slender, puberulous, rusty young branchlets and conspicuous stipules. 38. CELASTRINEJE. 1. Euonymus Bungeanus, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470, et in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 188; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 77; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 574; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 69, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 206; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 23. Euonymus micranthus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 14. Euonymus Forbesii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 259. Canu (Bunge! Staunton! Bretschneider ! David! and others); Suinexrne: Chienshan (Ross!) ; SuaNTUNG (Staunton!) : Che- foo (Fauvel ex Franchet) ; KraNasu (Ab. Forbes!) ; CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Cooper!) ; FoktEN : Amoy (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, cclv. p. 103). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 2. Euonymus carnosus, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex sempervirens, glaber, ramulis teretibus. Folia persis- tentia, coriacea, petiolata, late ovalia, elliptica, suborbicularia vel interdum obovata, cum petiolo usque ad 4 poll. longa et 2 poll. lata, crebre crenulata, apice brevissime acuminata vel rotundata, 38. CELASTRINEJX. 119 basi ssepius cuneata, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis utrinque sat conspicuis. Cymc axillares, dichotoma, sepius 5-flore, pe- dunculis 13 poll. longis, pedicellisque crassiusculis. Flores, ut videtur, ampli (petala desunt); calyx carnosus, incrassatus, 4 lineas diametro ; discus amplus; filamenta carnosa, persistentia ; ovarium 4-alatum, 4-loculare ; ovula in quoque loculo 4—5, sæpis- sime 4, per paria collateralia pendula. Fructus deest. Formosa: Kelung (Ford!). Herb. Kew. The broadly-expanded fleshy calyx and disk bearing the fleshy persistent filaments give this species a peeuliar appearance. 3. Euonymus chinensis, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. vi. (circa 1825), p. 74, nec Lour. ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 530; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 180. Euonymus nitidus, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. (1842), p. 483, et Fl. Hongk. p. 62; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 371, t. 83; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 610. CurNaA : without locality (Staunton !); HonaKone (Champion! . Wilford! Wright! Lamont! Hinds! Forbes!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Griffith’s * Bengal " specimen was certainly cultivated, as it is labelled * H.B.C.," i.e. Hort. Bot. Cale. Huonymus chinensis, Lour. (Fl. Cochineh. p. 156), is described as having cordate 3- lobed leaves and clearly does not belong to this genus. 4. Euonymus echinatus, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. p. 409 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 611. Cuina: without locality and collector’s name ( Herb. Kew.); Lvcuv (Wright!). Herb. Kew. Himalayas, from Garwhal to Sikkim. 5. Euonymus europxus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 197 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 190 (varietates). Kranesu : Shanghai (Maingay P), Herb. Kew. As understood by Maximowicz this species extends from Europe to Japan, though he records no Chinese localities. Maingay’s specimen is fragmentary. 6. Euonymus gibber, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 77. Hoxaxoxa: cultivated (Ford!). Herb. Kew. 7. Euonymus gracillimus, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex parvus, ut videtur procumbens, undique glaberrimus, 120 98. CELASTRINEJE. ramulis gracilibus viridibus quadrangulatis, internodiis quam folia brevioribus. olia persistentia ?, breviter petiolata, tenuia, nitida, anguste lanceolata, 13-2 poll. longa, usque ad 3 poll. lata, utrinque valde attenuata, sed vix acuta, minute calloso-serrata, venis fere obsoletis. Pedunculi filiformes, vix semipollicares, in axillis foliorum pauci fasciculati, 1-3-flori. Flores 5-meri, vix lineam diametro, petala sessilia, orbicularia, sinuata ; anthere sub- sessiles; ovarium 4-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis adscenden- tibus. Fructus non visus. Cuna: without locality (Reeves!). Herb. Kew. This species is readily distinguished by its extreme slenderness, narrow leaves, and minute flowers on filiform peduncles less than half an inch long. 8. Euonymus hederaceus, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 333; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 426; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.63; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 182. HosaxoNe (Champion! Wilford! Urquhart!). Herb. Kew. 9. Euonymus japonicus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 100; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 4; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 178; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 206 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 86 (B. radicans). SHantune: Chefoo ( Fauvel ex Franchet); KxaNasv : Shanghai (Maingay!), Kiangnan (Staunton!); Kianest: Kiukiang(Shearer!); Lvcnuv ARrcHIpELAGo (Wright! Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan, Bonin Islands. 10. Euonymus laxiflorus, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 333 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 63 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 188. Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexona (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Ford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Ford’s specimen from the mainland has remarkably acuminate, distinctly serrate leaves. 11. Euonymus longifolius, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 332; Walp. Ann. ix. p. 426; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 62; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 183. Honexone (Wilford! Champion! Wright!) Herb. Kew. 12. Euonymus nanus, Bieberst. Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii. p. 160; Ledeb, Fl. Ross. i. p. 499; Maxim, in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 195. 98. CELASTBINEJE. 121 Kansvun: at 7500 feet (Przewalski ex Masximowicz). Caucasus, Bessarabia, Turkestan and Mongolia. 13. Euonymus oxyphyllus, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 86; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 187. Euonymus latifolius, A. Gr. Bot. Jap. p. 384. Euonymus laxiflorus, Blume, Distrib. Pl. Jap. non Champ. Corta: Port Chusan (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 14. Euonymus Przewalskii, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 194. Kaxsun: at an altitude of 10,000 feet (Przewalski ex Mazi- mowtez). 15. Euonymus sachalinensis, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 185. Euonymus latifolia, var. sachalinensis, F. Schmidt, Reisen in Amurl. und Sachal. p. 121. KaNwsuH: in alpine regions along the Tetung (Przewalski ex Masximowicz); Corra (Perry? Carles?). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Sachalin. 16. Euonymus schensianus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 183. SHENsI: near Hanchungfoo (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 17. Euonymus Tashiroi, Maxim. Mél. Biol. xii. p. 430. Lveuu AncnuiPELAGO (Tashiro ex Maximowicz). 18. Euonymus Thunbergianus, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1147 ; Baker § Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 181; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 70. Euonymus alatus, Regel, Fl. Ussur. p. 40, t. 7 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 86; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 196. Euonymus subtriflorus, Blume, loc. cit. Celastrus alatus et C. striatus, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 98. Melanocarya alata, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, i. p. 453. Curmi: Peking mountains (Bretschneider!), Jehol (David, 1772, 1727, ex Franchet); Survexrne: Hingjing, Fungshan (Ross !); SHantuna: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!) ; K1ianesu: Chin- kiang (Stronach !); CuEKrANG (Staunton !); Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang and Patung (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Amur, Japan. 19. Euonymus verrucosus, Scop., var. tchefouensis, Debeaux, Fl, Tchef. p. 38. 122 38. CELASTRINER. SHaNTUNG : Chefoo (ex Debeauz). We have seen nothing from China agreeing with this species, which ranges from Eastern Europe to the Amur. 1. Celastrus angulatus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 199. Kaxsun : valley of Hoangho, near Lanchaw (Piasezki ex Masi- mowicz). 2. Celastrus articulatus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 97 (loc. cit. p. xlii, orbiculata); DC. Prodr. ii. p. 7; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 14; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 200 (cum var. f. punctatus) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 70, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 206. Celastrus Tatarinowii, Rupr. in Bull. Phys. Math. xv. p. 357, fide Mazim. Celastrus, n. sp., Maxim. Ind. Pl. Pekin. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470. Celastrus punctatus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 97. CuHIHLI: apparently common (Bunge! Tatarinow! Bret- schneider! David! and others); SmawNTuNG: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!); KraNasv: Kiangnan (Staunton!); Kranast: Kiu- kiang (Shearer?) ; HvrEH: Ichang (4. Henry!); SHENSI or Kawsuu: Tsunglin range (Prasezki ex Maximowicz) ; Kwane- tune: Amoy (Hance, 1442, punctatus!); Corea; Port Chusan (Wilford!), without locality (Perry!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Wilford!); Lucuu AmcureELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.: Herb. Kew. Japan; Sachalin. This species varies very much in foliage in different parts of its wide area; but the Kiukiang specimen may be a different species. It has remarkably obovate-cuneate leaves and larger flowers, with petals about four lines long and broad filaments. 3. Celastrus cantonensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 323. Kwanetune: North river (Hance 22191). 4. Celastrus Championi, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 334, et FI. Hongk. p. 64; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 198. Catha Benthami, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 310. Honexone (Champion! Wilford ! Urquhart! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Himalayas. 98. CELASTRINER. 123 5. Celastrus crispulus, Regel in Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1861, p. 51; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 578; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 202. Curva : cultivated in the Petersburg botanic garden. 6. Celastrus flagellaris, Rupr. in Bull. Phys. xv. p. 857, et Decas Pl. Amur. t. 4; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 202; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 71. Celastrus ciliidens, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 85. Cat: Jehol (David ex Franchet). Mandshuria ; Japan. 7. Celastrus Hindsii, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 334; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 199. Catha monosperma, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 483. Celastrus monospermus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 63, non Roch, KwaweTuNG: Lofaushan (Ford !), Macao (Hance!); Hoxe- KONG (Hinds! Champion! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 8. Celastrus diversifolius, Hemsl. Gymnosporia diversifolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 204. Celastrus Wallichianus, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226? non Wight et Arn. FoxiEeN: Amoy (Hance, 1413!) ; HarNAN (Bullock et Hance) ; Lucuv AncurpeknaAao (Wright!) Herb. Kew. It is a little doubtful whether the Luchu plant be the same as the other. The principal difference is that the former has naked axillary spines, while the latter, so far as the specimens go, has the short lateral flowering branches terminating in a spine. Certainly the Amoy plant is not the Celastrus Wallichianus, Wight et Arn. 9. Celastrus (Eucelastrus) latifolius, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex parvus (Henry), omnino glaberrimus, ramulis teretibus brunneis crebre lenticellatis ; gemma magne. Folia longe petiolata, papyracea, late ovalia vel fere orbicularia, absque petiolo usque ad 6 poll. longa et 5 poll. lata, abrupte obtuseque acuminata, remotiuscule serrulata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque sepius 7 subtus elevatis; petiolus 5-12 lineas longus. Flores parvi, pentameri, monoici vel dioici, in paniculas angustas terminales dispositi, paniculis florum 9 minoribus; calyeis lobi ovato- oblongi, subacuti, margine nuda; petala (florum F non visa) angusta, minute fimbriata ; stamina florum d petalis longiora, 124 38. CELASTRINEX. filamentis filiformibus ; discus parvus, lobatus; ovarium liberum, 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis ; ovula erecta; stylus brevis, stig- mate maximo obscure trilobato. Capsula spheroidea, obscure trigona, cireiter 6 poll. diametro, valvis stylo indurato cornutis ; semina tota arillo rubro carnoso involuta, ellipsoidea, brunnea, nitida, minutissime punctata, simul obscure striolata. Hopes: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. This is very mueh like C. paniculatus, but the leaves are larger, the flowers smaller, with narrower not ciliolate calyx-lobes, and the stamens of the male flowers exceed the petals. Dr. Henry states that the leaves and root of this shrub are dried in the sun and pounded to a powder, which is said to be efficacious in killing insects that infest turnips, &c. 10. Celastrus (Gymnosporia) variabilis, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex nanus, interdum prostratus (Henry), spinosissimus, paucispinosus vel omnino inermis, undique glaber, ramis floriferis teretibus, brevibus vel 2-3 ped. longis, simul inermis, primum glaucis vel pulverulentis. Folia breviter petiolata, papyracea, ob- longa vel oblongo-lanceolata, 2-33 poll. longa, usque ad 1 poll. lata, utrinque acuta vel cuneata, minute serrata, venis primariis utrinque circiter 10 sat conspicuis, ultimis reticulatis. Flores hermaphroditi, pentameri, 3-33 lineas diametro, in cymas parvas (circiter pollicares) graciles dichotomas axillares dispositi; calycis lobi parvi, crassi, rotundati, minute fimbriati; petala lata, recurva, apice rotundata, obsolete fimbriata; stamina petalis breviora, filamentis teretibus ; discus carnosus, ovarium cingens ; ovarium 3-loculare, loculis biovulatis ; ovula erecta ; stylus brevissimus, 3-lobatus. Capsulatrigona, spheroidea, nuda, 3-4 lineas diametro; semina matura desunt. Huren: Ichang (Maries! A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Allied to Celastrus Royleanus, Wall., from which it differs in the texture and shape of its leaves and the shape of the fruit. 1. Gymnosporia ? Huren: Ichang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. 2 1. Eleodendron? Fortunei, Turez. in Bull. Mosc. 1863, i. p. 602; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 582; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 205. Cursa: without locality (Fortune,46!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. As Maximowicz observes, this is most likely Euonymus, but the fruit is unknown. 38. CELASTRINEÆ. 125 2. Eleodendron glaucum, Pers. Syn. Pl. i. p. 241 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 176. This common Indian and Malayan species is recorded from China by Hooker and Arnott without any locality. 1. Tripterygium Wilfordii, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. p. 368; Regel, Gartenfl. 1869, p. 105, t. 612; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 206. Tripterygium Bullockii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 259. Formosa: on banks of the river Sanar (Wilford!), Tamsui (Oldham, 81/1!); Hunan: on low hills along the river Siang (Bullock ex Hance); Corea: Soul mountains (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. From the characters given by Hance, which we find in the original, there is no doubt that his is the same species. 1. Hippocratea obtusifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 170; DC. Prodr. i. p. 569; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 62. Honexone (Champion! Ford!) Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. [Salacia ? chinensis, Linn. f. Mant. p. 293, is an obscure plant, and without dissecting one of the three flower-buds one cannot say whether it belongs to the Order; but it certainly is not the same as Salacia cochinchinensis, Lour. (vide DC. Prodr. i. p. 571), the type of which is in the British Museum, for the latter has strictly opposite leaves. The note in the Banksian herbarium referred to by De Candolle is in the handwriting of Salisbury, and runs thus : * The specimen in Linné’s herbarium is so bad that it is impossible to be certain if this (7. e. Loureiro’s plant) is the same species, but I see nothing against it." ] 39. RHAMNACEJE. 1. Ventilago leiocarpa, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. p. 77; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 67; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 681, pro parte. Ventilago maderaspatana, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 42, non Gertn. Hoxakoxa (Champion! Wright! Urquhart! Wilford! Lamont). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. As limited by Bentham, this species also inhabits Malacca and Western Tropical Africa, and it is still further extended by Lawson; but a thorough revision of all the material would 126 39. RHAMNACEX. probably lead to the separation of the Hongkong plant as a distinct species. 1. Paliurus australis, Gertn. Fruct. i. p. 203, t. 43. fig. 5; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 71. Paliurus aculeatus, Lam. Illustr. t. 210; DC. Prodr. i. p. 22; Now. Duham. t. 17. Suenst (David ex Franchet). South of Europe to Persia. 2. Paliurus ramosissimus, Poir. in Lam. Encycl, Suppl. iv. p. 262 (1816). Paliurus Aubletia, Schultz in Rem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 343 (1819) ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 22; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 66 (errore Aubletii) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 71; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 2). Aubletia ramosissima, Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 283. Kriawesri: Kiukiang (David, 736, ex Franchet); Formosa: north-east part (Wilford, 514 !), Tamsui (Oldham, 68!) ; Kwane- tune (Staunton !), Pakhoi (Playfair!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Zizyphus Jujuba, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 348; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 21; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10. Rhamnus jujuba, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i.p. 194; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 157. Kwanatune: near Tienpak (ex Hance). Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 2. Zizyphus Lotus, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 318; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 19; Maxim. in Piasezki’s Travels, Mosc. ed. ii. p. 592. SuENsI or KANSUH: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). South Spain and North Africa to Turkey and Arabia. 3. Zizyphus vulgaris, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 316 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 19; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 14 (varietates) ; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 3) ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10; Baker 4 S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 207, et Pl. David. p. 71. Zizyphus sinensis, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 316. Zizyphus nitida, Roch, Fl. Ind., Carey ed. i. p. 609. Rhamnus Zizyphus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 194. Zizyphus soporifera, Rem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 340; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 22? ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 143. Rhamnus soporifer, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 158? 39. RHAMNACER. 127 CHIHLI, SHINGKING, and SHantuNe, common (Home! Daniell! Bunge! Bretschneider | Staunton! Ross! Maingay! and others) ; Kranesu: Shanghai (Maingay!); Corra (Perry!) ; Huren (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. South-eastern Europe to Afghanistan ; Japan. Maingay's specimens from Shanghai have an oblong fruit, and otherwise differ from the ordinary form of Z. vulgaris; yet it is probably a variety, as there are intermediate states. 1. Microrhamnus franguloides, Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersh. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 4), et in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 431. Rhaunella japonica, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 30. Berchemia congesta, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 226. Kranesu: Shanghai (Maingay, 698, 707!); Krianest: Kiu- kiang (Shearer! Forbes!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. Flowering specimens of this very strongly resemble Rhamnus crenatus. 1. Berchemia lineata, DC. Prodr.ii. p. 28 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 177, t. 37 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 607 ; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 6); Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 115; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 638. Rhamnus lineatus, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. p. 308 ; Osb. Voy., Eng. ed. i. p. 353, t. 7. Cursa: without locality (Macartney! Millet ! Meyen! Potts! Fortune!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham 69!); Huren (A. Henry D: Foxx: Foochow (Maries !), Amoy (Hance, 1463 !) ; KwaNarUNG: Whampoa (Lamont!), Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honexone (Wright!), Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Lucnu AncurpE- LAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalaya, from the Indus to Sikkim. Hooker and Arnott, Joc. cit., refer Berchemia Loureiriana, DC. (Rhamnus lineata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 159), and B. Potretiana, DC. (Prodr. ii. p. 23), to this species; but the former is de- scribed by Loureiro as being prickly. 2. Berchemia racemosa, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p.39; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 67; Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 5). Berchemia lineata, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 42, et Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 372, non DC. CHUSAN ARCHIPELAGO (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, celxix. 128 39. RHAMNACEJX. p. 16!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham!); Horn - Ichang (4. Henry!); Suenst or KawsuH: Tsunglin range (Péasezki. ex Masximowicz MSS.); Foxten: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Hoyexone (Champion! Seemann! Wright! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. l Japan. 3. Berchemia ? sessiliflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 68; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 588. Honexone (Wright ex Bentham). 1. Rhamnus argutus, Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 6); Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 72. Cut: Jehol (David, 1820!), Pohuashan (Bretschneider !), Peking mountains (Kirilow! Bretschneider !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 2. Rhamnus crenatus, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 38; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 18); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 73. Frangula crenata, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 32. Rhamnus oreigenes, Hancein Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 116, et 1870, p. 312. Kianest: Kiukiang (SAearer!); Huren : Ichang and Patung (A. Henry!); Kwanatune: various localities (Sampson! Ford !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. Dr. A. Henry’s copious specimens prove that the Chinese plant is specifically inseparable from the Japanese. 3. Rhamnus davuricus, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 24, t. 61; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 50. Rhamnus catharticus, Linn., 8. intermedius et y. davuricus, Mazim. in Mén. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7* série, x. (reprint, p. 8); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 72. Rhamnus utilis, Decne. in Comptes Rendus, xl. p. 1140, et in Rondot, Vert de Chine, p. 141, t. 1. Rhamnus sinensis, Seringe, ex Rondot, op. cit. p. 53. Cumi: Peking (Bretschneider!), Jehol (David 1841!); CuExianG: Hangchow, cult. (Fortune!) ; Dosen (4. Henry!) Eastern Siberia, Mandshuria. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Authentically named R. davuricus, collected by Turczaninow and others,is quite like R. utilis, Decne. ; but itis perhaps better to retaiu davuricus as a species than to unite it with R. catharticus, Linn. 99. RHAMNACER. 129 Under the name R. dahuricus, Lawson (in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 639) unites R. globosus, Bunge, R. virgatus, Roxb., and several other forms, which certainly differ from each other as much, or even more, than some of the species retained. On the other hand, it is difficult to define satisfactorily the limits of the eastern Asiatic species of Rhamnus. See note under Rhamnus tinctorius. 4. Rhamnus parvifolius, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 14; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 73. Rhamnus virgatus, Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. Ze série, x. (reprint, p. 13), excl. syn. pro parte, non Roxb., nec Benth. Rhamnus crenatus, Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380, non Sieb. et Zucc. Carni: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Skatchkoff!), Jehol (David, 1764) ; SurNeKrNG: Chienshan, Changdien, Ze (Ross !). Herb. Kew. Soongaria. The Indian and the Hongkong plants are different from this northern species, which is more nearly related to R. globosus, Bunge, and R. argutus, Maxim. 5. Rhamnus rugulosus, Hemsl., n. sp. Arbor vel frutex, ramulis primum pubescentibus demum cortice brunneo-cinerea, lateralibus brevibus sæpe in spinas abeuntibus. Folia sparsa vel conferta, petiolata, papyracea vel subcoriacea, ovata, ovalia, interdum fere rotundata vel obovata, absque pe- tiolo usque ad 24 poll. longa et 14 poll. lata, plus minus præcipue sursum serrato-dentata, sæpius obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel interdum cuneata, supra rugulosa, glabrescentia, venis costaque impressis, subtus albida, pubescentia, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 elevatis; petiolus puberulus, 3-4 lineas longus; stipule subulatze, circiter 2 lineas longe, deciduz. Flores ignoti. Drupe sepius 3-pyrene, pauce in axillis foliorum fasciculate, breviter pedunculatz, trilobe ; semina fere quartaspheerica, levia, nitida, sulco dorsali anguste hiante cartilagineo marginata. Duren (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 6. Rhamnus tinctorius, Waldst. et Kit. Descr. et Ic. Pl. Rar. Hung. iii. p. 283, t. 255 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 18. Rhamnus globosus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. i4. Rhamnus infectorius, var. pubescens, Griseb. Spicil. Fl. Rumel. i. p. 150. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. K 130 39. RHAMNACEX. Rhamnus chlorophorus, Decne. in Comptes Rendus, xl. p. 1140, et in Rondot, Vert de Chine, p. 141, t. 2. Curmit: Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider !); Kxawasv : Shang- hai (Perry!) ; Carxtane (Fortune, 97!) ; KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. South-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. This and R. davuricus yield the famous Green Indigo, the Lo- Kao of China. Almost exact counterparts of Fortune's specimens, which are typical chlorophorus, and Bunge's authentic R. glo- bosus, are found among the European specimens of R. tinctorius. Tt is distinguishable from R. parvifolius, as here limited, by the leaves being puberulous, even in the fruiting stage, by the long acuminate calyx-lobes, &c. 7. Rhamnus virgatus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 68, via Roxb. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Wright! Champion!). Herb. Kew. It bas not been thought advisable to give this a new name, because it may yet prove to be specifically the same as one of the forms included under the present name; but to determine this point satisfactorily would involve the examination of the flowers of a large number of specimens. 8. Rhamnus, sp. SzECHUEN : about ten miles north of Kweiyang, at 6500 feet (Mesny!). Herb. Kew. “ Used, with other ingredients, to make a green dye for calicos ; its own liquor being blue like indigo. Neither flowers nor fruits seen.” This is very different from R. tinctorius and R. davuricus, also employed for dyeing, and it is apparently an evergreen shrub. 9. Rhamnus, sp. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Maries!); Luomu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Herb. Kew. There is a little uncertainty about these two gatherings being the same species. The former bears male flowers and the other fruit, and has been named R. crenatus, Sieb. et Zucc., from which both differ in having much fewer primary lateral veins in the leaves, and jn the fascicles of flowers being sessile instead of peduneulate. Perhaps a variety of R. davuricus, Pall. 99. RHAMNACER. 181 1. Hovenia dulcis, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 101 ; DO. Prodr. ii. p- 40; Hanb. Science Papers, p. 288; Laws. in Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 640; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 20). Hovenia acerba, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 501, ex nota edit. ad calcem vol. vii. CurgL:: Peking mountains (Bretschneider !); FokrEN: Amoy (Fortune, A 28!) ; Kwanerune : Canton (Reeves!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North India; Japan. Fleshy peduncle edible; used to diminish the effects of wine. 1. Sageretia hamosa, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1° série, x. p. 960; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 641. Formosa (Oldham, 82!). Herb. Kew. Nepal and Western Peninsula of India. 2. Sageretia rugosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9. KwaweruNG: North and Lienchau rivers (Lamont A Nevin ex Hance). 3. Sageretia theezans, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1° série, x. p. 360; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 68; Mazim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, x. (reprint, p. 20) ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 115. Curva: without locality (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, xciv. p. 216!); Krawesv: Fengwangshan (Ab. Forbes!) ; CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet MSS.); KwawcrUNG: Macao (Millett !), Whampoa (Hance!), Pakhoi (Playfar D, without locality (Staunton !); Formosa (Swinhoe !); Howakoxe (Cham- pion! Wilford! Lamont!) ; Corgan AncmiPELAGO: Port Ham- ilton (Oldham, 166/1!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India westward to Beluchistan. 40. AMPELIDE. 1. Vitis cantoniensis, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p.370; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 54; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 663. 8 Cissus cantoniensis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 175; Walp. . i. p. 439. e diversifolia, Walp. Pl. Meyen. p. 314, et Rep. v. p. 377. Hedera hypoglauca, Hance in Walp. Ann. n. p. 724. Vitis leeoides, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 148. l l SuawTuNa (Maingay!) ; Kwanetune : "cr locality 182 40. AMPELIDEX. (Beechey D. Macao (Vachell !), Lofaushan (Ford!); HowexkoxsG (Champion! Wright! Tate! Lamont! Seemann!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan ; Malacca. Different as the extreme forms are, there is no doubt that V.leeoides is the same as V. cantoniensis, and, as Hooker and Arnott remark, this is very closely allied to Vitis orientalis, Boiss., a native of Asia Minor. 2. Vitis corniculata, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 54; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 611. Vitis angustifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 54, vix Wall. Kwanetune: Lofaushan at 3200 feet (Ford?) ; HowakoNe (Harland! Wilford! Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Vitis flexuosa, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 332; DC. Prodr. i. p. 684; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i. p. 92. Vitis parvifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 662; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 53; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 652. Vitis succisa, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 231. Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren : Ichang (4. Henry); Honexone (Wilford! Champion! Hance!); COREAN ARCHI- PELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 174!); Hatnan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Kashmir to Nepal and in the Malay Archipelago. 4. Vitis Hancockii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 4. Cuexrane: Ningpo (Hancock ex Hance). 5. Vitis Henryana, Hemsl., n. sp. Scandens, glabrescens, ramulis crassiusculis angulatis. Folia longe petiolata, digitatim 3—5-foliolata ; foliola breviter petiolu- lata, vel lateralia in fol. 5-foliol. subsessilia, papyracea, primum precipue secus venas primarias puberula, valde inæqualia, obo- vata vel oblanceolata (lateralia variabilia), maxima ultra 6 poll. longa et fere 3 poll. lata, minima vix 2 poll. longa, lateralia in- terdum leviter obliqua, omnia deorsum attenuata, apice cuneata vel late rotundata simul acuminata, supra medium pauci-serrato- dentata, subtus venis primariis lateralibus conspicue elevatis ; petiolus 3-5 poll. longus; stipule perfecte non vise, cito deci- dum. Flores mediocres, hermaphroditi, glabri, pentameri, cymoso- paniculati vel cymoso-racemosi; inflorescentia interdum usque 40. AMPELIDER. 133 ad 6 poll. longa, ramulis pedicellisque brevibus gracillimis ; calyx cupularis, truncatus, margine scariosa ; petala cohwrentia calyptratim decidua; stamina 5, glabra, antheris magnis; dis- eus nullus; ovarium glabrum, 2-loculare, stigmate parvo sessili indiviso; ovula in quoque loculo 2 geminata, erecta vel adscen- dentia. Fructus deest. Hurra: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 6. Vitis heterophylla, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 103; DC. Prodr. i. p. 634; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 53 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i. p. 92. Ampelopsis heterophylla, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Acad. Münch. 1846, p. 197. Ampelopsis humulifolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 12; Debeaua, Fl. Tchef. p. 37. Cissus brevipedunculata, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 68. Cissus bryonifolia, Regel, Fl. Ussur. t. 3. fig. 3, non Bunge. Vitis heterophylle varietates, Regel, Consp. Gen. Vitis, p. 4, excl. Pl. Am. Bor. Vitis sinica, Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 125? CHIHLI, SHINGKING, and Corta, common; and extending to Kansvn, Huren, Formosa,and Honexone. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan, common. l u Even in the northern part of its area this species exhibits great variability ; but whether the southern forms referred to it really belong to the same species is a little doubtful. 7. Vitis himalayana, Brandis, Forest Fl. Ind. p. 100; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 655. Ampelopsis himalayana, Royle, Ill. Him. Bot. p. 149. Cissus himalayana, Walp. Rep. i. p. 441. Vitis (Cissus) semicordata, Wall., B. himalayana, Kurz ex Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9. Kwanetune: Whampoa (Hance, 6055!). Herb. Kew. Kashmir to Sikkim and the Khasia mountains. 8. Vitis inconstans, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 91; Regel, Consp. Gen. Vitis, p. 5. ME l Cissus Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc., et Ampelopsis tricuspidata, eorund. in Abhandl. Acad. Minch. 1846, pp. 195 et 196. l Ampelopsis Veitchii, Hort. ; Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 838, et n. s. xiv. p. 664, fig. 126, 134 40. AMPELIDEX. Cnurgri: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider ') ; SHANTUNG: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!) ; KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Kwane- TUNG: Lantao (Cantor!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. v 9. Vitis japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 104; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 54 (in nota sub V. corniculata) ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i. p. 81; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 207. Cissus japonica, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 659; DC. Prodr. i. p. 632; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 175. Vitis tenuifolia, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 129; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 660. CuiwA: without locality (Bladh! Home! Beechey! Millett! Perry!) ; SHantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Kr1ANGSU: Kiangnan (Staunton! Maingay! Perry!) ; CHEKIANG : Meichi (Poli ex Franchet) ; FokreN : Amoy (Fortune, 101!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 75!); Huren : Ichang (4. Henry!) ; Kwane- tune: Macao (Callery!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in India and Malaya. 10. Vitis Labrusca, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 208 ; DO. Prodr. i. p. 634; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 93; Regel, . Consp. Gen. Vitis, p. 7, excl. var. y. Vitis ficifolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 19; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 77. Vitis Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Acad. Münch. 1846, 198. CHIHLI: near Peking (Zatarinow! Bunge! Bretschneider !); Kranesu: Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Foxen: Amoy (de Grijs!); Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 72!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford!), Chemulpo (Carles!) ; Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan and Sachalin, and in North America from Canada East to North Carolina. 11. Vitis lanata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 660; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 53; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 651. Vitis indica, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 260, non Linn. Formosa: Kelung (Ford!); Honexone (Wright !); Lucnu ARCHIPELAGO (Beechey!). Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in India. 40. AMPELIDER. 185 Regel treats this as a variety of V. Labrusca, which is perhaps the best course. 12. Vitis pachyphylla, Hemsl., n. sp. Scandens, glabrescens, ramulis crassiusculis primum parce pilosulis. Folia petiolata, trifoliata; foliola breviter petiolulata, glabra, crassa, coriacea vel subcarnosa, leviter inæqualia, late- ralia oblique oblonga, basi rotundata, terminale obovatum basi cuneatum, omnia pauciserrata, serris callosis, vix acuta, venis immersis inconspicuis ; petiolus 4-6 lineas longus, crassus, stipule latee subscariose cito decidue ; cirrhi crassiusculi ut videtur sim- plices. Flores 4-meri, in cymas parvas densas axillares breviter pedunculatas dispositi, pedicellis brevibus puberulis; calyx truncatus fere obsoletus; petala ovato-oblonga, circiter sesqui- lineam longa, recurva, subpersistentia; sfamina parva (rudi- mentaria in flores 9?); discus obsoletus ; ovarium imperfecte 2-loculare, stigmate maximo, 4-lobato; ovula in quoque loculo 2, geminata. Fructus deest. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!) Herb. Kew. 13. Vitis papillata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226. HarNaN (Bullock ex Hance). 14. Vitis planicaulis, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5685; FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 658 P Vitis neurosa, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xliv. 2, p. 204? Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. The typical plant inhabits the Sikkim and Khasia mountains, and presents no obvious difference, so far as the material goes, except more prominently reticulated veins on the under side of the leaves. 15. Vitis Piasezkii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 207. E Snenst or Kansus: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 16. Vitis repens, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. p.125; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 646. Vitis cordata, Wall. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 54. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 80!); Kwanotune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Hance, 1948 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Common in India and extending to the Malay Archipelago. Lawson (Joc. cit.) cites Roxburgh’s Cissus cordata under both this species and C. glauca: it belongs to the latter. 136 40. AMPELIDER. 17. Vitis serianzfolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 149. Vitis pentaphylla, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 91; Baker & S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381, non T'hunb. Ampelopsis serianzfolia ef A. aconitifolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 12; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 77. Paullinia japonica, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 170. Cissus viticifolia, Sieb. et Zucc. im Abhandl. Acad. Münch. 1846, p. 190. CuinLi: between Peking and Jehol (Staunton !), near Peking (Latarinow! Bretschneider!); Suinexine: Jaoling (oss 1, Talienwhan (Birnie!) ; SHantune: Chefoo (Perry!) ; KIANGSI: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Hupen: Ichang (A. Henry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 18. Vitis vinifera, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 202; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 155 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 92; Laws. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 652. Vitis amurensis, Rupr. Pl. Maack. p. 524; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 74; Baker & S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381. Vitis bryonizfolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 11; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 3; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7. Vitis adstricta, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 258. . Cmmi: near Peking (Bunge! Tatarinow !) ; SuineKinGa : Jao- ling (Ross!) ; Kianesu : Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!) ; ANWHEI: Wuhu (Bullock!) ; Curxtane: Ningpo (Hancock !). Herb. Kew. Mediterranean region, Asia Minor, and North India. We have followed Miquel in referring the Chinese plant to V. vinifera. In connection with this species, it should be mentioned that the Abbé David, some years ago, discovered an allied species, or possibly a variety, in the mountains of Shensi, at an elevation of al out 11,500 feet (8500 metres). It is remarkable in the branches being beset with prickles or bristles; and the name Spinovitis Davidii has been proposed for it in the ‘ Revue Horticole,’ 1885, p. 55, fig. 10. But Mr. Carriére, the writer of the history of David's vine in the serial cited, states that seedlings exhibit con- siderable variation. Thus, the bark of some is perfectly smooth, while in others it is clothed with long, harsh, or sometimes even prickly hairs. There is in the Kew Herbarium a very imperfect specimen of a “ Thorny Vine " communicated by Consul Cooper, who states in a note that it is cultivated in the N ingpo district 40. AMPELIDER. 137 for its large purple grapes. Better specimens and further in- formation are desired. Carriére incidentally mentions the names Vitis Chiaisii, V. Retordi, and V. Romaneti ; the last also a discovery of David in the mountains of Shensi. 19. Vitis umbellata, Hemsl., n. sp. Scandens, glabra, ramulis gracillimis. Folia petiolata, digita- tim 3—-5-foliolata; foliola subsessilia, papyracea, insqualia, ellip- tica vel oblanceolata, 1-2 poll. longa, utrinque cuneata, apice calloso-apiculata, pauci-setoso-crenata, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis paucis sat conspicuis; petiolus 1-13 poll. longus, gra- ciliusculus ; stipule late, subscarioss, persistentes ; cirrhi oppo- sitifolii, alte umbellatim ramosi, ramulis 5-6 filiformibus. Flores 4-meri, unisexuales (9 tantum visi), umbellati, umbellis 20-25- floris pedunculatis axillaribus foliis brevioribus; pedunculi infra medium bracteis 2—4, stipulis simillimis, instructi; pedicelli gra- ciles, 4-6 lineas longi; calyx brevissimus, truncatus vel obscure lobatus ; petala ovato-oblonga, vix sesquilineam longa, persis- tentes, demum reflexa; stamina rudimentaria, minuta; discus carnosus ; ovarium 2-loculare, stigmate 4-lobato ; ovula in quoque loculo 2, geminata, erecta. Fructus non visus. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 79!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 20. Vitis, sp. Krawasv: Kiukiang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. A very young specimen, bearing small, narrow, spike-like peduncled inflorescences less than half an inch long. Allied to V. parvifolia. 21. Vitis, sp. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. A very distinct species, having small, simple, cordate leaves clothed with a dirty white tomentum. Flowers and fruit wanting. 22. Vitis, sp. Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. l Allied to V. serianefolia, but the specimen bearing a few scattered fruits is insufficient for description. 23. Vitis, sp. Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 138 40. AMPELIDER. Allied to V. himalayana, with hairy foliage and much smaller flowers. 24. Vitis, sp. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 78!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. There are no flowers of this, which in foliage is nearest V. corniculata, Benth., though evidently different. A fragment in the Kew Herbarium from Luchu (Beechey) may be the same. 41. SAPINDACEA. 1. Cardiospermum Corindum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 526; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 289; DC. Prodr. i. p. 602; Radlk. in Sitzungsb. kónigl.-bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Cl. 1878, p. 261. Cardiospermum canescens, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. p. 14, t. 14; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 670. Yunnan (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 2. Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 366; DC. Prodr. i. p. 601; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 46; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226; Radlk. in Sitzungsb. kónigl.-bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Cl. 1878, p. 261. Cardiospermum microcarpum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 104; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 101, et in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226. Hurrun to Formosa, Honexone, and Hu Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Common in the warm regions of Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. Both typical and the variety microcarpum occur in China. 1. Schmidelia Cobbe, DC. Prodr.i. p. 610; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10. Allophylus Cobbe, Blume, Rumph. iii. p. 131; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. i. p. 673, in part. Haran (Bullock ex Hance). Very common in tropical Asia and extending to Australia. 1. Koelreuteria paniculata, Laxm. Nov. Comm. Petr. xvi. p.561; DC. Prodr. i. p. 616; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 11; Bot. Reg. t. 880; Nouv. Duham. t. 36 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 75. Koelreuteria paullinioides, L’ Hérit. Sert. Angl. p. 18, t. 19 (paniculata in tab.). 41. SAPINDACER. 189 Sapindus chinensis, Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13, p. 315, et Suppl. p. 228. CniHLr: near Peking (Bunge! Bushell! David, 2385 ); Kan- SUH: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Æsculus chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 10; Walp. Rep. i. p. 423; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 312. Cuimir: near Peking (Skatchkow! Bushell! Bretschneider !) ; SHENSI (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Miquel (Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 93) suggests that this is the same as Æ. turbinata, Blume, a very distinct species, judging from the Japanese specimens at Kew. 2. Aisculus turbinatus, Blume, Rumph. ii. p. 195; Debeauz, Fl. Shangh. p. 22. Kianesu (Shanghai) and Curkiawo (ex Debeauz). Japan. 1. Sapindus Mukorossi, Gertn. Fruct. i. p. 342, t. 70; DC. Prodr. i. p. 608; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 144. Sapindus abruptus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 238, ex descript. Cuexrane: Ningpo (Allen in hb. Forbes!); Foxen: Foo- chow (Bourne!); Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!) ; KwaNaTUNG: cult. (ex Loureéiro), Canton (Reeves!). Herb. Kew. Introduced in Japan. 1. Nephelium Litchi, Camb. in Mém. Mus. Par. xviii. p. 30; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 41 ; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 48. Dimocarpus Lichi, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 233; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 144. Scytalia chinensis, Gertn. Fruct. i. p. 197, t. 42. Litchi chinensis, Sonnerat, Voy. aux Ind. et Ch. iii. p. 255, t. 129. Kwaneatune and Honexone: wild and cultivated. Herb. Kew. Also commonly cultivated in India and Malaya. 2. Nephelium Longana, Camb. in Mém. Mus. Par. xviii. p. 30; Bot. Mag. t. 4096; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.47; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 688. Dimocarpus Longan, Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 233; T'rans. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. t. 28. . 140 41, SAPINDACEZ. Euphoria Longana, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 5/4; DC. Prodr. i. p. 611. Formosa (Oldham!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Commonly cultivated in China, India, and Malaya, and pro- bably not truly wild in China. 1. Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p.11; Walp. Rep. i. p. 422; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 318; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 75; Fl. des Serres, t. 1899 ; Rev. Hort. 1872, p. 291, cum ic. color.; JI. Hort. xxiv. 1877, t. 295; Gard. Chron. n. s. v. p. 565, cum fig. xylogr.; Garden, Decr. 18, 1875, cum ic. color.; Berl. Gart. Zeit. 1884, p. 244, cum fig. xylogr. Com. near Peking (Tatarinow| Bunge! Bretschneider !). Herb. Kew. 1. Acer discolor, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 589, et xi. p. 350, eum tab. fig. 6; Pax in Engler’s Jahrb. vii. p. 253. SuENsr and KaNwsum: various localities (Piasezki ex Maxi- mowicz). 2. Acer Fabri, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 76; Pax in Engler’s Jahrb. vii. p. 210. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Faber ex Hance). 3. Acer Hookeri, Mig. in Archives Néerl. ii. p. 471; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 694, var. ? . KriawGsr: Kiukiang (JMaries!). Herb. Kew. Typical A. Hookeri, Miq., inhabits the Eastern Himalayas. 4, Acer japonicum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 161, et Ic. Pl. Jap. t. 20; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. p. 82, t. 144; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 605? Acer Sieboldianum, Miq. var.? Baker & S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380. SurwakrNG: Changdien (Ross!). Herb. Kew. A very young and imperfect specimen. 5. Acer Lobelii, Ten. Cat. Hort. Napol. App. altera, p. 69; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 602; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 77; Pax in Engler’s Jahrb. vii. p. 236. Acer letum, C. A. Mey. Verz. Pfl. Cauc. p. 206. Curmi: Jéhol (David ex Franchet). This species is very variously limited by different botanists. Hiern (Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 696) combines A. letum, 41. SAPINDACE E. 141 C. A. Mey., A. truncatum, Bunge, A. cultratun, Wall., A. Mono, Maxim., Ze, with A. pictum, Thunb., while Maximowicz, Nichol- son, and Pax retain pictum and truncatum as distinct species. 6. Acer oblongum, Wall. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 593; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 47 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 599; Nichol. in Gard. Chron. n. s. xv. p. 582; Pax in Engler's Jahrb. vii. p. 208; Camb. in Jacq. Voy., Bot. t. 34. Hoxaxoxe (Wright! Ford !); Leon AncnipELAG0 ( Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalaya mountains, from Kashmir eastward. 7. Acer palmatum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 162; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 607 ; Nichol. in Gard. Chron. n. s. xvi. p. 186; Pax in Engler’s Jahrb. vii. p. 201. Acer dissectum ef A. septemlobum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. pp. 160-162. Acer polymorphum e£ A. sessilifolium, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. kónigl.-bayer. Akad. Wiss. iv. 2, p. 158, et Fl. Jap. ii. tt. 145 et 146. CHEKIANG: Chapoo, cult. (Oldham!). Herb. Kew. It is doubtful whether this very common and very variable Japanese species exists in a wild state in China. 8. Acer pictum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 161, et Ic. Pl. Jap. t. 43; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 599; Nichol. in Gard. Chron. xvi. p.375; Pax in Engler's Jahrb. vii. p. 285; Baker & S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 77. Acer Mono, Mazim. Prim. Fi. Amur. p. 68. Cnmtt - between Peking and Jehol (Staunton !); SHINGKING : Kwandien and Chienshan (Ross!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria; Japan. 9. Acer pilosum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. pp. 590 et 604, et xi. p. 350, cum tab. figg. 1-5 ; Paw in Engler's Jahrb. vii. p. 187. Kawsum: in the plain towards the south (Piasezki ex Masi- mowicz). Japan. 10. Acer reticulatum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. p- 312; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald, p. 368, t. 80; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 47; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 999; Pax in Engler's Jahrb. vii. p. 209. Hoxekoxe (Wilford! Champion!). Herb. Kew. ll. Acer rufinerve, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. kónigl.-bayer 142 41. SAPINDACES. Akad. Wiss. iv. 2, p. 155, et Fl. Jap. ii. p. 85, t. 148; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 596; Engler’s Jahrb. vi. p. 59; Pax in Engler's Jahrb. vii. p. 247. Lvonuv ARCHIPELAGO (Döderlein ex Engler). Japan. 12. Acer tataricum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1054; DO. Prodr. i.p. 593; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 604; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 76 (varietates); Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 4. Acer Ginnala, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 67. Cuin : Jehol ( David, 1789!) ; Kranest: Kiukiang (Maries!); Huren : Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. South-eastern Europe and Turkestan to Japan. 13. Acer trifidum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 174, non Thunb.; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 608; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. p. 81, t. 143 (excl. fig. i. et 1-4); Pax in Engler's Jahrb. vii. p. 186 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 168 (var. ningpoense). CHINA: without locality (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, xciv. p. 160, and cclii. p. 507); Krawasv: Shanghai (4b. Forbes!); OurKiawG: Ningpo (Swinhoe, hb. Hance, 17693!) ; Krawast: Kiukiang (Maries !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. Maximowicz states (Joc. sup. cit.) that Acer trifidum, Thunb., is Lindera triloba, Blume. 14. Acer truncatum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 10; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 606; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 76, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 208; Pas in Engler’s Jahrb. vii. p. 234. Cuni: near Peking (Bunge! Kirilow! Skatschkow! Bushell! David! Bretschneider !); Suantuna: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!) ,; Kianest: Kiukiang (Maries D), Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 15. Acer villosum, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 4; Brandis, For. Fl. Ind. p. 111; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 695. Acer sterculiaceum, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 3, t. 105. Horen : Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal. 1. Dodonaa viscosa, Linn. Mant. p. 228 ; DO. Prodr.i. p. 616; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 697 ; Dance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260. 41. SAPINDACEX. 148 Generally dispersed in warm countries, including Sovru Curva. Herb. Kew. 1. Euscaphis staphyleoides, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 124, t. 67; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260, et 1882, p. 4; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 78. CuEx1ane : Ningpo(Carles!) ; Kianasu: Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!) ; Kiranest: Kiukiang (Maries! Shearer!); Huren: Ichang and Patung; “seed used as a drug" (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. l. Turpinia arguta, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 371; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 48. Ochranthe arguta, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1819. Eyrea vernalis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 331. Staphylea simplicifolia, Gardn. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 309. Fortes : Amoy (Fortune, A 124!); Formosa: Tamsui (Old- ham, 81?); Honexone (Champion! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The specimens from Formosa have much smaller flowers, and present other trifling differences from typical T. arguta; more complete material may prove the Formosa plant to be a distinct species, or, perhaps, a simple-leaved state of T. pomifera. 2. Turpinia pomifera, DC. Prodr. ii. p.3; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 698. Turpinia nepalensis, Wall.; Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. i. p. 156; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 972; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 48. Kianesu: Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!); Yunnan (Ander- son!); Howaxosa (Wright! Champion!) ; Long ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very common and widely spread in tropical Asia. 42. SABIACEZ. 1. Sabia japonica, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. vi. p. 202, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7. Sabia Bullockii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9, et 1883, p. 296. Cursa, without locality (Fortune, 7!); CmeKItaNG : Ningpo (Everard!) ; KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Kwanetune : 144 42. SABIACER. North river (Bullock ex Hance, 19964). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Sabia limoniacea, Wall. Cat. n. 1000; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 70; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 3. Sabia paniculata, Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 362, non Edgew. Androglossum reticulatum, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 42; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 437. Honexone (Champion! Wilford!). Herb. Kew. India, from Sikkim to Bhotan, Assam, and Chittagong. 3. Sabia Swinhoei, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex ut videtur scandens, ramulis ultimis floriferis gracilibus pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, oblonga, usque ad 2 poll. longa (bene evoluta forsan majora), vix acuta, integra, supra costa tantum puberula, subtus pallidiora, pubescentia, venis laxiuscule reticulatis subtus elevatis. Flores pentameri, circiter sesquilineam longi, in cymas breves axillares sepius trifloras dis- positi, pedunculis pedicellisque filiformibus pubescentibus ; se- pala anguste ovata, vix acuta, pubescentia, petalis opposita et multo breviora; petala ovata, longe acuminata; stamina parva, petalis opposita; discus annulatus, obscure lobatus; ovarium glabrum, 2-loculare, stylo gracili; ovula iu quoque loculo 2, super- posita. Fructus non visus. Formosa (Swinhoe!) Herb. Kew. Near the Indian S. parviflora, Wall., but readily distinguished by its entire, shortly petiolate, more coriaceous leaves, pubescent and strongly veined below. 1. Meliosma Fordii, Hemsl., n. sp. Arbor 40-pedalis (Ford), ramulis ultimis floriferis appresso ferrugineo-pubescentibus vel strigillosis. Folia simplicia, longe graciliterque petiolata, papyracea vel subcoriacea, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, cum petiolo 6-12 poll. longa (inferiora forsan multo longiora), integra vel apicem versus interdum utrinque 1-3-den- tata, ssepius acuminata vix acuta, deorsum gradatim attenuata, supra preter costam strigillosam glabra vel cito glabrescentia, deinde nitida, subtus pallida, venis lateralibus primariis numerosis costaque prominentibus minute strigillosis. Flores, ut videtur, minuta (petala et stamina desunt), paniculata, breviter pedicel- lata; panicule amplissimze, terminales vel subterminales, ramulis 42. SABIACEX. 145 gracillimis. Fructus immaturus 14-2 lineas diametro tantum visus. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Allied to M. dilleniefolia, Hook. f., and M. simplicifolia, Roxb., differing from the former in having entire or almost entire leaves, with fewer and less conspicuous lateral veins, and from the latter in having pedicellate flowers, &c. 2. Meliosma myriantha, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 45. Corgan AnRcurPELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 183/1!). Herb. Kew. Japan. This is perhaps a variety of the Himalayan M. dilleniefolia, Hook.f. An imperfect specimen in the Kew Herbarium from Ichang may belong to the same species. 3. Meliosma Oldhami, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vi. p. 263. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO, without locality (Oldham, 188 !). Herb. Kew. 4. Meliosma patens, Hemsl., n. sp. Arbor 20-pedalis (Ford), ramulis ultimis crassiusculis ferrugineo puberulis. Folia patentissima, longe petiolata, coriacea, anguste lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 6-10 poll. longa, 1 ad fere 2 poll. lata, integra, utrinque precipue deorsum insigniter attenuata, acuta, supra glabra, costa impressa, subtus presertim in venis ferru- gineo-pubescentia, venis primariis lateralibus numerosis conspicue elevatis; petiolus 1-2 poll longus, teres, basi incrassatus. Flores hermaphroditi, parvi, subsessiles vel breviter pedicellati, glomerati, racemoso-paniculati ; panicule erectz, amplissime, terminales, ferrugineo-pubescentes, ramulis lateralibus patentis- simis; sepala orbicularia, valde inequalia, extus plus minus pubescentia, ciliolata ; petala glabra, imbricata, 3 majora orbi- cularia, striata; stamina 5, quorum 3 deformata, 2 fertilia ; ovarium glabrum, compressum, 2-loculare, stylo elongato; ovula in quoque loculo 2, superposita. Fructus deest. Honaxone: Victoria Peak and Saywan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. 5. Meliosma rigida, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 45; Maxim. in Engler's Jahrb. vi. p. 60. . 3 D i p.d. Meliosma pungens, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. Millingtonia pungens, Wall. Cat. no. 8114; Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. p. 139. LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. L 146 49. SABIACE X. Formosa: without locality (Oldham, 85/1 !), Kelung (Ford n; Lvonv AncuiPELAGO (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan; Himalayas. 6. Meliosma rhoifolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vi. p. 262. . Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 85, 86!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 7. Meliosma squamulata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 364. Honexone: Wongneichung (Lamont ex Hance), Victoria Peak (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 8. Meliosma Wallichii, Planch. ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.ii. p. 6. Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 183!). Herb. Kew. 43, ANACARDIACEZ. 1. Rhus Cotinus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 267; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 67; Jacq. Fl. Austr. iii. p. 6, t. 210. Cotinus coggygria, Scop. Fl. Carn. i. p. 22; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 350 (varietates). Cumi: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider! Williams!) ; Cuexrane: Ningpo (Cooper!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); SuENsI (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. South of France and Syria to North India; and in North Ameriea. 2. Rhus hypoleuca, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 49; Walp. iv. p. 447; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 69; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 372; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 378. Rhus microlepis, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1858, i. p. 468, ex Engler. Cuwa: without locality (Fortune, 24! B. serrata, Engler, MSS. in hb. Kew.); Honexona (Champion! Wilford! Urquhart! See: mann!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Turezaninow's R. microlepis was founded upon Fortune’s “ 97, A,” a number not found in Rhus, either at Kew or the British Museum. It is possible that we may have it under something else, though we do not find it. 9. Rhus semialata, Murr. in Goett. Verh. 1784, p. 27, t. 3; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 67 ; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 380 49. ANACARDIACE £. 147 (varietates a. Osbeckii, DC., et B. Roxburghii, DC.); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 78, et in Mém, Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 208; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 105 Hanb. Science Papers, p. 266. Rhus javanica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 265; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 183. Rhus chinensis, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no. 7. Cuina: without locality (Millett! Parkes!); CHIHLI: near Peking (Bretschneider !); SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Fran- chet); CuEexiane: Ningpo (Oldham, 71!) ; Cuusan (Calléry ex Engler); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 87 !) ; Huren : Ichang (A. Henry*); Suenst or Kansun; Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz) ; Kwanerune: Whampoa (Robertson!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan and Himalaya and Khasia mountains. Hance (Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 101) records this species from Hongkong, but from his own remarks it seems probable that he had a variety of R. hypoleuca before him. It yields the Chinese Galls of commerce—the Woo-pei-tsze. Dr. A. Henry desig- nates it the * Red Gall-nut Tree" of Hupeh, the galls of which are used in medicine. 4. Rhus Succedanea, Linn. Mant. p. 221; DO. Prodr.ii. p. 68 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 69; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.t. 560; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 12; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 79. Rhus Succedanea, Linn., var. japonica, Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 399. Connarus juglandifolius, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 179. Kranesvu: Kiangnan (Stawnton!); Kranast: Kiukiang (Shear- er!); Honaxone (Champion! Forbes! Wright! Lamont!) ; Lucuv AncurPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan and the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim and Bhotan, and in the Khasia mountains; also in Java. The Indian speci- mens belong to slightly different varieties. u Engler (in op. sup. cit.) records this species from Jehol, Chihli, yet nothing answering to it is enumerated in the “ Plante Davidiang "; and Franchet (in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 208) doubtingly refers to it a plant from Chefoo, Shantung. 5. Rhus sylvestris, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 32; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 396. Kianesu : Fengwangehan (Ab. Forbes!); Cuexiane: Huchau (hb. Forbes!) ; Huren: Ichang (A. Henry !); COREA : Chemulpo (Carles?) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 187 !). Herb. Kew. Japan. 12 148 43, ANACARDIACEJE. 6. Rhus trichocarpa, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. 84; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 879. Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 7. Rhus vernicifera, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 68, pro parte; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog.iv. p. 398; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 269; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 84. Rhus vernix, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 121. Hv»zn: Ichang (A. Henry!) ; SuENsI (Piasezki ex Masimo- wicz MSS.) ; SzEcHUEN (Parker ex Hance). Herb. Kew. Japan. Excellent specimens recently received at Kew from Dr. A. Henry confirm Hance and Maximowicz’s records of the true “ Varnish Tree" growing in China. In a note accompanying the specimen, Henry states that the Varnish Tree only grows in mountainous districts, and he describes the method of obtaining the varnish, which he says is ready for use as it comes from the tree. The Indian tree formerly referred to this species is Rhus Wallichit, Hook. f. In the Kew Herbarium are male specimens, from Happy Valley, Hongkong (Ford), of a species of Rhus closely resembling R. Succedanea, but the leaflets are borne on relatively long slender petiolules and the flowers are decandrous. There is also an im- perfect specimen from Ichang (Henry) of a species having tri- foliolate leaves, and evidently allied to R. Toxicodendron, Linn. 1. Pistacia chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 15; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 77; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 291; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 79, etin Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 208. CuruLr: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider!); SHAN- TUNG: Chefoo (Ab. Forbes!) ; Cuextana: Ningpo (Cooper!); Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!); Suenst (David ex Franchet); Suenst or Kansus: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Mangifera indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 200; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 63; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 70; Engler in DC. Monogr. Pha- nerog. iv. p. 198. . Hoxexoxe (Hance ex Engler); Kwanerune (Tute!). Herb. Kew. 43. ANACARDIACER, 149 A native of tropical Asia, now generally cultivated in the tropics, and perhaps nowhere in China really indigenous. 1. Spondias mangifera, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 751; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 75; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 101 ; Engler in DO. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 248; Wight, Illustr. i. p. 186, t. 76. Hoxaekowa (Sampson, hb. Hance, 9819! Lamont!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely dispersed in tropical Asia, both wild and cultivated. 1. Dracontomelum mangiferum, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i. p. 231, fig. 42; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 43; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 251? KwaweruNG: commonly cultivated along the West river (Ford!) Herb. Kew. There is a little doubt about this being the Indian and Malayan tree. Ford states that it is said to yield “Chinese Olives,” a name commonly applied to the fruit of Canarium. [Augia sinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 337, has not been iden- tified.] 44. CORIARIEJE. 1. Coriaria nepalensis, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. t. 289; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 44. Hupen: Iehang (4. Henry!); Yunnan: Poneshee (Ander son!) Herb. Kew. Himalayas, from Marri to Sikkim. 2. Coriaria sinica, Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. 7° série, xxix. (1881), p. 9. Suenst and Kaxsvu (Piasezhi ex Maximowicz). 45. CONNARACEJE. L~ 1. Rourea microphylla, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. p. 421; Walp. Ann. iii. p. 839; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 71; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ pp. 356 et 373. Connarus microphylla, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 179. Averrhoa sinica, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 241. Fortune, 116! Millett!); Kwane- Curva: without locality ( TUNG: Lofaushan (Ford!), Ookatsa (Tate !), Canton (Millett !) ; Honexona (Hinds! Champion! Urquhart! Wilford! Seemann! Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 150 45. CONNARACE. 2. Rourea Millettii, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. p. 420. Rourea santaloides, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 71, et Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 372, vix Wight et Arn. Connarus Roxburghii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 179. Cura: without locality (Millett! Beechey!); Honexone (Wright! Lamont! Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This and the Indian R. commutata should perhaps rank as varieties of R. santaloides. Indeed Bentham goes further and unites R. caudata, Planch., R. javanica, Blume, and R. humilis, Blume, with R. santaloides; and as thus constituted the species has avery wide range in tropical Asia. Hooker (Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 47) includes China in the range of R. commutata, though he does not cite R. Millettii as a synonym. 46. LEGUMINOSÆ : PAPILIONACEJE. 1. Thermopsis fabacea, DO. Prodr. ii. p. 99; A. Gr.in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 385. Thermopsis chinensis, Benth. ex S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 131; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 4. Sophora fabacea, Pall. Sp. Astrag. Descr. et Ic. p. 122, t. 90. fig. 2. KriawasU: Shanghai (Maingay ! Carles!) ; COugkiaNa: Ningpo (Everard! Cooper!) ; FokrEeN: Amoy (Fortune, A 54!); COREA: Jensem (Perry!) ; Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Kamtschatka, Japan, and North-western America. 2. Thermopsis lanceolata, A. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. p. 3; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 99; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 4. CHIHLI: Siaowutaishan (JMoellendorf!); Suanst: between Taining aud Lichiachuang (Pierson !); Kansun: north of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. Widely spread in Siberia and Mongolia. 1. Crotalaria albida, Heyne in Roth, Nov. Sp. p. 333; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 126; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 567, et Fl. Hongk. p. 74; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 71. Norta Cura: without locality (Ta£arinow!); KWANGTUNG: Lofaushan (Ford!); Howakowa (Hinds! Champion! Wilford! Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout tropical Asia eastward to the Philippines. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 151 2. Crotalaria calycina, Schranck, Pl. Rar. Monac. t. 12 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 129; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 564, et Fl. Hongk. p. 74; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 72. Cuina: without locality (Millett!); Formosa: Tamsui (Old- ham, 151!); Kwanetuna: Macao (Tate! Vachell!); Hoxakoxa (Lamont! Champion! Eyre!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 3. Crotalaria chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1003; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 180; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 566 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 73, non Roch ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 105. Kwanerune: hills of Pakwan, near Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13340 !). India, chiefly eastern, Malaya and Philippines. 4. Crotalaria elliptica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 279; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 580, et Fl. Hongk. p. 75. Crotalaria Vachellii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 180; Walp. Rep. 1. p. 588. Crotalaria splendens, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. (reprint, p. 8) ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 590. . Cuina: without locality (Millett!); Kwaweruwae: Pakhoi (Playfair!), Macao (Tate!); Howexowe (Hinds! Champion! Wright! Forbes! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 5. Crotalaria ferruginea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. no. 5398 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 476; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 68; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 4. Crotalaria rufescens, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 79. Kianast: Kiukiang (David, 792! Shearer!) ; Formosa (Old- ham!); Hurren: Ichang (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India, and extending to the Malay Archi- pelago and the Philippines. (Crotalaria juncea, Linn., the Sunn Hemp, a common Indian species extending to tropical Australia, is recorded from Canton in Osbeck’s Travels, Engl. ed., i. p. 336.] 6. Crotalaria leiocarpos, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. (reprint, p. 8); Walp. Rep. i. p. 586. Kwanerune: Syngmoon promontory (Meyen ex Vogel). 7. Crotalaria linifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 828; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 128; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 72. 152 46. LEGUMINOSEX: PAPILIONACEJ. Formosa (Oldham, 158!); Kwanetune: British Kowlung (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Australia and in the Philippines. - Ford's specimen is a marked variety with obovate leaves. 8. Crotalaria medicaginea, Lam. Encycl.ii. p. 201; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 577; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 81; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10. CurNA: without locality (Macartney!); Kwanerune: Sam- jung, West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 9621!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Afghanistan to the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. 9. Crotalaria mollis, Weim. in Sylloge 4 Ratisb. ii. p. 25, ex Walp. Rep. i. p. 586. “ CHINA.” 10. Crotalaria paniculata, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 982; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 126; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 81. Crotalaria chinensis, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 195, nec Lina. * Cura.” Western peninsula of India, and in Java. 11. Crotalaria retusa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 715 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 125; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 180; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 480, et Fl. Hongk. p. 74; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 75; Bot. Mag. t. 2561. . Lupinus cochinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 429. CHINA: without locality (Mfillett!); Kwanerune: Macao (Vachell! Tate!) ; Hoxekoxa (Wright!); HarNAN (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Australia, Africa, and America, though perhaps not indigenous in the two last countries. 12. Crotalaria sessiliflora, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1004; DC. Prodr.ii.n 129; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 565; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 73; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 208. Crotalaria brevipes, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 44; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 74; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 43. Crotalaria eriantha, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 13; Mazim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 9. ‘Crotalaria Oldhami, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 42. SmrNGKING: Chienshan (Ross!); SmawTvNa (Maingay!); 46. LEGUMINOSM: PAPILIONACEZ. 153 Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 154; Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!); Kwaneruna: Pakhoi (Playfair!), Macao (Tate!) Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honaxona (Champion) ; CoREA: Chemulpo (Carles!); COREAN ARCHIPE- LAGO: Green Island (Oldham, 320!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. India, from the Punjab eastward, Malaya, Japan, and the Phi- lippines. 18. Crotalaria striata, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 131; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 84; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10; Bot. Mag. t. 3200. Kwanetune: Whampoa, Danes Island (Hance, 15086!) ; Honexone (Ford! Lamont!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 14, Crotalaria verrucosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 715; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 125 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 77. Formosa: Takow (Swinhoe!), Tamsui (Oldham, 152!). Mus. Brit. Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 1. Medicago denticulata, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1414; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 176; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 90; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 80. This is now generally diffused in north temperate regions and naturalized in the south. There are Chinese specimens in the British Museum and Kew Herbaria from HvrEu and Formosa; Franchet records it from Suenst, “ probably introduced," and Maximowiez from Kansun. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Medicago falcata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 779; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 172; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470 (flore ceruleo). Cumi: Peking (ex Mazximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. The plant collected at Jehol by David, aud named Medicago ruthenica, Ledeb. {Trigonella ruthenica, Linn.), by Franchet (PI. David. p. 80), is probably the plant intended by Maximowicz and a variety of M. falcata. [Medicago lappacea, Lam., a European species, has been found by Lamont near the race-course and other places in Hongkong —see Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 105.] 154 46. LEGUMINOSZ: PAPILIONACER. 3. Medicago lupulina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 779 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p.172; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.75; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 27 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 7. Curva: apparently common, and from the most distant parts. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Very generallv diffused in temperate and subtropical Asia and Europe. [Medicago sativa, Linn.,is cultivated in Northern China, and also occurs in a wild state, though it is probably not indigenous.] 1. Melilotus alba, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 63; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 89; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 81. Melilotus leucantha, Koch, ex DC. Fl. Frang. v. p. 564; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 187. . NonrH Onna : without locality (Korolkow!) ; Curmi : Peking mountains (David, 468, 514, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. Now very widely spread in Europe and Asia; probably to a large extent through cultivation. 2. Melilotus cerulea, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 62. Trigonella ezrulea, Ser. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 81; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 68. SHENSI or KaNsun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). South-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. 3. Melilotus dentata, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. p. 790; DC. Prodr. i. p. 186; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470. Camir: Peking (ex Maximowicz). Europe, Siberia, and Mongolia. 4. Melilotus macrorhiza, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 348; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 187; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 535 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10. l Kwanerune : abundant in places along the West river, and doubtless wild (ex Hance). Eastern Europe and Siberia. 5. Melilotus officinalis, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 63; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 186; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 109. Kraxasu (Poli ex Franchet MSS.). Europe and Siberia. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACE X. 155 6. Melilotus palustris, Kit. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 187; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 15. Cuni: near Kantai (ex Bunge). Eastern Europe. 7. Melilotus parviflora, Desf. Fl. Atl. ii. p. 192; DC. Prodr. li. p. 187; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 881; Debeaus, Fl. Shangh. p. 27; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 81. NonrH Curna: apparently common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in Europe and Asia, and introduced in many other countries. 8. Melilotus suaveolens, Ledeb. Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorp., Suppl. 1824, p. 5, et Fl. Ross. i. p. 536; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 188. Melilotus graveolens, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. (1832), p. 16 ; Walp. . Rep. i. p. 638. Um: near Kantai (Bunge !), near Peking (Bretschneider !). Herb. Kew. Siberia and Mongolia. We have not been able to verify the names of several of the Meliloti, but, judging from a rough sorting, there are only three species represented by Chinese specimens in the London herbaria. 1. Trifolium Lupinaster, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 766; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 204. 2 Suineaxine: Kaichow to Kiuchow (Ross!), Peiling, Moukden (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Siberia, Mongolia, Mandshuria, and Japan. [Trifolium indicum and T. globosum of Loureiro's Fl. Cochinch. p. 444, are obscure plants. } 1. Lotus corniculatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 775; DC. Prodr. ii j 2, p. 259. ii. p. 214; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p Formosa (Swinhoe!) ; Huren : Ichang (A. Henry !); Kerg: north of Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); SzEcHUEN (Parker ex Hance); Corta (Perry! Carles db Herb. Kew. l Very widely spread in Europe and Asia, and occurring in North Africa and Australia. 1. Indigofera Anil, Linn. Mant. p. 272; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 225; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 77 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 373. 156 46. LEGUMINOSZ: PAPILIONACER. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Honaxonea (Seemann !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. This species is believed to be a native of America; but itis now common, wild and cultivated, in tropical Africa and some parts of Asia. 2. Indigofera atropurpurea, Ham. in Horn. Hort. Hafn., Add. p. 152, ex DC. Prodr. ii. p. 225; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260; Bot. Mag. t. 3065 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1744. Kwanetune (Staunton!): near Fukwing (Krone ex Hance), Shinhing Pass (Ford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. India, from the Punjab to Khasia in the east. 3. Indigofera Benthamiana, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, xviii. p. 219; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 710. Kwanetune: Whampoa (Hance, 6063!). Herb. Kew. 4. Indigofera Bungeana, Walp. in Linnea, xii. p. 525; Walp. Rep. i. p. 668 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 82; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131. Indigofera micrantha, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 16, nec alior. CurHLr: Peking district (Bunge! Bushell! Bretschneider ! Hancock!) ; Deen: Ichang (A. Henry!); Kansun: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. 5. Indigofera chinensis, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Our. xix. (re- print, p. 14); Walp. Rep. i. p. 669. Kwanerune : near Macao (Meyen ex Vogel). 6. Indigofera decora, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. p. 68, et Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 22; Walp. Ann.i. p. 230 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 77; Bot. Mag. t. 5063. Foxen: Amoy (Fortune, A 60!) ; Honexona (Eyre? ex Ben- tham). Herb. Kew. Japan. 7. Indigofera endecaphylla, Jacg. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 570; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 228; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 76; Bot. Reg. t. 789. Honexone (Jright!). Herb. Kew. Tropieal Asia, and tropical and South Africa. Bentham suggests that it may have been introduced into Hongkong, which is very likely, as it only occurs in Wright's collection. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACEA. 157 8. Indigofera hirsuta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 751; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 228; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 76 ; Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 569; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. t. 24. Cuwa: without locality (Macartney § Staunton); Formosa (Oldham, 157!) ; Kwaneatune : Macao (Nelson! Vachell! Calléry!), Pakhoi (Playfair!); Howekoxe (Lamont! Hinds! Champion! Wright! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely diffused in tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Aus- tralia. 9. Indigofera macrostachya, Vent. Jard. Malm. p. et t. 44; DC. Prodr. à. p. 226; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 16; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381; Debeauz, Fl. Tehef. p. 44; Mazim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 8; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 82. Un: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Tatarinow! Bushell D, Jehol (David, 1825 !); Surnexine: Chienshan (Ross !), Talienwhan (Swinhoe! Urquhart! Birnie!); SHantune: Chefoo (Perry!); Cuextane: Ningpo (Cooper! Everard!); Conga (Carles! Perry!). Herb. Kew. (Indigofera rotundifolia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 458; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 283, from Canton, is an obscure plant.] 10. Indigofera tinctoria, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 751; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 224; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 99; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 82. Cmar: Peking mountains (David, 475? ex Franchet); Fo- KIEN: Amoy (Fortune, A 56!); Formosa (Oldham, 156!) ; HarwAN (Swinhoe). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. o Generally cultivated and wild in the tropics; but it is uncer- tain where it is really indigenous. 11. Indigofera trifoliata, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. p. 327 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 223; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 96; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 814; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 105. Huren : Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Kwanerune: around Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 5685!). Herb. Kew. . Almost throughout tropical Asia, and extending to North Australia. 158 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACE®. 19. Indigofera trita, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 835; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 232? Indigofera hedysaroides, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 250? Indigofera coccinea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 457. Kwanetune: Canton (ex Loureiro). I. trita is widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia ; whether Loureiro’s plant be the same is uncertain. 13. Indigofera venulosa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 44; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 487; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 77. Curwa, without locality (Fortune, 43! Parkes! Daniell!) ; Kianesu: Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!); Kriawasr: Kiukiang (Maries!); Cnexitane: Shaoshin (Savatier ex Franchet); Honexone (Champion! Urquhart! Wright! Lamont!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Hooper Island (Oldham, 324!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 14. Indigofera virgata, D. parvifolia, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 224. Cuina: without locality (Staunton ex DeCandolle). 1. Tephrosia oraria, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1886, p. 17. Honexone (Ford ex Hance). 2. Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 829; DC. Prodr. i. p. 251; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 78; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 112. Formosa (Swinhoe! Wilford!); Honexone (Champion !) ; Haran (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost everywhere in the tropics. 3. Tephrosia vestita, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Our. xix. (re- print, p. 15); Walp. Rep. i. p. 675. Cuwa: without locality (Meyen ex Vogel; Fortune, 16!); Kwanetune: Macao (Vachell!). Herb. Kew. Java and the Philippines. 4. Tephrosia villosa, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 329; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 251; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 113. Cuna : without locality (H. Bradley, 1779!). Mus. Brit. India, from the Himalayas to Ceylon, Mauritius, and tropical Africa. 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACEX. 159 1. Millettia Championi, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 74, et Fl. Hongk. p. 79; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 575. Honexone (Champion! Wright! Tate!). Herb. Kew. 2. Millettia cognata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260. Hunan: low hills on the Siang river (Bullock ex Hance). [Millettia cinerea, Benth., has been doubtfully recorded as Chinese, probably through a misreading of Bentham’s note in Miquel’s * Plante Junghuhniane,’ p. 249.) 3. Millettia nitida, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. p. 484, et Fl. Hongk. p. 78; Walp. Rep. i. p. 799. Marquartia tomentosa, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. (reprint, p. 35, t.l et 2); Walp. Rep. i. p. 855. Callerya tomentosa, Endl. ; Walp. Rep. v. p. 557. Cursa: without locality (Millett!); Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Fford!); Honexone (Champion! Urquhart! Wright! Hinds! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Millettia reticulata, Benth. in Mig. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 249; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soe. xii. p. 101. Cura: without locality (Milett!); Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; FokrEN: Amoy (Fortune, A 95!); Formosa ( Wil- ford! Oldham, 158!); Huren: Ichang (4. Henry !); Kwane- TUNG (Staunton!); Hoxexoxe (Lamont! Hance, 1489!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 5. Millettia sericosema, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 259. SzecHuEN (Parker ex Hance). 6. Millettia speciosa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p.73; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 575; Fl. Hongk. p. 78. . Curva: without locality (Millett!); Honexona (Champion ! Urquhart! Wright! Lamont !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 7. Millettia ? Foxren: mountains near Foochowfoo (Fortune,17!). Herb. Kew. This is near the Indian M. cinerea in general appearance, but pods are wanting. 8. Millettia ? Curva: without locality (Millett!) Herb. Kew. 160 : 46. LEGUMINOSEZ: PAPILIONACEX. A very distinct plant, having axillary racemes of flowers about as long as the small multifoliolate leaves; perhaps not this genus. In addition to the foregoing, there are imperfect specimens in the Kew Herbarium of three other doubtful species of Millettia, namely :— Canton, Parkes, 117; Amoy interior, Swinhoe; and Ningpo, Forbes. See Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207. Fordia, Hemsl. (Genus novum inter Millettiam et Wistariam.) Calyx subregularis, truncatus vel obsolete 5-dentatus. Petala graciliter unguiculata, vexillo amplo inappendiculato ; ale ob- longs, fere rect ; carina obtusa leviter incurva. Stamen vexil- lare liberum; filamenta non dilatata; anthers conformes. Ovarium sessile, 2-ovulatum ; stylus inflexus, teres, glaber, stig- mate parvo terminali. Legumen clavatum, compressum, coria- ceum, dehiscens. Semina discoidea, parvistrophiolata. 1. Fordia cauliflora, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate IV.) Frutex erectus vel vagans, ramulis crassiusculis cavis ferrugineo- pubescentibus simul crebre lenticellatis. Gemme supraxillares, ca- taphyllis numerosis insignibus subulatis, 6-9 lineas longis, patenti- bus munite. Folia imparipinnata, sesquipedalia et forsan ultra, petiolata; foliola usque ad 25, breviter petiolulata, papyracea vel fere membranacea, oblonga, ovato-oblonga vel inferiora minora ovata, minima sesquipollicaria, maxima 5-pollicaria et 1—14 poll. lata, longe acuteque acuminata, basi szepius rotundata, integerrima, supra glabra vel glabrescentia, costa venisque impressis, subtus pallidiora, obscure puberula, costa venisque elevatis; petiolus basi incrassatus fere teres (ut rhachis), striatus, supra anguste canaliculatus ; stipule subulate, persistentes, 9-12 lineas longs; stipelle filiformes, persistentes, 4-5 lineas longs. Flores rosei, circiter semipollieares, racemosi, racemis semipedalibus rigidis ad ramos (vel in trunco) paullo supra terram; calyx brevis, ut videtur coloratus, pubescens ; petala graciliter unguiculata, erecta, subeequalia, extus precipue superius sericea; vexillum amplum, rotundatum ; ovarium sessile, pubescens, 2-ovulatum, stylo glabro filiformi leviter inflexo. Legumen sessile, compressum, glabrum vel glabrescens, obscure rugulosum, coriaceum, 3-4 poll. longum et 9-12 lineas latum, sepius 2-spermum ; semina rotundata, valde compressa, fere plana, levia, brunnea, nitida. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 161 Kwanetune: on the West river (Ford!) Herb. et Hort. Kew. This genus is named after Mr. Ford, thesuperintendent of the Hongkong Botanie Garden, to whom Botany is indebted for a considerable number of discoveries both in Hongkong and in the Chinese province of Kwangtung. It differs from the allied genera in its multifoliolate leaves, rigid racemes of flowers borne on the old wood near the ground, 2-ovulate ovary, and strophiolate discoid seeds. Judging from a smallliving plant sent to Kew by Mr. Ford in 1883, it has much the same habit of growth as Wistaria sinensis, though it may be permanently erect. From Wistaria, which it most nearly approaches, it differs, besides the points already mentioned, in having a truncate calyx, an inappendiculate vexillum, and a sessile ovary. The Kew culti- vated plant has a relatively thick stem, bifurcate near the top, and bearing a tuft of drooping leaves of seventeen to nineteen leaflets. Ford’s specimen, cultivated in the Hongkong Botanic Garden, is more vigorous *. 1. Wistaria brachybotrys, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 92, t.45; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471, et FI. As. Or. Fragm. p. 9. Curr: Peking (ex Maximowicz); Currane : Ningpo (Han- cock ex Maximowicz). Japan. We have seen no Chinese specimens of this species, and Hancock’s Ningpo specimens of a Wistaria in the Kew Herba- rium belong to W. chinensis. Whether he collected both species there is uncertain. 2. Wistaria chinensis, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 390 (sphalmate Wis- teria); Walp. Rep. i. p. 770; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 20; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 1, t.211 ; Sieb. et Zuce. FI. Jap. i. p. 90, t. 44 (sinensis); ZU. Hort. 1858, t. 166 (var. albiflora). Wistaria multijuga, Van Houtte, Fl. des Serres, t. 2002. Wistaria Consequana, Loud. Hort. Brit., et Part, Mag. Bot. vii. p. 127, cum ic. color. Glycine chinensis, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2083. * Since the description of this genus was published, Mr. Ford has written to the effect that the plant is of strictly erect habit. LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. M 162 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACEJE. Glycine sinensis, Bot. Reg. t. 650 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 775. Wistaria floribunda, DC. loc. cit. Dolichos polystachyos, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 281, excl. synon. Dolichos japonicus, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 252. Glycine floribunda, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1066; Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 301. CuIHLI: mountains of Zuweyshan (Bunge !), Waushoushan (Hancock!) ; Ktanasu : near Shanghai (4b. Forbes!) ; CHEKIANG: Ningpo, generally distributed throughout the district, growing in festoons over rocks (Hancock !); Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Suenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) ; Hoxakoxa (Wright !). - Herb. Kew. Universally cultivated in Japan, and naturalized in a wild state in some parts, though originally introduced from China according to Siebold and Zuccarini. In Europe it bears fruit only in warm situations, and in England only in unusually warm seasons (see Dyer, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 329). 3. Wistaria dubia, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix., Suppl. i. p. 324, et Hep. v. p. 536. Bourg Curva (ex Walpers). ` An obscure plant, probably not of this genus. 1. Sesbania aculeata, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 316; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 265 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 114. ZEschynomene Sesban, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 564. Curwa, without locality (Fortune, 33!); Fos: Amoy (Hance, 1472!). Herb. Kew. Nearly all over the tropics in the Old World. . 2. Sesbania egyptiaca, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 816; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 264; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 32. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Generally dispersed in the tropies of the Old World. 1. Spherophysa Salsula, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 271; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 574; Mazim. Ind. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471. Phaca Salsula, Pall. Itin. iii. p. 216, ex Ledeb. CHHL: Peking, river Hunho, growing in the sandy wastes in the gorges near Saukiatien (Hancock!). Herb. Kew. Siberia and Mongolia. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 163 1. Caragana Chamlagu, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 616; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 268; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 8. Robinia Chamlagu, L’ Hér. Stirp. Nov. t. 77. Berberis caragansfolia, DC. Syst. ii. p. 18. Robinia chinensis, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 312. Caragana chinensis, Turcz. er Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur, p. 470. Cuina: without locality (Fortune, 42!) ; Cnmt- Peking (Carles!) ; SuawTUNG (Staunton, spec. typ. Berberidis caragane- folie in Mus. Brit.!); Kranesu: Fengwangshan (Forbes!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Mus. Brit; Herb. Kew. Japan. Maximowicz, loc. cit., refers a Kiukiang specimen collected by Shearer to the next species ; but the Kew specimen from the same collector has the leaves of this. 2. Caragana frutescens, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 268; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 569; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 8; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 88; Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1837, no. vii. p. 151, var. floribus roseis; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131; Sweet, Fl. Gard. t. 227. Caragana rosea, Turcz. ev Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur, . 470. P CHIHLI: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider | David, 1790! Hancock D: Kxawasu: Chinkiang (Maries !); CHEKIANG: Ningpo (Everard!) ; SugNsr or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Pia- sezki ex Maximowicz in litt.). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Southern Russia eastward to Japan. 3. Caragana microphylla, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 615; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 268; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 568; Turez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, no. vii. p. 151; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Nor. p. 16 (varietates) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 88 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 8. ` l Caragana Altagana, Poir. in Lam. Encycl., Suppl. ii. p. 89; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470. l Curunr: Peking (Bretschneider !); Suaxtune: without loca- lity (Maingay, 24 D, Chefoo (Hancock !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Altai and Dahuria eastward. > M 164 46. LEGUMINOSEZ: PAPILIONACEE. 1. Gueldenstaedtia Delavayi, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 5. Yunnan: dry meadows at Mosoyun, near Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). 9. Gueldenstaedtia diversifolia, Maxim. in Mém. Biol. xi. p. 209; Kanitz, Bot. Result. Centr. As. Exped. Bel. Szech., reprint, p. 10. Western CHINA: upper part of the Hoangho (Przewalski ex Masximowicz); KANSUH (Loezky ex Kanitz). 3. Gueldenstaedtia Guilloni, Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 210. Suantune: Chefoo (Guillon ex Franchet). We have not seen this species; but, from Franchet’s own showing, it must be very near Œ. maritima. 4. Gueldenstaedtia maritima, Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. P. 7. SuawTuNG: Chefoo (Hancock ex Maximowicz). 5. Gueldenstaedtia multiflora, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 18; Walp. Rep.i. p. 684; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 118; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 92, cum B. longiscapa. Cmmi: Peking (Bunge! Tatarinow! Williams! Bushell!) ; Suantune : Chefoo (Hancock!) ; Huren: Ichang (A. Henry ?); SHENSI (David ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalaya Mountains. Dr. Henry’s Ichang specimens are almost glabrous, and of a somewhat different aspect, and perhaps not the same species. 6. Gueldenstaedtia stenophylla, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 18; Walp. Rep. i. p. 684; Debeaux, Fl. Tchéf. p. 45. Cmn: Peking (Bunge! Bullock!); SuaNTUNG: Chefoo (ex Debeauz). Herb. Kew. 1. Astragalus adsurgens, Pall. Sp. Astrag. p. 40, t. 31; DC. Prodr.ii. p. 287 ; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 184. n. 722; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 88. N.E. Cutna: Moukden to Kirin (James!) ; Cumi: on the banks of the Peiho (Mellendorff!); Jehol (David, 1942, ex 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 165 Franchet), near Peking (ex Bunge). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia to Japan. 2. Astragalus capillipes, Fisch. ex Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 21. n. 92; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 85. Cuint1: between Peking and Lunzuanssy (Tatarinow!). Herb. Kew. 3. Astragalus chinensis, Linn. f. Dec. Pl. Rar. i. t.3; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 294; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 32. n. 147 ; Baker & Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381. N.E. CurNA: Moukden to Kirin (James!) ; Surnexrne: west of Chienshan (foss!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. 4. Astragalus chrysopterus, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 51. Kaxsun (Przewalski ex Bunge). 5. Astragalus complanatus, R. Br. ex Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 1. n.1; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 84. Phyllolobium chinense, Fisch. in Spreng. Nov. Prov. Hort. Hal. et Berol. p. 33; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 521. Curt (Staunton! Tatarinow!). Mus. Brit.; Herb Kew. 6. Astragalus dahuricus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 285 ; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 3; Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 318; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 86. N.E. Cutwa: Moukden to Kirin (James D: Cuimir: Peking mountains (David, 584, ex Franchet); Suantuna (Maingay !). Herb. Kew. Dahuria and Mongolia. 7. Astragalus dependens, Bunge, in Mél. Biol. x. p. 640. Kaxsun (Piasezki ex Bunge). 8. Astragalus glanduliferus, Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 16. Curmi : Tientsin (ex Debeau zl 9. Astragalus Hancockii, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 640. CHL: Siaowutaishan (Hancock et Mellendorff ex Bunge). 10. Astragalus Laxmanni, Jacq. Hort. Vindob. iii. t. 37; Pall. Astrag. p. 38. n. 48, t.30; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p- 84. n. 344; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 297. 166 46. LEGUMINOSZ: PAPILIONACE E. Kawsum: Hami (Mesny ex Hance). Mus. Brit. Eastern Siberia and Mandshuria. 11. Astragalus melilotoides, Pall. Astrag. p. 51. n. 54, t. 41; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 284; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. p. 21. n. 93. Cumi: near Peking (Zutarinow! Bretschneider!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia, Mongolia. 12. Astragalus Mollendorffii, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 641. CHIHLI: Siaowutaishan, 3600 to 5000 feet (Mellendorff ex Bunge). 13. Astragalus monadelphus, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 52. Kansus: without locality (Przewalski ex Bunge). 14. Astragalus Przewalskii, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 52. Kansvu: without locality (Przewalski ex Bunge). 15. Astragalus scaberrimus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 17, et Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 197. n. 790; Walp. Rep. i. p. 710; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 9. Curmi: near Peking (Bunge! Tutarinow! Bretschneider ! Hancock !). Eastern Siberia, Mongolia. 16. Astragalus sciadophorus, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 84. Oum: Jehol (David ex Franchet). 17. Astragalus sinicus, Linn. Mant. p. 103; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 2. n. 10; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 198; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 27; Bot. Mag. t. 1350. Astragalus lotoides, Lam. Encycl. i.p. 316; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 282. Kranesu: Shanghai (Maingay! Wykeham Perry!); CHE- KIANG: Ningpo (Everard! Oldham!); KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Fos: Amoy (Fortune, 82 A!); Formosa (Oldham! Swinhoe!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); YUNNAN (Anderson ex Kurz); KwaNaruNa: Macao (Calléry ex Bunge); Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. | 18. Astragalus skythropos, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 9l; 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACEA, 167 Kanitz, Bot. Result. Centr. As. Exped. Bel. Szech., reprint, p. 10. Kawsun: without locality (Przewalski ex Bunge). 19. Astragalus tartaricus, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 87. CHIH: Jehol (David, 2151, ex Franchet). 20. Astragalus tenuis, Turez. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. i. p. 824; Bunge, Astrag. Sp. Geront. pars altera, p. 21. n. 29; Franchet, Pl. David. pp. 85 et 86, cum var. scoparia. Indigofera melilotoides, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 163. Cumt: near Peking (Bushell! Williams in hb. Hance, 12469 !), Jehol (David, 2067, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria, Mongolia. 21. Astragalus variabilis, Bunge, Bull. Acad. Pétersb. xxiv. 1878, p. 33 ; Kanitz in Math. und Naturw. Ber. Ungarn., reprint, p. 9. Kawnsvu (Loczy ex Kanitz). Kanitz, loc. cit., indicates a new species of Astragalus, which he does not describe ; hence the name is not taken up here. [Phaca trifoliata, Linn. Mant. p. 270; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 275, is an obscure plant; and P. villosa, Nutt., seems to have been erroneously recorded from China in the same work, p. 274.] 1. Oxytropis icolor, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 17; Walp. Rep. i. p. 690. Curr: near Peking (Bunge! David, hb. Hance, 15611!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Oxytropis hirta, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 17 ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 692. Cum: near Peking (Bunge! Tatarinow! Hancock!) ; SHING- KING: Talienhwan (Swinhoe, hb. Hance, 6501!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mongolia. 3. Oxytropis Mellendorffii, Bunge in Mél. Biol. x. p. 637. Curr: Siaowutaishan at 7500 to 9000 feet (Mellendorff ex Bunge). 168 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACE E. 4. Oxytropis oxyphylla, DC.? Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470. Cur: near Peking (ex Maximowicz). O. oxyphylla, DC. (Prodr. ii. p. 279), inhabits Dahuria and Siberia. 5. Oxytropis psammocharis, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 78. Cumu: Nankau Pass (Williams, hb. Hance, 14685 !). Mus. Brit. 6. Oxytropis subfalcata, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p.78 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 88. Curnir: Peking district (Williams, hb. Hance, 14889!) ; Pohuashan (David, 2294, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. 7. Oxytropis uratensis, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 91. Cum: near Peking (David, 2355, ex Franchet). 1. Glycyrrhiza asperrima, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 330; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 248; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 297; Boiss. FI. Or. ii. p. 202. Kawsuu: Hami (Mesny, hb. Hance, 22127!). Mus. Brit. South-eastern Russia to Persia, Afghanistan, and Siberia. 2. Glycyrrhiza echinata, Linn. Sp. Pl. i. p. 741; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 445 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 248; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 203; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 210. SHANTUNG : without locality (Maingay, 29 !), Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). | Herb. Kew. Southern Europe eastward to Persia, but not recorded from Siberia. 3. Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 742; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 247; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 446; Bretsch. Early Res. p. 145. * Agrestis cultaque in variis locis imperii Chinensis ” (Loureiro). South of Europe and North Africa to Afghanistan, Turkestan, and Songaria. 4. Glycyrrhiza glandulifera, Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Hung.i. p. 20, t. 21; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 247; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 470; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 202. 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACER. 169 Cuinur: Peking (ex Maximowicz). South-eastern Europe to Afghanistan and Turkestan. Boissier treats this as a variety of G. glabra, which extends westward to Portugal. 5. Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 79. Suinekine: Peiling (Webster!); SHanruna: Chefoo (Stuhl- mann, hb. Hance, 17912 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Amurland. 6. Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 248; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 297; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 92. Cnmtr- plains (David ex Franchet). Siberia. 1. Hedysarum brachypterum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 18; Walp. Rep. i. p. 745; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 93. CHIHLI: near Zsimini and Swanchuafu (Junge!) Herb. Kew. Mongolia. 2. Hedysarum esculentum, Ledeb. in Denkschr. Bot. Gesellsch. Regensb. ii. p. 112; Fl. Ross. i. p. 707. CHINA ? (Wykeham Perry). Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia; Mandshuria ; Japan. 3. Hedysarum multijugum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 212. KawsuH: western alpine region (Przewalsky ex Maximo- wicz). 4. Hedysarum obscurum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1057; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 843; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 706. Cururr: Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Maximowicz MSS.). South of Europe eastward through Siberia to Sachalin. 5. Hedysarum, sp. nov.? Western Curva: Ramala Mountains (Gill!). Mus. Brit. A very distinct plant; but the specimen consists of à branch bearing one spike of flowers; hence we are not certain that it belongs to this genus. In the Kew Herbarium is a flowering specimen of a probable species of this genus, different from any of the foregoing, col- lected by Bushell near Peking. 170 40. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACE X. 1. Ormocarpum sennoides, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 315; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.t. 297; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 152. Diphaca cochinchinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 454. Cua : cult. (ex Loureiro); Lvonv ARCHIPELAGO (JFright!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, Polynesia, and Australia. 1. Hschynomene indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 713; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 320; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 79; Miq. Journ. Bot. Neéerl. i. p. 122; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 97, et in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 211. SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Forbes!), without locality (Staunton! Maingay!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer! David, 785!) ; For- Mosa (Oldham!) ; Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Kwanerune: Macao (Calléry!), Pakhoi (Playfair!); Honaxone (Champion Hance, 236!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 1. Smithia conferta, Sm.in Rees’s Cyclop. xxxiii.; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 323; Hance in Journ. Bot. xiii. p. 102. Kwanetune: Kowlung (Sampson!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and North-east Australia. Baker (in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 149) treats this as a variety of S. geminiflora, Roth. 2. Smithia salsuginea, Hance, in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 164, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 102; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 58. Smithia dichotoma, Dalz. MSS. ex Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. n. p. 150. Kwanerune: Kowlung, opposite Hongkong (Sampson). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Peninsula of India. 3. Smithia sensitiva, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. p. 496, t. 13; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 323; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 58. KwawaruNG: around Canton (Hance, 5523! Sampson); Formosa (Oldham, 173!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Africa. 46. LEGUMINOSEX : PAPILIONACER. 171 1. Geissaspis cristata, Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. i. p. 218; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 141 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 102. Kwanetuna: Kowlung (Sampson!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread ia tropical Asia. [Arachis hypogea, Linn. (syn. A. asiatica, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 430), a South-American plant, is cultivated in China, as in most warm countries.] 1. Zornia diphylla, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 318 ; Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 19; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 147; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 80; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 436. Zornia angustifolia, Smith in Rees’s Cyclop.; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 316. Hedysarum diphyllum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 747 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 449. Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 96!); KwawaTruNa: Macao (Va- chell!), Pakhoi (Playfair!); Hoxakowa (Wilford! Champion! Wright!) ; Kwanast (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Diffused throughout the tropics. 1. Desmodium Cephalotes, Wall. Cat. 5721; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 161; Hance in. Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260 Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 438; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 373. Dendrolobium Cephalotes, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 218. KwawoTrUNG: banks of the West river (Sampson!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Common and widely spread in tropical Asia. 2. Desmodium elegans, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 88; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 439. Dicerma elegans, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 339. Phyllodium elegans, Desv. ex Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 217. Zornia elegans, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 318. Hedysarum elegans, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 450. Soen Cura: without locality (Parkes! Millett !); Kwane- TUNG: Whampoa (Hance!), Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Hoxakoxa (Wright! Champion!) ; Hatnan: between Hoihow and Kiung- 172 46. LEGUMINOSX: PAPILIONACER. chow (Hancock! Lamont! Forbes!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Cochin China; Java; Philippines. 3. Desmodium floribundum, G. Don, Gen. Syst. à. p. 297; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 167. Desmodium multiflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 335. Desmodium dubium, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 967; Bot. Mag. t. 2960, fide Baker. Herr. Patung (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. India, from the Punjab to Khasia, ascending to 7000 feet. The Chinese plant is a very fine variety with blue flowers, and the strongly veined under surface of the leaflets is pubescent. 4. Desmodium formosum, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. (1843), Suppl. i. p. 29; Walp. Rep. i. p. 740. l Kwanetune : meadows around Macao (Meyer ex Vogel). The description of this species does not accord with any Desmo- dium we have seen from China. 5. Desmodium gangeticum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 327; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 84; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1i. p. 168 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 443 ; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 271. Hedysarum gangeticum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 746; Lour. Fi. Cochinch. p. 448. SourH Cuwa: without locality (AMillett!) ; Kwanerune: near Canton (ex Loureiro); Honexona (Hance! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely diffused in tropical Asia and Africa, and colonized in the West Indies. It is singularly variable in foliage. 6. Desmodium Gardneri, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 226; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 105 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 441. Desmodium podocarpum, Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 46, non DC., fide Baker, loc. cit. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 159, 160!); Huren : Ichang (A. Henry D: Kwaxerune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Peninsula of India, Ceylon, and Japan. Most of the Chinese specimens are young, and doubtfully referred to this species. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 173 7. Desmodium gyroides, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 326; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 175; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 438. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and Malaya. 8. Desmodium heterophyllum, DC. Prodr.ii. p. 334; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 173; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 445. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 162!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair Y). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia generally and the Mascarene Islands. 9. Desmodium laburnifolium, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 337 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 163; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 280; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 439. Catenaria laburnifolia, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 220. Kranasv: Shanghai (Carles!) ; Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 168!) ; Huren : Ichang (A. Henry !); Kwanetuna: North river (Hance, 13758!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Throughout tropical India and Malaya. 10. Desmodium latifolium, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 328; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 168; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. p. 270. Hedysarum latifolium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 57 ; Bot. Reg. x. t. 355. Cuina: without locality (Staunton ex Bot. Reg.). Widely spread in tropical Africa and Asia, eastward to the Philippine Islands; but we have seen no Chinese specimen, though from the distribution of the species there is no reason why it should not occur in the southern provinces. The plant figured in the ‘ Botanical Register’ is recorded as having been raised from seeds brought by Staunton from China. 11. Desmodium laxiflorum, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv. 1825, p. 100, et in Prodr. ii. p. 335; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 164; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 440. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 161!). Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, and the Philippines. 174 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACES. 12. Desmodium lutescens, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 326. Hedysarum lutescens, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. vi. p. 417. Zornia lutescens, Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. ii. p. 900. Cuina (ex Poiret). Poiret gives a full description of this species; yet we have not succeeded in identifying it with any that we have seen. De Candolle ascribes the name under Desmodium to Desvaux ; but it is not mentioned by the latter in the place cited by the former. 13. Desmodium oblatum, Baker in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, p. 230, et in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 166. Souru-west CurNA (Bourne!). Herb. Kew. Birma, Malacca. 14. Desmodium Oldhami, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 165; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 442. N.E. Curva: Moukden to Kirin (James!); Kiawosr: Kiu- kiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 15. Desmodium parvifolium, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv. 1825, p. 100, et in Prodr. ii. p. 334; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 174; Mig. Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 122; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 84. Desmodium microphyllum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 337; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 445; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 94. Kiawasr: Kiukiang (David, 895) ; FokrgN : Amoy (Fortune, 118! Swinhoe!); Hurrun: Ichang (A. Henry!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending eastward to Japan. 16. Desmodium podocarpum, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv. 1825, p. 102, et Prodr. ii. p. 836; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 165; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 440, non Hook. et Arn. N.E. Curva: Moukden to Kirin (James!); KrANGSU: Shanghai (Maingay ! Tonnerre!) ; Ktanast: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Hurrun: Ichang (4. Henry!) ; Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford !); Corra: Gensan (Perry!)! Leen Amcnuripexnaao (JWright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North India, Mandshuria, and Japan. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 175 An exceedingly variable species, of which Maximowicz defines three varieties, whose extreme forms are very different from each other in foliage. We have not critically examined the specimens indicated above; but most of them want fruit. Franchet (Pl. David. p. 94) records D. japonicum, Miq., a variety of this, aecording to Maximowicz's view, from the Lychan Mountains in Kiangsi. 17. Desmodium polycarpum, DO. Prodr. ii. p. 334; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 180; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 84; Miq. in Journ. Bot. Néerl. i. p. 122; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 171; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 433; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind, Or. t. 406. Desmodium purpureum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 62. Desmodium nervosum, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 28; Walp. Rep. i. p. 739. Desmodium heterocarpum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 337. Desmodium Buergeri, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 45. Sours Curva: without locality (Millett !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 163!); Hurem : Ichang (4. Henry!); Kwanetune: Whampoa (Robertson !); Howakowa (Wright! Champion) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia; Polynesia; Zanzibar; Japan. Var. trichocaulon, Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 172; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 444; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 335 (species) ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260. FoxrEN : Amoy (Swinhoe!) ; Kwaxeruxa : Saichushan (Parry ex Hance). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. . Widely spread in India. 18. Desmodium pulchellum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 83; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 162; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xu. p. 438. Dicerma pulchellum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 339; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 418. Phyllodium pulchellum, Dese. Journ. de Bot. iii. p. 123, t. 9. fig. 24. . Hedysarum pulchellum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 747; Lour. Fi. Cochinch. . 449. i Cursa: without locality (Millett! Parkes! Fortune, 15!); Foxren: Amoy (Swinhoe!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 164 !); Kwanetune: Swatow (Phillips !), Macao (Tate !), Pakhoi (Play- 176 46. LEGUMINOSJ£: PAPILIONACE E. fair!); Whampoa (Hance!); Honaxona (Champion! Wright! Urquhart! Wilford! Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and the Philippine Islands. 19. Desmodium reticulatum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p.46; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 84; Mig. Journ. Bot. Néerl. i. p. 122; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 444; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10 (forma foliis omnibus unifoliolatis). SourH Cuwa: without locality (Parkes!); KwawarUNG: Macao (Gomez da Silva ex Henriques), Whampoa (Hance!) ; Pakhoi (Playfair?) ; Hoxakoxa (Champion! Wright!); HAINAN (Bullock *). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. There is alittle doubt about Playfair's Pakhoi specimen belong- ing to the unifoliolate form of ihis species, as the material is insufficient to decide the question. 20. Desmodium retroflexum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 336; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 170; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 443. Kwanetune: hills around Whampoa (Krone! Hance, 3883 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Himalayas to Tenasserim. 21. Desmodium rufescens, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 335; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 171; Kanitz in Math. und Natur. Ber. Ungarn, reprint, p. 12. SZECHUEN (Loczy ex Kanitz). Ceylon and the Nilghiris. 22. Desmodium triflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 834; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.83; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p.173 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 444. Hedysarum triflorum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p.749; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 450; Retzius, Observ. iv. p. 29. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair !), Macao (Tate!) ; HoNokoNa (Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost throughout the tropics. 23. Desmodium triquetrum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 326; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 83; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 163; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 439; Mig. Journ. de Bot. Neéerl. i. p. 122. 46. LEGUMINOS®: PAPILIONACER. 177 Pteroloma triquetrum, Benth. in Pl. Jungh. i. p. 220. Desmodium acrocarpum, Hance in Hook. Lond. Journ. vii. p. 473; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 414. Sourn CnurwaA: without locality (Millett! Parkes!) ; Kwane- TUNG: Macao (Tate!), Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honexone (Hinds! Urquhart! Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Mascarene Islands, and Philippines. 24. Desmodium umbellatum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 325; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 161; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 438. Hedysarum umbellatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 747; Jacq. Hort. Schenb. t. 297. Dendrolobium umbellatum, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 218. Lvcnuu ARCHIPELAGO (Tashiro ex Maximowicz). Tropical Asia, Polynesia, and Mascarene Islands. 25. Desmodium viride, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 29; Walp. Rep. i. p. 739. Kwanerune: meadows around Macao (Meyen). 1. Pycnospora hedysaroides, R. Br. ex Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. i. p. 197; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 91; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 153. Pycnospora nervosa, Wight et Arn. loc. cit. Sourn Omya: without locality (Millett !); Formosa: Tam- sui (Oldham, 169!) ; Hoxakoxa (Champion! Wright! Lamont). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Australia, and the Philippines. 1. Uraria crinita, Desv. Journ. de Bot. ii. p. 122, t.5; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 824; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 81. Uraria comosa, DC. loc. cit. Uraria crinita, var. macrostachya, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 8, t. 110; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 1852, p. 45. Sourn Cura: without locality (Parkes! Fortune! Millett n; Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Champion! Tate! Lamont! Forbes!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia. 2. Uraria hamosa, Wall. Cat. 5681 B; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 156, var. sinensis, Hemsl., foliolis obovato-rotun- datis, racemis laxioribus, pedicellis longioribus divaricatis. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. N 178 46. LEGUMINOSJE: PAPILIONACEX. Hupen: Ichang (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. The typical plant is common in India and extends to the Malay Archipelago. 3. Uraria lagopoides, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 324; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 156. Hedysarum lagopodioides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1198 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 168, t. 53; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 450. Foxien (de Grijs!) ; Kwanerune (ex Loureiro). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. 4. Uraria picta, Desv. Journ. de Bot. ui. p. 122; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 324; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 155 ; Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 26. Hedysarum pictum, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 567. Kwanetune: Cape Lyngmoon (Meyen ex Vogel); Kwanest (Wenyon!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Africa and Asia, eastward to the Philippine Islands, and in Australia. 1. Lourea obcordata, Desv. Journ. de Bot. ii. p. 122; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 324; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 82. Hedysarum reniforme, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 447, excl. syn. ex x DC. Lourea reniformis, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 324. Cuina: without locality (Millett!) ; Kranasu : Shanghai ( Main- gay!) ; FokrEN : Amoy (Hance, 643!) ; Formosa (Oldham, 175!) ; Kwanetune: ramparts of Canton (Maingay!); Howakowse (Wright! Champion!); Hatnan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Birma, Malaya, tropical Australia, and the Philippines. 2. Lourea vespertilionis, Desv. Journ. de Bot. iii. p. 122; DC. Prodr. i. p. 323; Hook. A Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 180. Hedysarum vespertilionis, Linn.; Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 566. Cursa: without locality (Beechey ex Hooker d Arnott). Tropies of both hemispheres, yet uncertain where it is really indigenous. 1. Alysicarpus bupleurifolius, DO. Prodr. ii. p. 352; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 81; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 168. Honexone (Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Mascarene Islands, and Polynesia. — 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACE.E. 179 2. Alysicarpus rugosus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 353 ; Baker in Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 159. Sourn Cutna (Ford?). Herb. Kew. Ford's is an imperfect specimen, doubtingly referred to this species, which is widely spread in the tropies of the Old World, occurring also at the Cape of Good Hope aud in the West Indies. 3. Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 353; Benth. FT. Hongk. p. 80; Mig. in Journ. Bot. Néerl. i. p. 122; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 158. Alysicarpus nummularizfolius, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 353. Cursa: without locality (Millett! Staunton!); Kwanatuna: Pakhoi (Playfair D: Honexone (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout the tropics of the Old World and colonized in America. l. Lespedeza bicolor, Z'urez. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Mosc. 1840, p. 69; Rupr. Dec. Pl. Amur. t. 5; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 355 (varietates a. typica, f. intermedia, et y. Sie- boldi); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 95; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 45. Lespedeza Sieboldi, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 47. Cura: without locality (Mulgrave!) ; N.E. Curva: Moukden to Kirin (James!) ; Cum: district of Peking (Skatchkoff! Ta- tarinow!), Pohuashan (Bretschneider!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Maingay !'); Onekana (Staunton!); Kranasu: Kiangnan (Staunton !); Kianeast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Corra : Chemulpo (Carles !), Port Chusan ( Wil- ford D: Corran AmcurPELAGO (Oldham, 339!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan and Mandshuria, a common species. 2. Lespedeza Buerger), Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 47; Mazim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 354. Lespedeza Oldhami, Mig. loc. cit. p. 48. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO or Japan (Oldham, 333, 335!). Herb. Kew. Japan. It is uncertain whether this species occurs within our limits. 3. Lespedeza Caraganæ, Bunge, Descr. Gen. et Sp. Chin. dec. i. p. 11; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 46. N2 180 46. LEGUMINOS#E : PAPILIONACER. Carati: mountains near Peking (ex Bunge). This belongs to the group which includes the closely allied L. juncea and L. sericea, “sed omnium Lespedezorum maxime angustifolia et leguminis forma distincta videtur " (Mazximowicz). 4. Lespedeza chinensis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 307, excl. syn. Thunb., fide Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 367 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 181. CurNA: without locality (Millett Di: Fos: Amoy (Hance, 1429!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 185, 187 !); Kwanerune: Macao (Gaudichaud!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. There is a Lespedeza in the Kew Herbarium from Ichang (A. Henry, 2277) with broader, softly hairy leaflets, which may be a variety of L. chinensis, or an allied undescribed species. a 5. Lespedeza ciliata, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 48, in nota; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 851. CuEexiane: Chusan (Fortune, 42! Jacob!) ; Kranast: Kiu- kiang (Ab. Forbes!) ; FOKIEN: Chinchew (Fortune !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. ` We follow Maximowiez in retaining this as an independent species, though it is hardly separable from L. macrocarpa, Bunge. 6. Lespedeza cyclobotrya, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i. p. 48 ; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 357. ConEAN ARCHIPELAGO? (Oldham, 337!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 7. Lespedeza Davidii, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 94, t. 18. Kriawasi: Kiukiang (David, 925, ex Franchet, Shearer !). Herb. Kew. There can be no doubt that Shearer’s plant is the species de- scribed by Franchet, though the largest leaflets are as much as three inches and a half long. 8. Lespedeza elliptica, Benth. Cat. Griff. Pl. no. 1745 (no- men tantum); Mazim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 853; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 148. Hurren: Ichang and Patung (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains, India. The Chinese specimens are in flower and are generally more hairy than the Indian, especially the upper surface of the leaves. 46. LEGUMINOSH: PAPILIONACER. 181 9. Lespedeza floribunda, Bunge, Descr. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Chin. p.13; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 860; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 78; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. A8: Franchet, Pl. David. p. 96. CHIHLI : near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 2136, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 10. Lespedeza juncea, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 318; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 348 ; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. i. pp. 370 et 371, in nota (varietates inschaniea, kanaoriensis, sericea et latifolia); Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 123; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 96; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 142. Lespedeza sericea, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 49; Mazim. loc. cit. p. 368. Lespedeza cuneata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 307; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 47, et Fl. Hongk. p. 85; Seem. Bot, Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 9/4; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193. Var. a. juncea, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 318 (species propria). Curmi: near Peking (Bushell! Tatarinow !); between Peking and Jehol (Staunton D ; Jehol (David, 2187, ex Franchet) ; SHAN- TUNG: Chefoo (ex Debeaux); KiaxGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia and Mandshuria. Var. 3. inschanica, Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 371, in nota. CHIHLI: mountains of Inschan, near Peking (ex Masi- mowicz). Var. y. sericea, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iti. p. 49 (species propria). CurwA: without locality (Fortune, 46! Millett!) ; Suiwo- KING; Kaichow to Kiuchow (Ross!) ; Suantune (Maingay!) ; Kraxasv: Shanghai (Maingay!); Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!) Foxen: Amoy (Hance, 1428! Wilford !); Fonwosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 188!); Huren: Ichang and Patung (4. Henry!); SzkcuvEN (Mesny D: Yunnan (Anderson ex Kurz); Kwawa- tune (Hance!); Howakowa (Champion! Fortune !); Corra (Carles!) ; Corran AmcniPELAGO (Oldham !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. North India, Japan, Australia. 182 40. LEGUMINOSJE: PAPILIONACES. Var. ò. latifolia. Lespedeza juncea, var. subsessilis, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 49. COREAN AncuiPELAGO (Oldham, 334!). Herb. Kew. ll. Lespedeza macrocarpa, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 18; Mazim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 351; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 94. Campylotropis chinensis, Bunge. Descrip. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Chin. dec. i. p. 7 ; Walp. Rep. v. p. 527. Camir: near Peking (JMoellendorff! Bushell! Bretschnei- der!) Kupehkan, 100 miles north of Peking (Williams!) ; Hurren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 12. Lespedeza medicaginoides, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p.19; Walp. Rep. i. p. 478; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. i. p. 375; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 96. Curai: near Peking (Staunton! Bushell! Williams! Tata- rinow! Skatchkoff!); Sutnextna: Peiling (Webster!); Hupen: Ichang (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. There is some doubt whether the specimens referred here really belong to this species. 18. Lespedeza pilosa, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p.121; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 381. ConEAN ARCHIPELAGO: both groups (Oldham, 345!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 14. Lespedeza striata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 262; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 85; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 382; U.S. Dep. Agric. Rep. 1878, p. 180, t. 24 ; Rep. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1887, p. 4. Lespedeza stipulacea, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 85 et 470. Common from Curr, SurxakiNa, the CongA, and Hen to Howakowa and Formosa (Cantor! Tatarinow! Ross! Main- gay! Oldham! A. Henry! Staunton! and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan, and colonized in the Southern States of North America, where it is known as “Japan Clover.” In California it has spread over thousands of acres, and affords excellent pasturage; and attempts are being made to establish it in South Australia, 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 183 15. Lespedeza trichocarpa, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 818; Mazim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 875; Debeaux Fl. Tchef. p. 47 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 97. CnuiHLr: near Peking (Bretschneider! Swinhoe! Williams! Cantor !); Huren : Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia. 16. Lespedeza viatorum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 47; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.86; Walp. Ann. iv. p.547; Mazim. in Acta Hort. Petrop. ii. p. 355. Curva: without locality (Fortune! Parkes!); CHEKIANG: Chusan (Jacob!); Krawasi: Kiukiang (SAearer?); Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 622! Swinhoe!) ; Kwanarune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Urquhart! Champion! Wilford! Lamont!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Shearer’s Kiukiang specimen is perhaps L. bicolor rather than this species. 7 17. Lespedeza villosa, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 318; DC. Prodr. ii. / p.849; Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 166. Lespedeza macrophylla, Bunge, Descr. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Chin. dec. i. p. 10; Turcz. Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. p. 151. Lespedeza tomentosa, Sieb. ex Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 376; Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 143; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 97 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 46. Curva: without locality (Fortune, 133!); Cumi: near Peking (Bretschneider! Skatchkoff! Tatarinow !); SHINGKING : Peiling (Webster!), Kaichow to Kiuchow (foss!); SuaNTUNG : Chefoo (Fortune!); Krawasu: Shanghai (Maingay!) ; Huren : Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North-west India, Mandshuria, and Japan. 18. Lespedeza virgata, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 350; Maxim. in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 362; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 212. Lespedeza Swinhoei, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° série, v. p. 2lu. Suanrune (Maingay!); Cuexrane: Ningpo (Swinhoe !), Chusan (Jacob!); Foxren: Lamyet Island (Swinhoe D; Kr- anast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry b, Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 340!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 184 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACEZ. 19. Lespedeza sp. nov.? L. pilose affinis. Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. 1. Vicia amena, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 355; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 672, et Ic. Fl. Ross. t. A81; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 98. Vicia Rapunculus, Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 49, ex Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 212. CHIHLI : near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider Y), Jehol (David, 1891!) ; Surnexina: Kaichow to Kiuchow (Koss!) Talienwhan (Birnie!); SHantune (Maingay!); Corea: Port Chusan (Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Siberia and Japan. 2. Vicia angustifolia, Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. i. p. 310; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 666; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 98. Suenst (David ex Franchet). Europe, N. Africa, and Asia eastward to Japan. 3. Vicia Cracca, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 735; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 857 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 674; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 259. Nonn Cursa: Moukden to Kirin (James!) ; Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); Kansun (Piasezki ex Maaimowicz); SZECHUEN (Parker ex Hance); ComEAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 363 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe, N. Africa, Asia, and N. America. 4. Vicia gigantea, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 19; Walp. Rep.i. p. 715; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 98. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Tatarinow !). Herb. Kew. An imperfect specimen of a Vicia (or Lathyrus) in the Kew Herbarium from near Peking, collected by Bushell, looks at first sight like a reduced state of this species ; but it is more probably an undescribed one. It has unijugate leaflets, and fewer, larger flowers, with a very short-toothed calyx. 5. Vicia hirsuta, Koch, Synopsis Fl. Germ. ed. 1, p. 191; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 99. Ervum hirsutum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 738; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 366; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 663. Kranasu : Shanghai (Perry !); Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; 46. LEGUMINO&E: PAPILIONACES. 185 Corra: Port Hamilton (Wilford, 632!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe, N. Africa, and Asia; colonized in America. 6. Vicia pseudo-Orobus, Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. p. 41; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 671; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 97. Cuni: Peking (Skatchkoff !), Jehol (David, 2148, ex Franchet); Chienshan, Moukden, and Peiling (Webster !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Japan. The plant referred to by Baker and Moore (in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381) as a probable variety of Vicia pseudo-Orobus, Fisch. et Mey., is apparently Orobus venosus, Willd. (Vicia venosa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 66), a Siberian species; and there is a specimen of another Orobus in the Kew Herbarium, collected by James in Shingking or Northern Corea, which may be O. vernus, Linn., — Lathyrus vernus, Koch ; but these widely- spread Viciee present such a diversity of forms that they are not easily determinable, except from very complete specimens. 7. Vicia sativa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 736; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 360; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 297; Debeaux, FI. Shangh. p. 28. Norta Curva: apparently widely spread (Henry! Maingay! Wilford!). Maus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A native of the Mediterranean region, now widely colonized through cultivation. 8. Vicia tetrasperma, Mænch, Meth. Pl. p. 148. Ervum tetraspermum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 738; Ledeb. FI. Ross. i. p. 663. Kraxasu : Shanghai (Maingay D: FokiEN : Foochow (Perry !); Corran AncnurPELAGO (Oldham, 364!). Herb. Kew. Europe, N. Africa, and Asia, eastward to Japan. 9. Vicia tridentata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 19; Walp. Rep. i. p. 715; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm.p.9; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 98. l Cuni: near Peking (Bretschneider! Williams! Everard ! Bunge!) ; Surnexrye : Peiling (Webster !); SmaxntuNG: Chefoo (Hancock !); Suunst (David, 2367 !). Herb. Kew. 186 40. LEGUMINOSZ: PAPILIONACER. 10. Vicia unijuga, 47. Br. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1853, p.12; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 51; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 99; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 65. Orobus lathyroides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 728; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 377 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381. CHIHLI : near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider !) ; SKINGKING or Norta Corea (James!); SuaNTUNG (Maingay!); KrANGSI: Kiukiang (Mellendorff ex Hance); Corra: Port Chusan (Wil- ford!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Japan. l. Lathyrus Davidii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 130; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 63; Franchet, Pl. David. p.99, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 212. Cururr: near Peking (David, 2215!), Pohuashan (Zutarinow ex Maximowicz); SuiwaKING: Moukden (Webster!) ; SHING- KING or Coppa (James!); SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Amur, Mandshuria, and Japan. 2. Lathyrus maritimus, Bigel. Fl. Bost. 2nd ed. p. 268; Walp. Rep. i. p. 720; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 60, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 9. Pisum maritimum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 727; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 368. SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock!); Corea: Port Chusan and Port Hamilton (Wilford, 685 !), Chemulpo (Carles!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 365!). Herb. Kew. Temperate and arctic Europe, Asia, and N. America. 3. Lathyrus palustris, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 733; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 371; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 297; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 62; Baker et S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p.381; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 218; Debeaux, Fl. Tehef. p. 51 (varietates). Cururr: near Peking ( Kirilow ex Maximowicz) ; SHINGKING: Jaoling (Ross!), between Moukden and Tungeheshien (James !), Peiling (Webster !); Suantuna: Chefoo (Perry!); CHEKIANG: Ningpo (Swinhoe ex Hance); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); Corea: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Temperate and arctic regions in Europe, Asia, and N. America. All the Chinese specimens we have seen have remarkably long 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 187 narrow leaflets, and probably belong to the var. y. linearifolius, Ser. (DC. Prodr. ii. p. 371). [.Ervum Lens, Linn., and Pisum sativum, Linn., are both commonly cultivated in China.] l. Abrus cantoniensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1808, p. 112, et 1869, p. 336. KwawarUNG: Pakwan, near Canton (Sampson !), Whampoa (Hance, 13417!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Abrus mollis, Zance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 130. KwawaruxG: Shekmum, near Canton, and White Cloud Hill (Sampson !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. In a note accompanying his specimens, Sampson states that in his opinion A. cantoniensis and A. mollis are forms of one species ; and he is probably right; but the specimens we have seen are hardly sufficient to enable us to pronounce an opinion on the subject. 3. Abrus precatorius, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13, p. 472 ; Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 428; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 381; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 181; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 374; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 92. SovrH CHurwa: without locality (Millett!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost all over the tropics. l. Clitoria Hanceana, Hemsl., n. sp. Suffrutex vel herba lignosa, semipedalis (Lebeuf’), caulibus teretibus flexuosis, internodiis brevibus. Folia subsessilia vel petiolata, trifoliolata ; foliola ineequalia, papyracea vel subcoriacea, subsessilia vel petiolulata (intermedium interdum longiuscule petiolulatum), oblonga, utrinque rotundata vel cuneata, apice apiculata, supra glabra, minute retieulato-venosa, subtus argenteo- pubescentia; stipule ovato - lanceolate, acute. Flores. albi CLebeuf), circiter 11 poll. longi, in axillis foliorum geminati, pedunculis pedicellisque brevibus ; bractes et bracteole late ovate, striate, sericez ; calyx corolla tertia parte brevior, parce sericeus, prominenter longitudinaliter multinervosus vel fere costatus, alte subæqualiter 5-lobatus, lobis lanceolatis acumina- tissimis ; petala (præcipue vexillum) hirta ; vexillum cucullatum, prominenter venosum ; carina et ale parve longe graciliterque unguiculate ; ovarium stipitatum, multiovulatum, puberulum, 188 46. LEGUMINOS#: PAPILIONACEE. sutura interiore presertim basi barbata, stylo elongato incurvato parce barbato. Legumen breviter stipitatum, glabrum, crus- taceum, oblongum, 23-3 poll. longum, leviter compressum, acutum, ecostatum. Clitoria macrophylla, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9, non Wall. Kwanetune: waste places along the North river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 11364!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Also in Cochinchina, collected by Godefroy Lebeuf. Readily distinguished from C. macrophylla, Wall., which is a climber with long internodes and petioles, almost glabrous leaves of a thicker texture, and more numerous flowers. In foliage C. Hanceana strongly resembles C. cajanefolia. 2. Clitoria Ternatea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 753; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 233 ; Miq. Journ. de Bot. Néerl.i. p. 123; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 208. South CurwA (Krone ex Miquel); Howakowa (Urquhart, cult.!, Forbes, naturalized !) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Generally spread in tropical countries, though probably existing in many places only as an escape from cultivation. 1. Amphicarpea Edgeworthii, Benth., var. japonica, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 164; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 9, et in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 69. Cup: near Peking (Bretschneider!); Su ANTUNG: Cheefoo (Ab. Forbes!); HuPEH : Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Amur, Mandshuria, Japan. Scarcely distinguishable as a variety from the Indian 4. Edge- worthii, and very closely allied to the North-American A. monoica. 1. Glycine hispida, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 70 (1873); Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 108 (1875); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 100. Soja hispida, Manch, Meth. Pl. p. 153; DC. Prodr. ii. p- 396; Bretschn. Early Res. pp. 27, 97, et 146. Cultivated throughout China and Japan and other parts of Asia. Maus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Glycine Soja, Sieb. et Zucc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. i. p. 119, non Benth. ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 70; Franchet, Pl. David. p- 100, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 213. 46. LEGUMINOSX: PAPILIONACER. 189 Glycine ussuriensis, Regel et Maack, Fl. Ussur. p. 52, t. 7. Curuir: near Peking (Bretschneider! Tatarinow!), Jehol (David, 2191, ex Franchet); SHantuna: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Herrn: Ichang (A. Henry!); Corra (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Amur, Mandshuria, and Japan. This may be the wild form of the foregoing cultivated plant, and it is treated as such by most botanists; but as it is so easily distinguished, we follow Maximowicz in keeping them apart. 3. Glycine tabacina, Benth. Fl. Austral. i. p. 244; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 780; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 105. Foxien: near Amoy (Sampson!); Kwanatune: Whampoa (Hance, 13061!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. New Caledonia, and very widely diffused in Australia. 4. Glycine tomentosa, Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. p. 245; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 780; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 105. Surnexine: Talienwhan (Swinhoe, hb. Hance, 5533 !): Foxten: Amoy (Sampson, hb. Hance, 1423!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 196!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Philippine Islands and Eastern Australia. [ Walpers, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix., Suppl. i. p. 324, records Johnia Wightii, Wight et Arn, Glycine javanica, Linn., a common Asiatic and African plant, from Cape Lyngmoon.] 1. Erythrina indica, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 391; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 412 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 188. Erythrina Corallodendron, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 706; Lour. Fi. Cochinch. p. 42. Borg Curva (ex Loureiro). Widely spread in tropical Asia, and often cultivated. 1. Apios Fortunei, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 67. Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 44!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 179!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Mucuna Championi, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 49; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 557; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 87. Honexone (Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 190 46. LEGUMINOSZ: PAPILIONACER. 2. Mucuna macrobotrys, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 422; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 87. Hoxaxoxa (Harland!), Mount Parker (Ford!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 3. Mucuna ($ Stizolobium) sempervirens, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex sempervirens, alte scandens, caule primario interdum 12 poll. diametro (fide Henryi), ramulis ultimis volubilibus. Folia trifoliolata, undique glaberrima, petiolata; foliola petio- lulata, coriacea, nitida, ovato-oblonga (lateralia obliqua), 33-5 poll. longa, acuminata, integerrima, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 4—5 subtus sat conspicuis, venis ultimis utrinque minute retieulatis; petiolus graciliusculus, subteres, basi incrassatus, 3-4 poll. longus ; petiolulus (seu rhachis) fol. intermedii circiter pollicaris, sub apice incrassato-articulatus; petioluli fol. late- ralium incrassati, 3—4 lineas longi. Flores racemosi, sericei (alabastra tantum visa), racemis in ramis vetustioribus fascicu- latis. Legumen lignosum, compressum, pedale (forsan interdum ultra) circiter 14 poll. latum, abortu ovulorum nonnullorum inter semina sepe constrictum, plus minusve aureo-puberulum, suturis ambobus incrassatis nec bicanaliculatis ut in M. macrocarpo; semina compressa, oblongo-rotundata, hilo velutino ad 3 circum- ferentia attingente. Hv»rn: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. This is nearly allied to the Indian M. macrocarpum, Wall., which differs conspicuously in the pod being channelled down both sides of both sutures. In the Kew Herbarium is a raceme of flowers of a Mucuna from Ningpo, collected by Everard; probably of this species. The smaller flowers differ otherwise from those of M. macrobotrys in having a less deeply toothed calyx, in the wings being glabrous on the margin, and in the bifid standard. 1. Galactia Tashiroi, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 446. Lvcuv AncuirEkLAGO (Tashiro ex Maximowicz). 2. Galactia, sp. ? Formosa (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. A distinct plant, but the material is insufficient for description. 1. Pueraria phaseoloides, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 125; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 102 ; Baker in Hook. fe Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 199. 46. LEGUMINOSEE: PAPILIONACER. 191 Neustanthus phaseoloides, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 235, et in Fl. Hongk. p. 86; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 556. Dolichos phaseoloides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 316. Pachyrhizus trilobus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 402; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184. Curva: without locality (Millett! Parkes!); Honexone (Champion! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely diffused in tropical Asia. 2. Pueraria Thunbergiana, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p.122; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 102; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 9; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 213; Bretschn. Early Res. pp. 14 et 28. Pachyrhizus Thunbergianus, Sie). et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. . 113. P Neustanthus chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 86; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 123. Pueraria sp., Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207. Pachyrhizus trilobus, DC.? Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471. Cuixa: without locality (Millett! Fortune, 22!); Cu: near Peking (Zatarinow & Bretschneider ex Maximowicz) ; Suan- TUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); CuHEKIANG: without locality (Staunton !), Chusan (Jacob!); KriaNasr: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Formosa (Oldham, 178!); Herrn: Ichang (A. Henry !); Kwanetune: Lofaushan (ford!) ; Honeaxone (Har- land!); Corra : Chemulpo (Carles !), in various localities (Perry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Common in Japan; and there is a specimen at Kew from the Burn Archipelago, which is probably this species. The speci- mens from the Corea and Formosa are very different in aspect, foliage, and length of the calyx-lobes; but they are connected by intermediate forms from Hongkong, Kiukiang, &c. This plant furnishes the Ko-pou fibre, which is manufactured into a fabric used for underclothing in summer, and said to be very comfortable, as it does not cling to the skin. The anatomy and histology of the plant have been very fully elaborated by Dr. C. Avetta in the ‘ Annuario del R. Instituto Botanico di Roma,’ 1885, pp. 201-222, tt. 17-19. Among the unpublished documents at Kew relating to this plant is a most interesting report on its fibre and the cloth made 192 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACE EX. therefrom in Japan, by Mr. J. C. Hall, Acting Japanese Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Tokio. This report, together with particulars of the Chinese manufactures from the same fibre by Mr. W. R. Carles, Mr. W. M. Cooper, and others, is much too lengthy to be given here, but will doubtless shortly appear else- where. It seems, however, owing to the costly primitive process of preparation, that the manufacture of the fabric has greatly declined in Japan during the last ten years. In the ‘ Bulletin de la Société d’Acclimatation de France,’ 1885, p. 138, Mr. Ch. Naudin reports on cultural experiments with this plant in the Autibes, where it grew most luxuriantly, though it flowered only sparsely. 1. Canavalia ensiformis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 404; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 195. Dolichos ensiformis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 725; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. . 437. P Canavalia gladiata, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 404; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 88. Formosa (Oldham !) ; Kwanerune : French Island, Whampoa (Hance, 5196!) ; Honexona (Wright, Urquhart, and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Var. turgida, Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 196; Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5534 (species). CuisA: without locality and collectors name. Herb. Kew. Generally dispersed in the tropies, especially in littoral dis- iricts; also cultivated. 2. Canavalia obtusifolia, DO. Prodr. ii. p. 404; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 196; Hemsl. Bot. ‘Challenger’ Exped. i. 1. p. 29, et 3. pp. 141 et 291. Formosa (Oldham, 177!); Hoxwexowa (Lamont!) Mas. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost universal on tropical sea-shores, including many remote islands and islets. 1, Phaseolus anguinus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 20; Walp. Rep. i. p. 776. CuinLi: near Peking, cult. (Bunge). Described as being near P. trilobus, Ait., one of the commonly cultivated species. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 193 2. Phaseolus chrysanthus, Savi, Diss. i. p. 15, ex DC. Prodr. ii. p. 395. CHIHLI: near Peking, cult. (Bretschneider !); Huren : Ichang, cult. (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 3. Phaseolus humilis, Hassk. Cat. Pl. Hort. Bogor. p. 278; Walp. Rep. v. p. 587. CHINA. 4. Phaseolus minimus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 290; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 88. KwaweruNG: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Harland! Hance, 1317!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Several other species of this genus are commonly cultivated in China, among them Phaseolus vulgaris, P. radiatus, and P. Mungo (see Bretschneider, ‘Early Researches,’ p. 146); and there are specimens of the last in the Kew Herbarium from Formosa, collected by Oldham; whether wild or cultivated is not stated. Debeaux (Fl. Shangh. p. 28) records P. Ricciardia- nus, B. hysterinus, as a cultivated plant of the neighbourhood of Shanghai. 1. Vigna lutea, A. Gr. in Bot. Wilkes’s U.S. Expl. Exped. i. p. 492; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 205. Sourn Cura ( Ford!). Generally spread in maritime districts within the tropics. 2. Vigna sinensis, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 386; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 562. Dolichos sinensis, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. p. 326; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 399; Dot. Mag. t. 2232. Dolichos Catiang, Linn. Mant. p. 269; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 399; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 442; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 147. l Vigna Catiang, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 188; Baker in Hook.f. FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 205. , CurxA: commonly cultivated and colonized, or perhaps native in some parts. Also cultivated in the tropics generally. 3. Vigna vexillata, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. p. 194, t. 50. f. 1; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 206. Phaseolus vexillatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 274. Hurrn: Ichang (A4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. o 194 46. LEGUMINOSX: PAPILIONACES. Spread nearly over all the tropics. In addition to the foregoing, there is a fragmentary specimen in the Kew Herbarium from Luchu, collected by Wright, which probably belongs to this genus. 1. Pachyrhizus angulatus, Rich. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 402; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 207; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184. Dolichos trilobus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 726; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 439. Pachyrhizus trilobus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 402. Bour Cunina: without locality (Millett!). Herb. Kew. Cultivated, and wild or naturalized, almost everywhere in the tropics. 1. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 403; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 211. Dolichos tetragonolobus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1020; Lour. Fi. Cochinch. p. 437. SourH Cara (ex Loureiro). Commonly cultivated in the tropics of the Old World. 1. Dolichos biflorus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 727; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 441; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 398; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 210. Kwanerune: Canton (ex Loureiro). Generally spread in the tropics of the Old World, aud some- times cultivated. 2. Dolichos Lablab, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 725 ; Baker in Hook. Jf. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 209. Lablab vulgaris, Savi, Diss. p. 19; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 401; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 123. Lablab nankinensis, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 402. Dolichos purpureus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1021; Lour. FL Cochinch. p- 438; Bot. Heg.1. 830; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 147. Dolichos albus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 439. Dolichos perennans, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 402. Formosa (Oldham!); HuPEH: Ichang, cult. (A. Henry!); Kwanetrune: Pakhoi (Playfair !), Macao (Millett!). Mus. Brit. Herb. Kew. Tropics of the Old World, and very exteusively cultivated. 46. LEGUMINOSJ£: PAPILIONACER. 195 Dolichos cultratus, DC., recorded by Franchet (Mém. Soc, Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 213) as a cultivated plant in Shan- tung, is perhaps a form of this species; and D. unguiculatus, Thunb., a species cultivated in Japan, is stated to be Chinese by Loureiro ; but it is most difficult, indeed probably impossible, to determine the native countries of most of the numerous Phaseole@ in cultivation. l. Cajanus indicus, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 248; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 217; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 89; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 447 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6440. Cytisus Cajan, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 739; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. . 463. P Cajanus flavus et C. bicolor, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 406; Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 31. Formosa (Maries!); Honexone (Wright! Hance!) ; Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Tanaka ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Commonly cultivated, and now spread all over the tropics, though probably native only in the Old World. 1. Dunbaria conspersa, Benth. in Pl. Jungh. i. p. 241; Fl. Hongk. p. 89; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 218. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfaw!); Honexone (Harland! Hance, 1316! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to North Australia. 2. Dunbaria subrhombea, Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207. Atylosia subrhombea, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 51. Glycine villosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 283. Kranust: Kiukiang (Shearer! Forbes!); Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Atylosia scarabzoides, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 242; Fl. Hongk. p. 90; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl.i. p. 123; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 215. Cura: without locality (Fortune, 34); in the south-west (Swinhoe!); HowNakoxa (Wilford! Wright! Hinds! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropicai Asia, Mauritius, Bourbon, and Madagascar. o2 196 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACEA. 1. Rhynchosia? Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex supra arbores scandens, ramulis floriferis gracillimis foliisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia graciliter petiolata, pinnatim trifoliolata, cum petiolo usque ad 5 poll. longa; foliola breviter petiolulata, tenuia, plus minusve inequalia, ovali-ob- longa vel interdum ovata, maxima 2 poll. longa, utrinque rotun- data, apice simul minute mucronata, supra glabra vel glabre- scentia, subtus appresse sericeo-pubescentia, albida vel ferruginea. Flores lutei, 8-9 lineas longi, densiuscule racemosi, brevissime pedicellati, racemis gracillimis folia equantibus, bracteis minutis persistentibus; calyx appresse hirsutus, tubulosus, oblique trun- catus, postice plus minusve fissus ; petala fere equilonga, glabra, longe unguiculata (unguibus carine et alarum gracillimis), vexillo lato biauriculato, alis l-vesiculosis ; stamina diadelphia, glabra, anthere conformes ; ovarium glabrum, distincte stipitatum, bi- ovulatum, stylo elongato gracillimo superne inerassato. Legu- men non vidi. HupEnH: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. This is somewhat anomalous in having a tubular truncate calyx, more or less fissured on the vexillary side; but otherwise it does not differ materially from Rhynchosia, unless the ripe pod should afford a more distinctive character. 2. Rhynchosia minima, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 385; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 223; Maaim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 447. Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Tanaka ex Maximowicz). All over the tropics, and extending to temperate regions as in South Africa and the United States. 3. Rhynchosia volubilis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 460; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 385; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 90; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 70. Curva: without locality (Millett); -Krawasu: Shanghai (Maingay!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa (Old- ham, 168!) ; Huren : Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Kwanetune : Macao (Vachell!), Pakhoi (Playfair !), Canton (Parkes!); Hosogugg (Wright! Champion!) ; Conran ARCHIPELAGO (ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 197 4. Rhynchosia sp., affinis R. viscose, DC. Hoven: Ichang (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Very near the common Indian R. viscosa; but the leaflets are ovate instead of rhomboidal, and there are slight floral differences. The pod is unknown. 1. Eriosema chinense, Vogel, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl.1, p. 31; Walp. Hep. i. p. 784; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 91; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 219; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i p.123; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 151. Cuina: without locality (Parkes!); Kwanatune: Pakhoi (Playfair D, Macao (Silva ex Henriques) ; Hoxakoxa (Wright! Champion !); Kwawasr (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Common in India and Malaya, and extending to the Philip- pines and North Australia. 1. Flemingia congesta, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 56, et Fl. Ind. iii. p. 340; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 8351; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 228 (varietates plures); Dyer in Pharm. Journ. May 31, 1884. Flemingia semialata, Roxb., et F. prostrata, Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. pp. 338 et 340; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 326. Flemingia Lamontii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10. Flemingia Grahamiana, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 242; Baker, loc. cit. Flemingia rhodocarpa, Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 231. Pops: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Formosa (Oldham, 188 »; Hurra: Ichang (4. Henry!); Kwaneruna: on the West River (Sampson! Lamont!), Lofaushan (Ford!). Mus. Brit. + Herb. Kew. l A common and very variable species in tropical. Africa, Arabia, India, Malaya, and the Philippines. The “waras ” dye is extracted from this in Arabia. Hance’s F. Lamontii is exactly F. prostrata, Roxb. 2. Flemingia stricta, Roxb. Corom. Pl. iii. t. 248, et Fl. Ind. iii. p. 3842; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 891; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 228. Cura: without locality (Millett D. Herb. Kew. Tropical regions of India, 198 46. LEGUMINOSE : PAPILIONACEZE. 1. Dalbergia Hancei, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 44, et in Fl. Hongk. p. 93. Foxien: Amoy interior (Swinhoe?); Honaxone (Wilford! Hance, 1810! Urquhart! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Dalbergia hupeana, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 5. Hvrrn: Ichang (Walters, hb. Hance, 21, 189! A. Henry); Cnexiane: Ningpo (Oldham! Cooper!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This is the “ Paitan.” In Dr. A. Henry’s notes it is stated that it is a tree 80 to 40 feet high, very common around Ichang; and the wood is used for the rammers of oil-presses. 3. Dalbergia lanceolaria, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 316; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 417; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 235; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231. Dalbergia frondosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 53, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 226 ; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 266. Cuwa: without locality (Millett D: Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. Tropical India from the Himalayas to Ceylon. 4. Dalbergia Millettii, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 34, et Fl. Hongk. p. 92. Dalbergia polyphylla, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 256 (partim) ; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 375. CurNA: without locality (Millett!); Hurren: Ichang (4. Henry!); Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Hance, 1809! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 5. Dalbergia monosperma, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. li. p. 86; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 48, et Fl. Hongk. p. 98; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 237. Cura: without locality (Millett!); Howexowa (Hance). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to the Philip- pines and North Australia. 5. Dalbergia rubiginosa, Roxb. Corom. Pl. ii. p. 9, t. 115, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 231; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 93; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 232. Honexone (Urquhart! Wright! Wilford! Harland! Hance, 1053! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. N 46. LEGUMINOSÆ: PAPILTITONACÈÆ. 199 Western peninsula of India, There are imperfect specimens at Kew of one or two addi- tional species of Dalbergia from Hainan, collected by B. C. Henry. 1. Pterocarpus indicus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 904; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 419; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 77; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 238; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 23. Pterocarpus flavus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 431? Cuina: without locality (Beechey! Millett! hb. Roxburgh!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia eastward to the Philippine Islands. 1. Derris chinensis, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 104, et FI. Hongk. p. 94. Sovuru Cuixa (Hance, 1504!); Oosrwa (Wright!). Herb. Kew. 2. Derris laxiflora, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 105. Norru-west Formosa (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. 3. Derris oblonga, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10, vix Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 112. Kwanatune: on the muddy banks of rivers (Sampson), West river, Shiuhing (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. After comparing this with the type of Bentham’s D. oblonga, we strongly doubt its being the same; but ripe pods are wanting. 4. Derris scandens, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl, p. 103; Fl. Hongk. p. 94, in nota; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 240. Dalbergia scandens, Roxb. Corom. Pi. ii. t. 192, et Fl. Ind. iii. p. 232; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184. Sourn Cura: without locality (Millett!) Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to North Australia. 5. Derris uliginosa, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 252, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 108 (B. Loureiri), et Fl. Hongk. p. 94; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 241. Derris trifoliata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 433. Cuixa : without locality (Macartney!); Kwanetune : Whampoa 200 46. LEGUMINOSH PAPILIONACER. (Hance, 60521); Hoxakoxa ( Wright! Champion!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Common, especially in littoral districts in tropical Asia, E. Africa, Mascarene Islands, and Polynesia, and also found in North Australia. A large-leaved variety (?) of this species was collected by Ford on Harbour Island, Kelung, Formosa. 1. Pongamia glabra, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 928; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 416; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 115, et FT. Hongk. p. 94; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 240. Kwaxaruxo : Whampoa ( Hance, 6064!) ; Hoxakoxa (Wright). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. One of the commonest sea-coast trees in the tropics of the Old World. [Pongamia chinensis, DC. (Prodr. ii. p. 416; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 181), syn. Robinia mitis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 455), not of Linneus, is to us an altogether obscure plant.] 1. Euchresta Horsfieldii, Benn. in Horsf. Pl. Jav. Rar. p.148, t.31; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 248; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 448. NomgrH-EAsT Formosa: about ten miles inland (Wilford, 4907); Leen Arcuipetago (Tashiro ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains, Eastern India, and in Java. 2. Euchresta tenuifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex glabrescens, cortice demum rubescente nitido, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis plus minusve appresso-hirsutis. Folia 6-8 poll. longa, 5-foliolata, petiolo rhachideque gracili parce ap- presso-hirsuto ; foliola brevissime petiolulata, membranacea (in ramis floriferis tenuissima), lanceolata, oblanceolata vel interdum fere rhomboidea, maxima (te:minalia) usque ad 4 poll longa, utrinque angustata, apice longe acuminata, utrinque precipue secus costam et margines appresso-hirsuta vel strigillosa, venis ultimis minute reticulatis, petiolulis inerassatis barbatis. Flores infra pollicares, racemosi, racemis gracilibus paucifloris oppositi- foliis vel subterminalibus; calyx truncatus vel obscure 5-dentatus, margine paree puberulus, latus, petalis dimidio brevior; petala obtusa, vexillo longiore basi inerassato, carina alisque longiuscule 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 201 unguiculatis; stamina 10, libera, filamentis deorsum dilatatis gla- bris; ovarium stipitatum, pauciovulatum, precipue secus suturas longe denseque pilosum. Legumen ignotum, Cragg: Ningpo (Cooper!) Herb. Kew. This is readily distinguished from the other two species by its very thin leaves with conspicuous finely reticulated venation. The free stamens and shaggy ovary are also distinctive characters, 80 far as the other species are known. 1. Bowringia callicarpa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 75; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 585; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 95. Cuna: without locality (Beechey!); FokiEN: Amoy moun- tains (Swinhoe!); Kwanetuna: Lofaushan (Ford!); Hoxne- KONG (Urquhart! Champion! Wilford! Wright! Lamont!), Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Cladrastis sp. P CurNa: without locality (Millett!). Herb. Kew. This is perhaps the same as Buergeria floribunda, Miq. (Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 53), which Maximowicz regards as a variety of Cladrastis amurensis (Mél. Biol. ix. p. 73); but our plant has flowers about half the size of typical C. amurensis, with an unequally 5-toothed calyx, and the ale are auricled on one margin only. Millett’s plant in the Kew Herbarium is named Sophora heptaphylla in the handwriting of the late Mr. Bentham. Linneus’s name Sophora heptaphylla is correctly applied to a Ceylon plant (see Baker in Hooker’s ‘ Flora of British India,’ ii. p. 250); though Linnæus himself never clearly defined it. In the first edition of the ‘Species Plantarum’ he doubtingly cites Plukenet’s “ Fructiculus [Frutex] sinensis,” &c. (Amalth. App. no. 18, t. 451. fig. 10) , and in the second edition he cites, without the sign of doubt, Rumphius's Anticholerica (Herb. Amb. iv. p- 60, t. 22), which is almost certainly S. tomentosa. Plukenet’s figure probably represents the Chinese S. flavescens. 1. Sophora alopecuroides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 373; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 96; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 716; Kanitz in Math. und Naturw. Ber. Ungarn (reprint), p. 7. KaxsuH (Loczy ex Kanitz). Asia Minor, eastward through Central Asia. 202 40. LEGUMINOSJE: PAPILIONACER. 2. Sophora flavescens, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. p. 43; Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 499; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 96; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 100, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 212 ($. gale- goides). Sophora galegoides, Pall. Astrag. p. 118, t. 88; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. . 29. P Sophora angustifolia, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. p. 10; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 53. Sophora Kronei, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4me série, xvii. p. 220; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 801. Sophora sororia, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5™¢ série, v. p. 210. CHL: near Peking (Bretschneider! Bushell! Williams), Pohuashan (Bretschneider!); Surnaxtne: Talienhwan (Birnie!), Peiling (Webster !); SuawTUNG: without locality (Maingay !), Cheefoo (Perry!); Kriawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); FOKIEN: Lamyit Island (Swinhoe, hb. Hance, 1722!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 174!); Hupen: Ichang (4. Henry!); SHENSI or KawsunH: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz); COREA : Port Chusan (Wilford, 952!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Herschel Island &c. (Oldham, 383, 384!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Japan. The extreme forms here referred to one species are easily dis- tinguishable; but with a large series of specimens we have not been able to make a satisfactory separation of the intermediate ones. Bretschneider (‘Early Researches,’ p. 145) states that the Chinese name of Loureiro’s Robinia? amara (Fl. Cochinch. p. 455) is applied to Sophora angustifolia; and he suggests (op. cit. p. 147) that Robinia? flava, Lour. (op. cit. p. 456), may be Sophora flavescens, Ait. 3. Sophora japonica, Linn. Mant. p. 68; DO Prodr. ii. p. 95; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 95; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 16, et FI. Shangh. p. 26; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 100 (var. oligophylla). Styphnolobium japonicum, Schott in Wiener Zeitschr. 1830, p. 884; Walp. Rep. i. p. 807. Mimosa corniculata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 651 ?, vide Bretschn. Early Res. p. 148. Cursa: without locality (Macartney! Millett! Fortune, 35!) ; CurHLr: without locality (Staunton!), near Peking (Bret- schneider!); Suantuna (Staunton!); Krawasu: Shanghai (ex Debeaux); Curxtana: Ningpo (Cooper!); Kiawosr: Kiukiang 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACER. 203 (Shearer!); FokrEN: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!); Kansun: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Mazi- mowicz); KwawaruNG (ex Debeaux); Honexone (Hance!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. This appears to occur in all the eastern provinces of China, either wild, or is cultivated for the sake of the “Imperial yellow dye” obtained from its flowers. Debeaux states that it is not indigenous in Japan. Among Dr. Henry’s specimens from Ichang are some in which the young branches and the under surface of the leaves are clothed with a white velvety tomentum. 4. Sophora mollis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. n. 5335; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 251; Kanitz in Math. und Naturw. Ber. Ungarn (reprint), p. 14. Yunnan (Loczy ex Kanitz). North India, from Hazara and the Salt Range to Kumaon and Nepal. 5. Sophora Moorcroftiana, Benth. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 249; Kanitz in Math. und Naturw. Ber. Ungarn (reprint), p. 7. Kawnsvu (Loczy ex Kanitz). North-west India. 6. Sophora pachycarpa, C. A. Mey. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. xi. p. 89, ex Walp. Rep. ii. p. 903. KawNsUH: beyond the Great Wall (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.) Herb. Kew. Songaria. 7. Sophora tomentosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p.373; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 95; Hemsl. in Bot. ‘Chall.’ Exped. i. 3, p. 144. . Kwanerune (Ford!); Haran (B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Very widely dispersed on tropical sea-shores, including many remote islands. The plant referred to by Miquel (Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 123)as S. glabra, Hassk., from Kwangtung, is one of the varieties of this species. 8. Sophora viciifolia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 209. Sophora Moorcroftiana, Benth., var. Davidii, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 101, t. 14. 204 46. LEGUMINOSE: PAPILIONACEA. Duren - Ichang (4. Henry!) ; Suunst (David ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This is so easy to distinguish from the Indian S. Moorcroftiana, that we follow Hance in giving it specific rank. 1. Ormosia emarginata, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 77, et Fl. Hongk. p. 96. Layia emarginata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 183, t. 38. Macrotropis emarginata, Walp. Rep. ii. p. 903. Cura: without locality (Millett! Beechey!); Howakowa (Urquhart! Champion! Wright! Lamont! Forbes!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 2. Ormosia pachycarpa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p.76; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 96. Curia: without locality (Reeves!); Honaxona (Lamont! Champion!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Ormosia semicastrata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 78. Honexone (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. [Anagyris fætida, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 20), not of Linneus, syn. Macrotropis fætida, DC. (Prodr. ii. p. 98), and Anagyris sinen- sis, Steud. (Nomencl. Bot.), is an obscure plant of this affinity.] 46. LEGU MINOSJE: CzsaALPINEEX. 1. Peltophorum ferrugineum, Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. p. 2793. Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 257. Haran (B. C. Henry). Herb. Kew. Generally dispersed in tropical Asia, and extending to North Australia. 1. Mezoneurum sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex scandens, ramis rhachidibusque aculeis brevibus recurvis armatis, novellis ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia bipinnata, usque ad 18 poll. longa et 12 poll. lata, pinnis ssepius 3- vel 4- jugis; foliola sepius trijuga, breviter petiolulata, subcoriacea, cito glabrescentia, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, ovato-oblonga, usque ad 4 poll. longa, basi rotundata, apice acutiuscula simul apiculata, crebre venosa. Flores lutei, 8-10 lineas diametro, racemoso-paniculati, breviter pedicellati, paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque foliis brevioribus vel interdum longioribus tota 46. LEGUMINOSÆ : CHSALPINER. 205 ferrugineo-pubescentibus; bracteæ parvi, cito decidusm; calycis ferrugineo-pubescentis segmenta inequalia, infimum majus, cucul- latum, cetera obovato-oblonga; petala subequalia, apice rotun- data, breviter unguiculata, sepalis parum longiora ; stamina decli- nata, petalis longiora, filamentis infra medium dense barbatis ; ovarium dense ferrugineo-pubescens. Legumen coriaceum vel sub- lignosum, venosum, subsessile, leviter obliquum, oblongum vel sub- orbiculatum, 13-13? poll. longum, anguste alatum, stylo indurato 3—4 lineas longo coronatum, monospermum ; semen oblongum, valde compressum, ad 9 lineas longum, fere nigrum, opacum, hilo minuto. Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Var. parvifolium, Hemsl., foliolis minoribus 1-13 poll. longa. HvuPrm: Ichang (A4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. In foliage this species approaches 7Mezoneurum cucullatum, Wight et Arn.; but the pod is very unlike that of all others except the Australian M. brachycarpum, Benth., which it closely resembles. With the exception of the very narrow wing on the upper suture of the pods, there is no character by which M. si- nense can be distinguished from the genus Cesalpinia. 1. Cesalpinia Bonducella, Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. p. 159; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 254; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 448; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 265. Guilandina Bonducella, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 545; Benth. Fl. Hongk. . 96. P Guilandina Bonduc, Linn., 8. minus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 480. Formosa (Maries!); Kwanetuna: opposite Hongkong (Lamont !), Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Honexone (Hance!); Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Tanaka ex Mazximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout the tropics, especially in littoral districts. 2. Cæsalpinia Millettii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 182; Walp. Rep. i. p. 810; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 318. CurwA: without locality (Millet ex Hooker et Arnott); Kwaneatune: Macao (Hance ). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Casalpinia minax, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 365. Kwanerune: near Shiuhing on the North river (Graves! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 206 46. LEGUMINOSE: CHESALPINEX. Described from specimens of plants cultivated in the Hongkong Botanic Garden. 4. Casalpinia Nuga, Act. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. p. 32; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 481; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 97 ; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 64; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 449. Casalpinia chinensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 361; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 182; Walp. Rep. i. p. 210; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ . 375. i Cæsalpinia paniculata, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 2, p. 210; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 481. Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 123!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 184!); Kwanatune (Tate Di: Honexone (Hinds! Wilford! Wright! Champion ! and others). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Polynesia and North Australia. 5. Cesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz, Obs. p. 166; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 284; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 261; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 148; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 448; Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 64. Curwa, commonly cultivated and wild in some localities ; Lvcmu ARCHIPELAGO (Tanaka ex Maximowicz). Generally cultivated in tropical countries, and native country uncertain. 6. Cesalpinia Sappan, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 381; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 482; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 255. Kwanetunea: Kowlung (Lamont!) Mus. Brit. Tropical India and Malaya. 7. Cesalpinia sepiaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 360; Walp. Hep. i. p. 810; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 256; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 5; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 5. CursA: without locality (Carles!); Curxtana: Ningpo (Everard! Hancock!); Ktanast: Kiukianz (Shearer!) ; HUPEH : Ichang (4. Henry!); Suenst (Piasezki ex Maximowiez) ; Har- NaN (Swinhoe!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia; also found in Madagascar, and colonized in A merica. 8. Cesalpinia vernalis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 77; Walp. iv. p. 590; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 97. 46. LEGUMINOSE : CÆSALPINEÆ. 207 Hoxakoxa (Wright! Champion! Wilford! Lamont! Forbes !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Péerolobium punctatum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex scandens, puberulus, ramulis rhachidibusque foliorum aculeis brevibus recurvatis armatis. Folia bipinnata, 6-12 poll. longa et 3-4 poll. lata, pinnis usque ad 18-jugis oppositis; foliola multijuga (ad 25) brevissime petiolulata, crassiuscula, distincte crebreque pellueido-punctata, glabra vel cito glabrescentia, leviter oblique oblonga, circiter 3-4 lineas longa, apiee rotundata simul apiculata; rhachis pilosula. Flores, ut videtur, albi, parvi (petala vix 24 lineas longa), densiuseule racemoso-paniculati, paniculis axillaribus vel terminalibus foliis longioribus pilosulis, pedicellis floribus brevioribus; calycis lobi oblongi, petaloidei, extus parce puberuli, pellucido-punctati, petalis parum breviores ; petala oblongo-obovata, pellucido-punctata ; filamenta parce hir- suta; ovarium 2-ovulatum, pubescens. Legumen sessile, gla- brescens, 13-2 poll. longum, semi-oblongum vix obliquum, mono- spermum ; semen pendulum, ovoideum, valde compressum, atrum, opacum. Hvurrnz: Ichang (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. This differs from P. indicum in having numerous leaflets and relatively small flowers, and from P. subvestitum in having glabrous, distinctly punctate leaflets, and a shorter denser inflo- rescence &c. 2. Pterolobium subvestitum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 365. Pterolobium indicum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 297? Cura: without locality (Millet!) ; Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford !), on the banks of the Lienchan (B. C. Henry?). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. This species is easily recognized by its large loose inflorescence and long, almost filiform pedicels. The fruit-bearing specimens collected by B. C. Henry are probably the same species, but there is no foliage with the fruit; therefore it remains uncertain. Wallich's 5841, H. and I., from Tavoy, is the same or a closely allied species. 1. Gymnocladus chinensis, Baill. in Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. pour V Avance. Sc. 1874, p. 418, t. 4, Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 1875, 208 46. LEGUMINOSE: CHESALPINER. p- 33, et Dict. Bot. i. p. 781, sub Chicot ; Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. xv. p. 9, t. 1412; Bretschn. Notes on Bot. Quest. Exp. Trade China, p. 14; Hanb. Sc. Pap. p. 238, fig. 5 (Dialium ?). AwwHEI: Wuhu (Bullock, hb. Hance!); CuEKIANG: near Ningpo (Forbes! Carles!), Waikung (Bourne!); Krawasr: Kiu- kiang (Shearer! Maries!); HvPrH: Ichang and Nanto (4. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This is the Soap-tree, the Fei-tsao-tou, or fat black bean of the Chinese, used by women in washing their head and hair. Baillon records it as growing abundantly in the neighbourhood of Shanghai; but we have seen no specimens from that part: Bretschneider states that the seeds are taken from Szechuen and Kiangsi to Kiukiang and Hankow. The oldest specimen in the Kew Herbarium was collected in 1873 by Dr. Shearer, and is accompanied by his general label * Kiukiang"' and a supple- mentary one bearing the inscription “ Soap-tree, Fuy tsow, Wuchanglin." l Dr. A. Henry’s Hupeh specimens are very fine, and include leaves upwards of 2 feet long. He states that it occurs at the first rapids at Nanto. 1. Gleditschia australis, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate V.) Arbor ramulis floriferis glabris vel citissimo glabrescentibus. Folia pinnata vel bipinnata, breviter petiolata ; foliola numerosa, sessilia, subcoriacea (ut videtur discoloria), supra nitida, oblique oblonga, 1-2 poll. longa, sæpius emarginata, crenata, venis laxi- uscule reticulatis. Flores d parvi, puberuli, racemoso-pani- culati, racemis foliis brevioribus. Flores Q..... Legumen sessile, 4-5 poll. longum et 1 poll. latum, coriaceum, glaucum, demum nitidum, valde compressum, bullatum, sæpius curvatum vel leviter flexuosum, nec tortum, circiter 12-spermum ; semina confertissima, oblonga, fere teretia, circiter semipollicaria, lævia, glabra, pallide fusca.—G. sinensis, auctorum plurimorum, nec Lam. Sours Cura: without locality (Beechey D: Howakoxa (Ford! Hance, 18780!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A specimen in the Paris Herbarium from Tonquin is probably this species. We are in doubt whether the G. sinensis of Bentham's ‘ Flora Hongkongensis’ should be referred here ; but it certainly is not 46. LEGUMINOSE: OXSALPINEX. 209 true sinensis. The leaves are mostly rhomboido-falcate and acute, and the male flowers are borne in long unbranched racemes. The Asiatic species of Gleditschia are very much confused in books and herbaria; and Maximowicz’s synopsis of the species, cited below, is incomplete and inaccurate in some particulars. Yet, while there is no doubt that our G. australis is a species distinct from the northern ones, it is not possible, with the material available, to determine how many species the specimens represent; therefore the following arrangement can only be regarded as provisional. 2. Gleditschia heterophylla, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 21; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 102, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 214; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 454. CHIEL: near Peking (Bunge! Tatarinow!); SHantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. At Kew and in Hance's herbarium (British Museum) are spe- eimens of foliage and male flowers of the same or a closely allied species of Gleditschia cultivated in the Hongkong Botanic Garden. [Maximowiez (in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 452) records Gleditschia japonica, Miq., from Shanghai, collected by Forbes; but we refer these specimens, provisionally, to Œ. sinensis. ] 3. Gleditschia macracantha, Desf. Hist. d' Arb. ii. p. 247. Gleditschia Fontanesii, Spach. Hist. Veg. i. p. 95. This is generally treated as a variety of G. sinensis, which it may be; but besides its larger spines and leaflets, it differs in having a very hairy ovary, a long, straight, flat, nearly sessile pod, and nearly quadrate, flat seeds, about a third of an inch long. The specimens we have seen of this form were cultivated some in Caleutta, others in St. Helena, and others in Europe. Herb. Kew. 4. Gleditschia sinensis, Zam. Encycl. ii. p. 465; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 479; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 21. Gleditschia xylocarpa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 366; Maxim. Mél. Biol. xii. p. 454. Gymnocladus Williamsii, Hance, loc. cit. l CHIH: near Peking (Bunge!); Kianest : Shanghai ( Main- gay! Carles!); Cmexiane: Ningpo (Cooper!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 210 46. LEGUMINOSE : CXSALPINEAX. Lamarck founded this species on specimens cultivated in France; but he had no flowers, and had seen neither pods nor seeds. He states that it was said to have been raised from seeds received from China, and that it had somewhat cylindrieal pods and spherical seeds. The only pod and seeds at all answering to this description that we have seen are in the Kew Herbarium, sent from Peking by Dr. Bretschneider ; and they may belong to Gymnocladus rather than Gleditschia. He also sent, on another occasion, a barren shoot named G. sinensis, which has a some- what different appearance from anything else. Bunge’s Peking specimens agree exactly with specimens of Lamarck's plant cultivated by Gay; and we have little doubt that Hance’s plants cited above are of the same species. The female flowers are exactly alike, and the differences in the foliage of the various specimens are trifling; while the large woody, usually curved, long-stalked pod is much more compressed than the one from Bretschneider, and the seeds are oblong. In addition to the foregoing, there is a species of Gleditschia in the Kew Herbarium from Shingking, collected by Ross, with inconspicuously veined leaflets and a thin, somewhat curved stipi- tate pod about 10 inches long, containing ovate compressed seeds ; and in the Museum are similar, though straight, pods from Fusi Yama, in Japan, collected by Oldham. Including the stipes, these pods are a foot long. 1. Cassia glauca, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 647 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 499 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 555 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 455. Cassia suffruticosa, Ken. in Roth, Nov. Sp. Pl. p. 213. Cassia Horsfieldii, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1. p. 99, et in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 123. Sourn Curva (Millett!) ; Honexone (Wilford! Urquhart *). Herb. Kew. . A native of tropical Asia and Australia, often cultivated, and perhaps not indigenous in China. [Cassia bicapsularis, Linn., an American species, is commonly cultivated and colonized in other countries including China. Millett collected it at Macao. Bentham (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p- 525) suggests that C. chinensis, Lam., was a compound of this and C. Sophera, Linn. | 2. Cassia mimosoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 379 ; DC. Prodr. 46. LEGUMINOSJE: CESALPINES. 211 ii. p. 503; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 98, et in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 578. Cassia procumbens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 264, non Linn.; Bretschn. -Early Res. p. 148. Cursa: common from Peking southward (Bretschneider! Old. ham! Millett! Parker! and others). Mus. Brit.; Herb, Kew. Almost universal in tropical countries, and extending into some temperate regions, as Japan. 3. Cassia nictitans, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 380; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 503 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 79; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 578. CHIHLI: near Peking (Williams! Tatarinow!); COREA: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Central America, West Indies, and eastern United States, northward to New England. 4. Cassia occidentalis, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 337 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 497; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 98, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 532; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 123. SouTH Curva: common (Hance! Oldham! Playfair! Hancock! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America; probably colonized from America in the Old World, according to Bentham. 5. Cassia Sophera, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 379; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 264; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 492; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 532. Cassia chinensis, Jacq. Coll. i. p. 64, et Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 73. Chamefistula chinensis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 452. Cassia torosa, Cav. Descr. p. 131; Mazim. Ind. FI. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471. Cum: Peking (Bretschneider!); Haras (Hancock!). Herb. Kew. l Very widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions, but usually as a weed of cultivation. 6. Cassia Tora, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 376; DO. Prodr. i. p. 493; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. ANéerl. i. p. 123; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 98, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 535. l Cassia obtusifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 377; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 263. P2 212 46. LEGUMINOS# : CESALPINER. Formosa (Oldham D: Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Fford!); Honexone (Hance!) ; Haran (Hancock!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Generally diffused in the tropics, and extending as far north in America as South Carolina. 1. Bauhinia acuminata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 375; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 513; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 276. Cutna: without locality (.M2lleft!). Herb. Kew. India and Malaya. 2. Bauhinia Championi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.99; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 208; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 74. Phanera Championi, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 78. Cursa : without locality (Millett!); Foxren: Amoy (Swin- hoe!); Kwanatune: Lofaushan (Ford!), Lienchau river (B. C. Henry ii: Honexonea (Hinds! Wright! Champion !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 3. Bauhinia corymbosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 329; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 515, non DC. Mém. Legum. t. 70, ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6621. Cuina: without locality (Millett!); Kwanatune (Tute!) ; Honexone (Champion!). Herb. Kew. 4. Bauhinia glauca, Wall. Cat. n. 5785; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 99; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 68, t. 2; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 282. Phanera glauca, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 265. Phanera corymbosa, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 77, excl. synon. Huven: Icehang (A. Henry!) ; Honaxone (Wilford! Wright! Urquhart! Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malayan peninsula and archipelago. B. parvifolia, Teysm. et Binnend. (Natur. Tijdschr. voor Nederl. Ind. xxix. p. 257), treated as a variety of this by Baker (in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 283), is perhaps B. corymbosa ; but we have seen no pod. 5. Bauhinia racemosa, Lam. Encycl. i.p. 890; Baker in Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 276; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 141. Bauhinia parviflora, Vahl, Symb. iii. p. 55. 46. LEGUMINOSE: CESALPINER. 213 Cura: without locality (Millett!); KwaNarUNG: Macao (Calléry!). Herb. Kew. India and the Malayan archipelago to Timor. 6. Bauhinia variegata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 375; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 514 (B. chinensis); Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 183; Braam, Ic. Chin. t. 26; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 284. Phanera variegata, Benth. Pl. Jungh. i. p. 262. Bauhinia chinensis, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 42. Honexone (Urquhart! Wright!) Herb. Kew. India and Birma. The specimens in the Kew Herbarium formerly referred to B. tomentosa, Linn., belong to this species. [Bauhinia retusa, Roxb., and B. scandens, Linn., are enume- rated by Hooker and Arnott (Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 183) ; but the names were given to the merest fragments, which do not exist in the Kew Herbarium.] 7. Bauhinia, sp. SzECHvEN (Parker, hb. Hance, 21782 !). Mus. Brit. 1. Cercis chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 21; Walp. Rep. i. p. 808; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 116. Curntr: near Peking (Bunge! Bushell! Bretschneider!) ; Krianesu: Fengwangshan and Shanghai (hb. Forbes!) ; HUPEN : Tchang (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan, though probably introduced from China. In a note accompanying Dr. Henry's specimens he states that this is a valuable timber tree, fifty feet high, with a trunk some- times twelve feet in girth. He sends pods, which are exactly like those of Circis Siliquastrum. C. canadensis has less deeply cordate leaves and less acuminate pods, but there are no other obvious differences. It is noteworthy that the pod of the Californian C. occidentalis closely resembles that of the Afghan C. Griffithii. 1. Lysidice rhodostegia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1867, p. 299, 1873, p. 207, et 1883, p. 298; Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. xii. p. 80, t. 1192. 214 AG. LEGUMINOSE : CHESALPINER. Kwanetune : on steep rocky banks of the West river (Samp- son! Hance,19155! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Tamarindus indica, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 34; DC. Prodr. li. p. 488; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 298; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 273. Tamarindus officinalis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4563. Hatwan: Hoihau (Bullock!). Mus. Brit. Widely spread in the tropies of the Old World and extending to North Australia. 1. Erythrophleum Fordii, Oliver im Hook. Ic. Pl. xv. p. 7, t. 1409. Kwanetune: Loting river (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 46. LEGUMINOSZ: Mimosez. 1. Entada scandens, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 382, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 363. Entada Gigalobium, E. Pursetha, E. monostachya, et E. Adenanthera, DC. Prodr. ii. pp. 424, 425. Hara (B. C. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Very widely dispersed in tropical regions of both hemispheres. 1. Adenanthera pavonina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 384; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 446 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 202 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 287. Kwawarvxa : Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 1947!) ; Hone- KONG (Urquhart! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Mascarene Islands, and North Australia. 1. Desmanthus virgatus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 1047 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 445; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 290; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 385. Honexone (Hance, 1057!). Mus. Brit. A common plant in tropical and subtropical America, probably a colonist in Asia and Africa. 1. Mimosa sepiaria, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 395, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 428. 46. LEGUMINOSE: MIMOSEX. 215 Curva : without locality (Fortune, 17 ). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A native of tropical America; also found in Malaya, where, as well as in China, Bentham was of opinion it had been introduced. 1. Leucena glauca, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 416; Fl. Hongk. p. 100, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 443. Curva: without locality (Afillett!); Honaxona (Urquhart ! Wright! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Now widely spread in the warm regions; and Bentham says probably of North-American origin. l. Acacia concinna, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 464; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 101, et ix Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 531. Acacia philippinarum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 514. Artbrosprion stipulatum, Hassk. in Hetzia, i. p. 212, sed non Albizzia stipulata, Benth. Kwanetune: near the top of Mount Pakwan (Hance, 1827 !); Honexone (Hance, 1827! Wright!) ; Huss (B. C. Henry). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia. 2. Acacia Farnesiana, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 1083; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 461; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 101, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p- 502. Formosa (Oldham, 192!); Kwanetune: Macao (Tute!); Honexonea (Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions, in many places doubtless an escape from cultivation. 3. Acacia Richii, A. Gr. Bot. Wilkes’s U.S. Expl. Exped.i. p.482; Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 73; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 482. Formosa: south-west ( Swinhoe !), Tamsui (Oldham, 193!), Ke- lung (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Fiji Islands. So far as flowering specimens go, we can detect no differences between the Fiji and Formosa plants. The leaves (phyllodes) exhibit the same variations in both countries. There is one im- perfect pod in the Kew Herbarium from Fiji, but none from Formosa. Ford notes that be was informed by a native of For- mosa that it grows to an enormous size in the mountains of the aborigines’ country. 216 46. LEGUMINOSE: MIMOSES. 1. Albizzia Julibrissin, Durazz. in Mag. Tosc. iii. pars 4 (1772), p. 11, ex F. Muell. in Journ. Bot. 1872, p. 7; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 568 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 52, et Fl. Shangh. p. 29; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 102. Acacia Nemu, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 1065; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 148. Mimosa arborea, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 229; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 651; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 148. Cuiunr: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider !); KrANGSU : Shanghai (Maingay!); Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 100!); HUPER : Ichang (A. Henry!); also recorded from many other parts’ of China. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Persia to Japan, and in eastern tropical Africa. Cultivated and colonized in other countries. 2. Albizzia Lebbek, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 87, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 562. Acacia Lebbek, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 1066; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 466. Mimosa speciosa, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 198. Acacia macrophylla, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 20. Cmmi: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider!); SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock!); Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Hoen: Ichang (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical and temperate Asia and Africa, though often planted. Introduced in the New World. 3. Albizzia Millettii, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 89; Fl. Hongk. p. 102, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 565; Hance, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 102. Mimosa corniculata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 651, ex descr. fide Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 565. Cesalpinia lebbekkoides, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 483. Cuina: without locality (Staunton!); Kwaneatuna: Macao (Calléry! Millett!); Honaxone (Wright! Hance! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Albizzia stipulata, Boiv. in Encycl. xix. Siecle, 2, ex Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 568; Fl. Hongk. p. 102. Honexone (Hance!); Harnan (B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical and subtropical Asia. 1. Pithecolobium Clypearia, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 209; Fl. Hongk. p.103, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 580. 46. LEGUMINOSE: MIMOSER. 217 Inga dimidiata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 181. SovTH CHINA: without locality (Millett!); Honaxone (Hance, 1177! Wright! Urquhart! Lamont!); HArNAN (Swinhoe! B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago. [Inga dulcis, Willd. (Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 181), Pithecolobium dulce, Benth., is an American species, cultivated and colonized in the Old World; but there is no specimen at Kew or the British Museum from China. ] 2. Pithecolobium lucidum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 207 ; Fl. Hongk. p. 102, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 577. Inga bigemina, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 182, non Willd. Albizzia Championi, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 79. Cura: without locality (Beechey !) ; Formosa (Oldham, 197!) ; KwawarUNG: about ten miles north of Canton (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 1195 ); Honexone (Wilford! Wright! Hance, 1195! Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 47. ROSACEA: PRUNES. 1. Prunus (§ Armeniaca) Armeniaca, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 474; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 673; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 104; Bretschn. Stud. § Val. Chin. Works on Bot. p. 10; DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 173. Armeniaca vulgaris, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 2; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 532. CHIHLI; mountains near Peking (Bretschneider ); Suirwa- KING: Fungwangshan (Ross!) Herb. Kew. The Apricot is regarded as indigenous in Dahuria, Mongolia, Mandshuria, and Northern China. In the Kew Herbarium is a specimen of an Armeniaca from the Soul Mountains, Corea, collected by Carles, which has ex- actly the foliage of Prunus sibirica, Linn. (regarded by Maxi- mowicz as a variety of P. Armeniaca); but the distinctly pedun- culate flowers are in threes, the bracts are early deciduous, and the large calyx is coloured. (Loureiro (Fl. Cochinch. p. 316) states that the Almond (Prunus Amygdalus, Baill., Amygdalus communis, L.) is both wild and cultivated in China; and Bunge says that it is commonly cultivated in North China; but recent botanists have not seen it 218 47. ROSACEE: PRUNEÆ. in South China, and the one cultivated near Peking is P. Davi- diana, a variety of P. persica. See Bretschneider, ‘ Early Re-. searches,’ p. 149.] 2. Prunus (§ Cerasus) campanulata, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p- 698. Fos : without locality (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 7046!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. [Prunus Cerasus, Linn., the Cherry, is enumerated by Maxi- mowiez (Ind. Fl. Pek.), perhaps by mistake, as he does not in- clude it in his monograph of the eastern Asiatic species of Prunus. James also sends it from Shingking, where it is probably culti- vated.] 3. Prunus ($ Euprunus) communis, Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, p. 212; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 677. Prunus domestica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 475 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 317; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 22; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 149. Prunus insititia, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. p. 273, et Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 680. Varieties of the Plum are cultivated in China and Japan, and it occurs in a wild state on the mountains near Peking, as well as on the Tsunglin range in Shensi and Kansuh. Where it is really indigenous is uncertain. Maximowiez adopts Hudson's name; yet from a citation (op. cit. p. 678) he appears to regard P. 2nsititia as specifically dis- tinct from P. domestica. 4. Prunus ($ Cerasus) hirtipes, Hemsl., n. sp. Rami floriferi crassi, glabri. Folia hysteranthia non visa. Gemme laterales 4—6-florz, bracteis numerosis latis, exterioribus coriaceis glabris, interioribus tenuioribus plus minusve hirsutis ; pedunculi graciles, breviter exserti, longe patentim hirsuti ; calyx extus patentim hirsutus simul glandulosus, intus glaber, lobis ovato-oblongis integris vix acutis tubo dimidio brevioribus ; petala obovata, emarginata vel bifida, venosa, circiter 5 lineas longa; ovarium atque stylus elongatus glabrum, stigmate capitato. Kranest: Kiukiang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. This is so distinct from every other species we have seen or know from description, that we have ventured to describe it in the absence of leaves. 5. Prunus (§ Cerasus) humilis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 23; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 682, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. 47. ROSACEE: PRUNEJ. 219 p. 11; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 815 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, P- 181; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 52; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 104. Prunus japonica, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1873, p. 457, fig. 41, non Thunb. Prunus Bungei, Walp. Rep. ii. p. 9. CninLr: various localities near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider!); Jehol (David, 1719!); Suanrunea: near Chefoo (Wawra ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 6. Prunus (§ Cerasus) japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 201 ; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 172, t. 905 Mazim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 12, et in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 684 (varietates) ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381; Bot. Reg. t. 27 (var. floribus plenis). Prunus glandulosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 203, quoad plantam florentem, fide Maxim. Cerasus japonica ef C. glandulosa, Loisel. in Nouv. Duham. v. p. 33; DC. Prodr. ii. pp. 538 et 539. Prunus sinensis, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 36. Prunus chinensis, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1104? Amygdalus pumila, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2176, nec Lour. SuiNGKING: various localities (Z0ss!); Cuexiane: Ningpo (Everard!); Kianesu: Chinkiang (JMar?es!); FokiEN : Foochow (Perry!) ; Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!) ; Suenst (iasezki ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. Fortune's no. 18, without locality, is a double-flowered variety of this, probably obtained from a garden. 7. Prunus (§ Laurocerasus) macrophylla, Sieb. et Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. p. 14; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 87; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 710. Prunus oxycarpa, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 710. Pygeum oxycarpum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 242. KwawaruNG: Pakwan Hills (Sampson § Hance, 164249); Lucuv ArcarreLaGo (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 8. Prunus (§ Cerasus) Maximowiczii, Rupr. in Bull. phys.- math. Acad. Pétersb. xv. p. 181; Maxim. Fl. Amur. p. 89, et in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 700. Corra: Chemulpo (Carles !). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. l The Corean specimens differ from the typical plant in having simply-toothed leaves, and there is a little doubt about their being the same species. 220 47. ROSACEH: PRUNES. 9. Prunus (§ Laurocerasus) oxycarpa, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 710. Pygeum oxycarpum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 242. Kwanetune: Mount, Pakwan (Hance, 16424!) near the White Cloud Monastery (Sampson, 1607 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 10. Prunus (§ Padus) Padus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 473; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 705; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381 (var. pubescens, Regel); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 106. Cerasus Padus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 539. Com: Pohuashan (Bretschneider!), Jehol (David, 1707 !) ; SurNaKING: Jienchang (Joss!) Moukden (Joss!) Peiling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Japan. 11. Prunus (§ Cerasus) pauciflora, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 23; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 9; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 694. CHIHLI: Zuiweyshan (Bunge), everywhere in the mountains around Peking (Tatarinow ex Maximowicz), mountains west of Peking (Bretschneider ex Maximowicz). 12. Prunus (§ Amygdalus) persica, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. p. 14; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 666 (varietates); Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. nn 313. Amygdalus persica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 472; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 22; Bretschn. Study of Chin. Bot. Works, p. 10, et Early Res. p. 149; DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 176. Prunus Davidiana, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 103. Persica vulgaris, Mill. Dict. no. 1; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 531. Persica Davidiana, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1872, p. 74, cum fig. Amygdalus communis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 21, nec Linn. The Peach is cultivated throughout China, and a wild form (P. Davidiana) is common on the mountains near Peking and elsewhere. Indeed DeCandolle regards China as the native country of the Peach, and Bretschneider thinks he may be right. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. [Amygdalus dasylepis, Miq. (in Journ. Bot. N éerl. i. p. 122), collected in Kwangtung by Krone, is probably a variety of the Peach.] 47. ROSACEXE: PRUNEX. 221 [We have seen no specimen of Amygdalus cordifolia, Roxb. (FI. Ind. ii. p. 500), recorded as Chinese, and described as a large, much-branched tree, commonly cultivated near Calcutta for its small yellow succulent acid fruit.) 13. Prunus ($Cerasus) pogonostyla, Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 11, et in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 682. Prunus, sp., Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131; quoad pl. Grijsi. Celtis caudata, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5° série, v. p. 241. Foxien: Amoy (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 10130!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 105 and 511!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 14. Prunus ($ Cerasus) Pseudo-Cerasus, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. p. 90; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 381; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 695 (varietates). Prunus paniculata, Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 800, non Thunb. Prunus serrulata, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 238 (=y. Sieboldi, Maxim. ). Cerasus serrulata, G. Don in Loud. Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. p. 701, fig. 407. Cerasus Sieboldtii, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1866, p. 3/1, cum ic. col. SHINGKING: mountains north of Saimaji (4208s!) ; KraNasr: Kiukiang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Sachalin, and Japan. 15. Prunus ($ Laurocerasus) punctata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 317. Pygeum phzostictum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 72, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 102. Prunus phzeosticta, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 708. Kwanetune: Pakwan (Sampson, 1218!); HoxakoNe (Bow- ring, hb. Hance, 6015! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India. 16. Prunus ($ Euprunus) salicina, Lindl. in. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 239; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 9. Cua: without locality (Reeves ex Lindley). 17. Prunus ($ Padus) Ssiori Schmidt, Reisen in Amur. und Sachal. p. 124; Baker et Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 707. Samerne: Fooling (Eoss!); Huren : Ichang (4. Henry). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Sachalin, and Japan. 222 47. ROSACEH: PRUNE. 18. Prunus (§ Cerasus) stipulacea, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p- 689. KawsuH: in the wooded alpine regions of the river Tetung (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 19. Prunus (§ Cerasus) tomentosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 208; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 51, t. 22; Regel, Gartenfl. t. 853 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 814; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 687, et in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 10; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 105. Prunus trichocarpa, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 22; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 9. CHIHI: near Peking (Bretschneider! Bunge !); SHINGKING: Saimaji (Joss!) Moukden and Peiling (Webster!); Kawsum: shady woods in the lower region of the river Tetung (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. North-west India and Japan. Maximowicz expresses the opinion that the Himalayan plant is a distinct species, yet we find no essential difference. Webster sends from Moukden what appears to be a variety of this, having larger double flowers. 20. Prunus ($ Euprunus) triflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 38, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 501 (lapsu P. trifolia) ; Kurz, Fl. Brit. Burm. i. p. 434; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 815; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xl. p. 678. CA (ex Roxburgh). Herb. Kew. Ava Hills. We have only seen specimens cultivated in the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and they strongly resemble P. communis. 21. Prunus ($ Amygdalus) triloba, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 268; Fortune in Gard. Chron. 1860, p. 170; Lemaire in TU. Hort. 1860, t. 308; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 850; Maxim. in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 665, et in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 15; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 214, et Pl. David. p. 104. Prunus virgata, Hortul. Amygdalopsis Lindleyi, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1862, p. 91. Amygdalus pedunculata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 22, non Pall. Prunopsis Lindleyi, André in Rev. Hort. 1883, p. 336, cum fig, xylogr. 47. ROSACEX : PRUNER. 223 Un (ex Bunge; David ex Franchet), mountains west of Peking (Bretschneider, in hb. Forbes!); SuawTUNG (ex Fortune et Franchet). A fruiting specimen of a species of Prunus collected by Oldham in Kuper Harbour, Corean Archipelago, we have not been able to identify. It has remarkably slender branchlets and shortly petiolate, ovate, long-acuminate leaves; and Oldham notes that it has a red succulent fruit. 1. Pygeum latifolium, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 861; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 104. Germaria latifolia, Presl, Epimel. Bot. p. 221. Honexone ( Wright!). Malay Archipelago and Philippine Islands. 47. ROSACEZ: SPIRÆES. 1. Spiræa angustiloba, Turcz. in Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. viii. p. 71; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 17 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 108. Filipendula angustiloba, Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 250. CHIHLI: Jehol (David, 1908, ex Franchet). Dahuria to Mandshuria. 2. Spiræa Aruncus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 490; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 16; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 323. Aruncus sylvester, Kostel. Ind. Prag. p. 15, ex Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 169 (varietates). SurNaKING : between Moukden and the Yaloo river (James!) ; Kansun (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Asia to Japan, and North America. 3. Spiræa betulefolia, Pall. Fl. Ross. i. p. 33, t. 16 ; Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 108 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 108 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 58. Spiræa chameedryfolia, Cham. et Schl. in Linnea, ii. p. 2, non Linn. Curnnr: Jehol (David, 1818!); SmawruxG: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!). Herb. Kew. l mM Siberia, Mandshuria, Japan, and widely spread in North America. 4. Spiræa Blumei, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 518; Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 196 ; Morr. Belg. Hort. 1858, p. 131, t. 37. fig. 2. 224 47. ROSACEH: SPIREER. Spiræa chameedryfolia, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1114, nec Linn. Sainexrne: south of Hingjing (.Ross!) ; Kianeast: Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!). Herb. Kew. Japan. The Shingking specimen is very young and imperfect, and doubtfully referred here. Var. hirsuta, Hemsl., pedicellis calycibusque dense sericeo- pubescentibus. Huren: Ichang (4. Henrg!). Herb. Kew. Strikingly as this deviates in the feature indicated, it does not differ otherwise from the Kiukiang specimens. Var. rotundifolia, Hemsl., folis fere orbicularibus supra medium crenulatis. Hurrun: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. A remarkably distinct form, which, in the absence of the inter- mediate variety hirsuta, of which it has the hairy pedicels and calyces, we should certainly have described as an independent species. Var. ? latipetala, Hemsl., foliis ovatis fere glabris supra medium paucidentatis, pedicellis ealycibusque puberulis, petalis venosis 2-3 lineas latis. Cuexkiane: Ningpo (Cooper !). Herb. Kew. This may prove specifically distinct; but we have seen only one specimen, and that in flower. 5. Spiræa cantoniensis, Zour. FI. Cochinch. p. 322; Benth. Fi. Hongk. p. 105; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 195. Spiræa lanceolata, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. vii. p. 354; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 543. Spiræa japonica, Sieb. in Bl. Bijdr. p. 1114, non Linn. f. Spiræa Reevesiana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 10; Fl. des Serres, t. 1097 (var. fl. pleno); Regel, Gartenft. t. 252. Spiræa corymbosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 512. Spiræa chamedryfolia, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 210, non Linn. (fide Mazim.). Onsa: without locality (Millett!); FokrEeN: Foochow, cult. (Fortune, 35!); Kwanatune: Whampoa ( Hance!); HonaKone (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 6. Spiræa dasyantha, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 23 (1835) ; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 49; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 107. 47. ROSACEX: SPIREER. 225 Spiræa pubescens, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 157, et Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 38, et Herb. Chin. Bung. in Herb. Kew, nec Turcz. Spiræa chinensis, Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 193. CnuiHLI: mountains near Peking (Bunge! Tutarinow! Bret- schneider! Carles! Bushell!); KraNasu: Chinkiang (Maries!) ; Kriawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. There can be no doubt that the Spiræa cultivated under the name pubescens, and figured by Lindley, is the same as that dis- tributed by Bunge under the same name, and subsequently described and published by him as S. dasyantha. S. pubescens, Turez., is certainly very closely allied, yet easily distinguished by its narrower, less distinctly veined leaves, having longer hairs on the under surface, and glabrous flowers. The flowers of S. dasyantha appear to be functionally unisexual; the females having a strongly developed lobate disk, and the males small sessile rudimentary carpels. 7. Spiræa Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate VI.) Frutex 6-7-pedalis (Henry) ramosissimus, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis glabrescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, sub- coriacea, obovata vel oblonga, 1-14 poll. longa vel interdum usque bipollicaria, supra eito glabrescentia, subtus pubescentia simul prominenter 3-5-nervosa, subintegra vel supra medium 3-7-dentata, interdum fere truncatim 3-dentata, dentibus later- alibus multo minoribus. Flores mediocres, numerosissimi, in corymbos compositos breviter peduneulatos terminales dispositi, pedicellis brevibus filiformibus calycibusque puberulis vel parce pilosis; calycis dentes breves, lati, vix acuti; petala glabra, rotundata, venosa; ovaria parce pilosa, 2-ovulata, ovulis pendulis. Carpella matura non visa. Hurren: Patung and Ichang (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. In foliage this resembles S. pubescens, S. dasyantha, and some of the forms of S. Blumei, from all of which it is easily dis- tinguished by its compoundly corymbose inflorescence. Dr. A. Henry notes that the leaves are used as a substitute for tea. 8. Spiræa japonica, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 262; Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 203. . . Spiræa callosa, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 209 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 544; Lindl. et LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. Q 226 47. ROSACEJE: SPIRRER. Fazt. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 113, cum fig. xylogr.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 324. Spiræa Fortunei, Planch. in Fl. des Serres, ix. t. 871; Bot. Mag. t. 5164. SmawruNa (Maingay D: KrawGsri: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Hoen. Ichang and Patung (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains, India, and in Japan. There is a weak, slender state of this from Patung, probably from a shaded situation, with a small loose inflorescence, giving it quite a different appearance. 9. Spiræa longigemmis, Maxim. in Act. Hort. Peírop. vi. p. 205. Kansvu: south of the Hoangho (Przewalski A Piasezki ex Maaimowicz). 10. Spiræa mongolica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 216. Spiræa crenifolia, y mongolica, Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 181. Kansvun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Also in Mongolia. 11. Spiræa palmata, Pall. Reise, iii. p. 735, t. Q. fig. 1, et F7. Ross. i. p. 40, t. 27; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 108. Filipendula palmata, Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 250. Spiræa digitata, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 1061. Cuni: Peking (David er Franchet); SurNakrNG and COREA (James!). Herb. Kew. Siberia and Mandshuria. 12. Spiræa prostrata, Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 184. Hurrun, Suensi, and Kansun (Piasezki ex Mazximowicz). 13. Spiræa prunifolia, Steb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 131, t. 70; Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 184; Fl. des Serres, t. 153- 154. Kiawasu : Chinkiang (Stronach !) ; Krawasr: Kiukiang '(Shearer!); Foxen (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 1218!); COREA: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A double-flowered variety is commonly cultivated in China and Japan, and Fortune procured the same at Amoy. Maxi- mowicz states that he had not seen the single-flowered variety. The Corean plant is a little doubtful. 47. ROSACEX: SPIREER. 227 14. Spiræa pubescens, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. v. (1832) p. 190; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 49; Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 198; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 106. Spirza media, var. sericea, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6. CnuiuLri: Jehol (David, hb. Hance, 13426!), near Peking (Bushell!); SurNakiNa: Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster !), west of Hingjing (Ross!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mongolia. The only specimen we have seen of S. sericea, Turcz., is ex- ceedingly near this in foliage, but the inflorescence is distinctly corymbose or almost racemose, not subumbellate. See the remarks under S. dasyantha. 15. Spirza salicifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 489; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 544; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 209 (varietates). SHINGKING: between Moukden and the Yaloo river (James!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe to Japan and in North America. 16. Spiræa sorbifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 702; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 545; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 23; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 324. Spiræa Kirilowi, Regel, Til. Fl. Ajan. p. 81, in adnot.; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 108. Sorbaria sorbifolia, Kirilowi, &c., Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. pp. 223-225. CHILI: near Peking (Bunge! Williams! Bretschneider ! Skatchkoff !); Surnexine: Chienshan (Ross !), Talienhwan (Swinhoe!); Huren: Ichang and Patung (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Altai mountains and Himalayas to Japan and Kamtschatka. With a large number of specimens before us, we cannot retain the Chinese form as a species distinct from S. sorbifolia. Dr. A. Henry notes it as a “ tree ten feet high” in one locality, and in another * a tree from twenty to thirty feet high." 17. Spiræa Thunbergii, Sieb. in Blume, Bijdr. p. 1115; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 180, t. 69; Mazim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 188, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 18. Cuna: without locality (Fortune, 6!); Kranast: Kiukiang (Maries!); Curxiana: near Ningpo (Hancock ex Masximowicz). Herb. Kew. Q2 228 47, ROSACEH: SPIREER. Japan. We have followed Maximowicz in referring Fortune’s number 6 to this species ; and in the Kew Herbarium is a specimen from Kiukiang exactly like it, which we also refer here, though we are not satisfied that they are not the wild condition of S. prunifolia rather than S. Thunbergit. Possibly the two forms represent only one species. 18. Spirza trilobata, Zinn. Mant. p. 244; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 548 ; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 197; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 107, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 214. CuruLzr: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Hancock ! Carles!), Jehol (David, 1803!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Turkestan eastward through Siberia. [Spirea incisa, Carr. (Rev. Hort. 1875, p. 160), is described as a Chinese species allied to, but distinct from, S. trilobata.] 19. Spiræa, sp., habitu inflorescentia S. Thunbergii, sed foliis oblongis subintegris subtus densissime albo-lanatis. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 104!). Herb. Kew. 1. Neillia sinensis, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xvi. t. 1540. Hurrun: Patung district (4. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 1. Stephanandra chinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 210. Suantune (Maingay!); Kianasu: Chinkiang (Maries!) ; Axwuet: Wuhu (Bullock, hb. Hance, 21998!); Krawasr: Kiu- kiang (Maries!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Stephanandra flexuosa, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. phys. math. Cl. bayer. Akad. ii. p. 740, t. 4. fig. 2; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 217. Corra : Port Chusan (Wilford !), Chemulpo (Carles!) ; COREAN AncHIPELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 205!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Exochorda grandiflora, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1858, p. 925 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 188; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 280. Spirza grandiflora, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4765. Amelanchier racemosa, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, sub t. 38. 47. ROSACEZ: SPIRMER. 229 Cur1na: without locality ( Fortune, 29!); KrANGsU: Kiukiang ? (Maries !), Chinkiang (Stronach ex Hance); Cuextana: N ingpo (Everard!), Huchau (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Exochorda serratifolia, S. Moore in Hook. Ic. Pl. xiii. p. 44, t. 1255; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 231. Survexine: west of Hingjing (Joss!) Yungling, between Moukden and Yaloo river (Webster!) Herb. Kew. l. Kerria japonica, DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 157, et Prodr. ii. p. 541; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 183, tt. 98 et 99, partim; Bot. Reg. 1.1873 ; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 242. Corchorus japonicus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 227; Bot. Rep. t. 587; Bot. Mag. t. 1296. Spirza japonica, Camb. in Ann. Sc. Nat. i. p. 389. Curva: without locality (Millett! Fortune, 26!); Ktanast: Kiukiang (Maries!); HvPEH: Ichang and Patung (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dr. A. Henry’s native collector informed him that the fruit of this shrub is yellow and good to eat, like a raspberry ; and he adds that the Chinese name indicates that it has an edible berry. Andrews was the first to question this being a Corchorus, but DeCandolle determined its real affinities. 1. Rhodotypus kerrioides, Sich, et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 185, t. 99; Regel, Gartenfl. t. 505; Bot. Mag. 5805; Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 244; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10. KraNasv : around Chinkiang (Stronach, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. Japan. 47. ROSACEA: Rusa. 1. Rubus abortivus, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 68, 69, 78. Lvcnv ARCHIPELAGO (Wright, 72!). Herb. Kew. North India. 2. Rubus althzoides, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, xiv. p. 222, et in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 260, et 1884, p. 42; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 860; O. Kunize, Methodik, p. 95. Fox1En (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 6698 !), Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 3. Rubus aralioides, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 41. Kwanerune: Lofaushan mountains (B. C. Henry). Brit. Mus. 230 47. ROSACEH: RUBEX. 4. Rubus coreanus, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 34; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 280; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 391. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Ichang and neigh- bourhood (4. Henry!); Corran ÁncnrPELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 215!). Herb. Kew. * Fruit edible, of various colours—red, yellow, and black " (4. Henry). 5. Rubus corchorifolius, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 268; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 567; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10, et 1884, p. 42; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 380, excl. synon. pro parte, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 17 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 109. Rubus villosus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 218. Rubus Oliveri, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 35. KriawasU ; Chinkiang (Maries!); Cukekrawa: Ningpo (Han- cock ex Maaimowicz), Huchau (Carles!) ; FoKrEN : Amoy interior (Swinhoe!), Foochow (Gregory!) ; Huren: Ichang (A. Henry); Suenst (David ex Franchet); Kwanetune (ance!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 6. Rubus crategifolius, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 24; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 21; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 182, et 1884, p. 42; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 883; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 109; Regel, Fl. Ussur. p. 60, t. 5. Curr: various localities (Bunge! Bretschneider! David !) ; Suinexrne: Chienshan (Ross!) ; Corra: Soul and Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and throughout Japan. 7. Rubus Davidianus, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 58, 77, 80. Cara: without locality (David ex Kuntze). [Rubus ellipticus, Smith, a very common and widely-spread Indian species, was collected by Dr. Anderson at Bbamo, just on the border of Western China, and may be expected to occur within our limits.] 8. Rubus formosensis, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 73 et 19. Rubus rugosus, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 377. Formosa: Kelung (Oldham, 93!); Kwanerune: on hills along the North river (Sampson & Hance, 13771!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 47. ROSACEX: RUBER. 231 9. Rubus glomeratus, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1111; Hook. SJ. FI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 328. Rubus Hasskarlii, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars 1, p. 381; O. Kuntze, Me- thodik, pp. 46 et 77. Cuina (ex Kuntze). Malay peninsula and archipelago, Polynesia and Australia. 10. Rubus Grayanus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 382. Lucuu AncnurPELAGO (Wright, 79!) Herb. Kew. ll. Rubus Hanceanus, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 72 et 77 (1879). Rubus Fordii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 298, et 1884, p. 42. Kwanetune: West river, near Toshing ( Ford!), Macao (Cal- léry in hb. Paris, ex Kuntze). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 12. Rubus innominatus, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 226. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. 13. Rubus Henryi, Hemsl. et O. Kuntze, n. sp. (e grege R. hiberni, O. Kuntze; R. reflexo proximus). Frutex supra arbores fruticesque 20 ped. altos scandens, floribus rubris (Henry). Caulis primarius debilis, glabrescens ; ramuli floriferi breves, 1-12-pedales, e perulis orti subsimplices, arach- noidei, glabrescentes, aculeis parvis remotis muniti. Folia alte trilobata, basi rotundata, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, 4 poll. longis, 9 lineas latis, subtus tomentosa, supra glabra, opaca, haud rugosa, serrulata; petiolus folio 2-3-plo minor, 1 poll. longus ; stipule liberæ vel infime petiolo paullum adnatz, lineariæ, lan- ceolatz, apice interdum denticulate. Racemi terminales, erecti, floribus 6-10 brevipedicellatis ; calycis segmenta integra, lata, caudata, hirsuta, dorso setosoglandulosa; petala angusta, sepalis subz;quilonga; stamina multa, parce pilosula; ovaria pauca atque styli hirsuta. Fructus ignotus. Huren: Patung district (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. This is a remarkably distinct species, readily distinguished by its trident-like leaves of three narrow diverging lobes. 14. Rubus ichangensis, Hemsl. et O. Kuntze, n. sp. (ex affivitate R. Lobbiani et R. maximi). Frutex glaber vel glabrescens, nervis foliorum inflorescentiis sepalis pilosulis exceptis. Caules (verosimiliter alte scandentes) dense setoso-glandulosi, state g-andulis deficientibus minute aculeati, aculeis paucis majoribus falcatis immixtis. —Sfipule 232 47. ROSACEX: RUBER. caducz, subulatw, integerrime. Folia subcoriacea, absque petiolo usque ad 24 poll. longa (sine dubio folia inferiora non visa majora), cordata, basi sublobata latissima, longe acuminata, apice curvata, lete viridia, haud rugosa, remote denticulata, longe petiolata; petiolus lamino dimidio brevior. Zn»florescentic contracto-panicu- late vel dense racemose terminales vel in axillis ultimis site. Flores parvi, brevipedicellati, staminibus paucis ovariis paucis; calycis segmenta integerrima; petala angusta, subspathulata, sepalis subbreviora, staminibus sublongiora; receptaculum sub- planum, hirsutum. Bacca rubra, glabra. Hurrun: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. The elongated, cordiform, distantly toothed, glabrous, or early glabrescent leaves, associated with small flowers and few (about a dozen) ovaries, are specially characteristic of this species. 15. Rubus incisus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p.217; non A. Gr. in Perry's Exped. p. 310, nec Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 85, ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 381. KrawasU: Chinkiang (Maries!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 16. Rubus jambosoides, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™° série, xv. p. 222, et in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 42; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 861; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 380; O. Kuntze, Methodik, p. 71. Foxen: without locality (De Grijs!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 17. Rubus Kuntzeanus, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex vagans vel scandens, ramulis floriferis teretibus brevis- sime cinereo-tomentosis, petiolisque parcissime aculeolatis, acu- leolis basi latis recurvatis. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, usque ad 9 poll. longa, discoloria; foliola membranacea, valde insqualia (terminale multo majus), lateralia brevissime petiolata, omnia ovata, sepius late ovata, acuminata, basi plus minusve rotundata vel interdum subcordata, calloso-denticulata, supra cito glabre- scentia, costa venisque impressis, subtus preter costam venasque elevatas cinereas vel fulvas brevissime denseque albo-tomentosa ; petiolus teres, graciliusculus; stipule petiolo breviter adnate, filiformes, semipollicares, persistentes. Flores parvi (lineas 4-5 diametro) in panieulas angustas, presertim terminales, dispositi, breviter pedicellati, bracteis fere filiformibus persistentibus 47. ROSACEXE: RUBER. 238 insigniter recurvatis; calyx densissime tomentosus, lobis latis crassis marginatis infra apicem breviter cornutis; petala longi- uscule unguiculata, orbicularia, erosa vel fimbriato-denticulata, lobis calycinis paullo longiora; stamina numerosissima, antheris nudis, filamentis glabris; ovaria numerosissima, pilosa, stylis gracilibus glabris. Fructus non visus, sed ruber edulisque ex cl. Henry. Huren: Iehang and immediate neighbourhood, and Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Closely allied to Rubus innominatus, S. Moore, and possibly only an eglandular variety of that species. It has the same terete, shortly and densely tomentose branchlets, and the leaflets are quite similar in texture, indumentum, and shape, except that in our species there is no tendency to trilobation in the terminal one. Further, Moore describes his innominatus as having “ foliis [inferioribus] bijugatim pinnatis," and the whole inflorescence is thickly beset with stipitate glands; while R. Kuntzeanus is perfectly glandless, and all the leaves, on branches bearing as many as six or seven, are trifoliolate, without any indication of another pair of leaflets. Moore does not describe the terminal leaflet of his plant as trilobate, though such is the case. This species is dedicated to Dr. Otto Kuntze, who is working at Kew at the present time, and whose unrivalled knowledge of the simple-leaved Rubi has been exercised greatly to our advan- tage in the elucidation of the Chinese species. 18. Rubus Lambertianus, Ser. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 567; 8. Moore in Journ. Bot.1875, p. 226 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p.381. Rubus ochlanthus, Zance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 260, et 1884, p. 42. Rubus pyenanthus, Focke in Abhandl. Naturw. Verein. Bremen, iv. p. 196, ex Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 58 et 77. l Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Kwanetune: Saingau on the Lienchau river (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 22021!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Var. glaber, Hemsl., ramulis gracilibus, foliisque glabris, flori- bus albis, fructu luteo. Rubus hakonensis, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 333; Kuntze, Methodik, p. 57. SovrH-wrsr Curva (Bourne!); Huren : Ichang and neigh- bourhood (4. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 234 4/7. ROSACEH: RUBER. “ Berries yellow, rather sour” (Henry). This differs from what we regard as typical R. Lambertianus in being almost wholly glabrous, and in the leaves being very obscurely lobed, and, perhaps, also in the colour of the fruit; for Kuntze states that the latter has red berries. 19. Rubus leucanthus, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 468, et in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 42; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 105; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 2; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 394; Kuntze, Methodik, p. 122. Rubus glaberrimus, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 80. Rubus paradoxus, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 132, et 1880, p. 2. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (ford!); Howakowa (Champion! Wilford! Wright!); Harsa (B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Rubus paradoxus, as Moore subsequently ascertained, is nothing else than a simple-leaved state of this species. 20. Rubus moluccanus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1197; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 566; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. np 330, pro parte. Rubus rugosus, Smith in Rees’s Cyclop. xxx. Rubus, 34. Kwanerune: Lofaushan at 1000 feet (Ford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Very variable and widely spread in the warmer parts of Asia. 21. Rubus pacificus, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 259, et 1884, p. 42. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Mellendorff, hb. Hance! Shearer!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 22. Rubus palmatus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 217, et Ic. Pl. Jap. dec. iv. t. 6; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 384. CurxiaNG: Ningpo hills (Wilson, hb. Forbes!); KOREAN ARCHIPELAGO? (Oldham!). Herb. Kew. There is some doubt whether Oldham's specimen of this common Japanese species was collected within our limits, though Maximowicz cites it. The Kew specimen is labelled “ Oldham's Japan and Corean Archipelago Coll. 1862-63." 23. Rubus paniculatus, Smith in Rees’s Cyclop. xxx. Rubus, 41 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 567 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 329. Kranesu and Cuexranea (Poli ex Franchet in litt.). We have seen no Chinese specimens that we could refer to this common Himalayan species. 47. ROSACEXE: RUBER. 235 24. Rubus Parkeri, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 260, et 1884, p. 42. Hurra: Ichang (4. Henry!); SzrcHUEN: without locality (Parker, hb. Hance, 21896!), Chungching (Bourne ). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Speaking from memory, Dr. Kuntze thinks this may be the same as his Rubus sterilis. 25. Rubus parvifolius, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.2, p. 707 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 564; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 324; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 105; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. p. 430; Mazim. Mél. Biol. viii. D 392 (excl. syn. R. foliolosus et R. microphyllus, D. Don); Bot. Reg. t. 496; .Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 150. Rubus triphyllus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 215; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 105, et 1884, p. 42. Rubus purpureus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 24; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 121. Rubus chinensis, Thunb. Diss. de Rubo, p. 8, cum fig. CHINA: common from CHIHLI, SHINGKING, and the Conza to SzEcHUEN, Honexona, and Formosa and Lucuv. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Also common in Japan and in Eastern Australia, though un- known from the intervening countries. We agree with Bentham 'and the author of the * Flora of British India' (ii. p. 340) in re- garding Don's Himalayan R. foliolosus as different from this Species. 26. Rubus phenicolasius, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 393; Bot. Mag. t. 6479 ; Gard. Chron. n. s. xxvi. p. 365, f. 74. KawsuH: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz in litt.). Japan. 27. Rubus Playfairii, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex vagans, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis flexuosis primum fulvo-tomentosis, petiolisque aculeis numerosis parvis brevibus recurvatis armatis. Folia pedatim 5-3-foliolata, discoloria, cum petiolo ad 6 poll. longa ; foliola valde inequalia, papyracea, bre- vissime petiolulata, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, utrinque acuta, mucronulato-serrata, supra, costa impressa excepta, glabra, subtus dense fulvo-tomentosa, costa interdum pauciaculeolata, venis primariis utrinque 7-9 elevatis in dentibus abeuntibus; stipule 236 47. ROSACEX: RUBEX. libere, caducissime, pinnatifide, lobis paucis linearibus. Flores vix 6 lineas diametro, pauci, irregulariter fasciculati, fasciculis axil- laribus breviter pedunculatis, vel pluribus in panieulam angustam terminalem dispositis ; bractez palmatifide vel pectinatz, ut brac- teole dentate vel integre, cito decidus; pedicelli breves; calyx tomentosus, lobis latis breviter acuminatis vel apice pluridentatis ; petala breviter unguiculata, rotundata, integra, lobis calycinis bre- viora; stamina numerosissima, antheris barbulatis ; ovaria circiter 85, glabra, stylis elongatis filiformibus; receptaculum pilosum. Fructus deest. Kwanetunea: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Kwanest: Chura (Wen- yon!); Hanan (B. C. Henry!). Herb. Kew. “Fruit excellent " (Rev. B. C. Henry). This is the only shrubby bramble with pedately divided leaves known to occur within our limits; and it is a very well-marked species, readily distinguishable from the few other species of this group inhabiting Eastern Asia. 28. Rubus poliophyllus, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 68 et 78, et n Herb. Kew. Yunnan: Poneline (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Sikkim. 29. Rubus pungens, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy., Bot. p. 48, t. 59 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 386 (B. Oldhami). Rubus Oldhami, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 34. Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford, 956!), Chemulpo and Soul mountains (Carles!) ; COREAN ARcHiPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 213!). Herb. Kew. Also in Japan. Typical R. pungens, from which the Eastern variety differs mainly in having longer petals, inhabits North- west India. 30. Rubus rectangulifolius, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 60 et 78. Cuina: without locality (Staunton in Herb. Vindob.). 31. Rubus reflexus, Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 461; DO. Prodr. ii. p- 566 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 104; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 876; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 378; Kuntze, Methodik, p. 53. Sourn Cumina: without locality (Beechey!); KwasorUNG 47. ROSACEX: RUBER. 237 (Staunton!), North river (Sampson & Hance, 19771 !); Hoxe- Kona (Champion! Urquhart! Wright! Seemann!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 32. Rubus rosefolius, Smith, Ic. ined. t. 60; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 556; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 660; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 849; Hook. fe Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 841; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10, et 1884, p. 42; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 121; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 387 (varietates floribus simplicibus plenisque). Rubus chinensis, Ser. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 557, ex Mazim. Foxten: Amoy (Swinhoe!); HowNakowa (Tute!) ; Kwanest (Playfair!); Lvcmv AnzomrpELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Common in the warmer parts of China and India, and na- turalized in many other tropical and subtropical countries. The specimens from the Chinese localities cited above are all of the single-flowered normal state. 33. Rubus saxatilis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 494; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 564; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 375; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 109. Cuigurr: Siaowutaishan hill, between 3600 and 5000 feet (Mellendorff!), Jehol (David, 2125, ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Kamtschatka, and in Greenland. 34. Rubus Sieboldii, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1110; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 85; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 377. Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO: Oosima Island (Carpenter!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 35. Rubus Swinhoii, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5™° série, v. p.211; in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 42, et 1885, p. 323; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 380. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham !), Kelung (Ford !); KwanGTune : Lofaushan (Calder hb. Hance! Ford?) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 36. Rubus tagallus, Cham. et Schl. in Linnea, ii. p. 9; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 389. l Krawasv: Shanghai (Carles!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 89, 90, 91!), without locality (Wilford!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. o. , Originally described from Philippine-Island specimens. 238 47. ROSACEH: RUBER. 37. Rubus tephrodes, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 260, et 1884, p. 42; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 108. Krawasr: Kiukiang (Mellendorff! Shearer!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 38. Rubus Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. p. 18; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10, et 1884, p. 42; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 389. Cuina: without locality (Fortune!); CmrKr1aNG: Ningpo (Oldham! Hancock! Everard!), Huchau (Carles!); KrAwGsI: Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!); FokrgN (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 817!); Formosa (Swinhoe!); Kwanetune (Sampson D: COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 47!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. In the Kew Herbarium there is a form of Rubus, from South Formosa, collected by Maries, which probably belongs to this species, though it has thicker and relatively strongly-nerved leaves. 39. Rubus trifidus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 217; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 383. Rubus incisus, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 35, non Thunb. Rubus rubifolius, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 19. Rubus hydrastifolius, A. Gr. in Perry's Exped. p. 311. Rubus aceroides, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 36, ex Mazim., loc. sup. cit. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO : Port Hamilton (Oldham, 219!). Herb. Kew. Maximowicz records this species as wild in Nippon, and cultivated throughout Japan. Miquel based his R. aceroides on barren branches of a plant “ introduced from China into Japan.” 40. Rubus yunanicus, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 71, 77, 82. Yunnan: Poneline (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. 41. Rubus, sp. (R. reticulati var. vel species affinis ; specimen mancum). SourH-wEsT Curva: Shuaychin (Bourne!). Herb. Kew. This is probably an undescribed species; but the material is limited to one leaf and a panicle of flowers. 47. ROSACEH: POTENTILLER. 239 47. ROSACEA: PorENTILLEX. 1. Geum strictum, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. p. 217; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 22; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 109. Geum intermedium, Besser, Cat. Hort. Crem. (non alior.) ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 550; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 23. CnurHLr: near Peking ( Bretschneider!); Sutnaxine: Chien- shan (Loes li. Hurem: Ichang (4. Henry!); Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford !). Herb. Kew. Europe, North Asia, and North America. 1. Waldsteinia sibirica, Tratt. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 26; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 93. Waldsteinia trifolia, Rochel ex Koch in Linnaa, xiii. p. 337, t. 6. Surnexine: Peiling, between Moukden and the Yaloo river (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe through Central Asia to Sachalin and Japan. 1. Coluria longifolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 215. Kansun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 1. Fragaria elatior, Ehrh. Beitr. vi. p. 23; DC. Prodr. ii, p. 570; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 64; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 17. Fragaria collina, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 99; Franch, et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 356, fide Maxim. ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 11; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 110? Fragaria vesca, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 325; Bretsch. Early Res. p. 149. Curut1: Siaowutaishan (Hancock, hb. Hance); Heen: Patung district (A. Henry!); Snenst: Tsinling mountains (David ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Japan. We have followed Maximowicz in referring the Chinese specimens to this species, as all that we have seen exhibit the characters which he regards as characteristic. He says “ Unica Fragarie species Asie orientalis incola.” 2. Fragaria (5 Duchesnea) filipendula, Hemsl., n. sp. Habitu foliisque F. indice valde affinis similisque, sed differt radicibus nodosis, foliolis magis incisis pilis longioribus vestitis, 240 47. ROSACEX: POTENTILLEJX. stipulis bracteolisque integris, petalis orbicularibus, receptaculo inter carpellas longissime piloso. Hurren: Ichang (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. 3. Fragaria indica, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 479; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 571; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 138; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 843 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 110. Duchesnea fragarioides, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. p. 373; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 29. Kianasu: Shanghai (Carles!); Cuexitana: Ningpo (Old- ham! Everard!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 103!) ; Hurem: Ichang (4. Henry!); COREAN AncHiPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 211!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Afghanistan to the Nilghiris, Malay archipelago, and Japan. 1. Potentilla amurensis, Maxim. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 98 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 79. Kwanetune: Shiuhing, on the West river (Sampson, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. Amur. This does not appear to differ essentially from P. supina. 2. Potentilla ancistrifolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 25; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 48, t. 18; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 17. CHIHLI: mountains near Ssijuissy (ex Bunge), Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Maximowicz). 3. Potentilla Anserina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 495; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 26; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 582 ; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 188; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 118, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 6. Cuinit: near Peking (ex Bunge et Franchet); YUNNAN (Delavay ex Franchet). All around the north temperate zone ; also in Australasia and South America. 4. Potentilla betonicefolia, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. v. p. 601; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 164, et Monogr. Potent. t. 19; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471. CnurHLr: Peking (ex Maximowicz). Dahuria and Siberia. EES a x ia 47. ROSACEX: POTENTILLES. 241 9. Potentilla bifurca, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 497 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 580; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 25; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 24; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; Franchet, Pl. David p. 111 (var. glabrata). Curmi: Jehol (David, 1750!), without locality (Pierson, hb. Hance, 2120!) ; Suenst or Kransun: Tsunglin range ( Piasezki ex Maximowicz in litt.). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Siberia and North India. 6. Potentilla centigrana, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 156. Potentilla reptans, var. trifoliolata, 4. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 387. Lvcuvu AmcnrPELAGO (JFright!) Herb. Kew. Japan. 7. Potentilla chinensis, Ser. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 581; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 96; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 64, t. 23; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 112; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 338 (varietates 6). Potentilla exaltata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 24; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 55. Potentilla multifida, Baker et S. Moore, Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381, non Linn. CurwA : without locality (Fortune 137 !); Curatr: near Peking (Mellendorff! Bretschneider! Bushell!); SHINGKING : Talienhwan (Birnie! Swinhoe !), Peiling ( Webster!) ; SHANTUNG : Chefoo (Fortune! Maingay !); Foxen: Amoy (Sampson! Hance, 142L!); Huren: Ichang and Patung district (A. Henry !); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!); Corran AmcurPELAGO: Peel Island, Kuper Island, and Port Hamilton (Oldham, 210 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. l Mandshuria and Japan. Closely allied to P. pensylvanica; see remarks and references under that species. This species presents great diversity in its foliage, yet it is always easily distinguished from P. multifida. 8. Potentilla Cryptotæniæ, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 155. Huren : Patung district (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 9. Potentilla discolor, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 25, non Camb.; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 30; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 39, LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIIT. R 242 47. ROSACEXE: POTENTILLE.:EF. t. 12; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 11; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 55; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 112. Potentilla formosana, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5"* série, v. p. 212, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 79 (ubi ad P. discolorem reductus est). CHIHLI: near Peking (Bunge!), Jehol (David, 1757 *) ; Suinextne: Peiling, between Moukden and the Yaloo river (Webster !), Chienshan (Ross!), Fengwangshan (Forbes !) ; Suantune: Chefoo (Stuhlmann! Perry!); Kianesv: Chinkiang (Maries!) ; Cuextane: Chapu (Oldham!) ; Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 101, 102!); Heen: Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Corra : Port Chusan (Wilford, 959!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Long Beach (Oldham, 209!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 10. Potentilla flagellaris, Willd. in Mag. Gesellsch. Naturfr. Berlin, vii. p. 291; DC. Prodr. ii. p.575; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 26; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 185, et Monogr. Gen. Potent. t. 12; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 56; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 113. CHIHLI: near Peking (ex Bunge), Jehol (David, 1760!); SurNseKING: Peiling, near Moukden (Webster !), Talienhwan (Birnie!), Sarhoo (Ross!); SuawTUNG: Chefoo (ex Debeauz). Herb. Kew. Altai and Dahuria to the Amur. 11. Potentilla fragarioides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 496; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 583; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 42, et Monogr. t. 6 (B. flagellaris); Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 159 (varietates plures) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 112, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 214. Cuir: Jehol (David, 1742 et 1758, ex Franchet); Suwe- KING: various localities (Ross! Webster D: SHantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Ktanesvu: Chinkiang (Maries !); COREA: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. North India, Siberia, Japan. 12. Potentilla fragriformis, Willd. in Mag. Gesellsch. Naturfr. Berlin, vii. p. 294; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 586; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 155, et Monogr. Gen. Potent. t. 15. Surnexine: Black Bear valley (Ross!) ; Hurrem: Ichang and Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia, Aleutian Islands, and Japan. 47. ROSACER: POTENTILLER. 243 The limits of this and the next species are not well defined. Maximowicz (Mél. Biol. ix. p. 161) and Hooker (Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 357) suggest that P. grandiflora, Linn., P. gelida, C. A. Mey., and P. fragriformis, Willd., are the same species. In this sense the species extends to North India and Europe. 13. Potentilla fruticosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 495; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 579; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p.16 Maxim. in. Mél. Biol. ix. p. 157 (varietates); Bretschn. Early Res. p. 149; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 110. Potentilla davurica, Nestl. Monogr. p. 31; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 15; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 79. Potentilla glabra, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 914; Bot. Mag. t. 3676. CHTHLI: Pohuashan and Jehol (David, 2109, 2132, 2280, ex Franchet), common (ex Bretschneider). Western Europe to Sachalin and Japan, and in North America. ' 14. Potentilla Kleiniana, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Or. p. 300; Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. i. p. 208, t. 85; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 359; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 79; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 215; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 162. Potentilla Wallichiana, DC. in Wall. Cat. 1022 (non Gouan, nec Ser. in DC. Prodr.); Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 80, t. 34. Duchesnea sundaica, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1. p. 372, t. 6. SurwaxrNG: Chienshan (Ross!); SHantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet);| Curxtana: Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet); Kriaxosr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); SzecouEn: Chungking (Bourne!); Yunnan: Poneshee (Anderson!); Kwaxetuna: West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 15482!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India, from Kashmir to Khasia and Ceylon, and in Java and Japan. 15. Potentilla nivea, Linn. Sp. Pl.ed.1, p. 499; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 165 (varietates numerose); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 358. Cnrnmrr: Siaowutaishan (Mellendorff!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Temperate and Arctic Europe, Asia, and North America. 16. Potentilla pensylvanica, Linn. Mant. p. 76; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 581; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; R2 244 47. ROSACEH: POTENTILLEJX. Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 181, et ii. p. 340; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 57. Cuiaunr: Peking? (ex Mazximowicz). Caucasus to Japan, and widely spread in North America. We have seen no Chinese specimens that we could refer to this species (if we retain P. chinensis as distinct), which in foliage is so near some of the forms of P. chinensis as to be hardly distinguishable. Indeed we are not satisfied that the two are specifically separable ; though the latter usually has much smaller and more numerous flowers than the former. Franchet and Savatier (op. sup. cit.) indicate differential characters in the foliage and sepals, admitting at the same time that they are of little importance. 17. Potentilla reptans, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 499; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 574; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 183; Franchet, PI. David. p. 113 (var. sericophylla). SmENSI: in the southern part (David ex Franchet). Europe, Siberia, and North India to Japan ; also in Abyssinia. 18. Potentilla Sanguisorba, Willd. Mag. Gesellsch. Naturfor. Freunde, Berl. vii. p. 286; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 581; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 56, et Monogr. t. 5; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 299. SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Perry!). Mus. Brit. Siberia. 19. Potentilla sericea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 495 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 582; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 33 (varietates), et Monogr. Potent. t. 6; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 111. Potentilla multicaulis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 25; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 30. Cumi: near Peking (Bunge! Hancock!), Jehol (David, 1699, 1950, ex Franchet); Sutneaxtne: Jaoling and Fooling (Ross!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A variable species, widely spread in temperate Asia and North America. We have some doubt whether Ross and Hancock’s specimens referred here may not rather be a reduced state of P. chinensis. 20. Potentilla sischanensis, Bunge in Lehm. Nov. et minus cognit. Stirp. Pugillus, ix. p. 3, et Revis. Potent. p. 83,t. 9. Potentilla songarica, 8. chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 25. CurnL:: Ssijuissy mountains (Bunge!). Herb. Kew. 47. ROSACEX: POTENTILLER. 245 2]. Potentilla subacaulis, Zinn. ex parte, ex Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 178, t. 56. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bushell!). Herb. Kew. Caucasus and Altai eastward. We have taken this species as restricted by Lehmann. The Chinese specimens are only about an inch high. 22. Potentilla supina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 497; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 580; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 193 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 881; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 118. Potentilla paradoxa, Nutt. in Torr. et Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. p. 437; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 104, t. 62. fig. 3; Debeaua, Fl. Tchef. p. 56; Franchet, in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 215. Potentilla amurensis, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 98; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 79. CHIHI: near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 1888 !); Suryexine: Chienshan (foss!); SmawTvNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet)! Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay!); Krawasr: Kiu- kiang (Shearer!); KwawaTuwG: West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13184!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Western Europe and North Africa to Japan; also in North America. 23. Potentilla tanacetifolia, Willd. in Mag. Gesellsch. Naturfor. Freunde, Berl. vii. p. 286; DO. Prodr. ii. p. 581; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 55, t. 20; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 17. Curr: Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Maximowicz). Altai and Dahuria eastward. 24. Potentilla verticillaris, Steph. in Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 1096 Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 37, et t. 10; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim, Fl. Amur. p. 471. Cumi: Peking (ex Maaimowicz). Siberia and Chinese Mongolia. 25. Potentilla viscosa, Donn, Hort. Cantab. ed. 7 (1812); DC. Prodr. ii. p. 581; Lehm. Revis. Potent. p. 57 ; Ledeb. Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 348; Bot. Reg. t. 1492; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 112; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 55; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471. Camir: Peking (ex Maximowicz), Jebol (David 2015, ex Franchet); Suantune: Chefoo (ex Debeauz). Dahuria and Siboria. 246 47. ROSACEX: POTENTILLEJE. 26. Potentilla, sp. n.?; perennis, foliis pilosis pinnatis. SuawTUNG, without locality (Maingay !). Herb. Kew. 1. Chamzrhodos erecta, Bunge in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. p. 430; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 114. Sibbaldia erecta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 284; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 587. Cars: without locality (Ta£arinow !), Jebol (David, 1761 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Siberia. 47. ROSACEJE: POTERIES. 1. Agrimonia Eupatoria, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 448; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 587. Agrimonia pilosa, Ledeb. Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorp. Suppl. 1823, p. 1; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 80; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 114, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 215. Agrimonia viscidula, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 26; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 80, et Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 276, et 1874, p. 260; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 57. Cuni and the Corra to Kwanerune, Formosa, and the Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO ; apparently common. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. All round the north temperate zone. With a very large number of specimens before us we are quite unable to recognize more than one species, and that undistin- guishable from 4. Eupatoria. Bunge himself describes his 4. viscidula as “intermedia quasi inter 44. ZEupatoriam et 1. Barthea chinensis, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. p. 751. Dissocheeta Barthei, Hance in Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 115, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 103. Cursa : without locality (Fortune, 167 !) ; Honexone (Hance! Barthe! Wilford! Harland!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. .————— m ——À SET 56. MELASTOMACES. 801 1. Allomorphia pauciflora, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i p. 485; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 918 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvill. p. 74. Oxyspora pauciflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 116. Blastus Hindsii, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 103. Kwanetune: hills along the North river (Sampson § Hance, 11352!); Honaxone (Hinds !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Blastus cochinchinensis, Lour. EI. Cochinch. p. 527; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1863, p. 281; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 103; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 528. Anplectrum parviflorum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 116. Blastus parviflorus, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. /4; Engler, Jahrb. vi. p. 62. Formosa (Wilford, 530! Oldham,119!); KwaNaTUNG: along the West river (Hance, 13762 !), Lofaushan (Ford!); Hoxe- KONG (Wright!) ; Leen AncuirPELAGO (Döderlein ex Engler). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India. 1. Bredia Oldhami, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xi. p. 68,t. 1085. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 118!) Kelung (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Sonerila Fordii, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xv. p. 45, t. 1457. Kwanettne: Lofaushan, in swampy ground (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Sonerila tenera, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 4098, et in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 216; Royle, Ill. Him. Pl. p. 215, t. 45; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107. Kwanetune: North river (Sampson § Hance, 13356!); Honexone (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Burma. 3. Sonerila, sp. aff. S. eleganti, exemplaria fructifera tantum. Kwanerune: mountains, West river (Ford, 5!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 4. Sonerila, sp.?; scaposa, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis 3 cordato-orbicularibus. ^ Kwawcruwa: mountain above Ookaisa, in a damp ravine at 2300 feet (Tate!) Herb. Kew. 302 56. MELASTOMACE®. 5. Sonerila, sp. ? ; foliis cordato-ovatis subtus atro-rubris. Kwaneruna: Lofaushan at 1000 feet (Ford, 150!) Herb. Kew. Three very distinct Melastomaces, but in the absence of flowers the genus cannot be determined with certainty. 1. Sarcopyramis nepalensis, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t.23 ; Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 214; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tad. ii. p. 941. Sarcopyramis lanceolata, Wall.; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107. Yunnan (Anderson ex Kurz); KwawarUNG: West river (Sampson, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. Eastern India and Malaya. 1. Memecylon ligustrifolium, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 117 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. iv. p. 117 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 156. Memecylon scutellatum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 186; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 377, non Naud. Sourn Cura: without locality (Beechey!); KwawarUNG Macao, Ze, (Vachell!); Honaxona (Champion! Hance! See- mann!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Memecylon nigrescens, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy p. 186; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 149; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 378, sub Acmena Championi; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 199. Kwanetune: Macao (Beechey!). Herb. Kew. From Hooker and Arnott's description, Triana, who failed to find the specimen, as it had been removed to the genus Eugenia, suspected that this was not a Memecylon; but after examining the flowers we have no hesitation in restoring it to this genus. 57. LYTHRACE. 1. Ammannia baccifera, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 120; Koehne, in Engler's Jahrb. i. p. 258; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 569; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 133. 57. LYTHRACE EX. 303 Ammannia vesicatoria, Rozb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 426; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 78; Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. i. p. 305. Ammannia indica, Lam. Ill. i. p. 311. Ammannia verticillata, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 131, partim? SmawTUNG: Chefoo (hb. Forbes!) ; Kranest: Kiukiang (David, 757, ex Franchet); Hurrem: Ichang (A. Henry D: Kwaneotune : Canton (Hance, 10321! Sampson !), Pakhoi (Play- far!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, and extending into some subtropical and temperate regions, as China and Japan. 2. Ammannia octandra, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 127; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 80; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227. FokrEN: Amoy (Hance !). Mus. Brit. India and Malaya. 3. Ammannia pentandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i.p. 427 ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 79; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 568 (excl. var. fimbriata) ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227. Rotala densiflora, Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. i. p. 164. Kwanetune: Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance 18113!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India and Malaya. 4. Ammannia peploides, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. p. 444; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. p. 742; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 566. Ammannia repens, Rottl.; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 80; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 257. Ameletia indica, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 76. Peplis indica, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 244. Rotala indica, Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb. i. p. 172. Kwanetune: around Canton (Hance, 10322! Sampson !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. From Persia eastward to Japan, and southward in Malaya. 5. Ammannia rotundifolia, Ham. in Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 220; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 425; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 79; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 258; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 111. Ammannia subspicata, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 484, et in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 81 (Ameletia). Rotala rotundifolia, Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb. i. p. 175. 304 57. LYTHRACER. Cuina: without locality (Fortune, 181!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 123!), north-west (Swinhoe!); Hury: Ichang (A. Henry D: Yunnan (Anderson!) ; Kwanatune: Pakhoi (Play- fair D. Swatow (Perry D: Honaxone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Urquhart! Tate! Hinds!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical and subtropical Asia to Japan. 6. Ammannia senegalensis, Zam. Jil. i. p. 312, t. 77. f.2; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 77 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 570; Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb. i. p. 255 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 323. Ammannia auriculata, Willd. Hort. Berol. t. 7. Hv»zn: Ichang (A. Henry!) ; Kwanerune: Pakwan moun- tain (Sampson, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and America. We have followed Clarke in the synonymy of this species, as we have not critically examined the materials. 1. Woodfordia floribunda, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 42; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 737 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 572; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 321. Grislea tomentosa, Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 31; Bot. Mag. t. 1906; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 92. Woodfordia fruticosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 2. p. 56; Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. i. p. 333. Lythrum fruticosum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 641. Kwaneatune: Shiuhing Pass, West river (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Africa and Madagascar, and Baluchistan to China. Koehne regards the African W. uniflora, Rich., as specifi- cally distinct, though several English botanists have united it with the present. 1. Lythrum Salicaria, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 446; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 82; Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. i. p. 826; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 261; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 183, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 219. Curr: Peking (Bretschneider!); Suantune: Chefoo (Stuhlmann !); Kianesu: Chinkiang (Bullock, hb. Hance ); HurrnH: Ichang (4. Henry!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 57. LYTHRACER. 805 All round the northern hemisphere, and in south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. Koehne, loc. cit., records it with some doubt from Peru. 2. Lythrum virgatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 447; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 88; Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb.i.p. 331; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 62; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 261. Cuiutt: Peking (Bushell!); SmrNGKING : Peiling, &c. (Webster !), Kaichow to Kiuchow (Ross !), Talienhwan (Birnie !); Corea: Chemulpo (Carles!); Corgan AnmcurPELAGO: Hooper Island (Oldham, 276!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe and Asia Minor to Japan. 1. Pemphis acidula, Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. p. 07, t. 34; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 89; Hemsl. in Bot. Voy. * Challenger, i. 8, p. 153; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 573; Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb. ii. p. 133. Lvcuv AncnurPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Sea-coast of East Africa, Mascarene Islands, South India, Malay Archipelago, North-east Australia, and Polynesia, inclu- ding many of the most remote coral islands. 1. Lawsonia inermis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 349; Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. iv. p. 36. Lawsonia spinosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 349. Lawsonia alba, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 106, et Ill. t. 296. f. 2; Wight, IU. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 87 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 573. Curva: without locality (Fortune!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Now widely dispersed in the warmer parts of Asia and Africa, and very generally cultivated. It is believed to be indigenous in North Africa and Western Asia. 1. Lagerstremia floribunda, Jack in Malay Misc. i. p. 38, iii. p- 93; Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. iv. p. 84; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 577. Cutwa: without locality (Fortune, 105!). Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago. 2. Lagerstremia Flos-Reginz, Retz. Obs. v. p. 25; Kurz in LINN. JOURN. —BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. X 306 57. LYTHRACEX. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 2. p. 56; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 577. Lagerstreemia Regine, Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 65; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 93; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 413. Lagerstroemia speciosa, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 72; non DC. er Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb. iv. p. 28. Munchausia speciosa, Linn. Mant. p. 243. Lagerstroemia Munchausia, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 375, et III. t. 473. f. 2. Curwa: without locality (Millett!'). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. l India and Malaya, and much cultivated. 3. Lagerstræmia indica, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 734; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 840; DOC. Prodr. ii. p. 93; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 113; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 575; Koehne in Engler’s Jahrb. iv. p. 19; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 11; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 183 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 31; Bot. Mag. t. 4055; Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. t. 86. Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 38 & 39); Hupren: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (4. Henry!); Kwanetunae: Macao (Calléry), on the banks of the North river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 608!) ; Honexone (Tate! Urquhart! Champion!). Mus. Brit.! Herb. Kew. . . Malaya and North Australia, and cultivated throughout India, many parts of China and Japan. 4. Lagerstremia subcostata, Koehne in Engler’s Juhrb. iv. p. 20, varr. a. hirtella et f. glabra. Lagerstroemia microcarpa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107, non Wight. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 111, 111/1, 111/2, 119/2! Han- cock!), Kelung (Ford!) ; Kwanetune: Saichushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 15619). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Punica Granatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 472; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 313; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 3; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 581; Wight, lil. Ind. Bot. t. 97 ; Bot. Mag. t. 634; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 21, et Fl. Shangh. p. 30; Bretschn. Study Chin. Bot. Works, p. 16; A. DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 189. lt appears to be beyond doubt that the Pomegranate was originally introduced into China; but it is supposed to be really 57. LYTHRACER, 807 indigenous in Persia and some of the adjoining countries. Dr. I. B. Balfour discovered a curious form in Socotra, which he suggests may be the primitive state of the cultivated race*. [Dichotomanthes tristaniecarpa, Kurz (in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 194, t. 133. f. 2), from Yunnan, regarded by him as an ally of Lagerstremia, appears to belong to the Rosaceæ, and so closely resembles some of the species referred to Photinia, Stranvesia, and Pourthiea, that we think it will prove a member of this group, but the material is insufficient. The two-seeded, one-celled, almost free carpel is not unknown in the Pomaceew. Kurz found no petals, which we observe in the Kew specimen are obovate or rotundate and entire. | 58. ONAGRARIEZ. 1. Epilobium angustifolium, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 347° Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 321; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 582; Haussk. Monogr. p. 37. Epilobium spicatum, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 373; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 40. Cnmttr: Pohuashan (Bretschneider!) Herb. Kew. Widely spread in temperate and arctie Europe, Asia, and North America. 2. Epilobium hirsutum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 347; DC. Prod. iii. p. 42; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 134, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 219; Haussk. Monogr. p. 53. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider!) ; SHANTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet) ; Herren : Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia; and naturalized in North America. The Nanto plant is a very small-flowered variety. 3. Epilobium japonicum, Haussk. Monogr. Gatt. Epilob. p. 209. Epilobium affine, Mazim. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1869, p. 16, non Bong. er Haussk. * See Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. xi. (1882), p. 512, and ‘ Botany of Socotra, p. 96, t. 25. x2 308 58. ONAGRARIEJX. Kranest: Kiukiang (hb. Forbes!); Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 4. Epilobium palustre, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 348; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 48, excl. synon. Fl. Lapp. ex Haussk. Monogr. p- ,187; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 184 (var. mandshuricum), et in Mém. Soc. Sc. .Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 219. Cunt: Peking (ex Maszimowicz), Jehol (David, 1990, ex Franchet); SHanrune : Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Europe, Asia, and North America. 5. Epilobium roseum, Schreb, Spicil. Lips. p. 147 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 41; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim, Fl. Amur. p. 471; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 584. Cant: Peking (ex Maximowicz). Haussknecht (Monogr. p. 125) restriets this species to European forms, while in a broader sense it extends to Eastern Asia and North-west America. Dr. Henry collected a form (2445) in the Patung district of Hupeh which may be referable here. 6. Epilobium tetragonum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 348; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 48; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 134 (var. Lamyi). Epilobium propinquum, Haussk, Monogr. p. 213. Epilobium decipiens, Haussk., non F. Schultz. Cmn: Peking (ex Mazximowicz), Jehol (David, 1975, ex Franchet). We have seen no Chinese specimens referable to this species, whieh, as generally understood, is very widely diffused in both north and south cold and temperate regions. 7. Epilobium, sp. nova?; erectum, strictum, multiramosum, glabrum, ramis virgatis gracillimis, folis caulinis linearibus remote calloso-serratis 2-3 pollicaribus, capsulis fere filiformibus, seminibus minutis oblongis levibus longissime comosis. Herrn - Patung district (A. Henry, 1043!). Herb. Kew. Thisis apparently a distinct new species; but as the specimens 58. ONAGRARIER. 309 consist only of the upper part of the plant in fruit, it is advisable to await more complete material before naming it. 1. Jussiva repens, Linn. Mant. p. 381; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 54; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 587; Hance in Journ. Dot. 1880, p. 261; Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. p. 300, t. 40. Cubospermum palustre, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 275. Formosa (Oldham, 1217), Kelung (Ford!); KwawaruNa: Macao, &e. (Vachell TI, Whampoa (Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Generally diffused in nearly all warm regions of the world. 2. Jussimea suffruticosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 388; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 58; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 587. Jussiæa villosa, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 331; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 109. Epilobium tetragonum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 225, non Linn. Jussiza tetragona, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 231. Jussiza fruticosa, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 57. Jussiza octofila, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 57. Suantune (Maingay!); Foxren: Amoy interior (Swinhoe) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 120! Maries!); Yunnan: Pone- shee (Anderson!); Kwanatuna: Macao, &e. (Vachell! Calléry! Fortune!); Hoxakoxa (Wright! Champion; Hinds!); Lvcnuv AncHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Warm humid regions nearly all over the world. 1. Ludwigia parviflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 419; DQ, Prodr. ii. p. 59; Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. t. 101; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 109; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 588. Honaxone (Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Abyssinia and Persia eastward to India and Malaya, and south- ward to North Australia. 2. Ludwigia prostrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 420; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 59; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 762; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 588 ; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 220. Ludwigia diffusa, Buch. Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soe, xiv. p. 301. SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Hurren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 310 58. ONAGRARIER. Tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, and North-west India to Japan and the Malay Archipelago. (Hance (in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107) records (Enothera fruti- cosa from Macao, where of course it would be a colonist; his specimens are certainly not that species, but rather Œ. longiflora, Jaeq. (Hort. Vindob. t. 172), a native of South America, now established in many parts of the Old World. Gaura chinensis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 225), is an obscure plant, the description not agreeing with the figure in Plukenet's * Almagestum cited by Loureiro.] 1. Circwa alpina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 9; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 63; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 589; Asch. et Magn. in Bot. Zeit. 1870, p. 748; Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. t. 101* ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 134, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxu. p. 8. Curnurr: Peking (David!) ; Yunnan: mountains of Chetchotse, near Tali (Delavay ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. Generally dispersed in north temperate regions. 2. Circza cordata, Royle, lil. Him. Bot. t. 43; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 170; Asch. et Magn. in Bot. Zeit. 1870, p. 784; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 589; Franchet, PI. David. p. 135. Curmi: Jehol (David, 1985!); Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. North India, Mandshuria, and Japan. 3. Cireza lutetiana, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 9; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 63; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 589; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 135. Cnumtt: Peking mountains (David, 438, ex Franchet); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. Very widely spread in north temperate regions. 4. Circza mollis, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 26. n. 93; Asch. et Magn. in Bot. Zeit. 1870, p. 784; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 80, et in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 260. Com: Peking (David!); Kranasu: Shanghai (Faber!) ; Kranest: Kiukiang (Mellendorff, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 58. ONAGRARIER. 311 l. Trapa natans, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.1, p. 120; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 63; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 62; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 590. Trapa bicornis, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 128; DC. Prodr. iii. p.64; Debeauz, Fi. Shangh. p. 31. Trapa chinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 86; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 152. Trapa bispinosa, Roxb. FI. Ind. i. p. 428; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 64 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 590. Curnur: Peking (Bretschneider!); Formosa (Oldham,122!) ; Hurrn: Ichang and neighbourhood (A. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Recorded from several other provinces, and probably found nearly all over China. Widely spread in Europe, Asia, aud Africa, extending from subarctic regions through the tropics. Trapa bispinosa and T. natans are usually retained as distinct species, and they are here reduced to one, because we failed to sort the Chinese specimens into two species. There are numerous intermediate forms, and if we recognize more than one of them as à species we may recognize an unlimited number. 59. SAMYDACE.E. 1. Casearia glomerata, Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. p. 419; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 49; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 122; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 591. Howakowa (Wright! Ford!). Herb. Kew. Eastern India and perhaps also Malaya. 2. Casearia membranacea, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1858, p. 113 Harnan: near Kiengehau (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13669 !). Mus. Brit. Possibly the same as the preceding. 3. Casearia subrhombea, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 323. KwaworuNG: Funyun mountain (Ford, hb. Hance, 22290!). Mus. Brit. 4. Casearia, sp. Formosa (Oldham, 4987). Herb. Kew. This was originally distributed as a Euphorbiacea. There is a 312 59. SAMYDACEEX. fragment of another species of the genus in the Kew Herbarium from Yunnan. 1. Homalium fagifolium, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 35, et Fl. Hongk. p. 122. Blackwellia fagifolia, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. p. 269; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 119; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 178. Blackwellia padiflora, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1308; Walp. Rep. i. p. 548 (sphalmate pubiflora). Blackwellia Loureiri, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Dot. i. p. 482. Astranthus cochinchinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 222. Sourn Carna: without locality (Reeves! Millett!); Hoxe- KONG (Wright! Champion! Urquhart! Hinds! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 60. PASSIFLORACEZ. 1. Passiflora ligulifolia, Masters in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 632. Passiflora hainanensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227. Kwayetune: Soongkong Island (Wright!), Pakhoi (Play- fair!); Haman: Hoihau (Bullock d Watters, hb. Hance, 20232!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mr. Playfair’s specimen from Pakhoi exhibits a remarkable degree of variation in the foliage, leaving little room for doubt that this is the same as Passiflora Horsfieldii, Blume (syn. Disemma Horsfieldii, Miq.), a native of Java and Madura, and also collected by Simon in the Mikir hills near Gowhatly, north-east of the Khasia hills; but it would be rash to unite them without care- fully examining the flowers of all the specimens. Some of the leaves of Playfair’s specimen are barely a third of an inch broad and as much as six inches long, with a white band down the centre; while the broadest are two inches by four inches, and destitute of any marking. Passiflora cerulea, Linn., and P. fetida, Linn., American species, are naturalized in Hongkong, and Oldham collected a barren branch of the former at Tamsui in Formosa. 61. CUCURBITACEZ. 1. Trichosanthes Anguina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1008; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 588; DO. Prodr. iii. p. 314; Clarke in Hook. f. 61. CUCURBITACE X. 313 Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 610; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 359; Lam. Til. t. 794 ; Bot. Mag. t. 722. Cucurbita sinensis, etc., Til. Pis. p. 49, t. 22; Sab. Hort. Rom. i. t. 71. Anguina sinensis, ete., Mich. Gen. p. 19, t. 9; Mill. Fig. Pl. t. 32. This plant is recorded as Chinese, and there are cultivated speeimens in the Kew Herbarium which were raised from Chinese seed; but we have seen no wild specimens, and Clarke, Joc. cit., gives no localities for it in India. He suggests that it is a culti- vated race of T. cucumerina, Linn., differing only in the fruit. 2. Trichosanthes cucumeroides, Maxim. in Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. p. 172; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- bourg, xxiv. p. 220; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 382. Bryonia cucumeroides, Ser. in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 308. Trichosanthes chinensis, Ser. in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 315? ex Cogn. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 130, 131, 132!); Honaxone (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. /~ 8. Trichosanthes Kirilowii, Maxim. in Prim. FI. Amur. p. 482, in nota; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 370. Eopepon vitifolius, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5™ série, v. p. 32; Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 435. Eopepon aurantiacus, Naud. in Huber Cat. 1870, Suppl. p. 6, et 1872, p. 8. Trichosanthes palmata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227, non Roch, Trichosanthes palmata, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 606, partim. l Curutr: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider!); KrANGsv : Shanghai (Maingay 583! Faber!); Kriyyest: Kiukiang (hb. Forbes!); Fokus : Amoy (Fortune, 85 ECH): Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); Kwayerune: North river (Sampson § Hance, 13745); Howexowa (Ford!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mongolia. . Almost all of the specimens cited above are referred to this species by Cogniaux, whom we have followed, though we do not feel quite satisfied that they all belong to one species. The Hongkong specimen attributed to Forbes, but actually collected by Ford, has the leaves quite glabrous and naked on both surfaces. Oldham’s 133, from Tamsui, Formosa, we should have taken for this species, but the seeds do not agree with Cogniaux’s de- 314 61. CUCURBITACER. scription. As in Trichosanthes dicelosperma, Clarke, there are three cavities within the testa, the polar ones being smaller and empty, and the central portion of the seed is encircled by a thick rugose band, while the ends are smooth. 4. Trichosanthes multiloba, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 82; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 372? Huren: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. These specimens should perhaps be referred to T. Kirilowii. 5. Trichosanthes, sp.; foliis breviter petiolatis membranaceis rotundato 5-lobatis, floribus femineis brevissime pedunculatis. Cuexiane: Ningpo mountains (Zaber!). Herb. Kew. 'There is also in the Kew Herbarium an imperfect specimen of a Trichosanthes from Patung ( Henry), which is probably specifi- cally different from any of the foregoing. 1. Gymnopetalum cochinchinense, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 2. p. 57; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 611; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 391. Scotanthus tubiflorus, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4me série, xvi. p. 173, t.3; Hance in Journ. Dot. 1879, p. 10. Kwanertune: near Canton (Fontanier ex Cogniaux); HAINAN (Bullock, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. India and Malaya. 2. Gymnopetalum, sp. ? Folia pedatim 5-foliolata breviter petiolata vix scabrida, tenuia, discoloria, 3-4 poll. diametro, foliolis ovato-oblongis vix acutis, remote denticulatis, lateralibus lobatis. Flores d fere glabri, racemosi bracteis amplis lobatis vel laceratis subtendi, calycis tubo elongato, petalis integris. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. [Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser., is cultivated in China, and possibly wild in some of the warmer parts; but its native country is uncertain.— See A. DeCandolle, Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 195.] 1. Luffa acutangula, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 70, et Fl. Ind. iii. p. 713; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 302, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 615; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 459. Kwanetuna: Macao (hb. Berol. ex Cogniaux). Tropical Asia and Africa, and naturalized in America. 61. CUCURBITACES. 315 2. Luffa cylindrica, Ram. Syn. fasc. ii. p. 63, ex Cogniauz in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 456. Luffa zgyptiaca, Mill. ex Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 530; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 614; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153. Momordica cylindrica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1009; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 311; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 590. This is cultivated throughout the tropies, and its native country is uncertain. Cogniaux and others record it from China. 1. Benincasa cerifera, Savi in Bibl. Ital. ix. (1818) p. 158, eum icone ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 303; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 616; .Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153. Benincasa hispida, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii, p. 513. Lagenaria dasystemon, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 81, fide Cogn. Cultivated in China, Japan, India, and Africa, and often met with in a wild state: but it is uncertain where it is indigenous. Herb. Kew. 1. Momordica Charantia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1009; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 311; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 589; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 125 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 22; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. à. p. 616; Bot. Mag. t. 2455; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153. Cultivated in China and nearly all warm countries, and also wild. Whether indigenous within our limits is uncertain, though it is supposed to be indigenous in tropical Asia. Herb. Kew. 2. Momordica cochinchinensis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 14; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 618 ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 444; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 135. Momordica mixta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 709; Bot. Mag. t. 5145. Muricia cochinchinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 596; DC. Prodr. iii. . 318. P CuEKIAaNG: Ningpo mountains (Faber D: Kraneast: Kiukiang (David, 908! Shearer!); Formosa (Oldham, 127!); Kwawa- Tune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, and the Philippine Islands. [Momordica dioica, Roxb. (syn. M. sicyoides, Ser. in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 312) is figured in Braam's Ie. Pl. Ch. t. 12, but we have seen no Chinese specimen, nor does Cogniaux record any.] 316 61. CUCURBITACES. 1. Thladiantha dubia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 29; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"* série, xii. p. 150, t. 10, et 5™ série, v. p. 11; Bot. Mag. t. 5469 (excl. pl. fem. et fr.) ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 422, non Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., vide Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 126; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 135. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bunge! and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. We have seen no wild specimens that we could refer to this species with certainty. The large solitary male flowers charac- terize this species. It has been confused with the Indian 7! cal- carata, Clarke, which has racemose male flowers subtended bv large deeply-cut bracts. 2. Thladiantha? Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. Planta scandens, fere undique glabra, ramulis angulatis, cirrhis 2.partitis. Folia longiuscule petiolata, tenuia, rotundato-cordata (sinu profundo lobis contiguis), usque 5 poll. longa et 5 poll. lata, acuminata, ealloso-denticulata, subtus glabra vel glabrescentia, supra scabrida ; petiolus gracilis, seabridus, usque 3 poll. longus. Flores ( d tantum adsunt) lutei (Henry), glabrescentes, 13-2 poll. diametro, laxe corymbosi, graciliter pedicellati, corymbis longe graciliterque pedunculatis; calycis tubus brevissimus, lobis lan- ceolatis subacutis petalis brevioribus; petala patentia, striata ; stamina 5, libera. Fructus 4 poll. diametro (Henry). Huven: Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. The genus of this plant is a little doubtful, but, so far as the material goes, the characters are nearly those of Thladiantha. Dr. Henry describes the fruit as four inches in diameter, but he does not send any. The fruit of all the known species is, how- ever, much smaller. 3. Thladiantha nudiflora, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate VIII.) Planta scandens, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis suleatis parce pilosis, cirrhis 2-partitis. Folia petiolata, crassiuscula nec coriacea, rotundato-cordata vel ovato-cordata (lobis latis contiguis) 23-5 poll. longa, 2—4 poll. lata, acute acuminata, denticulata, supra scabrida, subtus puberula; petiolus parce pilosus, 1-2 poll. longus. Flores lutei ( Henry), puberuli, 9 solitarii, d racemosi, racemis pe- tiolis vix longioribus bracteis parvis cito deciduis; calycis tubus brevis campanulatus, lobis ovato-lanceolatis; petala ovato-lanceo- 61. CUCURBITACEZ. 817 lata, 6-8 lineas longa ; stamina 5, libera. Fructus ruber (Henry), breviter pedunculatus, ovoideus, 14-14 poll. longus, ecostatus, asper; semina numerosa, grisea, obovoidea, compressa, rugulosa. Huveu: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, and Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Root and fruit used in medieine, according to Dr. Henry. The foliage of this, of T. dubia, and of T. calcarata is hardly distinguishable; but the male flowers offer distinctions easily recognized. In the present they are in short naked racemes; in T. dubia they are solitary and much larger; while Z. calcarata has them in pedunculate racemes with large bracts. 4. Thladiantha, sp. indescripta ?; floribus 9 parvis brevissime pedunculatis, petalis angustis. KiawGsU: Shanghai (Maingay, 581!). Herb. Kew. In foliage this is very similar to T. dubia and T. nudiflora, but the flowers are very different. 1. Cucumis Melo, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1011; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 900; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 591; Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 620; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 482; Jacq. Monog. du Mélon, t. 1-33 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™ série, xvi. p. 161 (var. cantonianus) ; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 21, Fl. Tchef. p. 62, et Fl. Shangh. p. 32; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153; A. DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 205. Cultivated throughout China; probably indigenous both in tropieal Asia and tropical Africa. Herb. Kew. 2. Cucumis sativus, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1012; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 591; DO. Prodr. iii. p. 800; Clarke in Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 620; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 498; A. DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 210; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 193. Commonly eultivated in China, and supposed to have originated in Northern India. Herb. Kew. 3. Cucumis trigonus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 722; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 619, excl. syn. fide Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 485; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 497, et Illustr. t. 105 bis. Hvrru: Ichang (A. Henry?) Herb. Kew. Persia to Malaya. [Various gourds (Cucurbita maxima, Duch., C. Pepo, Linn., and 318 61. CUCURBITACER. C. moschata, Duch.) are cultivated in China, and probably native in Southern Asia, See Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153, and DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. p. 199. The Water Melon (Citrullus vulgaris, Schrad.), of African origin, is also largely cultivated, and naturalized in some parts of China. | 1. Coccinia indica, Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 847; Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. t. 105 bis; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 138. Cephalandra indica, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. bm" série, v. p. 16; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 621. Coccinia cordifolia, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 531. Kwanotune: Macao (Meyen ex Cogniaux); V A1NAN (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Africa. 1. Zehneria umbellata, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Ceyl. p. 125; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 104; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 625. Solena heterophylla, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 514. Bryonia hastata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 594. Karivia umbellata, Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. (1841), p. 275; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 124. Harlandia bryonioides, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 648. Momordica heterophylla, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 618. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 128, 124, 125! Hancock !); KwaNa- Tune: Whampoa (Hance, 4485!); Honexone (Wright! Hance’). Herb. Kew. . Throughout India and Malaya southward to North Australia. 2. Zehneria Baueriana, Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 69, et Iconogr. tt. 116, 117, non Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 624. Melothria Baueriana, F. Muell. Fragm. Fl. Austral. vi. p. 188; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 610. Lvucnv AncurpeELAGO (J/right!). Herb. Kew. Bonin, Norfolk, Erromango, and New Caledonia. 3. Zehneria mysorensis, Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 215; Wight in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 260. Zehneria Baueriana, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 624, non Endl. Melothria mucronata, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 608. Zebneria mucronata, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1. p. 656. 61. CUCURBITACE EX. 319 Formosa: north-west (Swinhoe !),Tamsui (Oldham, 128, 134!). Herb. Kew. India and Malaya to the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. 1. Mukia scabrella, Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 276; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 623; Wight, Illustr. Ind. Bot. t. 105 bis. Melothria maderaspatana, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 623. Bryonia scabrella, Linn. f. Supp. p. 424; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 501. Cucumis maderaspatanus, Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. 1, p. 1012. Formosa: without locality (Swinhoe!), Tamsui (Oldham, 129 !). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 1. Melothria cucumerina, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5e série, vi. p. 10; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 590. EasTERN Cuina: without locality (ex Naudin). 2. Melothria indica, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p.35; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 813; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™ série, xvi. p. 169, t. 2; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 626; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 598. ZEchmandra indica, Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 274. Cuexrane: Ningpo mountains (Faber!) ; Kranest : Kiukiang (Shearer)); Kwaneruna: Whampoa (Hance, 12460 !), Pakhoi (Playfair!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India and Malaya to the Philippine Islands. 3. Melothria odorata, Hook. f. et Thoms. ex Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. n. p. 626. Melothria leucocarpa, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 601. ZEchmandra odorata, Hook. f. et Thoms. ex Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 124. Rhynchocarpa odorata, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 104. Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay ?); Honexone (Harland A Hance, 779! 1149!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India and Malaya to the Philippine Islands. Cogniaux, loc. cit., although he cites the ‘ Flora Hongkong- : ensis, does not record this species as Chinese ; and Hance's 779 he refers to M. indica. Perhaps all the Chinese specimens belong to the latter species. [Melothria pendula, Linn., a native of eastern North America . 920 61. CUCURBITACEX. and Mexico, is recorded from Macao (Fontanier) by Cogniaux ; but we strongly suspect an error in the labelling of the specimen.] 1. Actinostemma lobatum, Maxim. in Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 175; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 921 (varietates); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 136. Mitrosicyos lobatus, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 112, t. 7. Karivia? longicirrha, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 80. Actinostemma tenerum, Naud. in Aun. Sc. Nat. 5™¢ série, v. p. 39, non Griff. et excl. loc. Himalayz. Cnmtr: Peking (David, 2308, ex Franchet); SHINGKING (Ross!); KraNGsu (Poli, ex Franchet in litt.); CHEKIANG: Ningpo mountains (Faber!) ; Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Kwanetune (Wenyon!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 2. Actinostemma paniculatum, Maxim., ex Cogn. in DC. Monogr. ii. p. 920. Mitrosicyos paniculatus, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 113. CHIHLI: mountains near Peking (ex Cogniauz). 3. Actinostemma racemosum, Maxim, ex Cogn. in DO. Monogr. iii. p. 922. Mitrosicyos racemosus, Mazim. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 112, in nota. Pomasterium japonicum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 80. Actinostemma japonicum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 188. Cum: near Peking (Bretschneider!). Herb. Kew. Japan. The differences between this and A. lobatum are not obvious; but the specimens at Kew are not complete. 4. Actinostemma tenerum, Grif. Pl. Cantor. p. 24, t. 8 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 633, excl. syn. et loc. Asiæ orientalis ; Cogn. in DO. Monogr. iii. p. 919. Anwari: near Nanking (Leclancher ex Cogniaux). Eastern India. Many of the specimens we have referred to A. lobatum differ very little from this except in the simple racemes of the male flowers. 1. Gynostemma pedatum, Blume, Bijdr. p. 23; Walp. Rep. i, p. 98; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 918; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 136. 61. CUCURBITACEX. 821 Zanonia cissoides, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 2. Alsomitra cissoides, Rem. Syn. ii. p. 118. Enkylia digyna et E. trigyna, Griff. Pl. Cantor. p. 27; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 210. Gynostemma cissoides, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 176. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Nanto and moun- tains to the northward (A4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, and Japan. 2. Gynostemma? species nova, vel genus novum hujus affinitatis ; foliis pedatis, foliolis crenatis, floribus d laxe graciliterque pani- culatis circiter 9 lineas diametro, pedicellis filiformibus, staminibus 5 liberis. Hv»ru: Patung district (A. Henry, 2436!). Herb. Kew. 62. BEGONIACE. 1. Begonia circumlobata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 203. Kwanerune: along the Lienchau river near the village Sinshi (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 22124 !), Lofaushan (Ford! Faber !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Begonia cyclophylla; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6926. Kwanerune: living plant sent to Kew from the Hongkong botanic garden by Mr. Ford. Herb. Kew. 3. Begonia Evansiana, Andrews, Bot. Rep. t. 627; Bot. Mag. t. 1473 ; DOC. Prodr. xv. p. 813; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 136. Begonia discolor, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. p. 184; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 206; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 57. Diploclinium Evansianum, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. ed. 1, p. 318, f. 220. Begonia grandis, Dryand. in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. p. 163. Knesebeckia discolor, Klotzsch, Begon. p. 44. Cmm: Peking (Bushell!); Cuextane: Ningpo mountains (Faber!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer }). Herb. Kew. 4. Begonia fimbristipula, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 202. Kwanerune: Lofaushan and Tingushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. Mr. Ford sends leaves of this or a closely allied species, which are of a deep red colour, with the following note :—“ Leaves of a Begonia used and sold by the priests at Tingushan monastery as a cure for fever, &c. The leaves are put in ' Samshin' (native spirit) and allowed to remain some hours, when the liquor is drunk. The leaves are sold also in Peking, after being brought LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. Y 322 62. BEGONIACEEX. from Tingushan, where they have a great reputation.” In Hance’s herbarium are leaves of the same species collected by Faber near Canton. 5. Begonia Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba nana, tuberosa, paucifoliata, caule interdum repente. Folia tenuia, petiolata (petiolus gracilis interdum 6 poll. longus), leviter oblique rotundato-cordata, sinu aperto, absque petiolo usque ad 5 poll. longa, apice rotundata vel interdum subacuta crenato-dentata undique parce setulosa. Scapus vel peduneulus 4-6 poll. altus, gracilis, basi tantum foliosus, dioicus (?) sepius quoad g triflorus, bracteis lineari-oblongis fimbriatis. Flores rubri (Henry), 1-1} poll. diametro, glabra, apetala (an semper ?); d sepalis cordato-orbicularibus, staminibus numerosis, filamentis liberis filiformibus; 9 sepalis obovato-rotundatis. Capsula le- viter furfuracea, inequaliter trialata, trilocularis, placentis lamelli- formibus indivisis ; semina matura non visa. Huren: Ichang and Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. A species of the same group as B. Fordii. 6. Begonia laciniata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 649; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 126; DC. Prodr. xv. 1. p. 348 (y. Bowringiana) ; Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 645. Begonia Bowringiana, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 120; Bot. Mag. t. 5182. Doratometra Bowringiana, Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 379. Formosa: north-east (Wilford!), eight miles north of Tamsui (Hancock!), Kelung (Ford!); Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Typical Begonia laciniata is common in Eastern India. The specimens from Formosa differ in being almost perfectly glabrous, and Oldham’s 135 thence is probably this species. 7. Begonia leprosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 203. Kwanerune: near Samtin on the Lienchau river, about 230 miles above Canton (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 22098 !). Mus. Brit. 8. Begonia Roxburgii, A. DC. Prodr. xv. 1. p. 398 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 635, var. ? KwanaruNG: Lofaushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. + EE 62. BEGONIACER. 323 The specimens bear one male flower and one fruit, and in foliage closely resemble Indian ones from Chittagong. 9. Begonia sinensis, 4. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4° série, xi. p. 125, et in Prodr. xv. 1. p. 813; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 260. Curmi: Pohuashan (Bretschneider!), Chuilungshan (Han- cock!); KraNasr: Kiukiang (Mellendorff, hb. Hance); Hurrn: Ichang and Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 10. Begonia, sp.; caulescens, foliis parvis leviter obliquis ovatis grosse crenatis. Kwanatune (Wenyon!). Herb. Kew. A fragment of a very distinct species. [Cactacee.—Hance (Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 104) records Opuntia Dillenii, Haw., an American plant, as naturalized among rocks on the sea-coast of Hongkong.] 63. FICOIDEZ. 1. Tetragonia expansa, Murr. Comm. Goett. vi. p. 13; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. p. 178; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 452; Benth. Fl. Austr. ii. p. 325; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 276, et 1878, p. 227; Bot. Mag. t. 2362. Kwanertune: sea-sand, Macao (Hance, 10139!); Honaxone (Ford!) ; Corean AncuiPELAGO : Port Hamilton (Wilford, 659 ! Oldham, 267 11. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan southward to Australia and New Zealand, and in South America. 1. Sesuvium Portulacastrum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 684; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 453; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 659; Hemsl. in Bot. Voy. ‘Challenger, i. 3. p. 155; Bot. Mag. t. 1701; Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. 2. p. 309, t. 70. Pyxipoma polyandrum, Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. p. 293; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 1060; Mazim. in Mél, Biol. xii. p. 460. Trianthema polyandra, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1137 ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 352. Sesuvium repens ef S. longifolium, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. p. 521. Sesuvium revolutifolium, Ort. Dec. p. 19; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 453. Psammanthe marina, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 659. Kwanetune: sandy sea-shore at Paksha (Hance, 1919!) Lucnvu ArcHIrELAGO (Tashiro ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. x2 324 63. FICOIDEX. Almost cosmopolitan on tropical and subtropical sea-shores, aud extending into some temperate regions. We are not quite sure that Pyazipoma, Fenzl, is correctly re- ferred here; but Hance's Psammanthe is certainly Sesuvium, and so is a specimen in the Kew Herbarium from Timor, received from the Paris Herbarium, and labelled Trianthema polyandrum, Blume. Rohrbach, loc. supr. cit., refers all the American forms of Sesuvium to S. Portulacastrum, and states that he does not know whether the Indian S. repens is sufficiently distinct to be maintained as a species. Bentham, Baker, Clarke, and other English botanists unite the two, and we follow them ; yet the plant varies much in different localities, hence probably the confusion and multiplieity of names. Maximowicz evidently holds a different view, as he distinguishes Pyzipoma, and concerning Sesuvium Portulacastrum he records it from Kamtschatka (in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 21), adding * omnino typica planta Americana, nunc in Asia primum detecta." 1. Mollugo Spergula, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.2, p. 131; DC. Prodr.i. p. 891; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 662 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 11. Hainan (Bullock! Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 2. Mollugo stricta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 181; DO Prodr. i. p. 391; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 23; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 137 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 663. Mollugo triphylla, Lour. Fl. Cochizch. p. 62. SuawTUNG (Maingay!); Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Hv- PEH: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry !) ; Kwane- tuna: Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Honexone (Wright D ` Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, Polynesia, and Japan. 64. UMBELLIFERE *. 1. Hydrocotyle asiatica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 234; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 62; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 184; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 669; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 461; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 565. * Bo large a proportion of our specimens of the plants of this Order are in a young state that we have experienced great difficulties in determining many of them, whilst others remain quite doubtful. 64. UMBELLIFER X. 325 Hydrocotyle abbreviata, A. Rich. Monogr. Hydr. p. 43, fig. 19; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 63? Trisanthus cochinchinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 176? Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 141!); Kwaneruna: Pakhoi (Playfair )); Honexone (Hance D: Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost everywhere in the tropics and extending into some temperate regions, including Japan, the Bermudas, and Tasmania. Var. crispata, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 461. Hydrocotyle lurida, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 650. Honexone (Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Hydrocotyle burmanica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 2. p. 60; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 668. Kwanetunea: Lofaushan, at 3100 feet (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Tenasserim and Burma. 3. Hydrocotyle javanica, Thunb. Diss. ii. p. 415, t. 3; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 67; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 667; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 321; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 462. Hydrocotyle nepalensis, Hook. Exot. Fl. i. t. 30. Hydrocotyle polycephala, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. i. p. 366; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1003. Kwanerouna: Lofaushan, at 800 feet (Ford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia to Southern Japan, Eastern Africa, and Australia. 4. Hydrocotyle rotundifolia, Roxb. Cat. Hort. Beng. p. 21, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 88; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 64; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 564; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 134; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. An? série, xviii. p. 220; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 461. Hydrocotyle nitidula, A. Rich. Monogr. Hydr. p. 60, fig. 33. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 1533 Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 178. Hydrocotyle Batrachium, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™ série, xviii. p. 220. Hydrocotyle perexigua, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 691. Kranesu : Shanghai (Maingay!) ; Ktanast: Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 138, 139, 140! Wat- ters!), Kelung (Ford!); Hurem: Nanto and mountains to the 326 64. UMBELLIFER 2. northward (A. Henry!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair !), Whampoa (Hance, 7431!); Lvcuv ArcHIrELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Asia and Africa. Oldham's 139 and Maingay's specimen from Shanghai closely resemble in foliage H. Wilfordi. 5. Hydrocotyle Wilfordi, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 468. Corta: Port Chusan (Wilford, 904!). Herb. Kew. Japan. [Hydrocotyle sinensis, Thunb. (Diss. Hydr. p. 3), syn. H. chi- nensis, Linn. (Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 234), is an obscure plant, but supposed to be the North-American Crantzia lineata.]| 1. Sanicula europea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 235; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 84; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. p. 882; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 670. Sanicula elata, Ham. ; Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 183; Wight, Ill. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 117. fig. 2, et Ic. Ind. Bot. tt. 334, 1004; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 137 (var. acaulis). Sanicula chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 32; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 387; Hance, Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 260. CHIHLI : near Peking (Bretschneider!), Jehol (David ex Franchet); Ktanast: Kiukiang (Moellendorff); Hurra: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry?) ; COREAN ARCHI- PELAGO (Oldham, 294!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in Europe, Asia, and Africa; restricted to the mountains in the warmer parts. 2. Sanicula lamelligera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 11, et 1879, p. 11. Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); Kwayatuna: along the North river (Bullock, hb. Hance, 19942!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dr. Henry’s specimens are too young to enable us to identify them with absolute certainty, but the peculiar lamelliform appendages of the fruit of this species are discernible. 3. Sanicula orthacantha, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 227. Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Hurrem : Ichang Gorge (Maries!), Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 64. UMBELLIFERE. 327 The Hupeh specimens we have referred to this species are all very young. 4. Sanicula rubriflora, F. Schmidt in Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p.123; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 382. SurNGKING: Kwandien (oss!) between Tungcheshien and Maorshan, Yoloo river (James!). Herb. Kew. Amur and Mandshuria. 5. Sanicula tuberculata, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. vi. p. 204. Corra : Port Chusan (Wilford, 906!). Herb. Kew. 1. Bupleurum falcatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 237; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 132; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 676; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 137, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 221 (var. scorzonerefolium); Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 321; Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 158. Bupleurum chinense, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 128. Bupleurum scorzonerzfolium, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. p. 300; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 132; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 22; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 66. Norta Carina: common in CHIHLI, SHINGKING, SHANTUNG, and Corra (Staunton! David! Ross! Webster! Maingay! Carles! and others); Huren (A. Henry!); Fos: Chiuchew (Fortune, 28!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. South of Europe and Asia Minor to Japan. 2. Bupleurum octoradiatum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p.32; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 897; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472. Curgrr: Paushan mountains (ex Bunge). 3. Bupleurum pekinense, Franchet in litt. Bupleurum chinense, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 138, non DC. Camir: Peking (David, 454, ex Franchet). Mongolia. 4. Bupleurum Vanheurckii, Mill. Arg. in Van Heurck et Müll. Arg. Obs. Bot. fasc. ii. p. 207. SuaxTUNG: Chefoo (hb. Van Heurck). Maximowiez refers all the Chinese specimens of Bupleurum 9328 64. UMBELLIFERJE. known to him to B. falcatum, and we can recognize only one species, except perhaps an immature specimen from Long Reach, Corean Archipelago (Oldham, 303 A). 1. Apium cicutefolium, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl.i. p. 888. Sium cicutzfolium, Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 482; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 260; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 126. Falcaria dahurica, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 110. Sium lineare, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. p. 167; A. Gray, Man. Bot. Northern U.S. ed. 5, p. 196. Com, near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Dahuria and Siberia eastward, and in eastern North America. We have followed the ‘Genera Plantarum’ here; but in habit and foliage this plant more closely resembles Siwm latifolium, &c., than any Apium. 2. Apium graveolens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 264; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 101; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 220; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 679. SHaNTUNG: Chefoo, subspontaneous (Fauvel ex Franchet). This has a wide area in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia to North-west India; but we know of no locality for it in Eastern Asia, except the one named, where it is doubtless a colonist. 1. Cicuta virosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 255; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 99; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 079; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 138. Cicutaria aquatica, Lam. Illustr. t. 195. Cut: near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 1914!); SuriNaKING: between Moukden and Tungcheshien (James !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe, temperate Asia, and widely diffused in North America. . [Petroselinum sativum, Hoffm., is, recorded by Bunge as a eultivated plant at Peking.] l. Carum buriaticum, Zurez. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. i. p. 472; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 249; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472. — 64. UMBELLIFER.E. 329 Curnri: near Peking (Bretschneider, hb. Forbes! Williams, hb. Z/ance!) Mus. Brit. Central Siberia. [Sium Sisarum, Linn., recorded by Loureiro as cultivated in China, has not been observed by recent botanists, according to Bretschneider (Early Res. p. 154); and the Chinese name cited by Loureiro is applied in Japan to Cnanthe stolonifera, DC. Sium grecum, Linn. (Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 179), is an altogether obscure plant. | 1. Nothosmyrnium japonicum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 58; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 140. Krayeast: Kiukiang (David ex Franchet). Japan. 1. Pimpinella diversifolia, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 122; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 688. Pimpinella sinica, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 113; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 185. Platyraphe japonica, Mig. in Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 56? HurEH: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 85, 1057, 2363, 2923!); Kwanerune: Tsingyune, North river (Sampson & Hance, 13739 !), White Cloud hill (Sampson, 1013!), Lofaushan (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan, and common on the mountains of North India. [In the Kew Herbarium are several flowering specimens of Umbellifere, probably of the genus Pimpinella. They include Corean Archipelago, Oldham, 307 ; Patung, A. Henry, 2516; the same, 3155; the same, 2419; Lofaushan, Ford, 118; and Kiu- kiang, Shearer, 20.] 1. Cryptotenia canadensis, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 119; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1865, p. 340, et 1870, p. 276; Macoun, Cat. Canad. Pl. i. p. 182. Cryptotenia japonica, Hassk. Retzia, i. p. 113. l Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Huren: Patung district and Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry!); Kwane- TUNG : Sichushan (Parry, hb. Hance !); Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 330 64. UMBELLIFER E. Japan and eastern North America, extending as far westward as Saskatchewan. 1. Conopodium Cyminum, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 896 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 140. Sphallerocarpus Cyminum, Bess. in DC. Prodr. iv. p. 230, et Mém. Omb. p. 60, t. 2; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 23. Curmi: near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 1948 !) ; SurwakiNG: Hingjing (Zoss?). Herb. Kew. Dahuria and Mandshuria to Sachalin. [Osmorrhiza longistylis, DC., found in the Himalayas, Mand- shuria, and Japan, and widely spread in North America, may be looked for within our limits.] 1, Anthriscus nemorosa, Spreng. Umb. Prodr. p. 27; DO. Prodr. iv. p. 228 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 692. SurweKING: between Tungcheshien and Maorshan, Yaloo river (James!). Herb. Kew. Europe and temperate Asia. This and the next are perhaps hardly distinguishable as species ; but James's specimen has the setose fruit ascribed to A. nemorosa. 2. Anthriscus sylvestris, Hoffm. Umb. pp. 40 et 46, t. 1; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 223; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 183. Anthriscus nemorosa, Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 382, vix Spreng. SurwaKiNG: Jaoling (Ross!) ; Krawasu: Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes!) Herb. Kew. Europe, North Africa, and North Asia to Japan. [Myrrhis cherophylloides, Hance (Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 108), from Chinkiang, is apparently an Anthriscus, and very near A. sylvestris, but the material is scanty and quite young. | 1. Seseli Libanotis, G. D. J. Koch in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xii. 1. p. 111; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 140, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- bourg, xxiv. p. 221 (var. sibiricum); Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1915. Seseli sibiricum, Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. p. 967 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 693; Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1916. Libanotis vulgaris, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 150, cum var. sibirica. 64. UMBELLIFERJE. 881 Libanotis sibirica, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2, p. 326 ; Mazim. Ind. FI. Pek. in Prim, Fl. Amur. p. 472. Curmi: Peking (ex Masimowicz), Jehol (David, 2060, ex Franchet); Suantune : Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Europe and temperate Asia. [Feniculum vulgare, Gertn., is commonly cultivated in China, and probably colonized in some parts. ] 1. Phellopterus littoralis, Benth. in Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 905; F. Schmidt in Mém. Acad. Sc. Pétersb. xii. 2. p. 138; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 11; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 68; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 221. Cymopterus littoralis, 4. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. vi. p. 391. Glehuia littoralis, F. Schmidt ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 61. SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Hancock !) ; Kwanetuxe: Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford, 913!), Chemulpo (Carles!) ; Lucuu AncurrELAaO (Wright!) Herb. Kew. Sachalin and Japan. 1. (Enanthe benghalensis, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p.906; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 696. Seseli bengalensis, Roxb, Fi. Ind. ii. p. 94. Dasyloma benghalense et D. glaucum, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 140; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 568 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 264. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 148!); KwawaruNG: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Lvcmv Arcuiretaco (Beechey!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. India, from Kumaon eastward. 2. (Enanthe stolonifera, DO. Prodr. iv. p. 138; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 696; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t.571; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 81; in Journ Bot. 1878, p. 228; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 140, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 221. Dasyloma japonicum ef D. subpinnatum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 59; Hance in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiii. p. 81, et in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 276. Curmi: Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Ktanesu : Shanghai ( Main- gay!); Curxtane: Ningpo (Oldham! Faber D: Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 143, 146!); Hurem: Nanto and mountains to 332 64. UMBELLIFER 2. the northward (A. Henry !); Kwanatune: borders of rice-fields (Hance, 11521!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India, from Kashmir eastward, and in Java and Japan. 3. Gnanthe Thomsoni, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 697. Hurren: Patung district (A. Henry, 1709!). Herb. Kew. Sikkim, Bhotan, and Khasia mountains. 4. (Enanthe, sp. Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1663 !). Herb. Kew. 1. Siler divaricatum, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 909; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 186; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 141, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 221. Stenoccelium divaricatum, Turcz. Cat. Pl. Baikal. n. 529, et Fl. Baik.- Dahur. i. p. 493; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 332; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 66. Cumi: Peking (Bretschneider D: Sutnaxtne (Ross!) ; SuawTUNG (Maingay !), Chefoo (Stuhlmann D. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Japan. 1. Ligusticum acutilobum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii, p. 203; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 186; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 247. Sium triternatum, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 57. Apium ternatum, Sieb. Syn. Pl. GZcon. n. 246, ex Mazim. Formosa: general on the sea-coast near Kelung (Hancock D: COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 300!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. An edible and medicinal herb, which appears to take the place of Crithmum in Japan, according to Maximowicz. The speci- mens from Port Hamilton and Formosa have broader leaflets and less conspicuous bracteoles than the Japanese, but they exhibit no other obvious differences. Ligusticum scoticum is common on the coast of Japan and Mandshuria, and may be expected to occur within our limits. 1. Selinum Monnieri, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. p. 269, et Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 351; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 62; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 81. 64. UMBELLIFER.. 333 Cnidium Monnieri, Cuss. in Mém. Soc. Med. Par. 1782, ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 152; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 283; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472. Athamanta chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 245; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 178; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 154. Seseli daucifolium, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 693, partim. Cicuta sinensis, Roem. Collectan. Bot. p. 135. Curna: without locality (Macartney!) ; Camir (Mollendorff, hb. Hance, 18792!), Peking (Bretschneider D: K1aNGsv : Shang- hai (Maingay!) ; KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; FoKrkN (de Gris!); Huren: Ichang (4. Henry!); Kwanerune: Macao (Calléry!); West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 12154! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. South-eastern Europe and Dahuria. Mr. Clarke confused Chinese flowering specimens of this plant with the Indian Seseli daucifolium. 1. Pleurospermum austriacum, Hoffm. Umb. in Pref. p. 8, tab. tit. figs. 6, 7, 8, 16, 22, 28; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 244; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 360. Ligusticum austriacum, Linn, Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 250; Jacq. FI. Austr. t. 151. SurNGKING: between Fungcheshien and Maorshan, Yaloo river (James!) Herb. Kew. Central Europe through Central Asia to Japan. Pleurospermum uralense and P. kamtschaticum are not, in our opinion, specifically separable from this; and Ledebour, loc. cit., questions the propriety of retaining them as independent species. 2. Pleurospermum ? (P. dentato simili) ; foliis bipinnatis glabres- centibus, foliolis ovatis serratis conspicue venosis, bracteis brac- teolisque latis insigniter caudatis. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. 1. Angelica anomala, Lallem. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. ix. p. 57; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 187; Franchet, PI. David. p. 141. ` Angelica montana, Schleich., 8. angustifolia, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 295. Cunt: Jehol (David, 2047, ex Franchet); Kianesi: Kiu- kiang (Shearer ?). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. 334 64. UMBELLIFER. 2. Angelica citriodora, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 131; Mazim in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 258. Kwanetune: White Cloud hills (Sampson, hb. Hance, 1606 !), Pakwan (Hance, 16393!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 3. Angelica gracilis, Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 222. Suantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). 4. Angelica grosseserrata, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 258. Gomphopetalum, sp. n., Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 4/2. CHILI: mountains near Peking (Tatarinow ex Maximowicz). 5. Angelica kiusiana, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 14. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 3031). Herb. Kew. Japan. 6. Angelica levigata, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 143, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 221. Archangelica, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 917. Czernaevia levigata, Twrez. Fl. Baik.-Dahur. i. p. 499 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 293; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 67. Conioselinum Czernaevia, Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. i. p. 33; Ann. Sc. Nat. 2"* série, v. p. 188. Cumi: Jehol (David ex Franchet); SmawruNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet; Debeauz). Dahuria to Mandshuria and Japan. 7. Angelica Miqueliana, Marim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 255, et in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 23; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 142. Curmi: near Peking (Bretschneider!); Jehol (David, 2144!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 8. Angelica mongolica, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 141. Curu: Jehol (David, 2180, ex Franchet). 9. Angelica, sp.; glabra, foliis caulinis superioribus longissime vaginatis pinnatis vel ternatisectis, foliolis pollicaribus ad sesqui- pollicaribus lanceolatis acutis integris vel paucidentatis. Suinexine: Peiling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. 10. Angelica, sp. (viridiffore et glauce affinis); glaberrima, folis caulinis superioribus trifoliolatis inferioribus longissime 64. UMBELLIFERA. 835 petiolatis (petiolo tereti pedali) ternatim bipinnatis, foliolis vel segmentis ovatis acutis remote grosseserratis subtus pallidis venis eleganter reticulatis, umbellis amplis laxis, radiis inzequalibus. Hurrun: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood and Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry, 1546, 1906, 2006 !). Herb. Kew. 1. Ferula marathrophylla, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1. p. 347, et Rep. v. p. 877. Kwanetune: Cape Lyngmoon (Meyen ex Walpers). 1. Peucedanum decursivum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 472. Angelica decursiva, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap.i. p. 187; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 142; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 321. Porphyroscias decursiva, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 62. Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 147!; Gregory !), Kelung (Ford!) ; Hurren: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (4. Henry!) ; Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. [Peucedanum graveolens, Benth. et Hook. f. (syn. Anethum graveolens, Liun.), is cultivated and colonized in North China.] 2. Peucedanum rigidum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 32; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 409. CnurHLr: sandy places by the river Chingche not far from Peking (Buage! Bretschneider!). Herb. Kew. 3. Peucedanum terebinthaceum, Fisch. in Turcz. Fl. Baic.- Dahur.i. p. 502; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 314; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 148. Cnmtt: Jehol (David, hb. Hance, 14516 !), Peking (Bushell!) ; SuineKine (Ross!); Huren: Ichang and Patung (4. Henry !); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Green Island (Oldham, 304?). Maus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Dahuria; Mandshuria. 4. Peucedanum, sp.; foliis glabris subtus glaucis ternatim bipinnatis, segmentis ultimis trilobatis, lobis latis pauci-setuloso- dentatis, carpellis tomentosis vittis numerosis. Cumi: Peking mountains (Bretschneider, 164!). Herb. Kew. 336 64. UMBELLIFER. We hesitate giving this distinct plant a name, because, although we have failed to identify it with any described species, we think it has probably been published. 5. Peucedanum, sp. ? Kwanetune: cultivated in the Hongkong Botanic Garden ; plant collected on the banks of the North river, Canton (ford, 497 !). Herb. Kew. 1. Heracleum lanatum, Miche, Fl. Bor. Am. i. p. 166; A. Gray, in Mem. Amer. Acad. n.s. vi. p. 891; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 23. Heracleum dissectum, Ledeh. Fl. Alt. i. p. 301, et Fl. Ross. ii. p. 323, et Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 304. Heracleum Moellendorffii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12. Heracleum barbatum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. p. 300, et Fl. Ross. p. 322; Regel et Til. in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xi. 1859, p. 98. Heracleum dulce, Fisch. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. ix. p. 23, ex Mazim. SuivaxiNo : Moukden to the Yaloo river (James!); Hoen: Patung district (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Siberia to Japan and in eastern North America. The Patung specimens may prove specifically different. We have followed Maximowicz and Regel in the synonymy of this species. l. Coriandrum sativum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 256; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 250; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 180 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 135; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 145; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 154; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 920; Sibth. Ic. Fl. Gree. t. 283. Commonly cultivated in China, and not uncommonly met with in a wild state, though probably not indigenous. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mediteranean region. 1. Daucus Carota, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 242; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 211; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 178 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 154; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 32; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 222; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 1076. Cultivated throughout China, and perhaps also indigenous, as it appears to be from Western Europe and North Africa to North 64. UMBELLIFERE. 337 India. Colonized in many other countries. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Torilis Anthriscus, Gmel. Fl. Bad. i. p. 013; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 218. Caucalis Anthriscus, Scop. Fl. Carniol.; D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 183 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 718. Torilis japonica, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 219; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. pp- 189, 264; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 145. Caucalis japonica, Houtt. Pfl. Syst. viii. p. 42, t. 45. f. 1; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 190. Caucalis orientalis, Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 177 ? Torilis scabra, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 219. Cherophyllum scabrum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 119. Torilis prztermissa, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 214; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 145. Kianesu: Shanghai (Maingay! Perry!) ; Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 137, 142!) ; Kwane- TUNG: near Canton (Hance, 11399 !); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 308!); Lucuu AmcnurpELAGO (Wright! Beechey !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Europe and North Africa, and across Asia to Japan. Umbellifera dubia Athamante affinis; folia glabra, tripinna- tisecta, segmentis ultimis linearibus acutis, bracteis bracteolisque angustis acutis, carpellis 5-costatis setosis dentibus calycinis magnis persistentibus coronatis, vittis parvis in valleeulis solitariis?, carpophoro nullo, stylis valde elongatis rectis induratis persisten- tibus. SnuaxruxG (Maingay, 49!). Herb. Kew. Of this remarkably distinct plant the material is insufficient to determine its exact affinity. [There remain in the Kew Herbarium two undetermined Um- belliferz from the Patung district collected by Dr. Henry (1742 and 2389), and 306 of Oldham’s Japanese and Corean collection. 65. ARALIACELE. 1. Aralia dasyphylla, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 751, et in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 9. Aralia chinensis, Blume, Bijdr. p. 879, haud Linn., sec. Mig. Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Herb. Kew. Malay islands. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. Z 338 65. ARALIACER. Readily distinguished from the polymorphous A. spinosa by its capitate flowers. 2. Aralia quinquefolia, 4. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. Sc. n. s. vi. p. 391. Panax quinquefolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1058; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 252; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 54; Bot. Mag. t. 1333; Regel et Maack in Reg. Gartenfl. 1862, p. 314, t. 375 (var. Ginseng); Sieb. Ver- handl. Bot. Genoot. xii. (var. coreense). Panax Ginseng, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. Pétersb. 1. p. 340; Walp. Rep. v. p. 924; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1861, p. 320, et 1868, p. 54. SHINGKING or CoREA (James!) Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Japan, and eastern North America, from Canada to the mountains of Georgia. [Aralia palmata, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 187), is an obscure plant, doubtfully referred by Seemann to the Indian Brassaiopsis -Hainla.] 3. Aralia spinosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 273; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 259; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 7 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 191. ` Aralia chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 273; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 259; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 135; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 133; Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 149. Leea spinosa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. p. 670. Aralia canescens, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 94. Aralia Planchoniana, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1866, p. 172. Aralia Decaisneana, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, x. p. 215. Dimorphanthus mandshurieus, Rupr. et Mazim. in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. Pétersb. xv. (1856), p. 134, et in Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 133. Aralia mandschurica, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 134. Dimorpbanthus elatus, Mig. Comm. Phytogr. p. 95, t. 12; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 430. Aralia elata, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 134. Aralia hypoleuca, Presi, Epimel. p. 250; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 724. Surnexine: Fungshan (Ross D: Cuexrane: Ningpo (Faber !); Huren : Patung district, and Nanto and mountains to the north- ward (A. Henry!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 201!); zE- CHUEN: Chungching (Bourne!); Kwaneruna: Macao (Hance, 12693! Gaudichaud!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Japan, Philippines, and eastern North America from Canada to Texas. This is an exceedingly variable plant both in its American and Asiatic areas; and Miquel included all of the above synonymy except Hance’s names and the Philippine Aralia hypoleuca. 65. ARALIACER. 339 4. Aralia, sp.? Hurra: Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Only young foliage and young flowers of a member of this order quite distinct from anything else we have seen from China. [Panaz fallax, Miq. (Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 118), is an obscure imperfectly described plant, perhaps not of this natural order.] 1. Acanthopanax aculeatum, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1807, p. 238, et Revis. Heder. p. 86; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 105; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 146; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 726. Panax aculeatum, Ait, Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. p. 448; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 252 ; Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 634 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 38. Zanthoxylum trifoliatum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 270. Plectronia chinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 162. Panax Loureirianum, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 252. Aralia trifoliata, Meyen, Reise, ii. p. 332, sec. Walpers in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 3485; C. Koch, Wochenschr. i. (1859), p. 366. Acanthopanax sepium, Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 86. CurwA: without locality (Millett! Staunton! Macartney! Bradley! and others); Kranest: Kiukiang (David, 1975, ex Franchet) ; Foxten: Amoy (Hance! Swinhoe!) ; Formosa (Old- ham, 300!); Huren: Ichang and Patung districts (A. Henry! 186, 1011, 1092); Kwaneatuna: Macao, Ze, (Calléry! Kee- mann!'); Howakowa (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Japan. The Chinese and Japanese specimens referred here are almost invariably trifoliolate ; but the Indian are often quinquefoliolate as in A. spinosum, which is probably not specifically different. 2. Acanthopanax divaricatum, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1867, p. 239, et Revis. Heder. p. 87 ; Marchal in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xx. 2. (1881), p. 82. Panax divaricatum, Sieb. et Zucc. Abhandl. Baier. Acad. iv. ii. p. 200 . Walp. Ann. i. p. 981. Kalopanax divaricatum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i. p. 17. Acanthopanax asperatum, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 193; Franchet, Pi. David. p. 146 (asperulatum), sec. Marchal, loc. cit. CHIHLI: Jebol (David ex Franchet). Also in Japan. 340 65. ARALIACER. 3. Acanthopanax diversifolium, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex 10-pedalis (Henry), undique glabra, inermis, ramis fructiferis crassiusculis teretibus rectis cortice nigrescente. Folia alterna coriacea, aculeolato-denticulata, subtus pallidiora, subalternatim simplicia et trifoliolata ; simplicia ovato-oblonga, acuminata, sepius breviter petiolata; trifoliolata (unieum bifo- liolatum visum) ssepius longissime petiolata (petiolus usque 6 poll. longus, patentissimus); foliola sessilia, subæqualia, ovato- oblonga, 3—4 poll. longa, costa utrinque elevata, venis immersis in- conspicuis. Umbelle 5-9-radiate, in racemos densos 2-3 pol- licares terminales aggregate, pedicellis gracilibus fructu paullo longioribus. Fructus subdidymus, valde compressus, circiter 3 lineas latus, latior quam longus, stylis brevibus coronatus. Hurren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry, 2969?. Herb. Kew. This is a very distinct species, remarkable in having simple and trifoliolate leaves intermixed on the flowering branches. We may here remark that it is very doubtful whether the character of continuous or articulated pedicels is sufficient to sepa- rate generically the plants referred to Panas, Acanthopanaz, Ze, 4. Acanthopanax ricinifolium, Zinn. in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 140, et Revis. Heder. p. 86; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 323; Marchal in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xx. 2. (1881), p. 88. Panax ricinifolium, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 91. Kalopanax ricinifolium, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 16. Brassaiopsis ricinifolia, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 291. Aralia Maximowiczii, Van Houtte, Fl. des Serres, xx. p. 39, t. 2067, sec. Marchal. SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Carles & Forbes!) ; Onse: Ningpo (Faber!); Kianast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); FokiEN: Amoy (Fortune, OD: Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry!); Corza: Chemulpo (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 5. Acanthopanax sessiliflorum, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1867, p. 239, et Revis. Heder. p. 87; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 145; Marchal in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xx. 2. (1881), p. 89. Panax sessiliflorum, Rupr. et Mazim. in Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 131 ; Regel, Gartenft. 1862, p. 238, t. 369. 65. ARALIACER. 341 Norru Cura (Fortune ?, Fischer ex Seemann), Jehol (David, 2055, ex Franchet). Amur and Mandshuria. 6. Acanthopanax spinosum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. i.p. 10; Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 86; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207 (Acanthopanax?); Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 261; Marchal in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xx. 2. (1881), p. 85. Panax spinosum, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 44). Aralia pentaphylla, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 128; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 259. Kranesu: Fengwangshan (Forbes!); Curxiane; Ningpo (Cooper! Faber!); Ktanast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huprn: Ichang and neighbourhood (A. Henry!) ; Kwanetuna (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Fatsia papyrifera, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 939. Aralia papyrifera, Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. (1852), p. 53, tt. 1, 2, et Bot. Mag. t. 4897 ; Fl. des Serres, tt. 806, 807 et 1201. Tetrapanax papyrifera, C. Koch, Wochenschr. 1859, p. 371; Otto, Hamb. Gartenz. 1862, p. 61; Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 88. Formosa (Bowring ! Oldham, 198! Perry!) ; Hurem: Patung district (4. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dr. Henry does not state whether his specimen was from a wild or cultivated plant; but as he usually, if not always, labels cultivated plants as such, it may be assumed that the Rice-Paper plant is really wild in China proper, though, so far as we are aware, it was not previously known to be wild except in Formosa. 1. Helwingia rusciflora, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 716; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 164, t. 86. Helwingia japonica, Dietr. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2. p. 680; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. i. p. 195. Osyris japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 31, et Ic. Pl. dec. iii. t. 1. Huren : Patung district (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. * A shrub ten feet or more high.”—Dr. A. Henry. 1. Eleutherococcus Henryi, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pi. xviii. t. 1711. Hurrun: Patung district (4. Henry, 2078!). Herb. Kew. 342 65. ARALIACER. Dr. Henry designates this the red-root kind of “ Wu Chia P’i,” a drug. 2. Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xviii. sub t. 1711. Huren : Patung district (A. Henry, 2580!). Herb. Kew. * * Wu Chu P’i’; the outside of the root is white. The root- bark is a drug."— Dr. A. Henry. 3. Eleutherococcus senticosus, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 132; Regel, Gartenfl. 1863, p. 84, t. 393; Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 80; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 145. Hedera senticosa, Rupr. in Mél. Biol. 1857, p. 426, ex Regel. Cururnr: Peking mountains (Bretschneider!); SHINGKING ; hills near Moukden (James !), Kwandien (Ross!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria to Sachalin. It is possible that the three foregoing forms are extremes of one very variable species, as the differences are in the more or less numervus sharp bristles and prickles or absence of the same, in the amount of pubescence, in the shape of the fruit, and in the length of the styles. 4. Eleutherococcus, sp.?; umbellis racemosis, calycibus dense albo-lanatis. Cuexiane: Ningpo (Faber D. . Herb. Kew. 1. Heptapleurum octophyllum, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 105. Aralia octophylla, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 187 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 258. Paratropia cantoniensis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 189; Walp. Rep. iv. p. 433; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 136. Agalma octophyllum, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 298, et Revis. Heder. p. 24. FoxrEN: Foochow (Swinhoe!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 199!); KwawaruNa: Macao, &c. (Macartney! Seemann! Gaudi- chaud! Millett! Tate!); Honexona (Champion ! Urquhart! Wilford!); Lvcnuu AmcurPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Dendropanax japonicum, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 301 et Revis. Heder. p.27; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 733. 65. ARALIACE E. 343 Hedera japonica, Jungh. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. p. 25; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 431. Textoria japonicum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 12. Kwanertune: Lofaushan, at 3100 feet (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Khasia mouutains in Eastern India, and common in Japan. 2. Dendropanax parviflorum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 137 ; Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 27 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 733. Hedera parviflora, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 122; Walp. Ann. v. p. 84. HoneKone (Champion). Herb. Kew. Mount Ophir, Malacca. 3. Dendropanax proteum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 136; Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 27; Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 149. Hedera protea, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 122; Walp. Ann. v. p. 84. Kwaneatune: Green Island, Macao ( Gomes da Silva ex Hen- riques) ; HoxakoNa (Champion! Wright! Lamont’). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Heteropanax fragrans, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1866, p. 297 ; Revis. Heder. p. 73; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 734. Panax fragrans, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 21, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 76; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 254. Cursa: without locality (Millett !); Yunnan (Anderson !) ; Kwanerune: in a Mandarin’s garden, Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 15071!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Bengal and Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 1. Hedera Helix, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 202; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 261; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 789; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 65 Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 194. Hedera colchica, Koch, Wochenschrift, 1859, p. 76; Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 307. Hedera rhombea, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 94. The Ivy is apparently not uncommon in the temperate regions of China (Wright! Fortune! Bourne! A. Henry! Maries!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Europe aud North Africa eastward to Japan. 944 66. CORNACEE. 66. CORNACEJE. 1. Alangium Lamarckii, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Ceyl. p. 133; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 741. Alangium decapetalum, Lam., et A. hexapetalum, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 174; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 203. l Honexone (Champion!); HarNAN (Swinhoe! B. C. Henry! Hancock!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Africa and Tropical Asia to the Philippines. 1. Marlea begonizfolia, Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 283, et Fl. Ind. ii. p. 261; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 267; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 138; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 187; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 743; Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 61. Stylidium chinense, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 22]. Stylis chinensis, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. v. p. 260. Diacecarpium rotundifolium, Hassk. in Bonplandia, vii. p. 172. Kianest: Kiukiang (Maries!); Foxen: Amoy (Fortune, 987); Hrsg: Ichang and Nanto and neighbourhood (4. Henry!); SzECHUEN: Chungching (Bourne!); Kwanetune (Millett!); Honexone (Champion! Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, and Japan. 2. Marlea platanifolia, Sieb. ef Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p- 26; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 159; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 195. Marlea macrophylla, Sieb. et Zucc. loc. cit. Huprn: Patung district (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Cornus alba, Linn. Mant. p. 40 (1767); DO. Prodr. iv. p. 272; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 379. Cornus tartarica, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, n. 7 (1768); Franchet, Pl. David. . 147. P Norta Curva: without locality (Tatarinow!), Peking (ex Maximowicz), Jehol (David!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in Siberia, eastward to the Amur. 2. Cornus canadensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 117; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 274; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 878; A. Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. Sc. n. s. vi. p. 891; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 196. 66. CORNACER. 345 Corra: eastern side(Perry!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Japan, and North America, both eastern and western. 3. Cornus capitata, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., Carey 4 Wall. ed. i. p. 434; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p.745; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 214. Benthamia fragifera, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1579; Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. t. 122; Bot. Mag. t. 4641. Hupen: Patung district (A. Henry, 208'). Herb. Kew. North India from Kumaon eastward. 4. Cornus hongkongensis, Hemsl., n. sp. Benthamia japonica, var. sinensis, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. (1852), p. 165. Benthamia japonica, Benth. Fl. Hongk, p. 138, non Sieb. et Zucc., nee Cornus Kousa, Buerg., differt foliis coriaceis, ut videtur persistentibus, oblongis breviter obtuseque acuminatis supra ni- tidis subtus punctatis, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 3 con- spicuis, involucri bracteis latioribus vix acuminatis. HoneKone (Champion!). Herb Kew. This appears quite distinct from the Japanese species with which it has hitherto been associated. ^ 5. Cornus macrophylla, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., Carey & Wall. ed. i. p. 433; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 272; Brandis, For. Fl. p. 252, t. 32; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 744. Cornus brachypoda, C. 4. Mey. in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. n. s. v. p. 222; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 725; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 195. Cornus crispula, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 216. Cornus sp. affinis C. alternifolia, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 292. KiawGsU: Chinkiang (Bullock, hb. Hance, 21132!) ; Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 2!); Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!): Correa: Port Chusan (Wilford, 945!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A common North-India spécies, extending to Japan. 6. Cornus officinalis, Sieb. et Zwee, Fl. Jap. i. p. 100, t. 50; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 160; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 196. . Corea: Soul (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Japan. This is closely allied to the European Cornus mas, Linn. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 24 346 66. CORNACEX. 7. Cornus paucinervis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 216. Huren: Ichang, Patung and neighbourhood (Watters, hb. Hance, 21237! A. Henry! 674, 1683! and 218, 471, var. foliis latioribus!) ; SzecHveN : Chungking (Parker!); Kwanerune : West river (Ford!); Kwanest: Liuchaufu (Mesny!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. . ]. Aucuba chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 138. Honexone (Harland, hb. Hance, 1142!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. This very distinct species (or variety of japonica) is still im- perfectly known, not having been collected, so far as we are aware, by anybody since Harland discovered it. 2. Aucuba japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 65; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 274; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 197; Bot. Mag. tt. 1197, 5512. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 469 !) ; Lucuu ARGHIPELAGO (Wright!) Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Camptotheca acuminata, Decne. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xx. p. 157; Baill. Hist. Pl. vi. p. 282; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 357. Kranast: Kiukiang (David, 867!). Herb. Kew. This so strongly resembles Nyssa sessiliflora, Hook. f. & Thoms., that it might be mistaken for it; yet all the authors:cited accord it generic rank, and it is really very distinct. It was at first erroneously recorded as a native of Chinese Tibet. 19*. TAMARISCINEZ t. 1. Tamarix chinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 182 ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 96; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 28, et Tent. Gen. Tam. p. 46; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 186; Debeauz, Fl. Tients. p. 21; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 188; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 220; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 54. Tamarix gallica, 8. chinensis, Ehrenb. in Linnea, ii. p. 267. Tamarix indica, Willd. ; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p.471. t By an oversight this small Order was omitted in its proper place. 19*. TAMARISCINEZ. 347 Une: without locality (Macartney! Bradley! Beechey !); Norra Cursa (Bunge!); Kranasu: Shanghai, cultivated ( Main- gay!) ; Foxien: Amoy (Fortune, 103!); Kwanatune: Canton, cultivated (Hance, 897!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. We have no evidence of this being anywhere wild in China; and Ehrenberg was probably right in treating it as a variety of the widely spread 7. gallica. l 2. Tamarix juniperina, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 28, et Tent. Gen. Tam. p. 45 ; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 117. Tamarix chinensis, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 132, t. 71, ex Bunge. Cum: Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider!). Herb. Kew. Bunge's specimen of this in the Kew Herbarium looks quite like T. gallica. 3. Tamarix Pallasii, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv. p. 349; Bunge, Tent. Gen. Tam. p. 51 (var. minutiflora) ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 94; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 773. Curr: Jehol (David, 2063!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe to Afghanistan and Sungaria. This also is reduced to T. gallica by most botanists ; yet Boissier follows Bunge in retaining it as an independent species. 1. Myricaria germanica, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv. p. 329; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 97 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 131; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 250. Myricaria bracteata, Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. t. 44. Myricaria alopecuroides, Schrenk, Enum. Pl. Nov. p. 65; Ledeb. loc. cit. ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 55; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 258. Horn: Ichang and Nanto (A. Henry!) ; SuEeNsr or Kansvn: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to the Himalayas and Siberia eastward. 67. CAPRIFOLIACEZ. 1. Adoxa Moschatellina, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 367; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 252; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 2; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 252; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 147. Com: Jehol (David, 1735, ex Franchet) ; Sutnexine : Fung- wangshan, &c. (Ross!). Herb. Kew. North Europe, Asia, and America. 348 67. CAPRIFOLIACE X. 1. Sambucus Ebulus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 269; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 322; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 2; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193. Yunnan: between Nantyen and Momyen (Anderson D. Herb. Kew. Western Europe, Madeira, North Africa, Asia Minor, and Persia to Kashmir, but not known to exist either in the eastern Himalayas or the country north of India. The Yunnan specimen is rather hairy, and may possibly be different from S. Hbulus, but the fruit is unknown. [Sambucus ebuloides, Desv. (DC. Prodr. iv. p. 323), syn. Phy- teuma bipinnata, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 138), is an obscure plant, of which, however, according to Bretschneider (Early Researches, p. 155), there is a specimen in the Paris Herbarium. | 2. Sambucus javanica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 657; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 322; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 124; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 2. Sambucus chinensis, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 297; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 322; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 217, in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 295, et 1874, p. 260; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1579, p. 24. Sambucus Thunbergiana, Blume ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 265; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 198; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 147. Kranost: Kiukiang (Shearer! Mollendozff!); FOKIEN: Amoy (Fortune, 97!) ; Formosa (Oldham, 202, 203 !), Kelung (Ford!); HvrEn: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (4. Henry!); SZECHUEN (Mesny !) ; Yunnan (Anderson !); KwaNGTUNG: near Canton (Sampson, 28! Hance, 11341!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malaya and Java. [Sambucus Loureiriana, DC. (Prodr. iv. p. 323), syn. S. nigra, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 181), non Linn., is probably not of this genus. | 3. Sambucus racemosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 270; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 323 ; Baker et S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 198; Franchet, Pl. David. p- 148, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 222; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 265 (varietates). 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 349 . Sambucus Sieboldiana, Blume ex Mig. loc. cit. Sambucus nigra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 126; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 33, non Linn. Sambucus Williamsii, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 18; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 148. Curmi: near Peking (Tatarinow! Williams! Bushell! Bret- schneider IV: SuiNakiNao: Moukden to Kirin (James !); KraNGsU: Shanghai (Carles!) ; Hurem: Nanto and mountains to the north- ward (4. Henry!); Corea: Soul (Carles!) ; COREAN ARCHI- PELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 472!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. , North Europe through Central Asia to Japan and Kamtschatka, and in North America. A flowering specimen of a Sambucus in the Kew Herbarium from the summit of Mount Omei, Szechuen ( Faber, 648), may be a new species, or possibly a variety of S.javanica. The one perfect leaf has nine long, narrow, very acuminate, deeply and sharply serrated leaflets, and the compact inflorescence is pedun- culate. 1. Viburnum (§ Opulus) arborescens, Hemsl., n. sp. Arbor 30-pedalis, floribus viridibus (Henry), ramulis floriferis rigidis foliisque primum stellato-pubescentibus tum glabrescen- tibus. Folia decidua (bene evoluta non visa), floribus coetanea, breviter petiolata, papyracea, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 1-13 poll. longa, utrinque rotundata, minute serrulata, subtus dense stellato-pubescentia, supra cito glabrescentia, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 subtus elevatis. Cym@ terminales, sub- sessiles, umbellatz, floribus paucis exterioribus neutris subcarnosis. Flores glabri, fertiles brevissime pedicellati; calycis dentes breves, ovati, obtusissimi ; corolla rotata, lobis rotundatis; stylus brevis- simus, stigmate magno capitato. Fructus deest. Hvuren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 8810!) Herb. Kew. Apparently a very distinct species, nearest V. Hanceanum, from which it is readily distinguished both by its foliage and its inflor- escence. 2. Viburnum (§ Euviburnum) brachybotryum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex 10-pedalis (Henry), sempervirens ?, preter inflores- centiam glaber vel citissimo glabrescens, ramulis brunneis lenti- LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 25 350 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. cellatis. Folia longiuscule petiolata, coriacea, obovata, oblanceo- lata vel interdum fere oblonga, cum petiolo 3-6 poll. longa; abrupte acuminata, basi cuneata, integra, sursum crenato-dentata, supra nitida venis primariis impressis, subtus pallidiora venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 5-6 costaque elevatis arcuatis. Cyme in panieulas terminales densiusculas circiter 2 poll. longas dispositæ, ramulis pedicellisque parce stellato-puberulis. Flores parvi, brevissime pedicellati; calycis lobi ovato-oblongi, obtusis- simi; corolla rotata,lobis late ovatis obtusis staminibus longi- oribus; stylus elongatus, crassissimus. Fructus ignotus. Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 3324!). Herb. Kew. Resembling V. odoratissimum, but easily distinguished by its very small panicles and sharply-toothed leaves. 3. Viburnum burejanum, Herd. in Add. ad Pl. Radd. p. 11, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1878; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 698. Viburnum burejaeticum, Hegel et Herd. in Pl. Radd., Monopet. p. 7, t. l. figs. a-d; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383; Regel, Gartenflora, 1862, p. 407, t. 384. Viburnum davuricum, Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 135, nec Pall. ex Mazim. SursaKING: Changdien (Ross !), Yungling, between Moukden and the Yaloo river (Webster !). Herb. Kew. Common in Mandshuria. 4. Viburnum (§ Euviburnum) Carlesii, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex stellato-tomentosus, ramulis floriferis teretibus gra- ciliusculis glabrescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, papyracea, late ovata vel rotundata, 1-2 poll. longa, mucronulato-serrata, utrinque precipue subtus tomentosa, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis elevatis in serraturas abeuntibus. Cyme parve, um- bellatze, terminales, breviter pedunculate. Flores undique glabri; calycis dentes ovati, obtusissimi; corolla hypocraterimorpha, — tubo striete cylindrico 5-6 lineas longo, limbi lobis rotundatis leviter undulatis circiter } poll. diametro; stamina inclusa; stylus brevissimus, crassus, stigmate capitato. Fructus immaturus glaber, valde compressus, sulcatus, calycis limbo aucto coronatus. Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!) West Corea (Perry!) Herb. Kew. In foliage and general appearance this species closely resembles the Indian F. cotinifolium, from which it is readily distinguished by the strictly cylindrieal tube of the corolla. 67. CAPRIFOLIACEX. 351 5. Viburnum coriaceum, Blume, Bijdr. p. 656; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 329; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 5. Viburnum cylindricum, Ham. in D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 142 Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193. SzECHUEN: Mount Omei, 4000 to 7000 feet ( Faber !); YUNNAN (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. North India from Kumaon to Khasia, and in Burma and Java. 6. Viburnum davuricum, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 30, t. 58; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 328; Regel et Herd. Pl. Radd., Gamopet. p. 11, t. 1. fig. 2; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 654; Franchet, Pl. David. p.149. Cunt: mountains west of Peking (David, hb. Hance, 14704!); Suinexrina: Moukden to Yaloo river (James!) ; Kansvuu (Przewalsky ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria, Mongolia, and Mandshuria. 7. Viburnum dilatatum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 124; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 8329; A. Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 393; Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 247 ; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 281; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 664, excl. p. formosa- num, Bot. Mag. 6215. Viburnum erosum, A. Gr. in Perry’s Jap. Exped. ii. p. 313, non Thunb. Krayest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Huren: Ichang and imme- diate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1598, 2289! Faber!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. We confess our inability to draw a line between V. dilatatum, var. formosanum, and V. erosum, though Maximowiez states that the present species differs in the absence of stipules, the corolla pilose on the outside, and in the hairs on the leaves being fasci- culate, not really stellate. V. chinense, Hook. et Arn. (Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 190), doubtfully referred to this species by Maxi- mowicz, is Premna serratifolia, Linn. _> 8. Viburnum erosum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 124; DOC. Prodr. iv. p. 327; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 148; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 666; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 216 (var. formo- sanum). Viburnum dilatatum, 8. formosanum, Maxim. loc. cit. p. 666. Cuxxrawa : Ningpo (Everard D: Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 1 !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 204, 205, 206 !), without locality (Swinhoe !) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 47 7). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 2522 352 67. CAPRIFOLIACEE. Var.? ichangense, Zemsl.; foliis cito glabrescentibus, stipulis persistentibus, calyce dense lanato, fructu nigro. Huren: Patung district and Nanto and mountains to the northward (.4. Henry, 232, 1888, 2841!). Herb. Kew. 9. Viburnum Fordize, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1888, p. 321. Kwanetune: Fingushan, West river (Ford, 7); without locality (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 10. Viburnum fragrans, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 38 ; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 451; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 659. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Carles!) ; Norra Kansvu (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Maximowiez suggests that this may be the same as the North Indian V. nervosum, Don, and we believe he is right; but the fragmentary Chinese specimens we have seen are hardly sufficient to settle the point. 11. Viburnum furcatum, Blume; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 657. Viburnum cordifolium, Hook. f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 175, partim. Viburnum lantanoides, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 265, nec Michx. sec. Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 276. Viburnum plicatum, A. Gray in Rep. Perry's Exped. p. 313, nec Thunb. et excl. synon. Hurrun: Patung district (A. Henry, 1470!) ; Szecnvzs : Mount Omei, 8000 to 10,000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. Sachalin and Japan. Faber’s western specimens agree exactly with Japanese collected by Wright and named F. plicatum by Gray; but Henry’s are too young for absolute certainty of determination. This species is closely related to V. lantanoides, Michx., a native of eastern North America, but, as pointed out by Maximowicz, there is a decided difference in the cross section of the furrow of the putamen, being like the letter T in the Chinese, and like the letter Y in the N.-American species. 12. Viburnum glomeratum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 656. Kanxsvn: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 853 13. Viburnum Hanceanum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 662. Viburnum tomentosum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 275, non Thunb CHEKIANG: Amoy (Fortune, 47!); KwawNarvNG: Pakwan hills above Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 10838 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 14. Viburnum (§ Microtinus) Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex 10-pedalis vel interdum supra rupes vagans (Henry), ut videtur sempervirens, undique glaber, ramulis floriferis tereti- bus, graciliusculis, internodiis foliis brevioribus. Folia petiolata, eoriacea, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, absque petiolo usque ad 4 poll. longa, acute acuminata, serrulata, subtus in axillis venarum glandulosa, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 5-6 sat conspicuis; petiolus sursum dilatatus, subalatus. Flores albi (Henry), parvi vel minuti (alabastri tantum visi), paniculati pedicellis brevibus ; panieule terminales, quam folia sspius breviores, pyramidales, bracteatæ, bracteis linearibus herbaceis cito deciduis inferioribus fere pollicaribus. Huren: Patung district (Henry, 1705, 1730, 4060 !). Herb. Kew. The foliage of this species is very much like that of some of the Laurocerasus section of Prunus, even to the immersed glands in the axils of the primary veins. 15. Viburnum lutescens, Blume, Bijdr. p. 625; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 325. Viburnum sundaicum, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 121. Kwanetune: without locality (.Ford!) Herb. Kew. Java, Borneo, and Sumatra. 16. Viburnum macrocephalum, Fortune, in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 244; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 43; Walp. Ann. i. p. 865; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 24, et in Mél. Biol. x. p. 652. Viburnum Keteleeri, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1863, p. 269, fig. 31. Kranesv: hills near Shanghai (Carles! Maingay! Forbes!) ; Crexrana: Chusan (Fortune!); Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 50); Hvreu: Nanto (A. Henry!); Szecuven: Mount Omei(Faber!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Carles, Henry, and Faber all send wild specimens of this species with only a few of the outer flowers neuter, and Forbes collected the same variety at Fengwangshan, not far from Shanghai. 354 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 17. Viburnum odoratissimum, Ker in Bot. Reg. vi. t. 456; DO. Prodr. iv. p. 826; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 143; Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 7 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 294. ' — Mierotinus odoratissimus, (Erst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1860, p. 294, t. 6. figg. 710. Viburnum Awabuki, C. Koch, Wochenschr. x. 1867, p. 108. Viburnum sinense, Colla, Hort. Rip. p. 145. Viburnum chinense, Zeyh. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2. Sours Curva: without locality (Beechey! Millett !); FokrEN: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Howakoxe (Wright! Wilford! Urquhart! Lamont!); Lucuv AncurPELAGO (J.right!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and in Japan. 18. Viburnum Opulus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 268 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 328; A. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 393; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 670; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 388 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 148. Curmi: near Peking (Mellendorff! Bretschneider D: SHING- KING: Chienshan and other localities (Ross! James! Webster!) ; Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and Asia Minor through Central Asia to Japan and in eastern North America. 19. Viburnum phlebotrichum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. p. 173; Franch, et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. p. 200; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 267; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 667. Viburnum pubinerve, Blume, Herb. Jap. Viburnum Wrightii, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 267. Viburnum erosum, 4. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 393. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Shearer! Maries!); Formosa: Kelung (Ford!); Hupren: Patung district, and Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry, 899, 2670, 2857, 2885 !) ; SZECHUEN: Omei at 8000 feet (Faber!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. Maximowiez refers V. pubinerve to V. Opulus, but the Kew specimen is certainly V. phlebotrichum. The leaves of this species furnish the “Sweet Tea" of Omei, according to Mr. Faber. Szechuen specimens connect V. Wrightit, Miq., with V. phlebotrichum, the characteristic deciduous hairs being present, though less numerous. 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 355 20. Viburnum (§ Tinus) propinquum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex sempervirens undique glaber, cortice nitido, habitu omnino V. Tini. Folia longiuscule petiolata, coriacea, ovata, ovato-lanceolata, vel interdum fere oblonga, absque petiolo 2—4 poll. longa, acuminata, triplinervia, supra medium paucidenti- culata. Flores albo-virides (Henry), circiter 2 lineas diametro, pedicellis gracilibus; calycis dentes brevissimi; corolla rotata, intus basi pilosula, lobis obtusissimis; stamina corollam super- antia. Fructus (maturus non visus) parvus (circiter 1} lin. diametro) spheroideus, levis. Hurrn: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry D. Herb. Kew. Apart from the nervation of the leaves and the very minute flowers, this species strongly resembles the western Viburnum Tinus; and among Chinese species V. sempervirens, C. Koch, is the nearest, differing conspicuously in its fine transverse venation. 21. Viburnum rhytidophyllum, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex, ut videtur, ramis floriferis teretibus, crassis primum dense tomentosis. Folia petiolata, crassa, coriacea, ovato-ob- longa, 4-6 poll. longa, obtusa vel rotundata, integra vel obsolete denticulata, supra glabra, rugosissima, subtus dense albo-tomen- tosa, costa venisque insigniter elevatis. Flores dense umbellatim eymosi; cym:e terminales, ramulis crassis quadrangulatis tomen- tosis; calycis tomentosi dentibus minutis; petala ete. desunt. Hurren: Patung district (Henry, 6131). Herb. Kew. Characterized by large, very coarsely wrinkled leaves, densely felted beneath. 22. Viburnum Sandankwa, Hassk. in Retzia, i. p. 87; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 268; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 649; Bot. Mag. t. 6172. Krawasu: Chinkiang and Yangtse (Maries!) ; Lucnu Arcui- PELAGO (Wright! Wegrich!). Herb. Kew. Commonly cultivated in Japan, but not known to be wild. 23. Viburnum schensianum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 653. Sunset - in the southern part along the river Han (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). 24. Viburnum sempervirens, C. Aoch, Hortus Dendr. p. 300, 856 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. et in Wochenschr. x. 1867, p. 109; Cirst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1860, p. 299, t. 7. figg. 28-31; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 651. Viburnum nervosum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 190, nec Don. Viburnum venulosum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 142. Sovrx Cura: without locality (Beechey !) ; ANwHEI: Wuhu (Bullock, hb. Hance, 21302!) ; Kwanerune: Macao (Calléry !) Canton (Reeves!), Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honexone (Champion Wright! Seemann! Lamont! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb Kew. 25. Viburnum setigerum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 261 SzEcHUEN: mountain of Koloshan at 2000 feet (Mesny, hb Hance, 21739!). Mus. Brit. ~ 26. Viburnum tomentosum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 123; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 329; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 661 (varietates typicum, cuspidatum e£ plicatum). Viburnum euspidatum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. p. 171. Viburnum plicatum, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 332; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 266. Viburnum dentatum, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 122. Cuexrane: Ningpo(Hancock!); KrANas1: Kiukiang (Maries!) Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 47, 48, 81!); Huren: Patung dis- trict (A. Henry, 711, 1761!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 27. Viburnum (§ Tinus) utile, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutez 4-pedalis (Henry), procumbens (Faber), sempervirens, ramulis floriferis elongatis rectis primum stellato-tomentosis cito glabrescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, crassa, coriacea, lan- ceolato-oblonga vel interdum ovato-lanceolata, 13-8 poll. rarius usque ad 6 poll. longa, obtusa, integerrima, supra glabra, nitida, subtus densissime incano-tomentosa, venis paucis primariis eleva- tis. Flores circiter 4 lineas diametro, dense cymosi; cymæ um- bellate, hemispherice, 2-3 poll. diametro terminales; calycis lobis brevibus rotundatis; corolla campanulata, lobis latis rotun- datis; stamina breviter exserta. Fructus, ut videtur, niger, 4-5 lineas longus, putamine leviter sulcato.— V. cotinifolium Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6, non Don. Heen: Ichang and Nanto and mountains to the northward (Henry, 131, 260, 2622!), Ichang (Watters!); SZECHUEN : on A 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 357 the banks of the Yangtse below Hokiang and elsewhere (Faber !); Kwercuau (Mesny, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This species is readily distinguished by its thick entire leaves, glabrous and shining above and felted beneath. The branches are used for making pipe-stems according to Dr. Henry. There are imperfect specimens of two other, possibly unde- scribed, species of Viburnum in the Kew Herbarium, from Szechuen, collected by the Rev. E. Faber. 1. Actinotinus sinensis, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xviii. t. 1740. Hurrun: Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. In floral structure this proposed new genus differs no more from Viburnum than some of the species of Viburnum do from each other; but the digitately compound leaves offer such a strikingly different character from all the numerous species of Viburnum, spread over the northern hemisphere and Andes, that it seems desirable to give it genericrank. The fruit is unknown, and that may afford some distinctive feature. Dr. Henry states that this tree is very rare. 1. Triosteum hirsutum, Wail. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wallich, ii. p. 180; DC. iv. p. 330; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 8. SzEcHUEN: summit of Mount Omei (Faber. Herb. Kew. North India, from Kumaon to Sikkim at 10,000 to 12,000 feet. 2. "/riosteum pinnatifidum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 229. KawsuH: frequent in alpine woods (Przewalski ex Masi- mowicz). 3. Triosteum sinuatum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 553; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1586. SHINGKING: hills near Moukden (James!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 1. Dipelta floribunda, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 80. SuEgNsI: mountains around Hanschunfoo (Piasezki!). Herb. Kew. Said to bear red edible berries. 358 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 1. Abelia biflora, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 152; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 446; Maxim. Fl. Amur. p. 472, et in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 477 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 151, t. 11 (errore triflora in tab.). Abelia Davidii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 329, et 1875, p. 132. Curunr: near Peking (Tatarinow !), Pohuashan (Bretschnei- der !), Jehol (David!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. 2. Abelia chinensis, R. Br. in Abels ‘ Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, p. 377, cum tab.; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 8339; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 289; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 475. Abelia Hanceana, Mart. apud Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. . 216. P Linnea chinensis, A. Br. et Vatke in Œsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1872, p. 291. Abelia rupestris, Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. p. 63, et in Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 8 ; Lindl. $ Pazxt. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 130, fig. 201 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 475. Linnza rupestris, A. Br. et Vatke in GZsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1872, p. 291. Abelia rupestris, var. grandiflora, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1866, p. 488? Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Foxen: Amoy (Wilford, hb. Hance, 1446!); Huren: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry!) ; Szecuven: Wushan Gorge (Faber!) ; KwANaTUNG : North river (Ford! B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Readily distinguished by its dense subterminal clusters of small flowers. We have seen no authenticated specimens of A. rupestris, Lindl., but the plant cultivated under this name, we regard as a variety of A. chinensis. Fortune discovered it on the Chimoo hills, about fifty miles north of Amoy. 3. Abelia parvifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex 1-2-pedalis, caulibus vel ramis rectis teretibus gracili- usculis apicem versus tantum floriferis. Folia brevissime petio- lata, crassa, persistentia ?, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 3-9 lineas longa, obtusa vel acuta, basi rotundata, integra vel interdum obscure paucidentata, utrinque plus minusve hirsuta, supra his- pidula, venis utrinque immersis inconspicuis. Flores rosei (Henry), puberuli, in axillis foliorum solitarii (an semper ?), sub- sessiles, bracteis minutis ; calycis lobi sepissime 2, ampli, obovato- oblongi; corolla angusta, circiter 9 lineas longa, lobis brevibus 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 859 rotundatis subequalibus; stamina breviter exserta, filamentis -parce puberulis. Fructus ignotus. Huren: Ichang and neighbourhood (4. Henry, 664, 2337 !) ; SzkcHvEN: Kneichou (Faber, 577!). Herb. Kew. This has a very distinct appearance, yet it may prove to be a much reduced state of A. uniflora. A 4. Abelia uniflora, R. Br. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. p. 15 .. "absque deser.) ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1846, sub tab. 8; Lindl. et Past. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 145, fig. 208; Belgique Horticole, iii. p. 338, cum ic. col.; Bot. Mag. t. 4694; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 476. Linnea uniflora, A. Br. et Vatke in Gsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1872, p. 291. Abelia serrata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 76, t. 34; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6. Foxren: in the tea district (Reeves!); HvPEn: Ichang (Watters !), Ichang, Patung and Nanto (4. Henry!) ; SZECHUEN : Mount Omei at 3000 feet (Faber!) Chungking (Parker, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. Maximowiez distinguishes A. serrata froin A. uniflora, but we have failed to seize the differences. 1. Linnza borealis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 631; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 340; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 392 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 139. Norta Cox: mountains on the border of Mandshuria (James!); Corra (Bushell, hb. Hance, 653!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Western Europe through Central Asia to the Amur, Sachalin, and Kamtschatka; but not recorded from Japan, though com- mon in North America, especially on the western side, where it extends southward to the mountains of California. 1. Lonicera affinis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 264; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 449; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 58. LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO (Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Also in Japan. Var. pubescens, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 59. Lonicera mollissima, Blume ex Maxim. I f I f f 360 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. Lonicera hypoglauca eż L. Leschenaultii, Mig. (non Wall.) in Ann. Mus. / Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 270. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 208 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Common in Japan; but it is a little doubtful whether the Formosa plant be the same. j 2. Lonicera (§ Xylosteum) Bournei, Hemsl., n. sp. , Frutex glaber vel cito glabrescens, ramulis floriferis gracilius- eulis internodiis quam folia brevioribus. Folia brevissime petio; lata, coriacea, persistentia ?, late cordato-ovata, circiter 1 poil. longa, obtusa vel subacuta, utrinque glabra, supra subnitida, venis immersis. Flores intus extusque glabri, 11-12 poll. longi, pedunculis axillaribus bifloris 3-6 lineas longis; bractes breves, angustm, ciliolate ; bracteole minute; calycis limbus breviter cupulatus, ineequaliter 5-dentatus, dentibus deltoideis ciliolatis ; corolla anguste tubulosa, breviter bilabiata ; stamina vix exserta ; ovaria inter se omnino libera stylo filiformi. Bacce desunt. Souru-wrsr Curna: Sanchia (F. S. A. Bourne!). Herb. Kew. There is only one small specimen of this apparently distinct species, which has much the aspect of some of the simple-leaved species of Jasminum. 3. Lonicera chrysantha, Turcz. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 388; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 185, 472, 482, et in Mél. Biol. x. p. 68 ; Regel, Gartenfl. 1863, p. 211, t. 404. Lonicera Xylosteum, Regel, Fl. Usur. n. 238, non Linn. fide Maxim. Camir: near Peking (Mellendorff! Tatarinow! Bret- schneider !), Jehol (David, 1768!) ; SurxaxiNa : hills near Mouk- den (James!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria and Mandshuria to Sachalin Island. Var. longipes, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 68. Kansun (Przewalski § Piasezki ex Mawimowicz). Lonicera Morrowi, A. Gray (Narr. Perry’s Exped. p. 313), is apparently not specifically different from this. 4. Lonicera cerulea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 174; DO. Prod. iv. p. 337; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 390; Bot. Mag. t. 1965; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 75 (var. tangutica). Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz) ; SzucuveN : summit of Mount Omei (Faber!). Herb. Kew. 67. CAPRIFOLIACE £. 361 \ Western Europe through Central Asia to Japan, and in North ( America. t Fabers specimen is in young fruit and has very decidedly į obovate leaves. 5. Lonicera confusa, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 333; Debeaux, Fl. \ Tech. p. 69, et Fl. Shangh. p. 33? ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. Lonicera japonica, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 583; Bot. Reg. t. 70, non Thunb. Lonicera Periclymenum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 150, non alior. Lonicera multiflora, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 167; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 144. Lonicera Telfairii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 190. Honexone: cultivated (Champion !), wild (Hance, 639!); KwaxcTUNG: without locality (Millett !), Lofaushan (Ford !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This is recorded from various other localities in China, but it is uncertain whether the writers had this species in view, as this and the true L. japonica have been very much confused. On the other hand, it is possible that the supposed distinctions i between them are not constant. 6. Lonicera decipiens, Hook. f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Koc. ii. p. 170; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 14. SzECHUEN: Chungking and Mount Omei (Faber!) Herb. Kew. Central and Eastern Himalayas. 7. Lonicera Elise, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 152, t. 12. fig. B (Nouv. Archives du Mus. 2° série, vi. t. 12). Cumt: Jehol (David, 1774!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 8. Lonicera Ferdinandi, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 151, t. 12. fig. A (Nouv. Archives du Mus. 2° série, vi. t. 12). Huren: Ichang, Nanto and neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1107, 3011, 3188!) Herb. Kew. Mongolia. 9. Lonicera fragrantissima, Lindl. & Pact. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 75, fig. 268; Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1858, p. 314 (sphalmate L. odoratissima) ; Gard. Chron. n. s. ix. p. 106, fig. 19; Maxim. in | Mél. Biol. x. p. 66. 362 67. CAPRIFOLIACE.J£. Cursa: without locality (Fortune). Herb. Kew. There are only cultivated specimens of this in the Kew Her- barium. [Lonicera fragrantissima, Carr. (Rev. Hort. 1873, p. 169, fig. 16), is a winter-flowering species recorded from China, and probably the same as the above, though it is described as half evergreen, and the flowers are represented smaller. | ` $-! 10. Lonicera ($ Xylosteum) fuchsioides, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate IX.) | Frutex, ut videtur, erectus, novellis strigillosis, sed citissimo undique glabrescens, ramulis floriferis teretibus cortice rubes- centi. Folia opposita vel ternatim verticillata, breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, usque ad 6 poll. longa, 14-13 poll. lata, longe acuteque acuminata, basi rotundata, venis inconspicuis. Flores circiter 1 poll. longi, pedunculis bifloris in axillis foliorum, precipue superiorum minorum, soli- tariis graciliuseulis quam flores brevioribus; bractes subulate, ovaria excedentes; bracteole minute, rotundate, libere ; calycis dentes equales sat conspicui, persistentes; corolla recta, bila- biata, tubo cylindrico labia equante ; labium anticum recurvatum intus medio pilis paucis instructum ; labium posticum erectum, breviter 4-lobum, lobis rotundatis lateralibus margine interiore basi auriculatis vel semisagittatis ; tubus intus hirsutus ; stamina breviter exserta, filamentis basi tantum hirsutis; stylus crassus, infra medium hirsutus. Bacce libere, mature non vise. SZECHUEN Mount Omei at 5000 feet (Faber). Herb. Kew. A very distinct species, recalling in general aspect some of the Andine species of Fuchsia, which have the leaves opposite or verticillate and suberect flowers. 11. Lonicera ($ Xylosteum) gynochlamydea, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex humilis (Henry), ramosissimus, parce puberulus, ramu- lis floriferis gracillimis dense foliiferis. Folia graciliter petiolata, permembranacea, anguste lanceolata, 24-4 poll. longa, acumi- natissima, parcissime puberula, ciliolata. Flores rosei (Henry), 5-6 lineas longi, pedunculis bifloris filiformibus axillaribus squilongi vel breviores; bractes subulate, patentes; bracteole glabre, cupulatim connats, ovaria omnino inclus, infra caly- ptram calycinam incrassate; calyces deorsum supra cupulam bracteolatam calyptratim vel annulatim producti, limbi dentibus Mea — Le A. SE Š Te BO iS n 67. CAPRIFOLIACE®. 859 rotundatis ciliolatis ; corolla intus extusque hirsuta, alte bilobata. usque ad gibbum amplissimum fissa, labio postico breviter ob- tuseque 4-lobato ; stamina longe exserta, filamentis infra medium barbatis ; ovaria inter se omnino libera, stylo prorsus piloso. Bacce non vise. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. The Indian L. ligustrina, Wall, the Chinese L. pileata, Oliv., and the present species exhibit, in different degrees, a remarkable downward cap-like production of the calyx over the connate bracteoles. 12. Lonicera ($ Xylosteum) Henryi, Hemsl., nen ~ Frutex scandens vel vagans, ramulis floriferis brevibus rigidis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, co:'i- acea, persistentia ?, ovato-oblonga, 14-4 poll. longa, acuminata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, utrinque costa excepta glabr®, margine ciliata, venis inconspicuis. Flores rubri (Henry) YX 1 poll. longi, glabri, pedunculis brevioribus pubescentibus bifloris ad apices ramulorum aggregatis ; bracteæ subulate, paucisetulose vel glabrescentes ; bracteole parve, ovato-oblonga, ciliolatz ; calycis glaberrimi dentes oblonge, obtuse, crassiusculi, conspic 1i, persistentes ; corolla recta, distincte bilabiata, lobis obtusissimis lateralibus labii postici basi intus margine interiore auriculati, tubo intus hirsutus ; stamina breviter exserta, filamentis glabris ; ovaria inter se libera, stylo przcipue infra medium piloso. Bacce parve, spheroidez, glauez. HvrEn: Patung district (4. Henry, 1789, 2804, 2844, 4015 !). Herb. Kew. Nearest the Indian L. glabrata, Wall. a species having rela- tively broad leaves on longer petioles. ' 13. Lonicera hispida, Pall. in Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 258; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 389, et Ic. t. 212: DC. Prodr. iv. p. 338; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. pli; Mazin. in Mél. Biol; x. p. 72. Kassun (Przewalski & Piasezki d Maximowicz) ; Sazcuur’ Mount Omei, 8000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. Al; Siberia and North India, from Kashmir to Sikkim. F specimen, the only Chinese one we have seen, is more e ii. the Siberian plant and has longe* slenderer peduncle ot. Reg. larger bracts, and larger, more hairy flowers, being, He nry!). respects, more like the Indian variety. y) -— Yotan. € 364 67. CAPRIFOLIACEX. _7 14. Lonicera japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p.89 Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 269; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 96; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223 (varietates). Lonicera chinensis, Wats. Dendr. Brit. t. 117; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 333; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 33; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 33. Lonicera flexuosa, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 330; Bot. Reg. t. 712. Lonicera confusa, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 269, non DC. Lonicera brachypoda, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 335. Lenicera japonica, var. chinensis, Baker in Saund. Refug. Bot. t. 224. I onicera brachypoda, var. reticulata, Belg. Hort. 1871, p. 59, t. 5. Lonicera brachypoda, var. foliis aureo-reticulatis, Il. Hort. 1862, t. 337. Cnrntr: Panshan Mountains (Bunge!), near Peking (Bret- &hneider!); SmrwaKrNa : Talienhwan (Birnie !); KrANGSU: f'engwangshan (Forbes, hb. Hance, 637), Shanghai (Maingay ! axarland D: Fortes: Amoy (Fortune, 657); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 209! Hancock! Swinhoe!); Hurem: Ichang (A. Henry D ; Suenst (Piasezki ex Maximowicz) ; SzecnveN : Chung RF: city (Faber D: Corta : Port Chusan ( Wilford !) ; COREAN ARCHI- PELAGO (Oldham, 485). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. | Japan. | | 15. Lonicera leiantha, Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 3. \ Yunnan: Poneshee (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Birma. | 16. Lonicera longiflora, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 331; Benth. Fi. -Hongk. p. 143; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 58. Caprifolium longiflorum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1232. Sourn Cuna: without locality (Staunton! Millett D: Hone- KONG (Champion! Wright! Urquhart! Hance!) Mus. Brit.; * Herb. Kew. lis Bon 17. Lonicera Maackii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 66; Baker perme. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383. natissim¥osteum Maackii, Rupr. Pl. Maack. n. 55, in Bull. Phys. Math. xv. 5-6 linea equilongi Y€KIN€ : Moukden, Peiling Fungwangshan, and other glabre, cup (Ross! Webster | James !) ; Kianasu : Shanghai (Faber! ptram ealyó ; Knuwesr: Kiukiang (Maries!); Foxren: Amoy bracteolatam ¢ | d | 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 865 (Fortune, 34!) ; Huren: Nanto and Patung district (A. Henry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 18. Lonicera macrantha, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 333; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 143; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 10; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 585; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 143, excl. syn. L. japonica. Lonicera japonica, Hook. f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 171, excl. syn. L. confusa. Lonicera hirtiflora, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 166. Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 125!); Hurem: Ichang and im- mediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!); Formosa: Tamsui (Old- ham, 207!) ; Yunnan: Momyen (Anderson !); HoNckowa (Champion! Hinds! Wright! Hance, 636! Wilford!); HAINAN (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. North India, from Nepal to the Khasia Mountains. 19. Lonicera microphylla, Willd. in Ram. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 258; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 336; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, ii. p. 15 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 64. , Kansvuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Siberia to Mandshuria and in North-western India. 20. Lonicera nervosa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 62. Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 21. Lonicera phyllocarpa, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur, p. 138, in adnot., et in Mél. Biol. x. p. 71. Cumu: mountains west of Peking (Zutarinow ex Masi- mowicz). 22. Lonicera pileata, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xv. t. 1585. Hureu: Ichang (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 23. Lonicera quinquelocularis, Hardw. in Asiat. Res. vi. p. 351 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 14. Lonicera diversifolia, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey et Wall. ii. p. 178; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 334 ; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 807; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxx. t. 33. Huren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry). Herb. Kew. Common in North-west India, and also found in Bhotan. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2c 366 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. Dr. Henry describes this as a tree thirty feet high, and Madden, on a label in the Kew Herbarium, attached to a specimen from near Simla, designates it a shrub or small tree. 24. Lonicera reticulata, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 167; Walp. Ann. v. p. 95; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 144; Maxim, in Mél. Biol. x. p. 58. Honexone (Champion! Hance, 6054!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. - Kew. Champion states that he found this species on the summits of the hills in grass or on rocks ; yet, so far as we know, it has not been gathered by any subsequent collector, except Hance. 25. Lonicera Ruprechtiana, Regel, Gartenflora, xix. (1870), p. 68, t. 645; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 283; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 70. SurwakiwG : Hingjing (Joss!) Peiling (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. We have seen no authenticated specimen of this species, and the figure in the * Gartenflora ' is not sufficient to put our deter- mination beyond doubt. 26. Lonicera ($ Xylosteum) similis, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex scandens, ramulis elongatis flexuosis patentim pilosis. Folia iis L. macranthe varietatis indice similia, breviter petiolata, papyracea, elongato-ovata vel cordata, 2—4 poll. longa, acutissima, ciliata, supra precipue secus costam parce strigosa, demum gla- brescentia, venis impressis, subtus albida, parce strigosa, simul brevissime densissimeque stellato-tomentosa. Flores pubescentes, angustissimi (alabastra tantum visa), saltem 14 poll. longi, pe- duneulis bifloris axillaribus gracilibus longe patentimque pilosis usque ad bipolliearibus ; bractez pilose, subulate, quam ovaria longiores; bracteole minut», rotundats; calycis dentes ovato- oblongi, longe ciliati simul pubescentes ; ovaria inter se omnino libera, stylo glabro. Bacce desunt. Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. This is a very distinct species, though the foliage is singularly like that of an Indian variety of L. macrantha in shape, colour, and indumentum. 67. CAPRIFOLIACEZ. 367 27. Lonicera Standishii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5709 ; Gard. Chron. n. s. ix. p. 106, fig. 20; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 65. Kranest: Kiukiang (Maries!); Hurem: Ichang and imme- diate neighbourhood (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. This was introduced into English gardens by Fortune, on whose authority (Bot. Mag. sub tab. 5709) it was common in gardens at Shanghai, where, however, F. B. Forbes tried in vain to find it. 28. Lonicera syringantha, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 77, cum var. minor. CursA: Kansuh (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. 29. Lonicera tangutica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ii. p. 75. Kaxsvun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 30. Lonicera Tatarinowii, Maxim. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 138, in adnot., et in Mél. Biol. x. p. 61. Cuim: mountains near Peking (David, hb. Hance, 14540). Mus. Brit. 31. Lonicera ($ Caprifolium) tragophylla, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex scandens vel vagans, fere undique glaber vel cito glabrescens, ramulis floriferis gracilibus. Folia breviter petiolata vel sessilia (paria 3-1 superiora connata rotundata vel deltoidea), papyracea, oblonga, usque ad 4 poll. longa, rotundata obtusa vel interdum subacuta, basi cuneata, supra glabra, subtus glauca simul primum pr:ecipue secus costam venasque puberula. Flores lutei (Henry), 24-8 poll. longi, pauci in capitulos terminales bre- viter peduneulatos dispositi ; calycis dentes minuti, persistentes ; corolle tubus angustus, leviter curvatus, labiis plus quam duplo longior, intus basin versus parcissime puberulus; labiorum lobi rotundati; labium antieum, ut videtur, incurvatum ; stamina glabra; stylus glaber. Baccæ non vise. Hurrn: Patung district, rare (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Closely related to Z. Caprifoliwm, Linn., differing in the longer narrower leaves, fewer larger flowers, and other small details. So far as we know there is no allied species nearer than the Caucasus, the American species of this group being less like the present plant. 2c2 368 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 32. Lonicera (§ Xylosteum), sp. nov.? F. cærulea similis. Frutex pedalis (Henry), foliis obovatis oblanceolatisve, bracteis subfoliaceis, floribus non visis, fruetu rubro (Henry), baccis totis connatis dentibus calycinis ciliolatis coronatis. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry, 4053!). Herb. Kew. 33. Lonicera sp., ex affinitate L. Mazimowiczii, foliis graciliter petiolatis anguste lanceolatis longe acuminatis margine ciliatis, floribus extus glabris, corolla paullo supra basin gibba basi con- stricta, ovariis ad medium connatis, stylo piloso. KriawGsr: Kiukiang (Maries!). Herb. Kew. 34. Lonicera (S Xylosteum) sp.; folis deciduis non visis, floribus albis precocibus glabris, corolla fere equaliter 5-lobata. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry, 3790!). Herb. Kew. Apparently a distinct undescribed species, yet it might cause confusion to attempt to characterize it without leaves. There is also a leafless flowering specimen of another species of Lonicera in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Mr. Carles in the mountains south of Soul, Corea ; besides imperfect specimens of two or three others from Ichang. 1. Leycesteria formosa, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. & Carey, ii. p. 182; Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 20, t. 120; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 338; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 16; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3699. Yunnan: Momien (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. North Indian, from Kumaon to the Khasia mountains. > 1. Diervilla florida, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 75; Carr. Rev. Hort. 1853, p. 309; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 81; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 482. Calysphyrum floridum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 34. Weigela rosea, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. i. (1846), pp. 65 et 189, t. 6; Bot. Mag. t. 4396 ; Flore des Serres, t. 211 (ic. Journ. Hort. Soc. iterata). Diervilla rosea, Walp. Ann. i. p. 365; Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 151. Weigela pauciflora, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2me série, xi. p. 241. Weigela florida, DC. loc. cit. Calysphyrum pauciflorum, Zunge in Walp. Rep. ii. p. 450. Diervilla pauciflora, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1853, p. 310. Diervilla amabilis, Carr. loc. cit. p. 305; Flores des Serres, t. 855. A Lu AME "T'AS 67. CAPRIFOLIACER. 369 Weigela amabilis, Hort.; Bot. Mag. t. 4893. Weigela alba, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1861, p. 331. Weigela Isalinze, Flore des Serres, t. 1445. Weigela amabilis striata, Flore des Serres, t. 1446. Lutz: cultivated in gardens (Bunge !), Jehol (David, 1798 !) ; SuiwakrNG: Kwandien and Hingjing (Ross!); FokrEN: Foo- chow (Faber! Tonnerre!), Amoy (Fortune, 25!); Corta: Soul (Carles!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 490!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. We have followed Maximowicz in the synonymy of this species, but we have recorded only such Chinese specimens as we have actually seen. It is not difficult to recognize D. florida among the numerous cultivated and wild Japanese and Chinese speci- mens of Diervilla that we find in herbaria; but we are quite unable to distinguish D. floribunda (versicolor), D. grandiflora, and D. japonica (hortensis) from each other, and other botanists seem to have been equally perplexed, and to have variously understood these so-called species. All the Chinese specimens we have seen (except, perhaps, one from the Corea), which are not referable to D. florida, are evidently of one species, though we cannot determine what name it should bear; but we choose the following as the most appropriate, without attempting to decide whether D. grandiflora and D. japonica should be reduced to synonyms of it. 2. Diervilla floribunda, Sich, et Zucc. Fl. Jap. p. 73, t. 32; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 485. Diervilla versicolor, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. p. 73, t. 33, excl. syn. D. mul- tiflora; Lem. Ill. Hort. x. (1863), t. 380, ex Maxim. AwwuHEI: Wuhu (Bullock, hb. Hance, 10905 !) ; Huprn: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto and the neighbouring country (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. This shrub appears to be very common in the district botanized by Dr. Henry, who sends it under some half a dozen different numbers. 68. RUBIACE/E: NaAUvCLEX. 1. Cephalanthus occidentalis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 95; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 588; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 146 (in nota sub Adina) ; 370 68. RUBIACEJX : NAUCLE.E. Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 270 ; A. Gray in Bot. Calif. i. p. 282 ; Emers. Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts, p. 3994, cum ic. Cephalanthus naucleoides, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 539 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 24 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6. Cursa : without locality (Fortune, 15!) ; Kwanest (Mesny, hb. Hance). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malayan peninsula and archipelago, and in North America, ranging from Canada to California, Texas, Mexico, and the West Indies. Fortune’s Chinese specimens of this tree resemble Mexican and Texan specimens more closely than they do any of those we have seen from other parts of Asia. [Cephalanthus? orientalis, Roem. et Schult. (Syst. Veg. ii. p. 105), and C. montanus, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 67), are both obscure plants; and Cephalanthus chinensis, Lam. (Encycl. i. p. 678, excl. syn.), syn. Anthocephalus chinensis, Hassk. (Flora, 1845, p. 231), is the same as Nawclea purpurea, Roxb. (vide Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 26), which is a native of the Western peninsula of India and not of China. ] ,^ 1. Adina globiflora, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 115; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 349; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 146; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 109 (errore globifera) ; Maxim. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 67, et in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 486; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Nauclea Adina, Smith in Rees's Cyclop.; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 895; Bot. Mag. t. 2613. Nauclea adinoides, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., in nota sub preced. Adina peduncularis, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 349. Cephalanthus pilulifera, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 678, ex Baill. Adans. xii. p. 313. Nauclea pilulifera, Baill. Adans. xii. p. 313; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 154. Cursa : without locality (Fortune, 119!) ; Suenst: southern (David ex Franchet); Kwanarune : Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Hona- KONG (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Hance! Urquhart!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Adina racemosa, Mig. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. Fl. Jap. p. 44; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 270; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 206. 68. RUBIACER: NAUCLE X. 371 Nauclea racemosa, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 601 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 108. Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry !); Kwanerune: without locality (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Japan. [Adina polycephala, Benth. (Fl. Hongk. p. 146), is common in Eastern India, and extends to Cochinchina, but the record of its occurrence in China proper is probably erroneous, as no speci- men exists in the Kew Herbarium. | 3. Adina rubella, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 114; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 208; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 270. Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Huren : Ichang and Nanto (A. Henry!); Kwanerune: North and West rivers (Sampson !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Adina, sp.?, undique glabra, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis tenuiusculis, florum capitulis axillaribus solitariis, graciliter pedunculatis. . Kwanetune: without locality (Ford, 314!). Herb. Kew. This is quite distinct from the species enumerated above, but the flowers are all in an abnormal condition consequent on the attack of a gall-insect. 68. RUBIACEAE: CrncHones. 1. Luculia Pinceana, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4132; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 37 ; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193. Yunnan (Anderson ex Kurz). Eastern India, inthe Kbasia and Mishmi Hills. 1. Thysanospermum diffusum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 168; Walp. Ann. v. p. 118; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 146; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231. KrawNesr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: North-east ( Wil- ford, 525!) ; Honexona (Champion! Wright! Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 68. RUBIACEZE: RONDELETIEA. 1. Wendlandia glabrata, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 411; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 39; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 777; Engl. et Maxim. in Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 67. 372 68. RUBIACEM: RONDELETIER. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 227!); Yunnan: Poneshee (Anderson !); Lucuv ARCHIPELAGO (Döderlein ex Engler). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western peninsula of India, Malayan peninsula and archi- pelago. 2. Wendlandia Henryi, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xviii. t. 1712. Hedyotis longidens, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 289. Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry! Watters, hb. Hance, 21721!); Szecnunn: Chungking and else- where (Faber!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Wendlandia paniculata, DOC. Prodr.iv. p. 411; Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 39. Wendlandia uvariifolia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 73; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 776. Kwanerune: along the West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 155871); Kwanest: about 100 miles from Pakhoi (Playfair !); Haran (B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Malaya. 68. RUBIACEJE: HEDYOTIDEZ. 1. Dentella repens, Forst. Gen. p. 26, t. 13; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 419; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 42. Oldenlandia repens, Linn. Mant. p. 40; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 78. Kwanetune: around Canton (ex Loureiro). Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Australia and the Philippine Islands. It is very probable that it occurs in South China, though we have seen no specimens, and Loureiro's is the only record of its being Chinese. 1. Hedyotis acutangula, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 171; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 148; Walp. Ann. v. p. 116; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 382, t. 85; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 782. Hedyotis Lawsonie, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 486, non Wight et Arn. Curva: without locality, probably Hongkong (Fortune, 75 ') ; Howakowa (Champion! Hinds! Wilford! Wright! Seemann). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 68. RUBIACEE: HEDYOTIDEEX. 373 Bentham records this from continental China, owing, probably, to Seemann’s specimens being labelled “South China,” like many of his other plants, though really collected in Hongkong. An imperfect specimen from Lofaushan, collected by Ford, may, however, be this species. 2. Hedyotis ampliflora, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 11; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 783. Hairan: Hoihau (Bullock, hb. Hance, 20321!). Mus. Brit. 3. Hedyotis Auricularia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 101; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 420; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 150; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 58; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 783. Hedyotis costata, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. n. 849; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 526. Yunnan: Manwyne (Anderson!) ; Kwanerune: Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13843 !), Lofaushan, Ze. (Faber! Ford! Wenyon!), Whampoa (Hance, 2130!); Honexone (Wright! Harland!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 4. Hedyotis bracteosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 323. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Faber, hb. Hance, 22223 !). Mus. Brit. 5. Hedyotis capitellata, Wall. Cat. 837, excl. H. fruticosa, hb. Rottler, ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 56. Oldenlandia rubioides, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 353. Yunnan: Poneshee (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago. 6. Hedyotis capituligera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 12; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 780. Kwanetune: North river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 11402). Mus. Brit. 7. Hedyotis consanguinea, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™° série, xviii. p. 221; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 782. Kwanetune: Whampoa (Hance, 978!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Maximowicz, loc. cit., suggests that this may be the same as the Hedyotis fruticosa, Linn. (Amen. Acad. vil. p. 501), syn. Spermacoce hedyotidea, DC. (Prodr. iv. p. 555), a plant collected by Sparrman near Canton. 374 68. RUBIACEX: HEDYOTIDEÆ. 8. Hedyotis effusa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 11 ; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 783. Kwanetone: West river, in weods above the Temple of Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 11230!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. ` 9. Hedyotis hispida, Retz. Obs. Bot. iv. p. 23; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 420; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 60; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 784. Oldenlandia hispida, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 150. Kwanatune (Wennerberg ex Retzius); Howakoxa (Wright! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India and Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 10. Hedyotis lancea, Thunb. ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 780. Kwanetune: Macao (Bladh ex Mazimowicz). 11. Hedyotis loganioides, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 149; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 783; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 148. Kwanerune: Macao, frequent (Silva ex Henriques); Hoxne- Kone (Wright! Wilford! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. ~~ 12. Hedyotis macrostemon, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 192; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 493. Hedyotis recurva, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 486; Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 170; Fl. Hongk. p. 148; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 494 ; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4m? série, xviii. p. 222; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 382, t. 84; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 108; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 7/8; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Foxren: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Kwaneatuna: Macao, Ze, (Mil- lett! Beechey! Calléry! Fortune, 53! Hance, 9389! Vachell!), Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Wright! Hinds! Champion! Wilford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 13. Hedyotis ovata, Thunb. ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 781. Hainan (Swinhoe! Bjérkegren ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. The leaves of Swinhoe’s specimen exceed the dimensions given à by Maximowiez, though it otherwise agrees with the description. 14. Hedyotis Parryi, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"* série, xviii. p. 221; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 783. 68. RUBIACEE: HEDYOTIDER. 375 Kwanetune: low hills near Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 7478!); Pakhoi (Playfair!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 15. Hedyotis pinifolia, Wall. Cat. 850; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 60; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 784. KwawcTUXG: hills near Canton (Hance!), Macao (Bladh ex Maximowicz). Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 16. Hedyotis tenelliflora, Blume, Bijdr. p. 971; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 60; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 784. Oldenlandia angustifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 151; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 148. Hedyotis angustifolia, Cham. et Schi. in Linnea, iv. p. 153; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 419; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 192. Scleromitrion angustifolium, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 172; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. N éerl. i. p. 108, Szecaven: Chungking (Faber!); KwaxorTuNG: Lofaushan (Ford !), Macao (Vachell!); Honexone (Wright! Champion !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malay peninsula and archipelago, and the Philippine Islands. [Scleromitrion sinense, Miquel (in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 108), collected by Krone in Kwangtung, we have not succeeded in identifying, but it is most likely a species of Hedyotis.] 17. Hedyotis tenuipes, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba preter corollam undique glaberrima, diffusa vel vagans, caulibus vel ramis elongatis teretibus. Folia breviter petiolata vel subsessilia, crassiuscula, anguste lanceolata, 1-2$ poll. longa, longe acuminata, acutissima, basi cuneata, levia, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque swpius 3 inconspicuis; stipule integra, breves, late, breviter acuminate. Flores numerosi, laxe panicu- lati, paniculis trichotomis axillaribus terminalibusque folia sequan- tibus vel superantibus; bracteolw parve, angustissime ; pedicelli graciles, calyce duplo longiores; calycis dentes subcarnosi, angus- tissimi; corolla alte 4-lobata, vix rotata, lobis lanceolatis obtusi- usculis intus infra apicem barbatis; ovarium glabrum, 2-locu- lare, multiovulatum, stylo crasso exserto vix capitato. Capsulam maturam non vidi. Foxren: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!); Kwanatune: without locality (Ford, 98!). Herb. Kew. 376 68. RUBIACEHZ: HEDYOTIDE. A very distinct species with a loose inflorescence similar to H. effusa, Hance, and flowers like those of H. recurva, Benth. 18. Hedyotis uncinella, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 192; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 493; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 149; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 780; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 56. Hedyotis borrerioides, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 171. Hedyotis cephalophora, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. n. 842. Kwanetune (Millett! Ford!), Putoy Island ( Wright‘), near Canton (Hance !), Pakhoi (Playfair D: Honaxone (Champion !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Hills of Eastern India. 19. Hedyotis Vachellii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 194; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 148; Max.in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 783. KwawarUNG: Macao (Vachell ex Hooker & Arnott), White Cloud Hills (Sampson!) ; Honexone (Harland ? ex Bentham). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. There is no authenticated specimen of this species in the Kew Herbarium or at the British Museum (either as described by Hooker and Arnott or Bentham, and both parties described a species independently under this name), and we doubt, from the description, whether the plants referred hither by Hance and Maximowicz are the same as the original H. Vachellit. 20. Hedyotis xanthochroa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 324. Kwanetune: Lofaushan at 3400 feet (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 21. Hedyotis, sp. ?, foliis parvis ovato-oblongis, floribus axil- laribus solitariis, brevissime pedunculatis, calycis lobis amplis strigillosis, corolle lobis 4-valvatis extus strigillosis, ovulis numerosis. KraNasr : Kiukiang (Shearer!); Fox1en: Foochow (Carles !). Herb. Kew. We have only seen imperfect flowering specimens of this some- what anomalous plant. 1. Oldenlandia alata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 70; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 785. Hedyotis alata, Ken. in Wall. Cat. n. 6196; Wight et Arn. Prod. FI. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 413. Oldenlandia pterita, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 193. 68. RUBIACEX: HEDYOTIDER. 377 Hedyotis pterita, Blume, Bijdr. p. 972. Gonotheca Blumei, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 429; Endl. Atakta, t. 22. Kwanetune: Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13826!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western peninsula of India and Malay archipelago. 2. Oldenlandia corymbosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 119; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 426; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 64; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 786. Oldenlandia herbacea, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 425 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 151, excl. var. a, ex Maaim. Hedyotis herbacea, Osbeck, Voy., Engl. ed. ii. p. 4? ex Mazim. FokixN : Amoy (Hance, 1460!) ; Kwanerune: Pakhoi (Play- fair !); Honexone (Wright! Wilford! Champion!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and also in Africa and Ame- rica. 3. Oldenlandia diffusa, Roxb. FI. Ind. i.p. 426 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 426; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p.65; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xl. p. 787. Oldenlandia angustifolia, var. pedicellata, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 108, ex Mazim. Oldenlandia herbacea, var. a, uniflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 151. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Howekowa (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending northward to Japan. 4. Oldenlandia paniculata, Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. 2, p. 1667; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 427; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 69; Benth. FL Hongk. p. 152; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 785. Kranesu: Shanghai (Maingay!); Honexona (Wright! La- mont!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Nearly all over India and Malaya, and extending to Polynesia. [Oldenlandia umbellata (Osbeck's Voyage, Engl. ed. i. p. 386) is not described, and there are no means of determining what plant was intended.] 1. Anotis boerhaavioides, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 787. Hedyotis (Oldenlandia) boerhaavioides, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 73. Curxrawa: Ningpo (Faber!); KwaNoTUNG: White Cloud hills (Sampson, 1930! Hance, 15133!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 878 68. RUBIACEE: HEDYOTIDEX. 2. Anotis Thwaitesiana, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 787. Hedyotis ($ Oldenlandia) Thwaitesiana, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 298. Kwaneruna: West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13755). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Ophiorrhiza cantonensis, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"* série, xviii. p. 222. Huren: Ichang gorge (Maries!), Ichang, Nanto and neigh- bourhood (A. Henry, 806, 809, 1255, 2996, 3248, 3577 !) ; Kwana- Tune: Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 9012!) ; Hainan (B. C. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. L^ 2. Ophiorrhiza japonica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 978; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 415; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"* série, xv. p. 224, et 5™° série, v. p. 217, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 105, et in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 276; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 26. Ophiorrhiza Eyrei, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 170; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 147 ; Walp. Ann. v. p. 117. Cnuisa : without locality (Fortune, 3!); Cragg: Ningpo (Hancock!): Kiawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer! Faber!); FOKIEN (De Grijs, hb. Hance, 6691!) ; Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 222! Swinhoe!); SZECHUEN: Omei, 3500 feet (Faber !); Honexone (Champion! Wilford! Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. Var.? omnibus partibus minoribus, alabastris tantum adsunt. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry, 3692!). Herb. Kew. This is similar to O. pumila, Champ., but the leaves are reddish instead of pallid beneath, and the flowers are too young for comparison. 3. Ophiorrhiza pumila, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 169; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 147 ; Walp. Ann. v. p. 117. KwawNerUNG: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Champion! Wright. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. ` 68. RUBIACEJZE : MvussxNDEX. l. Mussenda erosa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 193; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 153; Walp. Ann. v. p. 136; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. SZECHUEN: Min river (Faber!); Kwanoerune: Tingushan 68. RUBIACE® : MUSSENDER. 379 (Ford D: Hoxaxoxa (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Urquhart !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. [Mussænda chinensis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 152; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 373), is evidently not a species of this genus, but it has not been identified. | 2. Mussenda frondosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 177; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 370; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 89. Kwanetune : West river (Ford!) ; Hatnan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Throughout tropieal India and the Malay archipelago. 3. Mussenda glabra, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 264, non Vahl. Formosa: north-west (Perry !), Tamsui (Oldham, 214, 230) ; Lucuv AncurPELAGO (Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. We have not given this a new name because the material is hardly sufficient for satisfactory description in this difficult genus ; and it is not quite beyond doubt that the Formosa and Luchu speeimens belong to the same species. 4. Mussenda hirsutula, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 109. Kwanetune: Luheang (Krone ex Miquel). Miquel adduces characters in which be states this differs from M. frondosa, pubescens, and erosa ; yet it is probably a variety of one of them, as they are very variable. 5. Mussænda pubescens, Ait. f. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, i. p. 372; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 371; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 153; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Cutna: without locality (Fortune, 80!); Formosa: south- west (Swinhoe!); Hurem: Ichang, Nanto and neighbourhood (A. Henry, 2708, 3118!) ; SzEcHvEN: Omei, 3500 feet (Faber, 642 !), Min river (Faber, 263!); KwaxaruNe: Macao (Silva ex Henriques); Honaxone (Champion! Hinds! Wright! Wilford !); Hartnan: Hoihow (Hancock!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 1. Adenosacme longifolia, Wall. Cat. 6280; Kurz, For. Fl. Burm. ii. p. 160 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 95, var. sinensis, Hemsl.; fere glabra, foliis subtus pallidis. 380 68. RUBIACEZ : MUSSENDEX. Foxen: Amoy (Swinhoe!); KwawaruNG: Lofaushan and other localities (Ford, 354!). Herb. Kew. ' Very common in Eastern India and Malaya. The Chinese specimens are rather different in aspect from the Indian, but we have failed to detect any characters to separate them specifically. 1. Myrioneuron Faber, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex, ut videtur, humilis, glabrescens, ramulis crassiusculis mollibus. Folia petiolata, permembranacea, lanceolata, 4-8 poll. longa, acutissima, basi longe attenuata, supra glabra, nitida, sub- ius, przcipue in venis, puberula, venis Jateralibus primariis utrinque circiter 10 subtus elevatis, petiolo gracili; stipulz semi- pollicares, oblongz, acute. Flores in fasciculos terminales den- sos bracteatos brevissime pedunculatos aggregati, bracteis folia- ceis flores subæquantibus ; calycis segmenta elongata, subulata, nec rigida, quam corolla paullo breviora; corolla cylindrica, circiter semipolliearis, extus glabra, intus villosissima, lobis bre- vibus; stamina dimorpha, nune basi nunc fauci corolle tubi inserta; ovarium 2-loculare, loculis multiovulatis; stylus alte bifidus nune brevis nune exsertus. Capsula matura non visa. SZzECHUEN : Mount Omei, 3500 feet ( Faber!). Herb. Kew. Resembles M. nutans, Wall., but differs in having fewer lateral veins in the leaves, larger flowers, scarcely rigid calyx-lobes, and corolla glabrous outside. The dimorphism of the sexual organs of this plant is of the same kind as that described and figured by Mr. C. B. Clarke in the Journal of the Linnean Society (xvii. p. 159), as observed by him in the allied genus Adenosacme. 68. RUBIACEZ: GARDENIEZEX. 1. Webera attenuata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 104; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 788. Stylocoryne attenuata, Voigt, Hort. Calc. p. 377. Stylocoryne Webera, A. Rich. in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 248, partim; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 156. Cupia corymbosa, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 192, non DC., non Hook. et Arn. p. 264. Cursa: without locality (Beechey!) ; Hosakoxa (Champion! Wright!). Herb. Kew. 68. RUBIACEE: GARDENIEX. 381 Hance (Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 105) states that Dr. Hooker had informed hir by letter that two distinct species had been confused under the name Stylocoryne Webera in the * Flora Hongkongensis’; but this seems to have been a mistake for Hooker and Arnott’s ‘Botany of Beechey’s Voyage,’ the plant described at p. 162 being the present species, and that from Bonin, mentione | at p. 264, being Stylocoryne subsessilis, A. Gray. ~ 2. Webera mollissima, Benth. ex Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 105; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 789. Stylocoryne mollissima, Walp. Rep. ii. p. 517; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 156. Cupia mollissima, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 192. Cutna: without locality (Millett! Fortune, 83!) ; Honexone (Wright! Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 1. Randia accedens, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5™° série, v. p. 218; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 791. Kwanetcne: without locality (Wenyon !), Pakhoi (Playfair! Perry!), Macao (Hance, 10137! Tate!); Hainan: Hoihow (Hancock!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Randia canthioides, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 194; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 155; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 791. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford !); Honaxona (Champion! Wright! Wilford!); Lvcnv AmcnieELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Randia densiflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 155; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 791; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 112. Honexone: a fragment bearing two imperfect leaves and a few young flowers (Champion!). Herb. Kew. Widely spread in Eastern India, the Malay peninsula and archipelago, and extending to North Australia. 4. Randia dumetorum, Zam. Ill. t. 156. f£. 4; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 385; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 154; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 110; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 791. Canthium chinense, Pers. Syn. Pl. i. p. 200; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 475. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 228! Watters!); Kwanetune: LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2D 882 68. RUBIACEE: GARDENIEEX. French Island, Whampoa (Hance, 5826!) ; Honexona (Cham- pion! Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and Malaya, and also found in E. tropical Africa. 5. Randia leucocarpa, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p.194; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 154; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 790. Honaxone (Champion! Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 6. Randia racemosa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 790. Stylocoryne racemosa, Cav. Ic. Pl. iv. p. 45, t. 368; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 377 ; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 264. Lvcnv AncnurPEnaGo (ex Hooker et Arnott). Philippine Islands. 7. Randia sinensis, Rem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 248; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 388; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 191; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 155; Maxim. in. Mél. Biol. xi. p. 791; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 109. Oxyceros sinensis, Lour. FI. Cochinch. p. 151. Kwanatune: near Canton (Hance, 10224!); Honexone (Champion! Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 8. Randia Wallichii, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 113; Maxi. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 791. Yunnan (Anderson!). Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Tenasserim, and Java. L^ 1. Gardenia florida, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1679; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 379; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 153; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 191; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 792; Bot. Heg. t. 449; Bot. Mag. t. 3849; Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 43 (var. Fortuniana). Gardenia radicans, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 109, t. 20; DC. Prodr.iv. p. 3/9; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 264; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 793; Bog. Reg. t. 73; Bot. Rep. t. 491. Gardenia grandiflora, Sieb. ex Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 604. Gardenia pictorum, Hassk. in Flora, xxviii. p. 234; Walp. Rep. vi. p. 73. Gardenia Maruba, Sieb. in Blume Bijdr. p. 1015; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 208. SovTH CurNA : without locality (Beechey ! Millett!); FoxtEn: 68. RUBIACEZ: GARDENIEEX. 383 Amoy (Fortune ^ o6 D; Formosa: Kelung (Oldham, 921!); Horen: Tchang, cult. (A. Henry!); Szecuven: Chungching (Bourne!); Kwanetune (Ford!) ; Hoxakoxa (Wright! Cham- pion! Urquhart!); Lvcnv AmcmurpELAGO (Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan and Bonin Islands. We find it impossible to sort the herbarium specimens into the various species proposed by different authors, and we are only following Lindley (Bot. Reg. 1846, sub t. 43) in uniting G. radicans with G. florida. Maximowicz alludes to the in- sufficient characters to distinguish them, and Franchet suggests that they should be united. [Gardenia amæna, Sims (Bot. Mag. t. 1904; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 382; Bot. Reg. t. 735), is unlike anything we have seen from China, and may be a Randia. G. scandens, Thunb., syn. G. jasminoides (ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 383), and G. volubilis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 148), are doubtful plants.] [Genipa flava, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 149; DC. Prodr. iv. P- 379), is also an obscure plant.] 1. Diplospora fruticosa, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex 4-pedalis, floribus albis (A. Henry), ramis gracilibus junioribus pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, papyracea, ovato-oblonga, 3-5 poll. longa, obtuse acuminata, primum utrin- que strigillosa, demum fere glabrescentia, venis lateralibus pri- mariis utrinque circiter 8 subtus elevatis; stipule late, connate, apiculate. Flores fasciculati, brevissime pedicellati, 3—4 lineas diametro ; calycis pubescenti limbus cupulatus, obscure dentatus ; corolla intus extroque glabra, tubo brevi, lobis latis rotundatis ; stamina exserta; ovarii loculi 2-3-ovulati. Fructus ignotus. SzEcHUEN: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. This strongly resembles D. pubescens, Hook. f.,a native of Tenasserim, but the stipules are very different and the corolla is quite glabrous. 2. Diplospora viridiflora, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 477; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 195, et Fl. Hongk. p. 157; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 382. 2D2 884 68. RUBIACEX: GARDENIEJE. Canthium dubium, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1026. Gardenia daphnoides, Hance, in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 796. Kwaxaruxa: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexona (Wilford! Champion! Wright! Seemann !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Diplospora, sp. ? m Szecuuen: Mount Omei, 3000 feet (Faber, 194!). Herb. Kew. l There is only an imperfect specimen bearing old fruit and very young flower-buds. 68. RUBIACEJE; GUETTARDEÆ. 1. Guettarda speciosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 991; DC Prodr. iv. p. 455; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 126; Hemsl. Bot. ‘Challenger’ Exped. i. 8, p. 240; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 40. Pratas Istanp (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Common on the shores of tropical Asia, East Africa, North- east Australia, and throughout Polynesia. 1. Antirrhea chinensis, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 100. Guetardella chinensis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 197; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 158 ; Walp. Ann. v. p. 113. Hoxaxoxa (Wright! Champion! Hance, 101441). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 68. RUBIACE/E: KwoxiEx. l. Knoxia corymbosa, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 582; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 164; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 128 ; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 128. SovrH Cura: without locality (Fortune, 52!); Herrn: Ichang (A. Henry, 600!); Kwanerune: (Ford!) island of Wongman (Sampson !) ; Hoxakoxa (Wright! Champion !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, and North Australia. 68. RUBIACEZ: VANGUERIEEX. l. Canthium didymum, Gertn. Fruct. iii. p. 94, t. 196; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 473; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 159; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 132. | | ra U bh ex 68. RUBIACEE: VANGUERIER. 885 Plectronia didyma, Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 35. Canthium undulatum, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 198 ; Walp. Ann. v. p. 112. Honexone (Wright! Champion!). Herb. Kew. . Widely spread in Iudia and Malaya. 2. Canthium parvifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i.p. 534; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 474; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 135. Plectronia parvifolia, Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 36. Canthium horridum, Benth. F7. Hongk. p. 159, non Blume. KwaxcTuNG: hills near Sainam on the North river (Sampson d Hance, 13765!) ; Howxexowsa (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Malaya. 68. RUBIACE2: Ixorex. L Ixora chinensis, Zam. Encycl. iii. p. 344 (1789). Ixora crocata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 782 (1824) ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 486. Ixora stricta, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 10 (1814) ; Fl. Ind., Carey & Wall. ed. i. p. 388 (1820) ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 486; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 193; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 158; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 145; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 794; Henrig. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Ixora coccinea, Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 169, non Linn. Ixora blanda, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 100; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 487. Ixora rosea, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2428, non Wall. Foxren: Amoy (Swinhoe!); Formosa (Oldham, 220); Kwanetune: Macao (Millett! Maingay!) ; Hosaxone (Wright! Hinds! Champion! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malayan peninsula and archipelago. [.Pavetta sinica and Pavetta Kroneana, Miq. (in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 107), may belong here. They were collected by Krone in the province of Kwangtung, and are described as being most nearly allied to Pavetta (Ixora) Brunonis, Wall., and Pavetta (Ixora) stricta, Roxb., respectively. | [Zxora grandiflora, Ker (Bot. Reg. t. 154), one of the synonyms of I. coccinea, Linn., is recorded from China (DC. Prodr. iv. p. 486), but we have seen no Chinese specimens referable to this species. | 886 68. RUBIACEZ: IXOREX. 1. Pavetta indica, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 110; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 490; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 193; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 150; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 794; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 148. Ixora Pavetta, Rozb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 385; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 106. Kwanetune: Macao (Millett! Calléry Y); Honexone (Wright! Urquhart! Champion! Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India, Malaya, and North Australia. [.Pavetta arenosa, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 73; DC. Prodr. iv. p- 493), from Canton, is an obseure plant, probably not of* this genus. | 68. RUBIACEZ: MORINDEZ. 1. Morinda citrifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 176; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 446 ; Hemsl. Bot. * Challenger’ Exped.i.3, p. 158 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 155. Pratas IsrawD (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, E. Africa, Polynesia, and North Australia, chiefly in maritime districts. 2. Morinda umbellata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 176; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 449; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 159; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 157 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 795. Formosa (Oldham, 219!) ; Kwaneruna: Pakhoi’ (Playfair !), Lofaushan (Ford!); Howakoxe (Wilford! Wright! Urquhart! Champion!) ; Hanan (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. , Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Japan and North Australia. 3. Morinda villosa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 158; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 324. Kwanetone: Lofaushan(Ford!) Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains, Eastern India. 1. Damnacanthus indicus, Gertn. f. Fruct. iii. p. 18, t. 182; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 473; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 158; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 795. 68. RUBIACEZ: MORINDEEX. 387 Damnacanthus major, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 598; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 110; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 796. Damnacanthus macrophyllus, Sieb. ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 110. KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer! Faber!); Hurren: Nanto and neighbourhood (A. Henry!); Lucnu ArcnirELAGO (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Japan. Maximowicz retains D. majoras a distinct species, mentioning, however, that it scarcely differs except in size, though he had seen no intermediate forms. There is a Japanese specimen in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Maries, which connects the two. 68. RUBIACEZ: PsycHorRIEx. 1. Psychotria elliptica, Ker in Bot. Heg. t. 607; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 509; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 161; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 797; Engl. et Maxim. in Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 67. Psychotria Reevesii, Wall. in Roxb. Fi. Ind. ii. p. 104; DC. Prodr. iv. . 519. P Grumilea Reevesii, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 193. Cursa: without locality (Staunton! Parkes!); Formosa: Tamsui and elsewhere (Oldham, 216, 229! Maries!); Kwane- TUNG: Whampoa (Hance!), Lofaushan (Ford!) Macao (Cal- léry); Honexona (Wright! Wilford! Champion!); Hatnan (Swinhoe!); Lvonv Arcutpenaco (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 2. Psychotria serpens, Zinn. Mant. p. 204; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 519; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 161; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 796; Engl. et Maxim. in Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 67. Psychotria scandens, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 193; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 471. Foxien: Foochow (Carles!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 219!); Kwanetune: Macao (Calléry), Lappas Island (Millett ! Vachell!), Swatow (Perry !), Lofaushan (Ford !), Pakhoi (Play- fair!); Honexone (Wilford! Seemann! Hinds! Wright! Champion!); Lucuu ArcutreLaco (Beechey! Wright!). COREA: hills near Pagoda Island (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. There is a specimen of this species in the Kew Herbarium labelled “ Fiji Islands, Wilkes’s U.S. Exploring Expedition.” 388 68. RUCIACEE ` PSYCHOTRIEX. 1. Chasalia ? (specimen fructiferum). Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford!). Herb. Kew. 1. Geophila reniformis, D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 136; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 587; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 228 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 178; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 54. Kwanorune: on the North river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13736 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, America, Australia, and Polynesia. 1. Lasianthus chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 160; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 798; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 187. Mephitidia chinensis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 196; Walp. Ann. v. p. 113. Formosa (Oldham, 218!) ; Honexone (Wright! Hance! Wil- ford! Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malacca. 2. Lasianthus cyanocarpus, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p.125; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 160; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 179; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 798. Mephitidia cyanocarpa, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 452. Honexone (Wilford! Lamont!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malay peninsula and archipelago. 3. Lasianthus Fordii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 324. Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford, 66!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Hance has confused this and our L. trichophlebus in his de- scription ; yet he does not appear to have retained a specimen of the latter. The present species is almost everywhere glabrous in the fruiting stage, except the teeth of the calyx, and the pri- mary veins are usually five on each side of the midrib, rarely six. 4. Lasianthus trichophlebus, Hemsl., n. sp. Rami fructiferi plus minus strigillosi, teretes. Folia breviter petiolata, vix coriacea, oblonga, usque ad 6 poll. longa, breviter acuteque acuminata, subundulata, basi cuneata, supra glabra, nitida, subtus precipue secus costam venasque strigillosa, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 8-9 valde areuatis, venis secundariis transversis crebris subparallelis; stipule anguste, circiter 3—4 e 68. RUBIACEE : PSYCHOTRIEX. 889 lin. longer. Flores.... Drupe in axillis foliorum confertis- sime, circiter 24 lineas diametro, omnino strigillose, dentibus calycinis elongatis densissime strigillosis coronate, 4-5 pyrene 5 semina non visa. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford, 113!). Herb. Kew. This differs from Z. Fordii, with which, from some oversight, Hance confused it, in the larger, less acuminate leaves with more numerous, strigillose, primary veins, and in the larger strigillose fruit. We have named and described this in the absence of flowers in consequence of this confusion. There is an allied, probably undescribed species in the Kew Herbarium, from Mount Omei, Szechuen, collected by the Rev. E. Faber, with variegated leaves, but tbe specimen bears only very young fruit. 5. Lasianthus Wallichii, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 908; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 180; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 797. Mephitidia Wallichii, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 390. Lasianthus plagiophyllus, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 196. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 223!); Hoxekowa (Ford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Malaya. 6. Lasianthus, sp. LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO ( Wright, 128, 129 !). Herb. Kew. Imperfect specimens of a species which may be the same as that referred to by Engler (Jahrb. vi. p. 67) as near L. japonicus. 68. RUBIACEZE: PxDbERIEX. 1. Pederia tomentosa, Blume, Bijdr. p.968; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 471; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 197 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 798. Peederia foetida, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 106; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p.194 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 162, non Zinn.; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 261. Pzderia chinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 228, et 1879, p. 12; Franchet, Pi. David. p. 155. Kranesu: Shanghai (Maingay!) ; Formosa (Wilford, 505! Oldham, 215 !); Kianest: Kiukiang (David, 807, ex Franchet); 390 68. RUBIACEE : PEDERIEX. Hurrun: Ichang, Nanto, and Patung (A4. Henry!) ; Kwanatune : Macao (Calléry!); Honaxona (Hance! Champion!); LvcHU AzncHriPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Malay peninsula and archipelago, and Japan. 1. Hamiltonia suaveolens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 15, et FT. Ind. Or. i. p. 554; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 462; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, iii. p. 197. Spermadictyon suaveolens, Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 236; Bot. Reg. t. 348. Spermadictyon azureum, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. p. 225; Bot. Reg. t. 1235. Curva: without locality (Fortune, 57!). Herb. Kew. Widely spread in North India, from Kashmir eastward. Hooker, loc. cit., suggests that this shrub may have been intro- duced into China. 1. Leptodermis oblonga, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 34; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 488; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 290. Hamiltonia oblonga, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 154. Com: neighbourhood of Peking (Bunge! Williams! Bushell! Bretschneider! Mellendorff! Tatarinow!); Kwanerune: along the Lienchau river (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance!), without locality (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The southern specimens may possibly represent a distinct species. 2. Leptodermis vestita, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex, ut videtur, humilis, dense ramosus, ramulis foliisque dense furfuraceo-hirsutis. Folia breviter petiolata, crassiuscula, ovata, elliptica, vel interdum fere rotundata, usque ad 1j poll. longa, obtusa vel rotundata, venis primariis subtus prominenti- bus; stipule inconspicue. Flores pauci ad apices ramulorum laxe aggregati; involucrum pubescens, bilabiatum, calycem supe- rans; calycis lobi ampli, oblongo-rotundati, ciliolati; corolla cir- citer semipollicaris, infundibularis, intus extusque puberula, lobis induplicato-valvatis obtusis; anthere subsessiles, supra medium tubi insert: ; ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, stylo 5-fido ; ovula oblonga, erecta. Fructus deest. Kwanetune: without locality (Ford, 267 !). Herb. Kew. A very distinct species, differing markedly from all the others in its copious indumentum. nett EN. 68. RUBIACEEE: ANTHOSPERME. 391 68. RUBIACEE : ÁNTHOSPERMEEX. 1. Serissa Democritea, Baill. ex Franchet, Pl. David. p. 154. Democritea serissoides, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 540. KrawGsvu: Kiangnan (Staunton!); Curxiane (Staunton !), Kouangfouchio (Poli ex Franchet in litt.); Kitanast: Kiukiang (David, 805, ex Franchet); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 616!) ; Kwanearune : Lienchau (Lamont!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Serissa foetida, Comm. in Juss. Gen. (1789) p. 209; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 575; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 194; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 261; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 799. Serissa japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 93, t. 17. Dysoda fasciculata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 146. Cuina: without locality (Millett! Beechey!); KraNGsU: Shanghai (Carles!); Ktanast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Fortes: Amoy (Hance!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 226!) ; Hurrun: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!); Kwane- TUNG: Swatow (Perry!); Lucuu Arcuireraco (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Nertera sinensis, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate X.) Herba subaquatica, csespitosa, pusilla, glabra, caulibus gracilibus 2-4 poll. longis radicantibus. Folia petiolata, crassiuscula, lan- ceolato-oblonga, cum petiolo 4-8 lineas longa, vix acuta, basi cuneata, subtus minutissime lepidota, venis immersis; stipule late, longiuscule acuminate. Flores hermaphroditi, minuti (1-14 lineas diametro), terminales, sessiles, involucrati, involucro parvo cupuliformi bicuspidato ; calycis limbus parvus, truncatus; co- rolla rotata, 4-fida, lobis obtusis; stamina exserta; stylus alte bifidus. Bacca carnosa, 4-pyrena; semina perfecta non visa. Szzcuven : Mount Omei, 2000 to 3000 feet, growing on stones in water (Faber!) Herb. Kew. This is an interesting addition.to the Chinese Flora, and an extension of the area of a genus of remarkable distribution. The present species differs from those previously described in having four pyrenes in the fruit, a condition not unknown in the neigh- bouring and very closely allied genus Coprosma. 392 68. RUBIACEE: SPERMACOCER. 68. RUBIACE/E: SPERMACOCEX. 1. Spermacoce hispida, Linn. Mant. p.598 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 555; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 163 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. in. p. 200; Henrig. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 149. Spermacoce articularis, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 119, exel. syn. Spermacoce scabra, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 572. Cura: without locality (Millett !); Formosa (Oldham, 224 D; Pescapores (Swinhoe!); Kwanerune: Pakhoi (Playfair! Staunton! Nelson!); Honexone (Wright! Champion!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India and Malaya. 2. Spermacoce philippensis, Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. p. 401?; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107. Hainan: on the northern coast (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13711 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Incomplete specimens of a doubtful species. 3. Spermacoce semierecta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 871; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 556; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 163. Borreria discolor, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 199. Honexkone (Champion!). Herb. Kew. 4. Spermacoce stricta, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 120; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 554; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.162; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 200; Henrig. in Bol. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 149. Spermacoce lasiocarpa, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. n. 832. Bigelovia lasiocarpa, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. iv. p. 437. Cua: without locality (Millett!); Howakosa (Wright !). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Africa. 5. Spermacoce, sp., caulibus teretibus, foliis linearibus, semini- bus granulatis nec nitidis. Cursa: without locality (Millett!). Herb. Kew. 68. RUBIACE E: GALES. 1, Rubia chinensis, Regel, Fl. Ussur. n. 241,t.8. f. 1l et 2; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 266. 68. RUBIACEE : GALIEX. 393 Rubia mitis, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 112. Cnn: near Peking (Tatarinow, ex Mazimowicz) ; SHING- KING: Black Bear Valley (Ross!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 2. Rubia cordifolia, Linn. Mant. p. 197; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 588; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 23, et Fl. Tchef. p. 70; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 155, et in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 266; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 202 (varietates plures insignes). NORTHERN and CENTRAL Provinces, common! Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mountains of India southward to Ceylon and Malacca; Dahu- ria to Japan, and mountains of tropical Africa. 1. Galium Aparine, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 108; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 608 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 164; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 259; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 205; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 71; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 156 et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- bourg, xxiv. p. 223. Galium pauciflorum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 35; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472 (lapsu calami parviflorum). Galium sororium, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 734. Galium Vaillantii, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 608. Cuixa: generally spread! Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Europe, North Africa, and temperate and subtropical Asia, and North America. 2. Galium asprellum, Miche. Fl. Bor.-Am.i. p. 78; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 598; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 140, et in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 262; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 156. Galium davuricum, Turcz. Fl. Baic.-Dakur. i. p. 530. Cnuinurr: Jehol (David, 2212, ex Franchet). Eastern Siberia, Mandshuria, Japan, and eastern North America. 3. Galium boreale, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 108; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 600; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 155, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 264; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 205 (varietates plures). Camur: Jehol (David, 2024, ex Franchet); SurNGK1NG : hills 394 68. RUBIACEEE : GALIEJE. near Moukden (James!); Suantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Fran- chet). Herb. Kew. Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. Var. ? molle, Zemsl.; caulibus foliisque molliter pilosis. Huren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 2036!) Herb. Kew. A very marked form, and possibly a distinct species, but Dr. Henry's specimens are in very young flower. [Galium chinense, A. Spreng. (Tent. Suppl. ad Syst. Veg. Linn. p. 7), is insufficiently described for identification, but, from the characters given, it is most likely the same as OG. asprellum, Mich: ] 4. Galium gracile, Bunge (non Wallr.), Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 35; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 456 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472; Mél. Biol. ix. p. 261, et xi. p. 802. Galium rotundum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 59, ex Franch, et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 241. Galium Bungei, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. Galium trachyspermum, A. Gray in Perry's ‘Exped. ii. p. 313, et Bot. Jap. p. 393; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. 1. p. 112. Galium pogonanthum, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 213, et ii. p. 393. Galium miltorrhizum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 114; Debeauz, FI. Shangh. p. 34. Cmmi: near Peking (Williams, hb. Hance, 138331); Kranasv: Shanghai (Faber!) ; Cuextana: Ningpo (Oldham!) ; Foxren: Amoy (Sampson! Wilford!); Huren: Ichang and Patung district (4. Henry); Sazecnurn: Mount Omei (Faber !) ; Lvcnuv ArcutPenraco (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 5. Galium linearifolium, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 152; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 458; Franchet, Pl. David. p.156; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 265. CHIHLI: near Peking (Hancock! Tatarinow ; David, ex Franchet). | Herb. Kew. We have named Hancock’s specimen from Turczaninow’s description, having seen no authenticated specimen. It is, how- ever, a very distinct species. 68. RUBIACEE: GALIER. 395 6. Galium Mollugo, Zinn. Sp. Pl.ed.1, p. 107; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 596; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 407; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 207. SZECHUEN: Min river (Faber ). Herb. Kew. Europe, N. Africa, eastward te the mountains of North India and Burma. 7. Galium tricorne, Stokes in With. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, p. 153; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 608; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. n. p. 419; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 207. Herrn: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry !). Herb. Kew. Temperate Europe, North Africa, and eastward to North India. [Galium tuberosum, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 79), is not a true Galium. "The Chinese name given to it by Loureiro is applied, according to Bretschneider (Early Res. p. 156), to various species of Polygonatum.] 8. Galium verum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 107; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 602; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 156, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223; Debeaux, Fl. Tohef. p. 71; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 265 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 208. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bretschneider !); Surnexina: Mouk- den (Webster! James !), Talienhwan (Birnie! Swinhoe !), south of Hingjing (Ross!); SmawTvuNG: Chefoo (Perry!); Corta: Port Chusan (Wilford !) Herb. Kew. . Europe and North Africa, and Asia eastward to Japan. 1. Asperula Platygalium, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 267, var. B. pratensis. Rubia? gracilis, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 111. Conran AncnurPELAGO: Long Reach (Oldham, 523!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. [Loureiro records Crucianella stylosa, Linn., as Chinese, on the faith of a drawing ; and Polyozus lanceolata of the same author is an obscure plant of this Order. 396 69. VALERIANACER. 69. VALERIANACEZ. 1. Patrinia angustifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis, robustiuscula, fere undique glabra, eaulibus erectis, saltem 3 ped. altis, teretibus infra simplicibus. Folia (radicalia non visa) petiolata, crassiuscula, anguste lanceolata, usque ad 6 poll. longa, utrinque longe attenuata, acuta, infe- riora, pauci-grosseserrata, superiora integerrima, venis primariis paucis crassiusculis. Flores lutei, mediocres, in eymas densas 2-3 poll latas dispositi, cymis corymbosis, pedicellis brevibus minutissime puberulis ; corolla ecalcarata, breviter tubulosa, lobis rotundatis; stamina 4. Fructus (maturus non visus) fere ob- solete puberulus, bractea aucta oblonga nervosa subtendus, cellulis vacuis fertili fere dimidio brevioribus. HvurEH: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry, 1657 !). Herb. Kew. Characterized by long, narrow, glabrous, distantly toothed, or entire leaves. Judging from the young state, the mature bract subtending the fruit would be large and oblong in shape. 2. Patrinia heterophylla, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor.p. 35; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 526; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 261; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 157. Patrinia graveolens, Hance, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4me série, xv. p. 224? Camir: near Peking (Kizilow! Mellendorff! Bretschneider ! Williams! Bushell!), Jehol (David, 19983 !) ; CurKran@: moun- tains south of Ningpo at 4000 feet (Hancock!); FoKIEN: near the western boundary (de Grijs, hb. Hance, 6694!); Krawast: Kiukiang (Shearer D. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mongolia. There is a little uncertainty about the limits of this and some other species of the genus, which we cannot remove in the absence of authenticated specimens of some of the forms described as species. Hance himself (Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 322) reduces his P. graveolens to P. ovata, which is here treated as a form of P. villosa. [.Patrinia intermedia, Roem. et Schult., is recorded as Chinese by De Candolle (Prodr. iv. p. 624), but, it would seem, erro- neously. | 3. Patrinia rupestris, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. x. p. 811; 69. YALERIANACEZ. 397 De. Prodr. iv. p. 624; Ledeb. Fl. Ross.ii.p. 427 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 141. SHiIneKING: without locality (Zoss!); Kisnesu (Poli ex Franchet in litt.). Herb. Kew. Altai to Mandshuria and Eastern Siberia. 4. Patrinia saniculefolia, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis, fere undique glabra, erecta, vix pedalis, cauli- bus teretibus simplicibus sæpissime (an semper ?) bifoliatis ob- scure bilineatim puberulis. Folia radicalia graciliter petiolata, subcoriacea, rotundata, circiter 13 poll. diametro, 5-7-lobata, lobis obtusiuscule paucidentata, venis immersis, petiolis 13-2 poll. longis; folia 2 caulina ampliora, breviter petiolata, alte palmatifida vel subpinnatifida. Flores lutei, mediocres, in cymas parvas densas terminales dispositi, cymis bracteis foliaceis sub- tendis; corolla subobsolete calearata, brevissime tubulosa, intus pilosa, lobis oblongis obtusissimis ; stamina 4. Fructus deest. Corra : Soul mountains (Carles!) Herb. Kew. In foliage this approaches the Japanese P. palmata, Maxim., which differs materially in its very distinctly spurred corolla. / 5. Patrinia scabiosefolia, Fisch. ex Link, Hort. Berol. i. p. 131; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 624; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 427; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 225, et 1883, p. 322; Franch. et Sav. Enwn. Pl. Jap. i. p. 216; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 158, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223 ; Debeauz, Fi. Tchef. p. 72; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 154. Patrinia hispida, Bunge, Pl. Mongh.- Chin. Dec. i. p. 25, t. 3. E Patrinia parviflora, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 6/8; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 115. Patrinia serratulzfolia, Fisch. ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 624, et spec. cult. in herb. Kew. Cura: Jehol (David, 19341) ; Samvexine: without locality (Ross !), Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster!) ; SRaAwTUNG (Main- gzy!); Kriawesu: Shanghai (Carles!); Cuexiane: Ningpo (Faber!) ; FokreN : Amoy (Fortune, 43! Hance, 1437 !); HUPEH: Ichang and Patung (4. Henry!); Kwayerune: district of Yingtak (Sampson, hb. Hance, 1437 !), without locality (Ford !) ; Corra : Chemulpo (Carles!), eastern side (Perry !) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Dahuria eastward to Japan. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2E 898 69. VALERIANACEZ. 6. Patrinia scabra, Bunge, Pl. Mongh.-Chin. Dec. i. p. 20, t. 1; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 157; Kanitz in Math. und Naturw. Ber. Ungarn, iii. Curnarr: neighbourhood of Peking (Williams! Bushell! Kiri- low! Bretschneider!); Kansun (Szechenyi ex Kanitz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 7. Patrinia villosa, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. x. p. 311; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 624; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 216. Patrinia ovata, Bunge, Pl. Mongh.- Chin. Dec. i. p. 23, t. 2; Franchet, PI. David. p. 157. Valeriana villosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 32, t. 6. Cuwa: without locality (Fortune, 107!) ; Kianesu : Shanghai (Tonnere! Carles!) ; Cuextana: Ningpo mountains (Faber !) ; Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; FokrEgN : Amoy interior (Swin- hoe!); Huren: Ichang, Patung and neighbourhood (A. Henry, 117, 149, 535, 986, 928, 2426, 2557, 3258!); Kwanatune: Lo- faushan (Ford!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. A very variable species in the foliage. It is employed as a drug in Central China, according to Dr. Henry. 1. Nardostachys Jatamansi, DC. Mém. Valer. p. 7, t. 1, et Prodr. iv. p. 624; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xxxii. p. 8; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 211. Yuwnan: Maokoutchong above Tapintzu near Tali (Delavay ex Franchet). The Himalayas, from Kumaon to Sikkim. 1. Valeriana officinalis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 31; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 641; Baker § Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 158; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 211. Valeriana dubia, Bunge, in Ledeb. Alt, i. p. 52, et Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 350 ; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472. Camran: hills west of Peking (David, 2287!); SHINGKING : Jaoling (Ross!), Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster! James!) ; Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!); ComEA: west coast 69. VALERIANACE X. 399 (Perry); Corran AmcuiPELAGO: Herschel Island (Oldham, 526!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe to Japan. 2. Valeriana Wallichii, DC. Mém. Valer. p. 15, t. 4; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 640; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 213. Hupeu: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry, 1139!) Herb. Kew. Afghanistan to the Khasia mountains in Eastern India. 3. Valeriana, sp. aff. V. Hardwickii, Wall, sed fructu glabro. SzEcHUEN: Mount Omei, 4000 to 9000 feet (Faber!) Herb. Kew. There is hardly sufficient material to determine whether this is undescribed. A second species from Omei bears only unex- panded flowers. [Valerianella Olitoria, Moench, was collected by Faber at Shanghai, where it is doubtless a colonist.] 70. DIPSACEA. 1. Triplostegia glandulifera, Wall. Cat. 436 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 6; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 215. Triplostegia glandulosa, DC. Mém. Valer. p. 20, t. 5. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry, 2425!); SZECHUEN: Mount Omei, at 4000 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. North India, from Gurwhal to Bhotan. 1. Morina betonicoides, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl.t. 1171; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 217; Franchetin Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 8. Yunnan: above Tali (Delavay ex Franchet). Sikkim Himalaya. 2. Morina Delavayi, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 8. - Yunnan: Heechanmen mountains near Lankong (Delavay ex Franchet). l. Dipsacus asper, Wall. Cat. 428; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 646; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 218. 400 70. DIPSACEX. Hurren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Khasia hills, Eastern India. 2. Dipsacus japonicus, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lued Bat. iii. p. 114; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 159; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 26. Dipsacus Gmelini, Mazim. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472, non Bieb. Cnmur- Jehol (Tafarinow ex Mazimowiez ; David ex Franchet). Japan. 1. Scabiosa Fischeri, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 658; Ledeb. Fl Ross. ii. p. 456; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 23; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 159. CHIHLI: Peking (Kirilow! Bretschneider! Bushell! Mellen- dorf! Carles!); Suinaxine: Peiling, between Moukden and the Yaloo river (Webster!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Altai and Dahuria eastward to Mandshuria. [Scabiosa cochinchinensis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 68), is an obseure plant, the Chinese name of which, aecording to Bret- schneider (Early Res. p. 156), is applied in Canton to Elephan- topus scaber, Linn.] 71. COMPOSITZ: VERNONIACEEX. 1. Vernonia Andersoni, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 26; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 241. Vernonia Cumingiana, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 232, et Fl. Hongk. p. 170, pro parte. Foxren: Foochow (Carles!); Formosa (Oldham, 232 !); Honexone (Champion! Wilford! Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Assam, Birma, and Tenasserim. Cuming’s Philippine plant, associated with this by Bentham, is a distinct species; therefore, in order to avoid further confusion, we adopt Clarke’s later name. 2. Vernonia bracteata, Wall. Cat. n. 2921 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p- 17, excl. syn.; Wight, ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 232. Hoen : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry, 29, 296, 521, 958, 2176, 2306!); SzecRvEN: Wuchu gorge (Faber!) Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Birma: 71. COMPOSITE: VERNONIACER. 401 3. Vernonia chinensis, Less. in Linnea, vi. pp. 105 et 674; Benth, Fl. Hongk. p. 169; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 235. Conyza chinensis, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 83, non Linn. Centratherum chinense, Less. in Linnea, iv. p. 320. Cyanopis pubescens, DC. Prodr. v. p. 69; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 232. Cyanopis villosa, DC. Prodr. v. p. 69. Cyanthillium pubescens, Blume, Bijdr. p. 890. Cyanthillium villosum, Blume, Bijdr. p. 889. Conyza patula, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. p. 184; Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1919; Mill. Fig. Pl. ii. p. 165, t. 247. Isonema ovata, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxiv. p. 25. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 235!); Kwanatune: Lofaushan (Ford!); Honaxona (Champion! Wright!); HarNAN: Hoihow (Hancock!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malay peninsula and archipelago to the Philippines. 4. Vernonia cinerea, Less. in Linnea, iv. p. 291, et vi. p. 673; DC. Prodr. v. p. 24; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 169; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 233; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. SovrH and CENTRAL Curna: apparently common (Millett! Hinds! Gaudichaud! Seemann! Faber!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. 5. Vernonia Clivorum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 164; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 282. Vernonia Kingii, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 12. Kwanerune: banks of the East river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 14734!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Pegu, Martaban, and Birma. 6. Vernonia ($ Strobocalyx) esculenta, Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex? ramulis ultimis floriferis teretibus puberulis. Folia (4 superiora tantum visa) petiolata, tenuiuseula, anguste lanceo- lata, 4-5 poll. longa, acuta, integra, supra scabriuseula, subtus pallidiora, precipue in venis puberula, minute reticulata. Capi- tula 5-6-flora, breviter pedunculata, in corymbos terminales planos saltem 8 poll. latos disposita ; involucri bractez 3-4-seriate, sub- rotundate, vel interiores oblongs, obtusissime, furfurascentes; re- ceptaculum glabrum. Achenia pallida, appresse hirsuta, bracteas LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2F 402 71. COMPOSITE : VERNONIACER. squantes vel paullo superantes, compressa, subtrigona (faciebus interioribus planis, facie exteriore convexa) ; pappi paleæ albide, angustissime, vix scabridæ, persistentes, exteriores breves. Souru-west CuiNA: Weining (Bourne!). Herb. Kew. Not closely allied to any species with which we have compared it. “ Pith eaten by children," Bourne. 7. Vernonia exilis, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 98. Kwanatune: common near Hoan (Krone ex Miquel). 8. Vernonia Gomphrena, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Our. xix. Suppl. i. p. 253, et Rep. Bot. vi. p. 90. Cuna : without locality (Meyen ex Walpers). 9. Vernonia gratiosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 290. Formosa: in shady places near Tamsui (Watters, hb. Hance, 21947 ). Mus. Brit. 10. Vernonia Kroneana, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 98. Kwanetuna: near Suheang (Krone ex Miquel). 11. Vernonia saligna, DC. Prodr. v. p. 33; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 13; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 235. Kwanertuna : Lofaushan at 1000 feet (Ford!). Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Birma. The Chinese specimen is of more compact growth than the Indian, but exhibits no other obvious differences. Ze Vernonia solanifolia, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 486; Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 232, et Fl. Hongk. p. 169; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 240. Vernonia Fortunei, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48 (nomen tantum). l CnurNA: without locality (Fortune, 175!); Foxren: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!); Honaxone (Champion! Seemann! Wil- ford! Ee, &c.) ; Haran (B. C. Henry D. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Martaban and Pegu. l. Elephantophus scaber, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 814; DC. Prodr. v. p. 86; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 170; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 99; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 242; Bretschn. Early Hes. p156; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1086. 71. COMPOSITE: VERNONIACER. 403 Kwanetuna: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Honexone (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. 71. COMPOSIT/E: EvPATORIACEX. 1. Adenostemma viscosum, Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. p. 89, t. 45 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 111; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 171; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 242 ; Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 68; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 159; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 147 ; Engler, Jahrb. vi. p. 68. Adenostemma tinctorium, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 364. Spilanthes tinctorius, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 484. Foxren : Amoy (Hance, 1018!) ; Huren : Ichang (A. Henry!); Kwanetune: Canton ( Hance!) ; Honaxone (Wilford!) ; Lucuu AncuiPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. 1. Ageratum conyzoides, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 839; DC. Prodr. v. p. 108; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 171; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 99 ;. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 243. Kwanerune: Fatshan (W/enyon!); Honaxona (Urquhart Kunze!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Almost universally dispersed in warm countries, though often existing only as a colonist. Most likely of American origin. [Ageratum ciliare, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 484), has not been identified; it is not probable, however, that the Chinese plant was the same as that figured by Plukenet and described by Linneus. | / 1. Eupatorium japonicum, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 308; DO. Prodr. v. p. 180; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 219; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 160; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 167. Eupatorium Fortunei, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1851, p. 170; Walp. Ann. v. p. 167. Eupatorium Wallichii, DC. Prodr. v. p. 179; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 172; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 106. Kranasv: Shanghai (Maingay!); CHEKIANG: Ningpo (Carles!); Foxren: Amoy (Swinhoe! Fortune 20 & 41!) ; Formosa (Swin- hoe! Wilford,559! Oldham,238!); Huren: Ichang and Patung 2r2 404 71. COMPOSITE : EUPATORIACEX. districts (A. Henry, 40, 862, 1830, 2714!); Kwanetune: North river (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan and Sachalin to the mountains of Northern India. Sir Joseph Hooker (Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 243) reduces Æ. Wallichii to E. cannabinum, Linn., and this may be the correct solution of a perplexing question; but in our case it would have involved the further association of the forms which we have referred to E. Lindleyanum. At the best the present can only be regarded as an approximate sorting. Possibly a more sys- tematie examination of the numerous specimens in herbaria might result in the discovery of more tangible differential cha- racters than we have found; but we are not alone in our bewil- derment. Franchet distinguishes F. japonicum from E. Lindley- anum (* chinense") by the venation of the leaves, those of the latter being more or less distinctly triplinerved ; and this is perhaps the most obvious difference between the two, though there are intermediate states. Henriques (Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147) records Eupatorium punduanum, Wall. (which is referred to E. cannabinum by Sir J. Hooker), from Kwangtung. 2. Eupatorium Lindleyanum, DO. Prodr. v. (1836) p. 180; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 172. Eupatorium chinense, auctorum plurimorum, an Linn.? ; Bretschn. Early Res. p.101. Eupatorium Kirilowii, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 153; Walp. ‘Rep. ii. p. 553; Debeaua, Fl. Tchef. p. 72; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223. Eupatorium subtetragonum, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 99? Cuixa : without locality (Fortune, 69 !); Curr: near Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider! Williams!); SuiwaKriNa: Moukden (Webster! James!); SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Forbes!); KrANGSI: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Kelung (Ford!); Desen: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 141, 398, 518, 982, 3259!); Kwanerune: Fatshan (Wenyon!); HoNakowa (Champion! Urquhart !); Lucnu AncurPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. Linneus’s E. chinense was founded upon a specimen collected by Osbeck, which does not exist in the Linnean herbarium, and the description is very imperfect; therefore it is uncertain whether this be the same. 71. COMPOSITH: EUPATORIACER. 405 3. Eupatorium melanadenium, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 325. Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Perhaps this should be regarded as a variety of E. Lindleyanum. 4. Eupatorium Reevesii, Wall. Cat. n. 3168; DC. Prodr. v. p. 179; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 267; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 172; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 243. KraNasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Kwanerune: Macao (Hance, 1047 !); Honexone (Champion!) ; Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright! Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The Indian form referred to this species has a distinct ap- pearance. 5. Eupatorium stechadosmum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 228. Formosa: Tamsui (Hancock?); Huren: Patung district (A. Henry, 2385 ?); Kwanatune: Whampoa (Hance, 9817 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. This again is not a well-marked species. Hance states that it was cultivated on account of the fragrance of its flowers, which have almost exactly the odour of lavender. 6. Eupatorium sp. an var. E. Lindleyani? folis omnibus iripartitis. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 239, 240!). Herb. Kew. Possibly Miquel's E. chinense, var. tripartitum—Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 167. 1. Mikania scandens, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1743 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 199; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 34; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 244. Eupatorium scandens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 836; Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 169. Mikania volubilis, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1743. Formosa (Maries!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very widely spread in Asia, Africa, and America. Out of sixty species of Mikania this is the only one inhabiting the Old World. 406 71. COMPOSITÆ : ASTEROIDEA. 71. COMPOSITÆ: ASTEROIDES. 1. Solidago Virgaurea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 880; DO. Prodr. v. p. 838; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 179; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 245; Miq. in Journ. de Bot, Néerl. i. p. 101 (var. leiocarpa) ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 101. Solidago cantoniensis et S. decurrens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 501; DC. Prodr. v. pp. 341-2. Amphirhapis leiocarpa, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 488, et in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 234; Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 386. ` Amphirhapis chinensis, Schultz-Bip. m Flora, 1852, p. 48 ? Corra to Formosa, Honexone, and the extreme south of Kwanetone ; also in theinterior province of Hurts, apparently very common, as it is in almost all collections. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and temperate Asia, eastward to Japan, and in North America. All the Chinese specimens we have seen belong to the variety leiocarpa. l. Dichrocephala chrysanthemifolia, DC. in Wight Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 11, et Prodr. v. p. 372; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 245, var. glabrata. SzEcHUEN: above Chungching (Faber!). Herb. Kew. Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 2. Dichrocephala latifolia, DC. Prodr. v. p. 372; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 173; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 245; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147 ; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 68; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1096. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 255! Swinhoe!); SzEcHUEN : near Fu city, and on the Min river (Faber ) ; Kwanearune (Silva ex Henriques); Honaxona (Hance, 454!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. [Pteronia tomentosa, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 489), is quite unrecognizable from the description given, but it certainly does not belong to the African genus to which it is referred. ] 71. COMPOSITH: ASTEROIDER. 407 1. Cyathocline lyrata, Cass. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1829, p. 84; DC. Prodr. v. p. 373; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 246. SourH-wEsT Cunina (Bourne!); KwawaruNa (Sampson, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Throughout India. 1. Grangea maderaspatana, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. iii. p. 825 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 373; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 185 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 247 ; Wright, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1097. Kwanetuna: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Howakowa (Wilford! Champion! Wright!); Hatnan (Swinhoe!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia and Africa. 1. Lagenophora Billardieri, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 111; DC. Prodr. v. p. 807 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 173 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 248. Hoxaxoxa (Champion! Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains in Eastern India, the Malay archipelago, and Australia. 1. Callistephus hortensis, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxxvii. (1825) p. 491. Callistemma hortense, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. vi. Suppl. p. 45, et Atl. iii. t. 7. | Callistephus chinensis, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 222 (1832) ; DC. Prodr. y. p. 274; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 227; Clarke, Comp. Ind. . 41; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 101. Tue chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 877 ; Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 34. I» Diplopappus chinensis, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 165. | V Cum: top of Mount Conolly (Bullock D: Surnexine (Aoss!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. _ Commonly cultivated in China and Japan and in India, west- | ward to Afghanistan. Griffith collected it in gardens at Cabul | in 1839-40. In Japan it is sometimes met with in waste places | and on rubbish heaps near gardens. | | 1. Aster (§ Euaster) alatipes, Hemsl., n. sp. . | Herba perennis, 2-3-pedalis, hispidula (simul glutinosa ?), 408 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDEX. caulibus simplicibus teretibus. Folia radicalia non visa, eaulina crassiuscula, sessilia vel petiolata (petiolo usque ad basin late alato), ovato-lanceolata, 12-3 poll. longa, grosse calloso-crenata, acuminata, acuta, supra hispidula, subtus villosa, albida, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque ssepius 3—4 arcuatis. Capitula mediocria, radiata, pauca, confertiuscule corymbosa; involucri bracteæ circiter 4-seriatz, herbaceo-scariose, virides, obovato- oblonge vel spathulatz, obtusissime vel rotundate, puberule, ciliolate ; involucrum convexum, foveolatum. Flores radii cir- citer 15 (albi?), uniseriati, feminei, corolle limbus obovato- oblongus minute 3-dentatus. Flores disci hermaphroditi, purpu- rascentes; corolla infundibularis, glabra, lobis brevibus vix acutis. Achenia (matura non visa) oblonga, valde compressa, appresse hirsuta, albida; pappi sete albide, scabride, corollas fere squantes. Doreen: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 4496!) Herb. Kew. A very distinct species, resembling A. scaber in foliage. 2. Aster alpinus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 872; DO. Prodr. v. p. 227; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 472; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 27; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9. CHIHLI: mountains of Siaowutaishan, near Peking, 8000\ to 10,000 feet (Hancock! Mellendorff!); Kansun (ex Kanitx). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and Asia eastward to Mandshuria, but not known tlo occur in the Himalayas. It also inhabits Arctic America an the Rocky mountains. 3. Aster altaicus, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. p. € A Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. p.99; Franch. Pl. David. p. 161, et in M \ Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224; Hook. f. Pl. Brit. Ind. iS | p. 251. Calimeris altaica, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 228; DC. Prodr. v. p. 258; | Debeauz, Fl. Tients. p. 24, et Fl. Tchef. p- 74 (varietates); Kanitz, Bot. | Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8. i Calimeris ciliosa, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1851, xxiv. 2, p. 61 d (Fortune, 30); Walp. Ann. v. p. 174. Calimeris chinensis, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48, nomen tantum (Fortune, 30). [| 71. COMPOSITJE: ASTEROIDEZX. 409 Calimeris coronata, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48 (Fortune, 97). Calimeris ciliata, 4. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 394. Aster striatus, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 222, non Champ. CursA: without locality (Fortune, 30, 97!); CHIHII: near Peking (Williams! Bushell! Bretschneider! Hancock!) ; SuawTUNG: without locality (Maingay!), Chefoo (Forbes!) ; Cuexiane: Ningpo (Everard!) ; Foxen: Amoy (Hance, 276!) ; KawsuH (ex Kanitz); Hainan (Swinhoe!) ; Corea (Perry!) ; Lucau AncurPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Afghanistan and Altai mountains to Mandshuria and Japan. Fortune’s and Hance’s numbered specimens were referred to this species by the late Mr. Bentham, but both Schultz and Turczaninow regarded them as specifically different. They are of dwarfer growth, with rather broader achenes and a rusty pappus. Calimeris ciliata, A. Gray, from Luchu is the same, and they are possibly different from true A. altaicus. 4. Aster alyssoides, Zurcz. Dec. Pl. Nov. Chin. Bor. p. 19; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9. Calimeris alyssoides, DC. Prodr. v. p. 259. KANSUH (ex Kanitz). Mongolia. 5. Aster baccharoides, Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald, p. 385; Henrig. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. Diplopappus baccharoides, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 233 ; Fl. Hongk. p. 175; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 578. Suantune : Chefoo (Forbes D: Cuexrane: Ningpo (Hverard!); Krayasv: hills near Shanghai (Bullock!) ; Kranast: Kiukiang (Forbes!); Foxen: Foochow (Swinhoe!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 245, 246!) ; Kwaxerune (Tate!); Honexone (Hinds! Wilford! Seemann! Champion!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Some of the forms of this and of A. trinervius approach each other very closely. 6. Aster brevipes, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 175. Hoyexona (Wright! Champion!) Herb. Kew. This species was founded on two fragmentary specimens, and may prove, as Bentham suggests, a variety of A. baccharoides. 410 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDEX. 7. Aster dimorphophyllus, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pt. Jap. ii. p. 395. Cursa: without locality (Fortune?). Herb. Kew. A very imperfect specimen, different from anything else we have seen from China, and perhaps the same as the plant bearing the above name, which itself may be a form of Boltonia japonica, Miq. (Aster japonicus, Franch. et Sav.), with long pappus. 8. Aster fastigiatus, Fisch. in Mém. Soc. Nat. Mose. iii. p. 74, non Lehm. nec Ledeb., ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 482 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 224; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. Turczaninowia fastigiata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 258; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 482; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 74. Surnexine: Peiling, Tieling, &c. ( Webster!), Kaichow to Kinchow (Ross!); SuHantune: Chefoo (Forbes!); KrANGsU:, Shanghai (Carles!); Curxrana: Chusan (Jacob!); Huprn: Ichang and Nanto (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Mandshuria and Japan. 9. Aster (§ Euaster) Fordii, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis, pluripedalis (“large plant,’ A. Henry), un- dique rigide hirsuta vel fere scabrida, glutinosa (“ sticky,” A. Henry), caulibus teretibus striatis. Folia crassiuscula, radicalia (bene evoluta non visa) caulium lateralium novorum: elongato- spathulata, 13-23 poll. longa, integra, appresse albo-pilosa; caulina scabrida, sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, ovato-oblonga, 1-3 poll. longa (internodiis brevioribus, sepeque multo brevioribus), vix acuta, apieulata, integra, basi rotundato-auriculata, venis in- conspicuis vel subobsoletis. Capitula radiata, pauca, pedunculata, laxe composito-corymbosa (corymbus maximus 8 poll. diametro), circiter 1 poll. diametro; involucri bractes 3—4-seriate, anguste, acute, pubescentes, interdum rubescentes, margine scariose ; receptaculum convexum, foveolatum simul muricatum. Flores radii rosei aut purpurei, uniseriati, feminei; corolle limbus ob- longus, 3-denticulatus, tubo parcissime pilosulo. Flores disci hermaphroditi ; corolla infundibularis, extus medio puberula pappum vix superans, lobis recurvis. Achenia obovata, com- pressa, pallida, tota pubescentia ; pappi sete albide, subequales, vix scabridz, flores fere equantes. HvrEH: Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood, on the high 71. COMPOSITH: ASTEROIDER. 411 mountains (A. Henry, 984, 2494, 2910, 3229!) ; Kwanerunea: Lofaushan, 800 feet (Ford, 88!). Herb. Kew. A distinet species characterized, among the Chinese species at least, by having ovate-oblong, entire, stem-clasping leaves. 10. Aster Gerlachii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 262. KwawsarUNG: along the North river (Gerlach, hb. Hance, 20798!). Herb. Kew. 11. Aster Glehnii, F. Schmidt, Reise auf der Ins. Kachal. p. 146 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 223; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231. CurunLr: near Peking (Bushell!); KriaNGsr:: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Huren: Ichang and Nanto, at 2000 to 3000 feet (A. Henry, 39, 386, 2656!); SzecHUEN: summit of Omei (Faber!) Herb. Kew. Sachalin and Japan. The Chinese specimens referred here are hardly distinguishable from some of the forms of A. trinervius. 12, Aster (S Euaster) Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis, erecta, 6-12 poll. alta, undique glabra vel glabrescens, caulibus graciliusculis apice tantum ramosis, ramulis (pedunculis) floriferis sepius elongatis corymbosis. Folia cras- siuscula, levia, angusta, remotissime dentata vel integra, radicalia petiolata, elongato-spathulata vel linearia, usque ad 5 poll. longa et 6 lin. lata, calloso-apiculata; folia caulina sessilia, linearia, ciliolata, uninervia. Capitula radiata, longe pedunculata, 6-9 laxe corymbosim disposita, 11-14 poll. diametro; involucri bractez 4-5-seriate, anguste, acute, interiores fere omnino Scariose ; receptaculum convexum. Flores radii albi (Henry); corolle limbus angustus, integer, tubo parce puberulo. Flores disci lutei (Henry) ; corolla infundibularis, extus parce puberula, lobis recurvis. Achenia anguste oblongo-obovata, leviter com- pressa, pilis albidis sursum appressis vestita; pappi sete eequales, scabride, albide, disci corollis paullo breviores. Hv»zn: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry 133, 3262 !). Herb. Kew. 13, Aster hispidus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 315; Franch. et Sav. 419 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDEA. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 225, et ii. p. 396 (varietates a. isochsta, B. mesocheta, et y. heterocheta); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 160. Heteropappus hispidus, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 189; DC. Prod. v. p. 29; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 146, 148. Heteropappus incisus, H. rigens, et H. subserratus, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 625, 626, et 627. Calimeris hispida, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 227 ; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 394. Heteropappus decipiens, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 148. Aster biennis, Ledeb. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorpat. Suppl. i. (1811), et F7. Alt. iv. p. 97, in nota; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. Callistephus biennis, Lindl. in DC. Prodr. v. p. 274. Calimeris tatarica, Lindl. in DC. Prodr. v. p. 259. Calimeris biennis, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii p. 483. Galatella Meyendorfii, Regel, Tent. FI. Uss. p. 81, t. 5. f, 2. Cumi: Pohuashan (Bullock !), near Peking (Mellendorff !) ; Suinexine: Peiling and Moukden (Ross! Webster !) ; SHuANTUNG: Chefoo (Forbes!) ; Hurrun : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry, 795, 937, 946, 977, 984, 1040, 3175, 3189, 3702!) ; COREAN AR- CHIPELAGO : Port Hamilton (Wilford, 663!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Altai to Japan. 14. Aster holophyllus, Hemsl. Aster integrifolius, Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224, et Pl. David. p. 160, non Nutt. Calimeris integrifolia, Turcz. in DC. Prodr. v. p. 259; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 483; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 146. Asteromea pekinensis, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4me série, xv. p. 225. Boltonia pekinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1867, p. 370 ; Debeaux, FI. Tchef. p. 76. Cumi: near Peking (Hance, 6511! Bushell! Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 2000); Surnextine: Kaichow to Kinchow (Ross !), Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster!) ; SHantune (Main- jay!) Chefoo (Forbes!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Hoer: Ichang (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Mandshuria. 15. Aster incisus, Fisch. in Mém. Soc Nat. Mosc. iii. p. 76. Calimeris incisa, DC. Prodr. v. p. 258; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 482; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 145, cum var. holophylla. Boltonia incisa, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 173. 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDER. 418 Survexine: Talienhwan (Birnie!); KrAwGs:: Kiukiang (Shearer !); SHrenst or Kansun: Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Mazimowicz in litt.). Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Mandshuria. 16. Aster indicus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 876; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 898 ; Franchet, Pl. David: p. 160, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. Boltonia indica, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 174; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, iii. p. 249; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 107. Asteromea indica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 901; DC. Prodr. v. p. 303; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 219. Hisutsua cantoniensis, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 44. Matricaria cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 498. Hisutsua serrata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 265. COniNA: without locality (Fortune, 124!); SuiwoKiNo (Ross !) ; SmawrUNG: Cheefo (Forbes!); Kranesu: Shanghai ( Main- gay!); CmEkrawG: Chusan (Cantor!); Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 244 !), Kelung (Ford !); Huren: Ichang and Patung (A. Henry, 70, 101, 1118, 1342, 1343, 2739!) ; SzEcHvEN: Chungking (Faber !); Kwanerune: Macao (Hance, 5195! Calléry!), North river and Lofaushan (Ford!); Lucuv AnonurPELAGO (Beechey! Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Birma and Malay archipelago, and Japan. 17. Aster Lautureanus, Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- bourg, xxiv. p. 224. Boltonia Lautureana, Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 76. SmawTUNG: Yentai and Fouchanyen (ex Franchet et De- beauz). 18. Aster (S Euaster) limosus, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis, erecta, 1-3 ped. alta, caulibus striatis prinum furfuraceo-strigillosis. Folia crassiuscula, hispida, petiolata vel Suprema gradatim minora, subsessilia, grosse crenata simul cal- loso-dentata, radicalia cordata, cordato-rotundata vel reniformia, absque petiolo 3-2 poll. longa; petiolus graciliusculus, pilosus, 1-23 poll. longus; folia caulina cordata vel ovata, obtusa vel calloso-apiculata. Capitula radiata, pedunculata, pauca (4-8) ad apices ramulorum corymbosa, circiter 1 poll. diametro; involucri 414 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDER. bracteæ coriacex, glabrescentes, circiter 5-seriate, anguste, obtuse, apice colorate; receptaculum subplanum, foveolatum. Flores radii purpurei, uniseriati; corolle glabri limbus latus. Flores disci purpurascentes ; corolla infundibularis, pappum vix superans, lobis recurvis. -Ach@enia oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, compressa, tota pubescentia; pappi sete rufescentes, æquales, vix scabride, flores fere equantes. HvrER: Ichang, growing in dirty-water fields (4. Henry, 102). Herb. Kew. 19. Aster mongolicus, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 61, cum tab. ; Nouv. Arch. du Mus. 2™ gérie, vi. t. 13. Com: Jehol (David, 1995, 2189 ex Franchet). 20. Aster ($ Heteropappus) Oldhami, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis? robustiuscula, puberula, caulibus striatis ra- mosis, ramulis rigidis rectis dense foliatis. Folia (caulina tantum visa) crassa, sessilia, obovato-oblonga, vel interdum fere elliptica, maxima 1$ poll. longa, sursum gradatim minora, suprema minuta, squamiformia, omnia rotundata vel obtusissima, basi lata, integra, duplieato-ciliata, utrinque parcissime hispidula, demum glabres- centia, venis immersis obsoletis. Capitula radiata, longe pedun- culata, vix 1 poll. diametro, pedunculis crassis rigidis foliis squa- miformibus vel bracteiformibus instructis sub capitulo incrassatis ; involucri bractez circiter 4-seriate, breves, late, patentes, demum reflexæ, crasse, obtuse vel vix acute, ciliate, foliis supremis similes; receptaculum leviter convexum, foveolatum. Flores radii pauci, uniseriati; corolle limbus latus, medio latior, tubo brevissimo vel subnullo. Flores disci brevissimi; corolla sub- cylindriea, puberula, lobis latis brevibus suberectis extus apicem versus barbatis. Achenia pallida, late obovata, valde compressa, appresse hirsuta; pappus radii e squamis paucis albidis brevibus fimbriatis, disci e setis ferrugineis subinsequalibus scabridis corolla fere dimidio brevioribus. Formosa (Oldham, 285 !). Herb. Kew. Easily recognized by its robust rigid habit and thick branches, clothed throughout with somewhat fleshy obovate ciliate leaves, similar to those of .4. ciliatus, A. Gray, here reduced to A. altaicus. 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDER. 415 21. Aster panduratus, Nees ex Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix., Suppl. i. p. 258, et Rep. vi. p. 119. Kwanetune: Lintin (Meyen ex Walpers), 22. Aster (§ Boltonia) procerus, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis? robusta, pluripedalis, scabra, nec vere hirsuta, caulibus crassis striatis vel subangulatis sursum ramosis, ramulis patentissimis. Folia (caulina tantum visa) petiolata, tenuia, ovato-lanceolata, usque ad 6 poll. longa, grosse serrata, acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, utrinque scabra, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque sepius 3-4 longe intra marginem anastomosantibus. Capitula radiata, majuscula, longe graciliterque pedunculata, laxissime corymbosa; involucri bractew pluriseriate, herbaceæ, angustissims, acutissimzs, scabride, flores disci subequantes ; receptaculum conicum, foveolatum. Flores radii albi, circiter 20, uniseriati; corolle tubus brevissimus, puberulus, limbo oblongo subintegro. Flores disci lutei; corollalate infundibularis, lobis longiusculis recurvatis vix acutis. -Achenia (matura non visa) obovoidea, leviter compressa, appresse hirsuta; pappi sete breves, inequales, subpaleace:. Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 4278!) Herb. Kew. A coarse herb most nearly resembling Aster fataricusin habit and general appearance. 23. Aster Sampsoni, Hemsl. Heteropappus Sampsoni, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1867, p. 370, et in Journ, Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 107. Kwanetune: top of the White Cloud mountains (Sampson, 1020!, Pakwan mountains and in grassy places along the West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13776!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 24. Aster scaber, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 316; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. Biotia discolor, Mazim. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 146. Doellingeria scabra, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 183; DC. Prodr. v. p. 263; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 169. Curnur: near Peking (Bretschneider | Bushell !); SHINGKING: Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster!), without locality (Ross !); Hurrun: Patung district (A. Henry !) ; KWANGTUNG : Lofaushan, 416 71. COMPOSITE : ASTEROIDER. 1000 feet (Ford!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!), east (Perry). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 25. Aster scaberulus, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 100. Kwanetune (Krone ex Miquel). We probably have this plant under some other species. 26. Aster striatus, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 288; Walp. Ann. v. p. 1783; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 174. Doellingeria trichocarpa, DC. Prodr. v. p. 263. Honexone (Champion! Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The Japanese plant, collected by Oldham and referred to this species by Franchet and Savatier (Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 222), is certainly different, though correctly identified with Calimeris ciliata, A. Gray, which is the same as C. ciliosa, Turcz. We have followed Bentham in reducing this to Aster altaicus, but we are not quite satisfied that it is that species. 27. Aster tataricus, Linn. f. Suppl. p.373; DC. Prodr. v. p. 280; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 475; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 222; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 162. Cp: near Peking (Bretschneider! Hancock !), Pohuashan (Bullock !), Jehol (David ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Siberia to Kamtschatka and Japan. 28. Aster trinervius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 493; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 174; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 252; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 161; Franch. et Sav. Enum, Pl. Jap. i. p. 222 (varietates plures); Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. Aster Benthami, Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. *Herald, p. 385. Diplopappus asperrimus, DC. Prod. v. p. 277. Diplopappus laxus, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 487, et in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 233. Aster ageratoides, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 154; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 5/4 ; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Pl. Amur. p. 472 (var. heterophylla); Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 73. Cuina: without locality (Fortune, 110!); CHIHLI: near Peking (Bretschneider !); Surwoxiwo (Ross!); SHanrune: without locality (Maingay !); Chefoo (Forbes!); Formosa (Swinhoe!); Hurren: district of Ichang, Patung, and Nanto 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEROIDER. 417 (A. Henry, 114, 942, 987, 2172, 2446, 2657, 2789, 2790, 2942, 3055, 3164!) ; Honaxone (Champion! Wilford! Hinds! Hance, 461!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan and the mountains of Northern and Eastern, India. Very common and variable in Central China (as in India) if we have correctly referred to this species all Dr. Henry’s numbers cited above. 29. Aster Tripolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 872; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. Tripolium vulgare, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 153; DC. Prodr. v. p. 253; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 145, et Ind. Fl. Pek. op. cit. p. 4/2; Debeauz, Fl. Tients. p. 25, et Fl. Tchef. p. 73. Curva: without locality (Fortune, 112!); Cmmi: Peking (ex Mazximowicz), Tientsin (ex Debeaux); SHantune (ex Fran- chet); Kiawasu: Shanghai (Faber!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Japan, though not recorded from North India. JZ 80. Aster turbinatus, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 132. China: without locality (Fortune, 104, 19!); CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Zeerard!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 31. Aster Walpersianus, Nees ex Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1, p. 259, et in Rep. vi. p. 119. Kwanetune: Lintin (Meyen ex Walpers). 1. Brachyactis ciliata, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 495 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 162. Erigeron ciliatum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. p. 92; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 169. Conyza altaica, DC. Prodr. v. p. 380. . Erigeron (Trimorphea) latisquamatus, Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473, in adnot. ex Mazim. in litt. Cumi: Peking (ex Maximowicz), Jehol (David, 2206 ex Franchet). Altai, Turkestan, Mongolia, and Mandshuria. 1. Erigeron acris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1211; DC. Prodr. v. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2G 418 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEBROIDEX. p. 290; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 166; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 400. . Erigeron kamtschaticus, DC. Prodr. v. p. 290; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. u. p. 488; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 227. Hvrzm: Patung district (4. Henry, 281, 1755, 1810, 1859). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Japan, and in North America. 2, Erigeron alpinus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 864; DC. Prodr. v. p. 291; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 490. Corra: Changpeishan, 1000 to 7500 feet (James!). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Kamtschatka and in North America. [.Erigeron annuus, Pers. (Syn. Pl. ii. p. 431), syn. Stenactis annua, Less. (Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 278), is;a North-American plant, naturalized in Europe and Japan; and Faber sends it labelled ** Shanghai mountains, rare."] 3. Erigeron canadensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 863; DC. Prodr. v. p.289; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p.254; Franchet, Pl. David. p- 162, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. Suantune: Chefoo (ex Franchet); Cuexiane: Ningpo moun- tains (Faber!); Krianest: Kiukiang (hb. Forbes!); HuPrH: Ichang and neighbourhood (4. Henry!); Szecnurn: Nankee (Faber !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Now very widely spread, but supposed to be indigenous in America, and a colonist in the Old World. 4. Erigeron chinense, Jacg. Hort. Schenb. iii. p. 30, t. 308 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 290. China. [Erigeron hirsutus, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 500; DC. Prodr. v. p. 294), is a: cbscure species described as having a subsquar- rose involucre and a blue ray of numerous narrow flowers.] 5. Erigeron linifolius, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1956 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 176; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 85; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. Conyza ambigua, DC. Fl. Franç. Suppl. p. 468, et Prodr. v. p. 381. Erigeron ambiguus, Schultz-Bip. in Phyt. Canar. ii. p. 208. Ktanesv : Shanghai (Maingay! Bullock!); SzEcRUEN : Chung- 71. COMPOSITO: ASTEROIDER. 419 king (Faber); Kwanatune: Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Honexone (Wilford! Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. A native of the Mediterranean region, now widely colonized. 1. Microglossa albescens, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 59; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 257 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6672. Amphirhapis albescens, DC. Prodr. v. p. 343. SzECHUEN : Mount Omei at 5000 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. Mountains of North India from Kishtwar to Sikkim and Bhotan. 2. Microglossa volubilis, DC. Prodr. v. p. 320; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 57 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 257. Erigeron pyrifolius, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 176. Conyza pyrifolia, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 89. Curva: without locality (Millett!); Kwanerune: without locality (Tate !), Macao (Calléry!); Honexone (Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Malaya, tropical Africa and Madagascar. 1. Conyza sgyptiaca, Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 188; DC. Prodr. v.p.382; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 108; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 258. Foxren: various localities near Amoy (Sampson d Hance, 1448, 7935 !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 247 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, and extending to Japan. 2. Conyza japonica, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 204; DC. Prodr. v. p. 383 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 258. Conyza veroniezfolia, Wall. Cat. n. 3005; DC. Prodr. v. p. 382; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 176; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 248!); Szecuurn: Chung city (Faber!); Kwanatune (Silva ex Henriques); Honexone (Wilford! Wright!); Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO ( Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Afghanistan to the Khasia mountains and southward in Malaya. 3. Conyza leucodasys, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 103. Kwaxaruxa ? (Krone ex Miquel). From the description this does not appear to be a Conyza. 2602 420 71. COMPOSITH: ASTEROIDEA. 4. Conyza syringsfolia, Meyen et Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1, p. 263; Walp. Rep. vi. p. 133. Kwanetune : Syngmoon (Meyen ex Walpers). The description of this plant agrees in many respects with Microglossa volubilis. 71. COMPOSITA: InULOIDES. 1. Blumea balsamifera, DC. Prodr. v. p. 447; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 270; Hanbury, Science Papers, pp. 393-895 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 157; Dyer in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 415. Conyza balsamifera, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1208. Baccharis Salvia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 494. Formosa: west coast (Wilford!) ; HLAINAN (Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical India and Malaya. A kind of camphor is extracted from this plant in China. 2. Blumea chinensis, DC. Prodr. v. (1836), p. 444; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 177; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 147; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 268, non Hook. et Arn. nec Walp. Conyza chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1208, excl. syn. ex DC.; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 496. Foxen: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!); Kwanatuna (Silva ex Henriques); Honexone (Champion! Wright! Wilford! See- mann). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. . Eastern India and Java. [Blumea chinensis, Hook. et Arn. (Bot. Beech. Voy. 1841, p. 195), syn. ? Baccharis chinensis, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 494), is not represented in the Kew Herbarium by an authenticated specimen ; and Blumea chinensis, Walp. (in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1, p. 294, et Rep. vi. p. 138), is perhaps a form of B. hieracifolia, for the author remarks “summopere affinis B. hieracifolie, DC.” It is the Vernonia conyzoides of the same author, loc. cit. p. 254, but not of DeCandolle.] 3. Blumea glomerata, DC. in Wight Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 15; Prodr. v. p. 443; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 262. Biumea amethystina, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 173. Kwayetune: along the West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 12815!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 71. COMPOSITX: INULOIDER. 421 Widely spread in India, and also occurring in Java and the Philippine Islands. 4. Blumea hieracifolia, DC. Prodr. v. p. 442; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.178 ; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 147; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 263 (varietates). Blumea crinita, Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 387, non Arn. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 249!) ; Szecuurn: Omei (Faber !) ; Kwayetune : Whampoa (Hance, 307 !); Hoxakoxa (Champion ! Hance, 306! Seemann!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in India, and also found in Java. 5. Blumea lacera, DC. in Wight Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 14; Prodr. v. p. 436; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 178; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 268. Cuina: without locality (Fortune, 1727); KWANGTUNG: Whampoa (Hance, 5881!), Fatshan (Wenyon!); Honexona (Wilford!) ; Kwawasr (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. Var. glandulosa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 263; DO. Prodr. v. p. 438 (species). Formosa (Oldham, 251/1!). Herb. Kew. India. Ford, Kwangtung 99, is probably also a variety of B. lacera. 6. Blumea laciniata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 436; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 264. Blumea runcinata et B. sonchifolia, DC. Prodr. v. p. 438. Blumea glandulosa, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 177, non DC. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 2501), south (Maries!) ; SZECHUEN (Faber ?) ; Honaxone (Wilford! Kuntze!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. ` Nearly all over India and Malaya. 7. Blumea myriocephala, DC. Prodr. v. p. 445; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 269. Conyza lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 432. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 251!); LucHU ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Common in Eastern India and in Birma. 422 71. COMPOSITAE: INULOIDEZ. 8. Blumea sericans, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 262. Blumea barbata, var. B. sericans, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. 2 (1877), p. 188. Blumea hieracifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 178, var. holosericea. Formosa: west coast (Wilford, 356!); Honexone (Cham- pion! Wright!); Kwanast(Wenyon!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Chittagong, Birma, and Martaban. 9. Blumea Wightiana, DC. in Wight Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 14; Prodr. v. p. 485; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 178; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 261. Honexone (Harland!). Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. 1. Laggera alata, Schultz-Bip.; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 91; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 271. Blumea alata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 448 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 177 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 387 ; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1101. Foxten: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!); Hurem: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 3228!); Honaxonea (See- mann! Hance, 304!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa and Madagascar. 1. Pluchea indica, Less. in Linnea, 1881, p. 150; DC. Prodr. v. p. 491; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 179; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 272; Wight, Ill. Ind. Pl. t. 181. Conyza indica, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii; p. 58, et in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 104. Formosa (Oldham, 289!); Kwanetune (TZate!), Whampoa (Hance, 78!); Honexone (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India and Malaya. [.Pluchea hirsuta, Less. (Linnea, vi. p. 150), syn. Conyza hirsuta, Linn. (Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 496), and Pluchea Dio- scoridis, DC., syn. Baccharis Dioscoridis, Linn. (Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 494), are recorded from China by Loureiro, but no doubt erroneously. | 2. Pluchea? pteropoda, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XI.) Herba, ut videtur, procumbens, subcarnosa, undique glabra, caulibus brevibus. Folia obovato-spathulata, 1-14 poll. longa, grosse paucidentata, deorsum attenuata. Capitula discoidea, 71. COMPOSITE: INULOIDESR. 423 solitaria vel 2-4 aggregata, subterminalia, 3-4 lineas diametro, pedunculis insigniter bialatis; involucri bractes pluriseriate, subscariose, exteriores latissime, vix acute, interiores angustiores, acute. Flores dimorphi, exteriores filiformi, feminei, interiores hermaphroditi, antheris caudatis. Achenia (matura non visa) puberula; pappi sete numerose, corolla æquales vel paullo brevi- ores, tenues, molles. Kwanerune: Pakhoi (Playfair!). Herb. Kew. There is no doubt respecting the affinities of this very distinct species, but the achenes are so very young that the genus cannot be determined with certainty. In habit and quite herbaceous character it differs from all the other species of Pluchea. It resembles Epaltes australis in habit and foliage. 1. Epaltes australis, Less. in Linnea, v. p. 148; DC. Prodr. v. p. 462; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. p. 530. Spheromorpheea petiolaris, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 140. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 288!) ; Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair !). Herb. Kew. Eastern Australia. 1. Spheranthus africanus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1314; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 275. Sphzranthus microcephalus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 2395; DC. Prodr. v. . 969. P Sphæranthus cochinchinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 510; DC. Prodr. y. p. 371? CurwaA: without locality (Staunton!); Kwanetune: Wham- poa (Hance, 1924!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. [Spheranthus chinensis, Linn. (Mant. i. p.119), is recorded as a native of India only.] 1. Leontopodium alpinum, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 474; DO. Prodr. vi. p. 275; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 279; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 28; Reichb. Fl. Germ. t. 947; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8. Curgunr: Pohuashan (Bullock !), Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Mazimowicz); KaAwsUH (ex Kanitz). Herb. Kew. Alps of Europe and Central Asia and the Himalaya Mountains, where it ascends to nearly 18,000 feet. 424 71. COMPOSITX: INULOIDEX. 2. Leontopodium japonicum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.- Bat. ii. . 178. d Gnaphalium Sieboldianum, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 242. Hurren: Patung district (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Japan. An imperfect specimen in the Kew Herbarium, from Yunnan, collected by Mr. F. S. A. Bourne, is this or a very closely allied species. 3. Leontopodium sibiricum, Cass. Dict. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 475; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 276; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12; Debeaux, Fl. Tehef. p. 84; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227, et Pl. David. p. 162; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 614. Antennaria leontopodina, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 269 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12. Gnaphalium leontopodoides, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 1893; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 243. Cnm: Peking, western hills (Bretschneider! Hancock! Bushell!) ; Surnaxrne: near Moukden (Webster !), Talienhwan (Swinhoe! Birnie!), Jaoling (Ross!); Suanruna: Chefoo (Forbes! Perry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Altai and Dahuria eastward. 4. Leontopodium sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XII.) Herba perennis, tomentosa, caulibus simplicibus gracillimis, 12-18 poll. altis, internodiis foliis multo brevioribus. Folia sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, oblonga, 9-12 lineas longa, apiculata, utrinque araneoso-tomentosa vel lanata, discoloria; folia sub capitula involucrum falsum formantia unicoloria, basi attenuata. Capitula discoidea, unisexualia, sessilia, conferta; involucri bractex pauciseriatew, oblongæ, extus lanate, lamina colorata (ut in L. alpinum) minutissima vel omnino carens. Flores involu- erum vix excedentes. Achenia (immatura tantum visa) appresse puberula ; pappi sete corollam #quantes, minute scabride, basi vix connate. SzECHUEN: Mount Omei, 4500 feet (Faber!) Herb. Kew. This resembles L. alpinum, var. Stracheyi, Hook. f. (Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 279), differing in the tomentose stems and absence of coloured tips to the involucral bracts. Itis readily distinguished from L. japonicum by its half stem-clasping leaves and its crowded heads. 71. COMPOSITE: INULOIDER. 425 1. Anaphalis adnata, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 274; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 108; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 282. Kwanetune: Lofaushan at 3100 feet (Ford, 12!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mountains of North India, from Simla to Khasia, and in Martaban and Birma. 2. Anaphalis alata, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 232. KaNsuH: western alpine region (Przewalski ex Maximo- wicz). From the copious specimens before us of what we regard as A. pterocaulon, Maxim., we suspect this may be a variety of that species. 3. Anaphalis cuneifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 280. SzECHUEN: summit of Mount Omei (Zauber!) Herb. Kew. North India, from Kashmir to Sikkim, at 8000-13,000 feet. 4. Anaphalis Hancockii, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 233; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9. Anaphalis triplinervis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12, non Clarke. CHIHI: Peking mountains, grassy slopes at 7000 feet (Hancock, 16!); KAwsuH (ex Kanitz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 5. Anaphalis lactea, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 234. KansvH: western alpine region around Koko-Nor, at an altitude of 10,200 feet (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 6. Anaphalis margaritacea, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 303; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 103; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 235. Antennaria margaritacea, R. Br.; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 270; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 613; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9. Gnaphalium margaritaceum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 850; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 242; Herder in Pl. Radd. ii. 2. p. 102 (varietates). HvPEH: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (4. Henry, 927!); Kansuu (ex Kanitz). Herb. Kew. Amur to Kamtschatka and Japan, widely spread in North America, and naturalized in Europe. Dr. Henry sends a narrow-leaved variety intermediate between the ordinary form and Franchet's variety angustifolia. 426 71. COMPOSITE: INULOIDER. Anaphalis cinnamomea, Clarke (Antennaria cinnamomea, DC.), a common Indian form, is hardly separable from this; but Sir Joseph Hooker (Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 281) retains it, and refers the Eastern Asiatic specimens to the same; while Dr. Gray (Synop. Fl. N. Am. ed. 2, i. part 2, p. 233) refers them to A. margaritacea. 7. Anaphalis nubigena, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 272; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iü. p. 279; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 12. SzEcHUEN (ex Kanitz). Alpine regions in the Himalaya mountains at 12,000 to 16,000 feet. 8. Anaphalis pterocaulon, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 283. Gnaphalium pterocaulon, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 405. Kianest: Kiukiang (David, 757, ex Franchet); Hoen: Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood (4. Henry, 163, 278, 1704, 1811, 2300, 2518, and several other numbers!); SZECHUEN: Wushan gorge and Mount Omei at 4500 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. Japan. 9. Anaphalis sinica, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 261; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 234. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Mellendorff! Shearer!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Very much like A. pferocaulon, but the leaves are not de- current. 10. Anaphalis, sp. nov.? ex affinitate A. pterocaulonis, a qua differt folis non decurrentibus, involucri bractearum lamina latiore patentiore. SzECHUEN: summit of Mount Omei (Faber, 382!). Herb. Kew. 1. Gnaphalium hypoleucum, DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p.21; Prodr. vi. p. 222; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 288; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1114. Gnaphalium amoyense, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 174, et 1878 p. 108. Gnaphalium confertum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 488; Fl. Hongk. p. 187. 71. COMPOSITÆ : INULOIDER. 427 Foxen: Amoy (Hance, 1420!); Huren: Ichang and Patung district (A. Henry!); Honexone (Hinds!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan and mountains of Northern and Southern India and Abyssinia. 2. Gnaphalium indicum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 852; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 231; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 188; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 289. Formosa (Oldham, 272!); Honexone (Wright! Wilford). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 3. Gnaphalium japonicum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 311; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 237 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. p. 653 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 262. Gnaphalium involucratum, Forst. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austr. p. 291; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 235; Bot. Mag. t. 2582. Krawasv: Shanghai (Maingay!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 273!) ; Huren: Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood (4. Henry!); SZECHUEN: summit of Mount Omei (Faber!) ; ConEAN ARCHI- PELAGO (Oldham, 427 !) ; Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan, southward to Australia and New Zealand, where it is generally spread and abundant. 4. Gnaphalium multiceps, Wall.; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 222; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 188; Beurig, in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148; Franch. et avat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 241; Franchet, Pil. David. p. 163. Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn., var. multiceps, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 288. Gnaphalium javanum, G. ramigerum, et G. confusum, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 222. Kianesu : Shanghai (Bullock! Carles!) ; CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Cooper); KiaNasr: Kiukiang (David ex Franchet) ; FOKIEN : Foochow (Perry !) ; Formosa (Oldham, 274!) ; Herrn: Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood (A. Henry!); SzECHUEN: Chung- king (Faber!); Kwanerune: Lofaushan (Ford!) Maisaou (Tate!) ; Hoxaxoxa (Champion! Wright! Wilford!); Lucnu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 428 71. COMPOSITE: INULOIDER. Japan and North India. The Chinese and Japanese specimens referred here are so easily distinguished from ordinary G. lufeo-albwm that we have not followed the author of the ‘ Flora of British India’ in treating G. multiceps as a variety of that species. With the exception of a specimen from Pakhoi, collected by Mr. Playfair, all the Chinese specimens are of a bright yellow, and the brown colour of this may be due to age or injury in drying. The Indian and Australian specimens are all brown, but perhaps there is no other difference. 5. Gnaphalium purpureum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 854; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 232; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 188. HoneKone (Hance! Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in North and South America, but most probably a colonist in Hongkong. 6. Gnaphalium uliginosum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 856; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 230; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 609; Maxim. Prim. FI. Amur. p. 163. Suinexine: Newchang (Webster!). Herb. Kew. Europe to the Amur, and in North America. 1. Inula ammophila, Bunge in DC. Prodr. v. p. 470; Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 154; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 163. Cuin: near Peking (Kirilow ex Turczaninow), Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Maximowicz in litt.). Mongolia. 2. Inula Britannica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 882; DO. Prodr. v. p. 467 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 517 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 149; Regel, Fl. Ussur. p. 89; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 400; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 164, et in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 12 (var. chinensis). Inula chinensis, Rupr. er Mazim. in Prim. Fl. Amer. p. 149; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 77, et Fl. Shangh. p. 35. Inula salicina, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. n. 214, nec alior. fide Maxim. 71. COMPOSITE: INULOIDEEX. 429 Inula repanda, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 154; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amer. p. 150. Curarnr to Kwanerune, apparently common (Bretschneider ! Maingay! Shearer! A. Henry! Ford! ). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Eastern Asia. Var. japonica, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 401; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 313 (species). Ommi: Peking (Bushell! Swinhoe!); Suantune (Main- gay !); Foxen : Chefoo (Forbes!) ; Corra (Swinhoe!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 405!). Herb. Kew. Japan. Var. linarizfolia, Regel, Fl. Ussur. p. 90. ' Inula linarizfolia, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 154. Curmi: Peking (Mællendorf! Williams! Bullock! Han- cock!) ; Surnaxine: Moukden (Webster!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The extreme forms referred to this species are very different, and perhaps we have not disposed of them in the most satisfac- tory manner; but there are intermediate varieties difficult to assign. Franchet and Debeaux retain Z. linariegfolia as a species. 3. Inula Cappa, DC. Prodr. v. p. 469; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.180; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 295; Henrig. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. Inula pseudo-cappa, DC. Prodr. v. p. 469. Duhaldea chinensis, DC. Prodr. v. p. 366; Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 388 ; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl.i. p. 104... Blumea chinensis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 195, non DC. Vernonia congesta, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 487, et Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 232. Vernonia eriosematoides, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1, p. 254; Rep. ii. p. 679. Moquinia eriosematoides, Walp. Rep. vi. p. 317. SourH CurwA : without locality (Staunton !) ; FokrEN: Amoy interior (Swinhoe!) ; Kwanatune : Macao Ze, (Calléry! Meyen!); Honexona (Hinds! Wright! Seemann! Champion! Wilford!) ; Haran (B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. North India from Kumaon eastward, Birma, and Malay Archipelago. 430 71. COMPOSITE: INULOÍDE EX. 4. Inula racemosa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 292. Inula Royleana, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 118, non DC. Huren : Patung district, cultivated (A. Henry D. Herb. Kew. Also wild and cultivated in the Western Himalaya. Dr. Henry states that it is cultivated for medicinal purposes, and that it was originally brought from Szechuen to Hupeh. 5. Inula salicina, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 882; DC. Prodr. v. p. 466; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 149; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p- 187; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. Inula involucrata, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 1713 Franch, et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 233, et ii. p. 401. Inula cordata, Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Nov. ser. 1, iv. p. 3, et Fl. Or. iii. p. 188. SHINGKING: Moukden (Webster!), Talienhwan (Birnie!) ; SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Corna: Soul moun- tains (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. South-eastern Europe to Mandshuria and Japan. 1. Nannoglottis carpesioides, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 236. KANSUR : in alpine woods (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). l. Carpesium abrotanoides, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 860; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 282; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 801 ; Mazim. in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 290; Lamk. Ill. t. 696. Kianesu: Shanghai (Maingay! Carles! Bullock !); Formosa (Oldham, 267!); Huren : Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood (A. Henry!); Kwasaruxa (Sampson, hb. Hance, 10978! Tate !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe to North India and Japan. 2. Carpesium cernuum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 859; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 281; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 286; Franchet, Pl. David. p- 164, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227 ; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 300 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 130. Cuint1: Peking mountains (David, 2441, ex Franchet); Curxiane: Ningpo mountains (Faber!); Hurem: Ichang, Pa- tung, and Nanto (4. Henry!); SzEcHUEN: various localities (Faber'). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Central Europe to Japan. 71. COMPOSITE : INULOIDER. 431 Var. lanatum, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 180; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 301. Hurren: Patung district (4. Henry!); SzEcHUEN: Mount Omei at 4000 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. North India in the Sikkim and Khasia mountains. 3. Carpesium minus, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIII.) Herba perennis, erecta, 6-12 poll. alta, gracilis, parce lanata, caulibus ramulosis. Folia crassiuscula, inferiora longe petiolata, sursum gradatim minora, oblongo-lanceolata vel suprema linearia, maxima cum petiolo 4 poll. longa, pauce calloso-denticulata, obtusa vel subaeuta, supra scabrida, subtus parce pilosa, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 5-6, inter se anastomosantibus. Capitula discoidea, erecta, terminales, graciliter pedunculata, maxima 3—4 lin. diametro; involucri bractew pluriseriate (2-3 exteriores interdum foliacez), subscariose, glabre vel cito gla- brescentes, oblongs, obtusissime vel fere truncate, interiores apice crenulatz, erectæ, flores fere squantes; receptaculum leviter convexum, glabrum. lores lutei, glabri; corolla sub- cylindrica. Achenia calva, teretia, apice leviter glandulosa. SzEcHUEN : Mount Omei at 4000 feet (Fuber!). Herb. Kew. This species is characterized by a dwarf, slender habit, narrow, rather thick leaves, and small, erect, slenderly pedunculate flower- heads. 4. Carpesium trachelifolium, Less. in Linnea, vi. p. 283; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 282; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 301. Carpesium cernuum, var. trachelifolium, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 131. Hv»En: Patung district (A. Henry, 2387, 2466, 4987, 5193 !). Herb. Kew. North India, from Kashmir to Sikkim. Var.? foliis lanceolatis. Huren: Ichang (A. Henry!); SzecHVEN: Mount Omei (Faber!) Herb. Kew. [Buphthalmum oleraceum, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 506), is an obscure plant, apparently not of the genus to which it is re- ferred.] 1. Anisopappus chinensis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 196; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 180; Henrig. in Bolet. Soc. 432 71. COMPOSITE : INULOIDER. ^ Brot. iii. p. 147 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ill. p. 369; Ata. in. Journ. Bot. Néerl. i. p. 104. Verbesina chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 901; DC. Prodr. v. p. 618. Kwanerune: Lofaushan (ford!) Hoxexoxa (Champion n. Mus. Brit; Herb. Kew. Eastern tropical Africa, and recently collected. by Mr. ' T. H. Aplin in the Shan States, east of Birma. 71. COMPOSITJE: HELIANTHOIDEX. 1. Adenocaulon bicolor, Hook. Bot. Misc. i. p. 19, t. 15; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 207 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 302; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. N. Am. i. 2, p. 237. Adenocaulon adherescens, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 152; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 221. Adenocaulon himalaicum, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 64 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 132. Surnexine: Chienshan (Ross!); Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!) ; SzecuvEN: Mount Omei at 4000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. North India, from Simla to Sikkim, Mandshuria and Japan, and inWestern North America, from British Columbia to Southern California and eastward to Lake Superior. Gray treats the North-American plant as a distinct species without indieating the differential characters. Whether that view be accepted or not the distribution of the genus is quite exceptional. There are one or two distinct species which inhabit Chili. 1. Sheareria nana, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 227, t. 165. Sheareria Poli, Franchet in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 257, t. 198; Pl. David. p. 166. Curxtane: Meichi (Poli ex Franchet); Kxaxasr: Kiukiang (Shearer D: Huren : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. The specimens on which Mr. Moore founded the genus are very meagre and imperfect, hence Mr. Franchet believed he had a second species; but with copious good specimens from Dr. Henry before us we have no hesitation in uniting S. Poli; with S. nana. \ A ^ 71. COMPOSITA : HELIANTHOIDER. 433 1. Xanthium Strumarium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 987; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 563; DC. Prodr. v. p. 523; Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 390; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 181; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 303; Debeaux, Fl. Tehef. p. 91, et FT. Tients.. p. 27; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. Xanthium indicum, König ex Rozb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 601; DC. Prodr. ` v. p. 023. Xanthium chinense, Mill. Dict. ed. 8, n. 4. Apparently common in the warmer parts of Cuina (Wright ! Oldham! Maingay ! A. Henry! &c.). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. A common weed in most warm countries, supposed to be of American origin. 1. Siegesbeckia orientalis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 900; DC. Prodr. v. p. 495 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 504; Benth. FI. Hongk. p.182; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 804; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 164; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 147. CuHIHLI and Corra to Formosa and Kwaxarvxa (Bretschnei- der! Webster! Oldham! Wright! &c.) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Cosmopolitan in warm countries and extending into some tem- perate regions. 1. Eclipta alba, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 528, et in Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 65; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 181; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 147 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 304; De- beaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 85 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 165, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. Eclipta erecta, Linn., et E. prostrata, Linn. Mant. p. 286 ; DC. P rodr. v. p 490 ; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 104. Eclipta thermalis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 39. Eclipta marginata, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 249. Cum to Honexone (Bretschneider | Oldham! Wright! &c.). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. . Generally dispersed in tropical and subtropical countries and extending into some temperate regions. 1. Wedelia biflora, DC. Prodr. v. p. 546; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 188; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 306; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 108. LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2H 434 71. COMPOSITE: HELIANTHOIDES. Wollastonia biflora, DC. Prodr. v. p. 546; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Cusa: without locality (Millett!) ; Formosa (Oldham, 266 !); Kwanerune: Macao (Calléry); Honexone (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India and Malaya, chiefly in maritime districts. 7 9. Wedelia calendulacea, Less. Syn. Compos. p. 222; DC. Prodr. v. p. 589; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 182; Henrig. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 148; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 104; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 182; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1107. Verbesina calendulacea, Linn.; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 506; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 158. CnurNA : without locality (Fortune, 122!) ; Kranasu: Shang- hai (Maingay!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 265 ! Swinhoe!) ; Kwanetune: Macao &c. (Calléry!), Lofaushan (Ford!) ; Hosa- Kone (Champion! Wilford!); Lucuv AncuirELAGO (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in tropical Asia. 3. Wedelia prostrata, Hemsl. Wollastonia prostrata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 265. Verbesina prostrata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 195. SHINGKING: Talienhwan (Swinhoe, hb. Hance, 6541 !); Formosa : near Tamsui (Oldham, 287 ! Hancock !) ; PEscAponES (Swinhoe !); Kwanetruna: Macao (Zate!), Pakhoi (Playfair!); Lucuv Ar- CHIPELAGO (Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. The specimens that we have seen from Japan named Wedelia calendulacea appear to be W. prostrata. tantum); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 306. KwaNarUNG: without locality (Ford!) Herb. Kew. Western peninsula of India. | Helianthus giganteus, Verbesina spicata, and Coreopsis biternata, 4. Wedelia urticefolia, DC. Prodr. v. p. 539 (quoad var. f. | | | : Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. pp. 507-509), are all obscure plants.] | 1. Bidens bipinnata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p.832 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 458; DC. Prodr. v. p. 603; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 71. COMPOSITAE : HELTANTHOIDE EX. 435 p. 188; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 165, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 226; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 80. Bidens chinensis, Wall. Cat. 3189, partim. Bidens Wallichii, DC. Prodr. v. p. 598. Bidens pilosa, var. bipinnata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 309. Cnmttr: near Peking (Bushell! Williams! Bretschneider D: Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 258!) ; Hurrun: Ichang and imme- diate neighbourhood (A. Henry!); Honexonea (Champion!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Generally spread in warm countries. 2. Bidens cernua, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 832; DC. Prodr. v. p. 594; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 309; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 165. Oum: Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 2115 y; Kranesu: Shanghai (Faber !). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to China, and in North America from Hud- son's Bay to the Pacific and southward on the eastern side to Virginia. [.Bidens leucorhiza, DC. (Prodr. v. p. 605), syn. Coreopsis leu- corhiza, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 508), is insufficiently described for recognition.] 3. Bidens Meyeniana, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1, p. 271, et Rep. vi. p. 168. Kwanerune: Cape Syngmoon (Meyen ex Walpers). Said to be next to B. parviflora, and it may be referable to this or to B. bipinnata. 4. Bidens parviflora, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. p. 848; DC. Prodr. v. p. 602; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 518; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 233. Curutt: Peking (Bretschneider D ; Sumvex1ne : Peiling (Web- ster!), Kaichow to Kiuchow (Ross!); Huprn: Patung district (A. Henry Y). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Japan. 5. Bidens pilosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 882; DC. Prodr. v. p. 597; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 183; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 79; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. 222 436 71. COMPOSITE: HELIANTHOIDER. . Bidens chinensis, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1719; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 104. Glossogyne chinensis, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 212. Bidens leucantha, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1719. Hurra and Kranest to KwAxaruNG, Formosa, and the Luci ARCHIPELAGO, common; also in the Corra (A. Henry! Shearer! Oldham! Wilford! Wright! Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Generally spread in the tropics and extending into some tem- perate regions. 6. Bidens tripartita, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 831; DC. Prodr. v. p. 594; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 152; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 309; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 165. Cumi: Jehol (David ex Franchet); SiixakiNa : Chienshan (Ross!); Huren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. Western Europe and North Africa to Japan. 1. Glossogyne tenuifolia, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. li. p. 475 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 632; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 184, et Fl. Austral. ii. p. 544. Bidens tenuifolia, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. p. 44, t. 45. CurwA: without locality (AMlett!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 259!), south-west (Swinhoe !); PescaporEs (Swinhoe!) ; Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair D: Honexone (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Philippine Islands, Australia, and New Caledonia. 71. COMPOSITZE: ANTHEMIDEEX. 1. Achillea Millefolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 899; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 24; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 581; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 312. SzEcHvEN : Mount Omei at 2500 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. Western Europe, from the Azores, to Mandshuria, and all across North America, and southward to the mountains of Mexico. In India it has not been found eastward of Kumaon. 2. Achillea ptarmicoides, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 195; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 233. 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDER. 437 Curmi: Pohuashan (Bullock !); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles !), Port Chusan (Wilford!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. This is probably the same as Ptarmica alpina, Ledeb. (Fl. Ross. ii. p. 528), but not of DC., nor Achillea alpina, L., and perhaps a variety of the following species. 3. Achillea sibirica, Ledeb. Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorpat. 1811; Franch, et Savat. Enum, Pl. Jap. i. p. 233. Ptarmica sibirica, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 528. Achillea mongolica, Fisch. ex Spreng. Nov. Prov. Hort. Hal. et Berol. 1818, p. 1. Ptarmica mongolica, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 22; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. Cura: Peking (ex Maximowicz); KraNasv: Shanghai (Faber !); Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!); Corea: Chemulpo (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Kamtschatka and Japan. 1. Chrysanthemum coronarium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 890; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 64; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 166; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 814. A native of the Mediterranean region, cultivated and colonized in India and China. The Hongkong specimen referred to this species by Bentham appears to be C. segetum. 2. Chrysanthemum indicum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 889; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 820; Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. iv. p. 326, tt. 12 et 18, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 144; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xv. t. 1287; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 158. Pyrethrum indicum, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xliv. p. 149, non Hozb. ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 62; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 516; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 167 (var. lavandulzfolium). Chrysanthemum tripartitum, Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 193. Chrysanthemum procumbens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 499, ex Man: mowicz. Matricaria, n. sp., Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473, fide Maxim. CurNA: without locality (Staunton! Fortune, 38!); CHIHII: Peking (Mellendorff! Bushell! David, 2425 !); SursaK1NG : with- out locality (Ross !), Moukden (Webster!) ; KraNasv: Shanghai 438 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDER. (Carles! Maingay !); Curxrana: Chapu (Oldham !) ; Kasesi: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Foxren: Chefoo (Forbes!); Huren: Ichang and Patung districts (4. Henry, 115, 887, 3081!); Hoxekoxa (Champion!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. A. P. DeCandolle and other contemporaneous botanists distin- guished Chrysanthemum indicum from C. sinense, and Maximowiez and Franchet likewise recognize two species. We have followed them, though we do not find it easy to determine some of the forms. C. indicum is characterized by having thinner, green, not glaucous leaves, more completely scarious involucral bracts and short yellow ray-flowers. 3. Chrysanthemum oreastrum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 108. Cum : Siaowutaishan (Hancock D. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 4. Chrysanthemum Segetum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 889; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 64. Cultivated in Hongkong and Szechuen, and collected in For- mosa by Oldham without any indication of the origin of the spe- cimens. Chungking specimens collected by Mr. F. S. A. Bourne have more divided leaves than ordinary C. segetum, but not the comparatively finely divided leaves of C. coronarium. Mr. Bourne gives the Chinese name as T’ung-hao-ts’ai. The range of this plant in a wild state is Europe, North Africa, and South-western Asia. 5. Chrysanthemum sibiricum, Fisch. ex Turcz. Fl. Baic- Dahur. ii. 2. p. 42. Leucanthemum sibiricum, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 46; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 541; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 155. Leucanthemum palmatum, Lam. Fl. Franc.ii. p. 138, excl. patria, ex DC. Matricaria monspeliensis, 8, Desv. in Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 733. Chrysanthemum monspeliense, Schkuhr, Handb. iii. p. 131, t. 253. SuiwaxiNa or NomrH Corea (James!); Corra: without locality ( Watters !). Herb. Kew. Altai and Dahuria to Mandshuria. ` The Corean specimens are very handsome, and belong to the variety described by Maximowiez (Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 156) as f. latilobum. 6. Chrysanthemum sinense, Sabine in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 145, et in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. iv. t. 14. 71. COMPOSITJE: ANTHEMIDER. 439 Pyrethrum sinense, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 62; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p- 517; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 167 ; Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 391; Bot. Mag. tt. 327, 2042; Bot. Reg. t. 455 (sub Chrysanthemo indico varietatibus). Carni: near Peking (Williams! Mellendorff! Bretschneider ! Bushell!); Huren: Patung district (4. Henry!) ; Honaxona (Wilford! Champion! | Seemann!) ; Lucnu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. Var. ? vestitum, Hemsl.; foliis crassis integris vel grosse den- tatis, subtus densissime appresseque tomentosis albidis, involucri bracteis exterioribus crassis dense albo-tomentosis. Hvurru: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry, 1116, 3102!). Herb. Kew. ` Of his number 1115 Dr. Henry writes, “common in winter in the mountains ;” and of 3102, “ I have only seen this in the neigh- bourhood of the Dome,” a peak 2000 feet high a little south-west of Ichang. He further states that the disk is yellow and the ray white. This is very distinct in aspect from ordinary C. sinense; but a specimen collected in the Luchu Archipelago by Wright and re- ferred to by Bentham (Fl. Hongk. p. 185), and a cultivated specimen from Japan, collected by Maximowiez and labelled (inadvertently, it is presumed) “Pyrethrum indicum, B. plenum," connect it with the other forms. l. Matricaria inodora, Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2, p. 765; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 52; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 545. Chameemelum (Gastrosulum) limosum, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 156? Survexine: Peiling (Webster !), between Moukden and Tung- cheshien (James!). Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Mandshuria. It isa little doubtful whether the Shingking plant be correctly referred to this species. 1. Cotula anthemoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 891; DO. Prodr. vi. p. 78; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 185; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 316. Pleiogyne anthemoides, C. Koch in Bot. Zeit. 1843, p. 40. Pleiogyne cardiosperma, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 71; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 235. Machlis hemispherica, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 140. 440 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDE. SzEcHvEN : Hokiang (Faber D: Kwanetune (Tate! JWenyon); Hoxaexoxa (Champion! Wilford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North and South Africa and India. 1. Myriogyne minuta, Less. in Linnea, vi. p. 219 ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 139; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 186; Henrig. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Centipeda orbicularis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 493; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 84; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 167, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 226. Spheromorphea Centipeda, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 140. SmawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Kianast: Kiu- kiang (David ex Franchet); Formosa: Tamsui (Watters !); Kwaneatune (Silva ex Henriques); Honexone (Wright! Hance, 1092! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mascarene Islands, India, Malaya, and Australasia. The synonymy of this plant is very perplexing, and the above may not be correct. 1. Tanacetum sibiricum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 844; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 129; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p.162; Ledeb. Fi. Ross. ii. p. 603. Artemisia sibirica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 524; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 168. Cum: Peking (David, 487, ex Franchet); SHINGKING: Peiling (Webster ). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Central Russia to Mandshuria. 1. Crossostephium artemisioides, Less. in Linnea, vi. p. 220; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 127; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 520. Artemisia chinensis, Linn., quoad plantam Chinensem ex synon. Plu- kenetii, fide Mazim. Absinthium maritimum Sinarum, Pluk. Phytogr. t. 35. fig. 5. Tanacetum chinense, 4. Gray, ex Mazim. loc. cit. Cunt: Peking (Skatchkoff!); FokrEN: Amoy, cult. (Hance, 1402!); Lucuu AncureELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Philippine Islands, and cultivated in India. Maximowiez affirms that Gray was right in referring this plant to the genus Tanacetum. 71. COMPOSITX: ANTHEMIDES. 441 1. Artemisia annua, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 847; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 491; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 119; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.187; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 169, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Oher- bourg, xxiv. p. 227; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 83; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 82; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 528 ; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 323. Cuixa: without locality (Fortune!); Cuin: Peking (Bret- "Schneider D: Krawasu: Shanghai (Maingay!); CHEKIANG : Chusan (Cantor!); Fos: Amoy (Hance, 271!); Formosa (Oldham, 271!) ; Hurrem: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry!) ; Kansuu (ex Kanitz); Corea: Chemulpo (Carles, 204!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe to North-western India, Siberia, and Mand- shuria. 2. Artemisia anomala, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 227; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 208. Krawasri: Kiukiang (Shearer! Mollendorff!); Kwanetune: grassy hills one hundred miles north of Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 11427!), Lofaushan (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 3. Artemisia apiacea, Hance in Walp. Ann. il. p. 895 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 524. Artemisia Thunbergiana, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 528; Debeaur, Fl. Shangh. p. 37; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227. CHIHLI: Peking (Bretschneider!); Sutnexrna : Chienshan (Ross!) ; Kranasu: Shanghai (Carles!); Cuextane: Chusan (Cantor!) Ningpo (Faber!); KWANGTUNG : rice-fields near Canton (Hance, 10157 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. [Artemisia aquatica, Lour. (Fl. Cochineh. p. 490), has not been identified; but probably it does not belong to this genus.] 4. Artemisia Besseriana, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 990. Artemisia chinensis, Besser in Linnea, xv. p. 92. CHIHLI: Peking (Bretschneider ?). Herb. Kew. Siberia, Mandshuria. 442 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDE®. We are à little doubtful respecting this determination. Maxi- mowicz unites (Mél. Biol. viii. p. 531) this with A. lagocephala, Fisch., 4. Kruhsiana, Bess., and A. lithophila, Turcz. 5. Artemisia brachyloba, Franch. Pl. David. p. 171; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9. Cam: Peking (David, 560, ex Franchet); KANSUH (ex Kanitz). 6. Artemisia campestris, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 846; DO. Prodr. vi. p. 96; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 524; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 168. Curatt: Peking (Bretschneider! David, 2343, ex Franchet) ; LUcHU ARCHIPELAGO: on rocks and sand of the seashore (Wright?) Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Afghanistan and Mandshuria. 7. Artemisia capillaris, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 309; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 126; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 924. Artemisia capillaris, var. arbuscula, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 175, ez Mazim. Formosa (Swinhoe !); PESCADORES (Swinhoe!); Kwanattne : Pakhoi (Playfair !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria to Kamtschatka and Japan. Maximowicz does not cite any Chinese habitats for this species. On the other hand, some of the specimens we have referred to A. scoparia may belong here. Debeaux (Fl. Tchef. p. 83) refers specimens from Chefoo and elsewhere in Shantung to this species. 8. Artemisia eriopoda, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. p. 87; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 96; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 526; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 168, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 526. Cut: Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider D. Jehol (David!) ; SmiwaKiNe : Talienhwan (Birnie!) ; SuANTUNG : Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Maximowiez remarks that this is scarcely distinguishable from A. japonica except in the shape of the leaves and the looser panicles; and either the labels of the Abbé David's specimensof - the two species in the Kew Herbarium have been transposed, which is very probable, or Franchet confused them. 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDER. 443 9. Artemisia frigida, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1838; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 124; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 597; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 171. Curat: Peking (David ex Franchet). Siberia and Mandshuria. 10. Artemisia glauca, Pall. in Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1831; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 97; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473, et in Mel. Biol. viii. p. 524. Cuinir: Peking (ex Mazximowicz). Siberia and Mongolia, and North-west India. ll. Artemisia japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 310; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 100; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 186; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 168; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 526 (varietates japonica et desertorum). Artemisia japonica, Thunb., var. rotundifolia, Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 81? Artemisia parviflora, Buch. ex’ Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 420, ex Maxim. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 322. Artemisia glabrata, DC. in Wight's Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 20. Artemisia cuneifolia, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 126. Artemisia Desertorum, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 490, ex Maxim. Curr: Peking (Bushell!), Jehol (David!); SHINGKING: Chienshan (Ross!), Talienhwan (Swinhoe!) ; SuawTUNG: Chefoo and elsewhere (Perry! Carmichael! Maingay!); CHEKIANG : Ningpo mountains (Faber!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Herrn. Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood (A. Henry, 280; 354, 1042, 3286!); Szecuuen: Mount Omei at 5000 feet (Faber!); Kwanerune (Hance, 7435!); Honexona (Cham- pion!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North India, from Kashmir to Khasia, Pulney mountains in the Madras Peninsula, and in Japan. Sir Joseph Hooker (Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 322) retains 4. Deser- torum and A. parviflora as distinct species without any reference to A. japonica, and the Indian A. Desertorum is apparently quite distinct from the Siberian plant, having much larger flower-heads ; but 4. parviflora, Roxb., is not separable from the Chinese and Japanese species. [Artemisia judaica, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 489), is not the 444. 7l. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDEZX. plant of Linneus; but it is impossible to determine the species from ihe description, 12. Artemisia Keiskeana, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 176; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 534. Artemisia vulgaris, 8. stolonifera, lusus b. glabrescens, Regel, FI. Ussur. p. 95. Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Eastern Mandshuria and Japan. 13. Artemisia laciniata, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 1843; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 110; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 478, et in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 530 (varietates laciniata, macrobotrys, et latifolia); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 326. Curu: Peking (Bushell!). Herb. Kew. North-western India, Siberia, and Mandshnria. 14. Artemisia lactiflora, Wall. ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 115; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 535. Cura: without locality (Staunton!); Henn : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry, 151, 152, 2441, 3028, 4465 !) ; Kwanoetune (Hance, 5275! Sampson, 1746! Wenyon!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 15. Artemisia latifolia, Ledeb. in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. v. p. 569, et Fl. Ross. ii. p. 582. Kranasu: Shanghai (Maingay?). Herb. Kew. Siberia. 16. Artemisia Moxa, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 121; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 539. Curmi: Peking (Skatschkoff ex Maximowicz). 17. Artemisia Sacrorum, Ledeb. in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. v. p. 571, Fl. Alt. iv. p. 72, et Fl. Ross. ii. p. 578; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 529 (varietates) ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 826; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 183; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 170, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 81. Artemisia macrantha, Ledeb. in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. v. p. 573, et Fi. Ross. ii. p. 581. Artemisia Messerschmidiana, Besser, Monogr. Abrot. p. 27 ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 107. 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDEÆ. 445 Carmi: Peking (Bretschneider !, Jehol (David), 2205 !) ; SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Perry!); Huren : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern Europe (Russia) to North-west India and Mand- shuria. 18. Artemisia scoparia, Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung.i. p. 66, t. 65 ; DOC. Prodr. vi. p.99; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 523; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 167; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 323; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Artemisia capillaris, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 175, excl. var. B, nec Thunb. ex Maxim. CurNA: without locality (Fortune, 147); Cum: Jehol (David, 2135!); SmawruNa (Maingay!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 270!); Hurem: Ichang and Patung districts (A. Henry!) ; Kwanatune (Hance, 271 !), upper North river (Ford !); Corea: north-east coast (Perry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Central Europe to North India, Kamtschatka and Japan. Imperfect specimens of this are difficult to distinguish from A. capillaris. l 19. Artemisia Sieversiana, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1845, excl. syn.; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 126; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 537; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 172 ; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p.8; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 329. Cnmt4 - Peking (Bretschneider! David, 2039!). Herb. Kew. Southern Russia to North-west India and Mandshuria. Maximowiez refers Fortune's number 14 to this species; but the Kew and British Museum specimens under this number are A. scoparia. 20. Artemisia vestita, Wall. in DC. Prodr. vi. p. 106; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 326; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 109, et 1879, p. 12. CHIHLI : Peking (Mællendorf!); SuawTUNG (Maingay !); Kraxasr : Kiukiang (Shearer!); KwaNGTUNG: Lienchau river (Nevin, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Himalaya and the Salt Range. The Chinese specimens referred here, and perhaps some of the Indian ones, are scarcely different from some of the varieties of A. sacrorum. 446 71. COMPOSITE: ANTHEMIDE#. 21. Artemisia vulgaris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 848 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 491; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 112; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 585; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 187; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 535; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 325; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 25, et FI. Tehef. p. 82; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 169, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227 (varietates numerose) ; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Artemisia integrifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 848. Artemisia indica, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1846; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 114. Artemisia igniaria, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 161, in adnot. Artemisia lavandulzfolia, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 119. CHIHLI and Corra to KwawaruNG, Formosa, and LucHU ARCHIPELAGO: common, and exhibiting nearly as much varia- tion as in the whole area of the species. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Kamtschatka, Japan, and the Malay archipelago. Very extreme forms of the varieties Javandulefolia and integri- folia were collected in Hupeh by Dr. A. Henry. 22. Artemisia, sp. nov.? ex affinitate A. lactiflore, differt foliorum segmentis ultimis longe acuteque acuminatis, floribus luteis, etc. Hoven: Patung district (A. Henry, 4677 D. Herb. Kew. There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium of three or four apparently different species of Artemisia; but the material is hardly sufficient in so difficult a genus. 71. COMPOSIT/E: SENECIONIDEX. 1. Petasites japonicus, Mig. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 880, ex Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 220. Petasites spurius, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 168, non Reichb. Tussilago Petasites, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 314, non Linn. Hurren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry!) ; Corra : mountains south of Soul (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Japan. The Hupeh specimens differ in having fewer and smaller bracts on the scape. 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDEZX. 447 [Loureiro records (Fl. Cochinch. p. 502) Tussilago Farfara, Linn., from North China; but we have seen no specimens, and Bretschneider (Early Res. p. 159) states that the Chinese name given by Loureiro is applied in Japan to Petasites japonicus. | 2. Petasites tricholobus, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 173. Suenst: Tsungling range (David ex Franchet). 1. Cremanthodium discoideum, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 238. Kansun: alpine meadows in the region of Tangut (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 2. Cremanthodium humile, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 236. Kawsuu: frequent in stony places at 10,000 to 12,000 feet (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 3. Cremanthodium lineare, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 238. KaNsUH: mountain meadows in the Tangut region (Prze- walski ex Maximowicz). 4. Cremanthodium plantagineum, Maxim. im Mél. Biol. xi. p. 237. KaNsun: in the same locality as C. humile (Przewalski ex Maaimowicz). 1. Doronicum stenoglossum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 238. Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 1. Gynura divaricata, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 301. Senecio divaricatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 866; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 502. Kwanatune: near Canton (Bladh! Staunton! Nelson!) Mus. Brit. 2. Gynura bicolor, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 209; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 335. Cacalia bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 412; Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1731; Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 25 (26 in tab.); Bot. Reg. t. 110. Gynura angulosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 322, vix DC. 448 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDES. Formosa (Oldham, 261! Watters! Ford!); Lucuu ARCHI- PELAGO (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Malacca. The Formosa and Luchu specimens agree exactly with the figures cited, but the Malacca plant may be different. Cultivated specimens of Gynura ovalis, DC., often bear this name. 3. Gynura ovalis, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 300. Cacalia ovalis, Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 101. Gynura auriculata, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 300, fide Benth. Gynura Pseudochina, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 189, vix DC. vide Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 335 ; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. Gynura bulbosa, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 194; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 301. Cacalia bulbosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 485. Porophyllum hieracioides, DC. Prodr. v. p. 650, ex Benth. Formosa (Swinhoe); KwawaTUNG: Pakhoi (Playfair !), without locality (Meyen! Tate! Maingay !); Hoxakoxa (Cham- pion! Wilford!); Hatnan (Swinhoe!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Var. pinnatifida, Hemsl. Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!). Herb. Kew. As Sir Joseph Hooker points out (Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 335), the venation of the leaves of this species is very marked, and it is quite distinct from the one he refers to G. Pseudochina. What name it should bear can only be determined by a thorough revision of the genus. The same species was formerly cultivated at Caleutta and in Mauritius, where it was confused with the very different G. bicolor. 4. Gynura pinnatifida, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 301; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 245. Cacalia pinnatifida, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 486. Cursa: without locality (Fortune!); Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!) ; Kwanatune: Fatshan (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. [Cacalia procumbens, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 485), is doubtingly referred to Gynura sarmentosa, DC. (Prodr. vi. p. 298), a plant whieh inhabits the Malay peninsula and archipelago eastward to the Philippines, but we have seen no Chinese specimens.] 71. COMPOSITE : SENECIONIDEEX. 449 1. Emilia flammea, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xiv. p. 406, et ` Phyt. p. 1, t.5; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 336. Emilia sagittata, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 302. Cacalia sagittata, Wahl, Symb. iii. p. 91. Cacalia coccinea, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 564. Cum : Peking (Bretschneider !). Herb. Kew. Commonly cultivated on account of its ornamental character and uncertain where it is indigenous, though DeCandolle records it as a native of India and the Philippine Islands. Most likely cultivated at Peking. [Emilia prenanthoidea, DC. (Prodr. vi. p. 303), syn. E. angusti- folia, DC., we have recorded from China, collected by Fortune, in our memoranda, but the specimen was not found at the time of writing this.] 2. Emilia sonchifolia, DC. in Wight, Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 24, et Prodr. vi. p. 802; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 336. Senecio souchifolius, Moench; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 189; Hemriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 148. — Emilia sinica, Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 105. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham !); Huren : Ichang and imme- diate neighbourhood (4. Henn D: KwaweruNG: Swatow (Perry !), Pakhoi (Playfair !); Hoxakoxe (Wright! Urquhart! Hinds! Wilford!); Lucnu Arcutprtaco (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Widely spread in the warmer parts of Asia and Africa, and colonized in America. 1. Senecio aconitifolius, Zurez. Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. coll. Kirilow, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1887, n. 7, p. 155; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 176; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6. Cacalia aconitifolia, Bunge, Ennm. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 37; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 329. Senecio Turczaninowii, Walp. Rep. ii. p. 654, ex Mazim. sed nomen in loc. cit. non est. Syneilesis aconitifolia, Mazim. in Prim. Fl, Amur. pp. 165 et 473, t. 8. figg. 9-18, et in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 299. Cuimir: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Bushell), Jehol ( David, 2016 !); SHINGKING: near Moukden (Webster !) ; Kianasv: Chinkiang (Bullock, hb. Hance!); Corea: Port LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 21 450 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDEX. Chusan (Wilford!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Herschel Island and Long Reach (Oldham, 432? 433 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. . Mandshuria. Oldham's 432, which number is referred by Maximowiez to S. Syneilesis, differs from typical S. aconitifolius in the more thyrsoid not corymbose arrangement of the larger flower-heads, yet it is probably the same species. 2. Senecio altaicus, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 50; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 242. Ligularia altaica, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 315 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 621 (excl. pl. Gmelini et patria omni preter Altai, fide Mazim.). . Kansuu (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). Altai. ` 3. Senecio ambraceus, Zurez. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. ii. 2. p. 89; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 228. Senecio argunensis, Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 85, non Turcz. ex Franchet. . Cur: near Peking (David, 2418!); SmawTuNG: Chefoo (Forbes !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew: Dahuria. 4. Senecio argunensis, Turcz. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. ii. 2. p. 91; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 15; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 262. Senecio Jacobza, 8. grandiflorus, Turcz. ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 350. CHIHLI: near Peking (Bretschneider! Bushell!), Jehol (David, 2120!); SuixexiNa: Peiling and elsewhere (Webster! Ross!) ; Suanerune (Maingay!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 562?); ConEA: Chemulpo (Carles !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. The limits of this and S. ambraceus are not clearly defined and we have seen no authenticated specimens. The plant from Hupeh may be referable to S. Jacobea. 5. Senecio bulbiferus, Marim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 295; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 251. Huren: Patung district (4. Henry, 2541!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 6. Senecio campestris, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 361; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 15; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 646 ; Franchet, Pl. David. 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDES. 451 p. 174, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 228; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 388. Cineraria campestris, Retz. Observ. i. p. 30. Senecio pratensis, DC., S. glabellus, DC., S. aurantiacus, DC, S. Kirilowii, Turcz., et S. subensiformis, DC. Prodr. vi. pp. 360-363, ex Mazim. Senecio Pierotii, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 182. Senecio spathulefolius, Turcz. Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. coll. Kirilow, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, no. 7, p. 154, non DC. Cineraria subdentata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 39. Curmi: near Peking (Bretschneider! Bushell! Hancock!) ; SHINGKING: various localities (Ross!); KrANasu: Shanghai (Carles!); CHEKIANG: Ningpo (Cooper!) ; Kranest: Kiukiang and Chinkiang (Maries!); Hurem: Ichang (A. Henry!) ; SzEcHUEN (Faber D - Corra : west coast (Perry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Western Europe through Siberia to Japan, but not known from North India. 7. Senecio Clivorum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 14; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 247. Ligularia Clivorum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 555. Hv»znz: Patung district (4. Henry, 524, 2451, 5207 !) ; SzEecHUEN : Mount Omei, at 3000 feet (Fuber!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 8. Senecio dahuricus, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 11845, p. 499; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 296; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pi. Jap. i. p. 250. Praia auriculata, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 329; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 165. Hurzn: Patung district (A. Henry, 2487?). Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Kamtschatka and J apan. 9. Senecio deltophyllus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 245; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 11. Kansvn : alpine woods in the west (Przewalski ex Maximo- wicz). ; 10. Senecio Exul, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 174; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 14. Hv»zn: Ichang (4. Henry, 1914!); SzrcHvEN: above 212 452 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDES. Chungking (Fuber!); KwawaruNa: east river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13827 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. As Hance remarks, this is exceedingly near Senecio egyptius, Linn., and we only forbear uniting it with that because we have seeu no ripe achenes. It may have been introduced into China, as it is not known from the country between Arabia and China, 11. Senecio (S Eusenecio) Faberi, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba glabrescens, facie Sonchi oleracei, caule crasso, ut videtur subsucculento, cavo striato primum plus minusve araneoso- tomentoso. . Folia (caulina tantum visa) sessilia, amplexicaulia, submembranacea, glabra, ovato-lanceolata, basi late rotundato- auriculata, usque pedalia et fere 6 poll. lata, infra medium paucidentata, simul grosse dentata, dentibus callosis, sursum attenuata, sed obtusiuscula, venis subtus elevatis. Capitula radiata, pauciflora, numerosissima, densissime composito-corym- bosa, bracteolata; involucri bractew glabra, sepissime 8, contigue, apice obtuse, colorate. Flores radii sepissime 4, ligulis brevi- bus alte 3-dentatis. Flores disci sepissime 8, involucrum vix superantes ; corolla infundibularis, lobis subobtusis extus papil- losis; anthere ecaudatz. Achenia (matura non visa) omnia papposa, glabra, striata. SZECHUEN : Mount Omei, 4000 to 9000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. A very distinct species with ample, sessile, broadly auricled leaves, and very numerous flower-heads in dense, almost sessile, terminal, compound corymbs. 12. Senecio farfarzfolius, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 293; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 250 (varietates). Bnrsoktso (Ross?). Herb. Kew. A common and variable Japanese species to which we refer the above specimen with some hesitation. 13. Senecio ($ Synotis) Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis? glabrescens, 2-3-pedalis, caulibus teretibus striatis, supra medium (inflorescentia) tantum ramosis. Folia (radicalia desunt) petiolata, vix coriacea, discoloria, ovato-oblonga, absque petiolo 4-6 poll. longa, alte pinnatifida, pinnis pauci- dentatis, vel subbipinnatifida, lobis dentibusque acutissimis, basi subcuneata truncata vel subcordata; petiolus lamina brevior, 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDES. 453 basi expansus semiamplexicaulis. Capitula sepissime 3—4-flora, numerosissima, dense racemoso-paniculata, cito glabrescentia ; panicula ampla, pyramidalis; involucri bracteæ 3-4, glabra, oblongs, semipollicares, obtuse, contigue. Flores 3-4, omnes tubulosi vel 1-3 ligulati; anthere caudate. Achenia brevia, glaberrima; pappus albus, copiosissimus, corollam fere æquans. Hurts : Patung district, in ditches on the cliffs (A. Henry, 180, 2454!); SZECHUEN: Mount Omei, 4000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. Near Senecio Przewalskii, Maxim., but that has palmately lobed leaves and simply racemose flower-heads. 14. Senecio (§ Ligularia) Jamesii, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba scaposa? folia et capitula sejuncta tantum adsunt. Folia longe petiolata, subcoriacea, glabrescentia, subequaliter triangulari-sagittata, 5-6 poll. diametro, obtusiuscule alteque crenato-dentata, segmentis lateralibus bilobatis, omnibus integris vix acutis ; petiolus teres, graciliusculus, imperfectus ad 6 poll. longus. Capitula longe pedunculata, 3—4 poll. diametro, pedun- culis imperfectis 5-7 poll. longis, bracteis angustis 1-1} poll. longis instructis, parce araneoso-tomentosis ; involucri bractes ebracteolate, late, parce araneoso-tomentose. Flores radii numerosi, ligulis brevissime 3-dentatis. Flores disci involucrum vixexcedentes. Achenia (matura non visa) elongata, glaberrima, profunde striata vel acute sulcata; pappus copiosissimus, corollam æquans, ferrugineus. NortH-EAsreERN CHrNA: Changpeishan, 1000 to 7500 feet (James!). Herb. Kew. This is so very distinct in foliage that we have ventured to describe it from detached leaves and flower-heads. 15. Senecio japonicus, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 50; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 14; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, P. 290; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 248. Ligularia japonica, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 390; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 316. Erythrochzte palmatifida, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 656. Arnica japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 319. ` Senecio macranthus, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 205 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. lll. p. 349. Huren : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, only seen in one spot, on a moist bank in the Pingshanpa glen, off the Ichang 454 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDES. gorge (A. Henry, 3971, 4390!) ; FokrEN: Amoy interior ( Swin- hoe!) ; Kwanetune: Lofaushan (Ford, 146!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Khasia mountains in Eastern India, and in Japan. Dr. Henry's 4390 has ligules three inches long and flow er-heads more than six inches across. The Indian plant appears to be identical. 16. Senecio Kempferi, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 363; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 14; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 247. Tussilago japonica, Linn. Mant. p. 113. Farfugium Kempferi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 191. Ligularia Kempferi, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 77, t. 35; Bot. Mag. t. 5302 (var. aureo-maculata). Farfugium grande, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 4, et 1860, p. 170. Senecio Farfugium, C. Koch, Wochenschrift für Gärtnerei, 1858, i. p. 209. Ligularia gigantea, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 79, t. 36. Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 262!)) ; Honexona (Wilford); Lucnv AncureELAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan; Mandshuria. 17. Senecio Ligularia, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 849. Ligularia sibiriea, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxvi. p. 401; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 315; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. Cineraria sibirica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1242; Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung. 1. t. 16. Senecio sibiricus, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 206, non Linn. f., nec Lepechin, nec Ledeb. Fl. Ross. Hoppea sibirica, Reichb. Fl. Excurs. ii. p. 240. Senecio cacalizfolius, Schultz- Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 50; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vii. p. 14. Senecio cacalizformis, Reichb. Fl. Germ. xvi. p. 43, t. 977. figg. 1-9 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 247. Cineraria cacaliformis, Lam. Fi. Franç. ii. p. 124, ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 315. Senecio racemosus, Wall. Cat. n. 3140, non Desf. Senecio emodensis, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 90. Ligularia racemosa, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 314. Cineraria speciosa, Schrad.; Link, Enum. ii. p. 334; Bot. Reg. t. 812. Hoppea speciosa, Reichb. Hort. Bot. t. 10. Ligularia sibirica, Cass., 5. speciosa, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 315. - Ligularia euodon, Mig. ex Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 14. Norta Cuina: without locality (Relig. Fischer!) ; HvPEH: Patung (A. Henry, 4889 !), the variety speciosa. Herb. Kew. 71. COMPOSITA: SENECIONIDER. 455 Europe, through Central Asia and the mountains of Northern India to Japan. This species, as here limited, has received several names under Senecio, therefore it may be justifiable to adopt the one applied to the aggregate of forms, though the last published, rather than one of those applied to a segregate form. Schultz’s name cacalie- folius, the earliest under the genus, is probably a slip of the pen for cacalieformis. Var. ? polycephalus, Hemsl.; capitulis minoribus numerosis- simis, aliis (paucis) secus scapum solitariis, aliis (plurimis) 2-5 corymbosim aggregatis, radii floribus brevissimis. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry, 111, 2457!). Herb. Kew. The inflorescence of this is so very different, both from the ordinary Siberian form and the more robust variety speciosa, that it would not be regarded as probably of the same species in the absence of aconnecting-link. This exists, however, in a specimen in the Kew Herbarium from Mandshuria, lately collected by Mr. H. E. M. James. In this some of the lower heads are in eorym- bose clusters while the remainder are scattered singly on the scape. Senecio stenocephalus, Maxim., a Japanese and North Chinese plant, is perhaps not tenable as a species distinct from S. Ligularia. 18. Senecio mongolicus, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 50; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 242, et in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 28. Ligularia mongolica, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 315. Cum: Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Maximowicz). Mongolia. 19. Senecio nemorensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 870; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 641; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 15; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 174 (varietates). Curnrr : near Peking (David, 2094, ex Franchet), Siaowutaishan (Hancock ex Mazimowicz); Huren: Patung district (4. Henry, 2430, 2559, 4849, 5011!) ; Kansvuu (ex Kanitz). Herb. Kew. Central and Northern Europe to Japan and Kamtschatka. 20. Senecio Oldhamianus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. pp. 11 et 14; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 138; Hance in Journ Bot. 1882, p. 290; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 175. Senecio Savatieri, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 175, t. 15. 456 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDEJ. Curxiana: Ningpo (Oldham, 58, 62! Everard!) ; HvrrnB: Ichang, Patung and neighbourhood (4. Henry ID: SzEcHUEN: Chungking, and Mount Omei, 4000 feet (Faber!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. From the copious specimens in the Kew Herbarium there can be no doubt of the identity of S. Savatieri and S. Oldhamianus. 21. Senecio palmatus, Pall. It. iii. p. 321, ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 636. Senecio cannabifolius, Less. in DC. Prodr. vi. p. 349 ; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 636. SuaxTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Siberia, Mandshuria, and Japan. 22. Senecio phalacrocarpus, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 151. Huren: Patung (4. Henry, 1402, 1406!); KwaNGTUNG: Lienchau river (Faber, hb. Hance, 20924 !), North river (Ford, 5 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. In this species the pappus seems to be invariably wanting. 23. Senecio Przewalskii, Mazim. (ubi?) ; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9. Kawsvu (ex Kanitz). Mongolia. 24. Senecio Roborowskii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 245. KaxsuH: alpine region in the western part (Przewalski ex Masximowicz). 25. Senecio rubescens, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 228; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 208, sub Cacalia hastata. Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer! Forbes). Herb. Kew. 26. Senecio Sagitta, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 240; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 11. KaxsuH: alpine regions in the west (Przewalski ex Maxi- mowicz). 27. Senecio sagittatus, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 498; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 292; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 250; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 176. Cacalia hastata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 835; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 327. 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDER. 457 Cumi: Jehol (David, 2098, ex Franchet); SHINGKING (James!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. European Russia to Kamtschatka and Japan. The Kiukiang plant referred to this species in the ‘ Journal of Botany ' (1876, p. 208) is S. rubescens, S. Moore. Var. ? involucri bracteis pappum equantibus. Huren: Patung district (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. The forms of the group of species to which this belongs are very numerous and perplexing. 28. Senecio scandens, Ham. in D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 178, non Juss. nec DC. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 352. Senecio campylodes, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 370 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 183; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 105 (var. puberulus). Senecio stipulatus, Wall. Cat. 3122; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 370. Senecio Wightianus, DC. in Wight Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 22; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 1136. Senecio chinensis, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 363; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 190; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 16. Senecio Hindsii, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Dot. 1. p. 488. Senecio intermedius, Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1135. Cineraria repanda, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 501. Cineraria chinensis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 549. Curva : without locality (Staunton ! Fortune, 105!) ; Krwasr: Yangtze (Maries ); Herrn: Ichang, Nanto and neighbour- hood (4. Henry, 385, 948, 2951, 2967!); Kwayerune: various localities (Hance, 1156! Tate! Playfair! Calléry! Wenyon!); Honexone (Champion! Wright! Hinds! Wilford!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. North and South India and Ceylon. 29. Senecio Schmidtii, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 246. Senecillis Schmidtii, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 16. Lvcenv Ancnrpzraoo (ex AMMazimowicz). Japan; Mandshuria. [Senecio speciosus, Willd. (Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1991; DC. Prodr. vi. P- 407), syn. L. Pseudochina, Andr. (Bot. Rep. t. 291), recorded as Chinese, is undoubtedly South African, as shown by Mr. N. E. Brown (Gard. Chron. n. s. xii. p. 615).] 458 71. COMPOSITE: SENECIONIDER. 80. Senecio Stauntoni, DO. Prodr. vi. p. 363 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 190; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 16. Cura ; without locality (Stawnton!); Honexone (Harland! Champion! Wright! Wilford! Tate!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 31. Senecio stenocephalus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. viii. p. 10; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 246; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 175. Cumt: Jehol and the plain (David, 435, 2106, ex Franchet). Japan. 32. Senecio Syneilesis, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 249. Senecio palmatus, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 392, nec Pall. ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 300; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 433. Amica palmata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 319. Syneilesis palmata, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 300. Cacalia aconitifolia, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 181, non Bunge, fide Maxim. loc. cit. COREAN ARCHIPELAGO : Herschel island and Kuper harbour (Oldham, 432, ex Maaimowicz). Herb. Kew. Also in Japan. Oldham's 432 in the Kew Herbarium is clearly not the same as authentic specimens of S. Syneilesis from Japan, nor is it typical S. aconitifolius. 33. Senecio tanguticus, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 244. KansvH: alpine in woods in the west (Przewalski ex Masi- mowicz). 34. Senecio Virgaurea, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 241. Kansvu : high alpine situations in the west (Przewalski ex Mazimowicz). 35. Senecio (§ Synotis) species indescripta?; glabra, foliis amplis petiolatis membranaceis palmatim 5-7-lobatis simul grosse calloso-dentatis, capitulis subsessilibus racemoso-paniculatis (pa- niculis pauciramosis) sepe 5-floris, floribus (9 tantum adsunt?) omnibus tubulosis involucri bracteis multo brevioribus. Hurrs: Patung district (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. This may be a female specimen of some described species, though we have failed to identify it. 71. COMPOSITZ: SENECIONIDER. 459 [Gorteria Loureiriana, DC. (Prodr. vi. p. 501), syn. G. setosa, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 507), not of Linneus, is an obscure plant referred to a genus which is restricted to the African region. | 71. COMPOSITA: CxNaAROIDEZX. l. Echinops dahuricus, Fisch. Cat. Hort. Gorenk. p. 37, ex DC. Prodr. vi. p. 523; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 176, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 228; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 85. Echinops Gmelini, Ledeb. FI. Alt. iv. p. 45 in nota, et Fl. Ross. ii. p. 653, non Turcz.; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. Echinops Grijsii, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 221. Echinops sphzrocephalus, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 182; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 253, non Linn. CH: near Peking (ex Maximowicz); SHaNTUNG: without locality (Maingay !), Chefoo (Forbes!) ; FokrEN : Amoy (De Gris, hb. Hance, 1445 !); Formosa (Oldham, 275 !) ; Corra (Carles!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO : Green Island (Oldham, 436!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Siberia to Japan. The foregoing synonymy is adopted from Maximowicz as given on the label accompanying a Japanese specimen in the Kew Herbarium, collected by him. [Xeranthemum chinense, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 498; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 529), has not been identified ; but it is not at all probable that it belongs to the genus to which it has been referred. | 1. Atractylis ovata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 806; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 177 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 183; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 256. Atractylis lancea, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 306. Atractylis chinensis, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 549; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383. Atractylodes ovata, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 48. Atractylodes lancea, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 48. Atractylodes lyrata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 668. . Acarna chinensis, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 36; Mazim. Prim. Fi. Amur. p. 172. Cuimir: near Peking (Bretschneider ! Bushell!); SHINGKING : 460 71. COMPOSITXE: CYNAROIDEX. hills of south of Hingjing (Ross!); SuawruNG (Maingay!); Corra : Soul mountains (Carles!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Old- ham, 439!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. Botanists have hitherto maintained A. ovata and A. lancea of Thunberg as distinct species, though able to point out no more tangible character than the colour of the flowers, and the state- ments on this point are contradictory. 1. Arctium Lappa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 816, et ed. 2, p. 1143; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 359. Arctium majus, Schkuhr ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 177. Lappa major, Gertn. Fruct. ii. p. 379, t. 162. f. 3; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 661; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 262; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 229; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 185. Lappa edulis, Sieb. in sched. hb. Kew., et Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 185 ; Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1872, p. 280. Norru and CrewTRAL CurwA, apparently common. Dr. A. Henry sends both wild and cultivated specimens. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Japan, and naturalized in many other countries. 1. Carduus crispus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 821; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 623; Mazim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 172; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap.i. p. 257; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473 (B. multiflorus, DO). Cuir: Peking (Bretschneider!); Surnaxtne: Peiling and other localities (Webster! James!); SzEcHUEN: above Chung- king (Faber!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and Northern Asia eastward to Japan. 1. Cnicus arvensis, Hoffm. Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2 (1804) ii. p. 180; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 643; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 888 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 262; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 229, var. setosus. Cirsium arvense, Scop., var. setosum, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 7343 Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8 71. COMPOSITXE: CYNAROIDEX. 461 Cum: near Peking (Bretschneider!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Europe to Eastern Asia. 2. Cnicus chinensis, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 881; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1877, p. 208. Cirsium chinense, Gard. et Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 323 ; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 945; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 168. Cirsium oreithales, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 944; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 394. Cnicus sinensis, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 219 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iu. p. 364. Curva : without locality (Fortune, 157!) ; Formosa (Swinhoe !); Huren: Ichang, Patung and neighbourhood (4. Henry!) ; Kwanetune (Tate!) ; Honaxona (Champion! and all other col- lectors). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India and Birma. As Maximowicz suggests, this is almost certainly the same as the Japanese Cnicus linearis, Maxim. (Mél. Biol. ix. p. 330),—syn. Carduus linearis, Thunb. (Fl. Jap. p. 305), Spanioptilon lineare, Less. (Syn. Comp. p. 10), Cirsium lineare, Schultz-Bip. (Linnea, xix. p. 335),—whieh Franchet records (Pl. David. p. 178) from Kiukiang, remarking that the specimens connect the two sup- posed species. Cacus linearis would be the name to adopt for the aggregate. [Carduus chinensis, DC. (Prodr. vi. p. 629),—syn. Carduus lan- ceolatus, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 482),—is described as having à pilose pappus, and is therefore a species of Cnicus, and from the description it is probably C. chinensis.] 3. Cnicus japonicus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 322 (varie- tates a-f); Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 260 ; Franch, in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 229. Cirsium japonicum, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 640; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 266. Carduus japonicus, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 178. Cirsium Maackii, Mazim, in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 172. Cirsium littorale, Mazim. loc. cit. p. 173. Cirsium brevicaule, A. Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p- 396. SE acaulis, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 306, ex Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 322. Curürr: Jehol (David, 2068, ex Franchet); SHINGKING: Tali- 462 71. COMPOSITE: CYNAROIDEE. enhwan (Birnie! Swinhoe !), Peiling (Webster!) ; SHANTUNG : Chefoo (Forbes D: Krawasu: Shanghai (Maingay !); FOxIEN : Amoy (Fortune, 68! De Grijs, hb. Hance, 1452 !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 276!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 1370!); Szecnurn: Chungking (Faber!); Kwanerune: around Canton (Hance, 1452, 11994!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. The plant recorded by Loureiro (Fl. Cochinch. p. 482) as Car- - duus tuberosus, Linn., may have been this species. 4. Cnicus Segetum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 333. Cirsium segetum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 36; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 643; Baker & S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383; Debeauz, Fi. Tchef. p. 86, Fl. Shangh. p. 38, et Fl. Tients. p. 25. Carduus segetum, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 178. Curr: near Peking (Bushell! Bunge! Bretschneider!); Sumexine, Jaoling (Ross!), Talienhwan (Birnie! Swinhoe!) ; SumawruNG: Chefoo (Forbes!); Kranesu: Shanghai (Perry!) ; Kianest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Hurren: Ichang and Nanto (A. Henry!); SzzcnuEN: Omei (Faber!); Corea (Perry!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO : Port Hamilton ( Wilford! Oldham, 444). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. This, though very near Cnicus arvensis, var. setosus, is easily distinguished ; and we have followed Maximowicz in retaining it as a distinct species. 5. Cnicus tchefouensis, Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- bourg, xxiv. p. 229. Cirsium tchefouensis, Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 86. Suantune : Chefoo (ex Debeauz). A specimen in the Kew Herbarium collected at Chefoo by F. B. Forbes may be this species. 6. Cnicus Vlassovianus, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 329. Cirsium Vlassovianum, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. vi. p. 653; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 175. SuiNakrNa: Laoyehling and other hills near Moukden (James!). Herb. Kew. l Dahuria to Mandshuria. 71. COMPOSITE: CYNAROIDEZR. 463 1. Saussurea * affinis, Spreng. in DO. Prodr. vi. p. 540 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 232; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 378. Saussurea carthamoides, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 168, et Fl. Austral. iii. p. 456. Aplotaxis carthamoides, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 540. Serratula carthamoides, Buch. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 407. Aplotaxis multicaulis, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 540; Deless. Ic. Pl. Sel. iv. t. 68; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 183. Aplotaxis Bungei, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 539. Hemistepta lyrata, Bunge in Dorpat, Jahrb. für Litt. i. p. 221, et in Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. ii. 1835, p. 13; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 334. Cirsium lyratum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 36. Serratula tinctoria, Sieb. ex Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 183. Saussurea Bungei, Benth. et Hook. f. ex Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i.p. 255; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 182. CHIHLI, SHINGKING, and COREA to SzEcHUEN, HONGKONG, and Formosa! apparently very common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Eastern India, Birma, Japan, and Eastern Australia. 2. Saussurea amara, DO. in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. p. 200, et Prodr. vi. p. 536; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 664; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 181. . CHIHLI: mountains near Peking (David, 2420, ex Franchet). Siberia, from the Ural eastward. Pére David's number 2420 is also cited by Franchet under Sausswrea japonica, which is represented in the Kew Her- barium by this number. 3. Saussurea arenaria, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 250. Kaxsun: sand places on the upper Hoangho (Przewalski ex Masximowicz). 4. Saussurea crassifolia, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. p. 201, et Prodr. vi. p. 533; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 665. Suivexine: Peiling (Webster !). Herb. Kew. Caucasus, eastward to Mandshuria. 5. Saussurea Davidii, Franchet, Pl. David. p. 180, t. 16, cum var. macrocephala. * Franchet (in Morot’s Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 311) gives the names and sectional position of fifteen new species of Saussurea from Yunnan, but the descriptions have not yet appeared. 464 71. COMPOSITE : CYNAROIDER. CHIH: Jehol and the plain of Chihli (David, 405, 2208, ex Franchet). 2E 6. Saussurea epilobioides, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 256. Kaxwsun: alpine thickets in the western regions (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 7. Saussurea eriolepis, Bunge in DO. Prodr. iv. p. 535 (sub S. discolor, 8. elatior); Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 179. Saussurea nivea, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 153; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 668. Saussurea amurensis, Turcz. in DC. Prodr. vi. p. 534. Cumi: mountains near Peking (Bretschneider ! Mellendorff' Bullock! Carles!); Hurzug : Patung district (4. Henry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. Dr. Henry's specimens from Patung connect this with S. amur- ensis, Turcz., in most of the leaves being cuneate, not cordate, at the base, which is here accordingly reduced. — — 8. Saussurea glomerata, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. v. p. 71 ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 5360; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. im Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 885 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 664. Curr: Peking (ex Maaimowicz); Kianasu: Shanghai (ex Debeauz). European Russia to Kamtschatka. We have probably referred to S. japonica what others have referred to S. glomerata. 9. Saussurea iodostegia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 109; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 179. Curr: Siaowutaishan (Hancock, hb. Hance, 20, 148 D, Peking mountains (David, 418, ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. 10. Saussurea japonica, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. p. 200, et in Prodr. vi p. 586; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 167; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 337 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 108; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 181. Serratula japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 305. Saussurea pulchella, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. vi. p. 537; Herder in PI. Radd. iii. 2. p. 50. Saussurea linearis, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 235 ; Walp. Ann. v. p. 353. Li? 71. COMPOSITE: CYNAROIDEX. 465 Saussurea intermedia, Turcz. Dec. Pl. Nov. Chin. Bor. n. 15. Saussurea alata, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. p. 202, t. 8, et in Prodr. vi. p. 537.. Saussurea (Aplotaxis) chinensis, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48, absque descriptione. Cmmi: neighbourhood of Peking (David, 2420! Bret- | schneider !); Suinaxine: Moukden and other localities (Ross ! Webster!) ; Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay! Carles!); Foxren: Amoy (fortune, 19! Hance, 834!); Hurrun: Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (4. Henry!); Kwaneruna: Macao and Canton (Gaudichaud!); HowakoNa (Champion! Urquhart! Wright!) ; Corra : Chemulpo (Carles!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Dahuria to Japan. 11. Saussurea Katochete, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 251. KANSUR : in alpine meadows along the river Tetung (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). l 12. Saussurea lamprocarpa, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis ?, ramosa (S. hypoleuce Indiæ orientalis valde affinis), caulibus robustis crassiusculis sulcatis vel profunde striatis primum araneosis. Folia (caulina tantum adsunt) pe- tiolata, vel suprema ‘minora sessilia, papyracea, cordato-oblonga, cordato-ovata, vel cordato-deltoidea (suprema lanceolata utrinque attenuata), absque petiolo usque ad 5 poll. longa, irregulariter calloso-dentata (inferiora simul sublobata), minute calloso-apicu- lata, basi cordata vel cuneata, discoloria, subtus incana, supra puberula, venis primariis paucis sat conspicuis; petiolus crassus, usque ad 2 poll. longus. Capitula pauca, maxima (saltem 27 poll. diametro), longe pedunculata, pedunculis fere nudis ; involucri bracteæ plus minusve araneoso-tomentosæ, multiseriatæ, angustæ, elongatæ, acutissimæ, integræ, vel apicem versus paucidenticulatæ, sed vix explanate ; receptaculum alte convexum, densissime pa- leaceum, paleis angustissimis fere setaceis quam achænia longi- oribus. Corolle circiter 9 lineas longæ, tubo fere filiformi supra medium subite leviter expanso, lobis longis linearibus ; antheræ caudæ longissimæ, angustissimæ, plus minusve fissæ. Achenia nigra, nitida, rugosa, subtetragona, areola parva leviter obliqua ; Pappus exterior ad cupulam brevem rigide denticulatam reductus, interior uniseriatus, albidus, longe plumosus, corolla brevior. Huren: Patung district, Nanto and mountains to the north- Ward (4. Henry, 2470, 2675, 4972!). Herb. Kew. LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2K 466 71. COMPOSITE: CYNAROIDE. This is very distinct from all the other Chinese species that we have seen, and closely resembles the Indian S. hypolewca, which has smaller heads, quite entire bracts, and a rusty pappus. The small areole of the achene is certainly more or less oblique, as in Serratula. 13. Saussurea Medusa, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 246. Kansvu: in high alpine situations on the river Tangut (Prze- walski ex Maximowicz). Also in Mongolia. 14, Saussurea microcephala, Franchet, n. sp. “ Caulis inferne . .. . superne angulato-striatus, penna colum- bine crassitie. Folia superiora integerrima, anguste oblonga, sesquipollicaria, apice obtusa, mucronulata. Corymbus polyce- phalus, e ramis 2-3 divis. ramulis 3-5-cephalis conflatus, subco- arctatus; pedicelli infra medium bracteolati, capitulis 14-2plo longiores. Capitula florentia parvula, circiter L cent. longa, vix 23-3 millim. lata, basi rotundata, apice vix attenuata, suboylin- drica; involucri bractew 5-seriate, breviter arachnoidese, dorso valide uninerviate, marginibus et apice membrana tenui rosea donatz, appendice terminali rhomboideo integro."— Franchet. CHEKIANG: Tatsiang (Poli ex Franchet). “ Le Saussurea microcephala paraît bien distinct par ses capitules trés petits, très nombreux, formant un corymbe serré. Je n’ai vu que la portion supérieure de la plante. Les feuilles sont trés longue- ment atténuées et portent à leur aisselle un faisceau de petites feuilles trés diminuées. Les rameux qui constituent le corymbe sont eux mémes pourvus de quelques petites feuilles linéaires longues à peine de 1 cent., et plus aiguës que celles de la tige ; ces rameaux sont plus ou moins divisós dans leur moitié supé- rieure.” “Le S. microcephala doit être placé dans la section Theodora, à côté du S. amara, DC., dont, du reste, il est bien distinct.” — Franchet in litt. 15. Saussurea nigrescens, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 251. KawsuH: alpine meadows, common and gregarious (Prze- walski ex Maximowicz). 16. Saussurea odontolepis, Schultz-Bip. ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 803. 71. COMPOSITA: CYNAROIDEX. 467 Saussurea pectinata, 8. amurensis, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 171. Saussurea ussuriensis, 5. odontolepis, Herder in Pl. Radd, iii. 2. p. 13. Suinexkine: without locality (Ross!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles!). Herb. Kew. Also in Mandshuria. 17. Saussurea paleata, Maxim. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 168. Norta Cara: without locality (Relig. Fisch. ex Masi- mowicz) We have seen no specimens of this species, which is described as very closely allied to S. ussuriensis. 18. Saussurea pectinata, Bunge in DO. Prodr. vi. p. 588; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 478. Curutt: near Peking (Bretschneider! Williams!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 19. Saussurea pheantha, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 248. Kaxsum: western alpine regions (Przewalski ex Masi- mowicz). 20. Saussurea Przewalskii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 255. KaxsuH: western alpine regions among shrubs (Przewalski ex Maaimowicz). 21. Saussurea salicifolia, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. p. 200, et; Prodr. iv. p. 533; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 28 (var. chinensis). Saussurea alpina, var. leucophylla, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 109, CuIHLI: Siaowutaishan (Hancock, hb. Hance, 20128!) Mus. Brit. S. salicifolia, DC., is a very variable species, extending from the Uralto Eastern Siberia. Dr. Henry's 153, 931, and 2533, from the Patung district, Hupeh, may be an extreme form of this. 22. Saussurea serrata, DO. in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. p. 199, et Prodr. vi. p. 934; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 180. Curmi: Jehol (David, 2104, ex Franchet). Widely spread in Siberia. 2x2 468 71. COMPOSITE: CYNAROIDES. 23. Saussurea Stella, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 249. Kansvu : alpine meadows along the Tetung river (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 24. Saussurea sylvatica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 256. KawsvH: western alpine regions (Przewalski ex Mavi- mowicz). 25. Saussurea tangutica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 247. KaxsuH: western high alpine regions (Przewalski ex Masi- mowicz). 26. Saussurea triangulata, Trautv. et Meyer in Middendorff's Reise, Fl. Ochot. p. 58, t. 29; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 181. Cum: Peking (David, 535, ex Franchet). Eastern Siberia. A specimen collected by Ford at Lofaushan (Kwangtung), at an elevation of 3100 feet, is perhaps a variety of this. And Dr. Henry’s 414 (Patung) is of the same affinity; but so many of Mr. Maximowicz’s new species are not represented in the London herbaria, that we cannot determine whether it be un- described. 27. Saussurea ussuriensis, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 167 (varietates), et in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 340; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 181 (var. mongolica), et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 228. Cir: Jehol (David, 2110, 2141, ex Franchet); SHANTUNG : Chefoo (Forbes!); Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. 28. Saussurea, sp. indescript.? S. Tanake valde affinis, differt foliis non decurrentibus. KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) Herb. Kew. The specimen bears only two or three imperfect leaves; and there is also a fragment of the same species in herb. Forbes. 1. Serratula atriplicifolia, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 475. Rhaponticum atriplicifolium, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 662; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 71. COMPOSITE: CYNAROIDEX. 469 il. p. 751; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 175; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 183 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum, Pl. Jap. i. p. 262. Rhaponticum pungens, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 263? Serratula pungens, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 416? Carat: in the plain (David, 564, ex Franchet); SHANTUNG (Maingay!); Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!) ; Huren: Ichang and Patung districts (A. Henry, 430, 2455, 4618, 5111!) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 464!). Herb. Kew. Dahuria, Mandshuria, Sachalin, and Japan. With a considerable series of specimens it seems difficult to retain S. pungens as an independent species. 2. Serratula centauroides, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 820; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 668; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 37; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 478; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 757; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 183. Carni: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Bushell! Wil- liams!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Siberia, from Dahuria eastward. 3. Serratula chinensis, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 228; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 182. Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer! David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. 4. Serratula coronata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1144; DC. P rodr. vi. p. 667; Ledeb. Fl. Hoss.ii. p. 756; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 263. Curutr: Peking (Bretschneider!); COREA: Chemulpo (Carles!) Herb. Kew. European Russia to Japan. [Serratula multiflora, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 483), non Linn., 18 perhaps a species of Saussurea.] 5. Serratula radiata, Bieb. FI. Taur. Cauc. iii. p. 545; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 668; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 797; Franchet, PI. David. p. 183. Curmi: Jehol (David ex Franchet). The Caucasus eastward. [Serratula Scordium, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 483), is another obscure plant, almost certainly not of this genus. | 470 71. COMPOSITH : CYNAROID EXE. 1. Centaurea Picris, Pall. in Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 2302. Acroptilon Picris, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 662; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. /50; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 183. Kaxsun: north of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz in litt.). Central Russia and Asia Minor to North-west India and Siberia. [Centaurea moschata, Linn. (Amberboa moschata, DC.), is com- monly cultivated in gardens around Peking. | 2. Centaurea monanthos, Georgi, Itin. i. p. 231, ex Ledeb. FI. Ross. ii. p. 751. Centaurea grandiflora, Pall. Itin. ii. pp. 237, 321. Centaurea membranacea, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 666. Rhaponticum uniflorum, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 664; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 751; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 176, et Ind. Fl. Pek. p. 473; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 183. Leuzea dahurica, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 37. CHIHI: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Hancock !), Jehol (David, 1746!); Suinaxine: Peiling (Webster !), Fung- shan (Ross!); CogzA: Chemulpo(Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Altai eastward. [Carthamus tinctorius, Linn., is extensively cultivated in China (Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160), and is more or less naturalized iu some parts. | 71. COMPOSITA: Moristacez. l. Ainsliza acerifolia, Schultz-Bip. in Pollichia, xviii. p. 188; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 187 ; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 264. Ainsliza affinis, Miq. loc. cit. Corea: Soul mountains (Carles!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Green Island (Oldham, 441!). Herb. Kew. Japan. 2. Ainsliea fragrans, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 236 ; Walp. Ann. v. p. 311; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 192; Fran- chet, Pl. David. p. 184; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231. 71. COMPOSITA: MUTISTACER. 471 Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Howaxkowa (Champion !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 3. Ainsli»a glabra, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIV.) Herba perennis, dioica ?, erecta, 13-2 ped. alta, fere undique glaberrima, caulibus infra inflorescentiam simplicibus pauci- foliatis. Folia longe petiolata, subcarnosa, lanceolato-oblonga vel oblanceolata, cum petiolo usque ad 9 poll. longa, utrinque attenuata, remote minuteque calloso-denticulata, venis primariis paucis sat conspieuis inter se anastomosantibus. Capitula mi- nima, sepissime triflora, unisexualia, in paniculas angustas dis- posita, peduneulata, pedunculis gracillimis puberulis. Flores 9 tantum visi; corolla anguste cylindrica, pappo dimidio brevior. Achenia fusiformia, glabra, profunde striata ; pappus uniseriatus, plumosus. SZECHUEN : Mount Omei, at 4000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. The fact of the flowers being functionally unisexual should not exclude this plant from the genus Ainsliea, because, although the flowers are usually described as all alike and all fertile, there are other species in which the sexes are apparently separated. 4. Ainsliæa pertyoides, Franchet in Morot's Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 70, t. 3. YuxwAN: in various localities at 5000 to 6000 feet ( Delavay ex Franchet). 5. Ainslima pteropoda, DC. Prodr. vi. p.14; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 388 ; Franchet in Morot's Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, P. 69 (varietates obovata, platyphylla, e£ leiophylla). Yunnan : various localities (Delavay ex Maximowicz). Northern and Eastern India. 6. Ainsliea ramosa, Hemsl., n. sp. . Herba perennis, rufo.villosa, sericea, Ainsliee fragranti simillima, differt capitulis laxe paniculatis, involucri bracteis paucioribus, ete. Caulis erectus, 2-3 ped. altus, infra inflores- centiam simplex. Folia crassa, ovato-oblonga, basi interdum subcordata, radicalia longe petiolata, caulina pauca, suprema minima, bracteiformia. Capitula graciliter pedunculata, triflora ; involucri bracteæ rigidæ, acutissime. Achenia (matura carent) pilis longissimis sursum appressis densissime vestita; pappus rufus, plumosus. 472 71. COMPOSITE : MUTISIACER. Hvrrn: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. This may possibly prove a branched state of A. fragrans, which it so strongly resembles in foliage and indumentum. 7. Ainslima Walkeri, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6225. Honexone: cultivated specimens raised from seed collected by Captain Walker. Herb. Kew. 8. Ainsliea yunnanensis, Franchet in Morot's Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 70. Yunnan: in mountain-woods above Tapintze (Delavay ex Franchet). 1. Myripnois dioica, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 88; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 38; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 184. Curmi: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider! Bushell! Han- cock! Carles !), Jehol (David, 1692!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 2. Myripnois uniflora, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 257. KaxsuH: western alpine regions not far from the small town Huidun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). l. Nouelia insignis, Franchet in Morot’s Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 67, t. 2. Yunnan: woods and hills around Tapintze (Delavay ex Franchet). A very remarkable member of this suborder, forming a large shrub or small tree 10 to 16 feet high. 1. Gerbera Anandria, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, xxvii. 1844, p. 782; Walp. Rep.vi.p.316; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 184, in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 229, et in Morot's Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 68; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 29. aperiri Bellidiastrum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 40; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 87. arenes dimorpha, Turcz. Cat. Baikal. n. 695, ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 768. sos lago Anandria, Linn, Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 865; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. P. 3. —— 7l. COMPOSITA: MUTISIACER. 473 Perdicium Anandria, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. p. 84. Tussilago Bellidiastrum, Linn. Hort. Upsal. p. 259, t. 3. f. 2. Tussilago lyrata, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1963. Leibnitzia phzenogama, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 422. Chaptalia lyrata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 504, non Don. Anandria radiata, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 120. Anandria discoidea, Less. in Linnea, v. p. 347. Leibnitzia cryptogama, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 422. Perdicium tomentosum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 319, ex Less. CurHLr: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider | Hancock!) ; Sninexine : Changdien (Ross !), Kaichow to Kinchow (Ross !) ; Suantune: Chefoo (Hancock! Maingay!); CukkraNa: Ningpo (Maingay !); KrAwGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Huren: Ichang and Patung district (A. Henry D: Corra (Carles!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Eastern Siberia, Mandshuria, and Japan. There is a spring form and an autumn form of this species, and they are very different in aspect ; hence the double synonymy. 2. Gerbera Delavayi, Franchet in Morot's Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 68. YuxwAN : in woods at Chouitsinin at about 5500 feet (Delavay ex Franchet). 3. Gerbera piloselloides, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xviii. p. 461; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 16; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 191 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 889; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 445. Gerbera ovalifolia, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 17 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 249. Gerbera amabilis, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 947. Gerbera Schimperi, Schultz-Bip.; Richard, Fl. Abyss. i. p. 458. Foxren: Amoy (Fortune, 121! Swinhoe!); HUPEN : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!); Kwanaruna (Tate!); Honaxona (Champion! Wilford! Wright! Tute!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mountains of North India, Birma, Madagascar, and Eastern Africa, southward to Cape Colony. 4. Gerbera raphanifolia, Franchet in Morot’s Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 67. Yuxwaw : woods at Mochetsin (Delavay ex Franchet). 5. Gerbera ruficoma, Franchet in Morot's Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 68. Yunnan: in thickets above Tapintze (Delavay ex Franchet). 474 71. COMPOSITA: CICHORIACER. 71. COMPOSITJE: CICHORIACEA. 1. Cichorium Intybus, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 813 ; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 84; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 391; A. DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. ed. 8, p. 77 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160. Krawesr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. The Chicory so readily colonizes and is so widely cultivated that it is impossible to determine exactly where it is indigenous, though doubtless somewhere in the Mediterranean region or further eastward in Asia. Cichorium Endivia, Linn., the Endive, which is regarded by some botanists as a variety of the Chicory and by others as a distinct species, is cultivated in China. 1. Lampsana apogonoides, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 20; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap.i. p. 266; Franch. Pl. David. p. 185. Kranasu: Shanghai (Carles!); Kianest: Kiukiang (Faber !); Hoen - Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1270!) ; Suensi (David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. Japan. 1. Picris hieracioides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 792; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 128; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 393; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 185, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 230 (var. japonica). Picris japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 299; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 130; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 89. Camir: Peking (Bretschneider!); SuinaKina: Kaichow to Kinchow (Ross!); Huren : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (4. Henry!); SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Western Europe and North Africa to Japan and Kamtschatka ; also in Australia and New Zealand, where, however, it may have been introduced, as well as in North America. [Picris repens, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 478), syn. Barkhausia repens, DC. (Prodr. vii. p. 159), an insufficiently described plant, has not been recognized.] 71. COMPOSITE: CICHORIACER. 475 1. Crepis heterophylla, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba biennis ?, 2-3 ped. alta, undique glaberrima, caulibus subsimplicibus crassiusculis striatis. Folia membranacea, radi- calia lyrato-pinnatifida, 6-8 poll. longa, segmento terminali multo majore hastato-trilobato, segmentis lateralibus parvis distantibus ; folia caulina petiolata, inferiora alte hastato-trilobata, superiora lanceolata, longe acuminata acutissima, omnia remotissime calloso- dentieulata. Capitula fere omnino ut in C. japonica, dense co- rymbosa. Achenia fusca, erostrata, multistriata, puberula. Hurts: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry !). Herb. Kew. This approaches very closely the form of C. japonica formerly treated as a distinct species under the name of C. runcinata, and it is certainly possible that this also is a variety of C. japonica, as well as our C. longipes, for, with the exception of stature and foliage, there are no very obvious differences. 2. Crepis integra, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.ii. p. 190 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 848. Prenanthes integra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 300; Hook. et Arn, Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 266. Youngia lanceolata, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 193. Prenanthes lanceolata, Houtt. Pfl. Syst. ix. p. 49, t. 66. f. 2; Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1534. Crepis tanegana, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 198. Youngia integra, A. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 396. Crepis nana, Schultz- Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48, non Richards. Kianasvu : Shanghai (Carles?) ; FokrEN : Chinchew (Fortune, 27!); Leen ArcHIPELAGO (Beechey! Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 3. Crepis japonica, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 194, et Fl. Austral. li. p. 670; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 190; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 346; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 185; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 395. Prenanthes japonica, Linn. Mant. p. 107; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 302; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 266. Youngia japonica, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 194. Crepis lyrata, Benth. ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 346. Youngia Thunbergiana, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 192. Prenanthes lyrata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 303; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor, p. 40. 476 71. COMPOSITE: CICHORIACER. Youngia runcinata, Y. napifolia, Y. Poosia, Y. ambigua, Y. fastigiata, et Y. striata, DC. Prodr. vii. pp. 192-193, ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iil. p. 395. Com. near Peking (Bunge!) ; Kranasu: Shanghai ( Main- gay! Perry!) ; Curxtana: Ningpo (Oldham, 807); Krawasv: Kiukiang (Maries!); Fokrz: Amoy (ance, 1465!) ; Formosa (Oldham, 280 !) ; Herren : Ichang, Patung and neighbourhood (A. Henry!) ; Kwanatune (Tate! Calléry!); Honaxone (Wilford! Wright! Champion!); Corgan AmcuiPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford!); Leen AncurrELAGO (Wright! Beechey!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. India to Japan and southward to Australia; also found in the Mauritius and South Africa, where, however, it may be a colonist. An exceedingly variable plant in stature and in the shape of the leaves; the flowering-stems being either naked or scape-like, or more or less leafy, and sometimes three feet high. Remarkable among several varieties collected by Dr. A. Henry is one in which the primary and secondary branches of the inflorescence are given off in a close corymbose order. Another variety, if correctly referred here, has a stout hollow stem and large leaves, indicating humid or very rich soil. [Youngia gracilis, Miq. (Journ. de Bot. Néerl. t. i. p. 106), from Kwangtung, is probably a variety of Crepis japonica. Youngia humilis, DC. (Prodr. vii. p. 194), syn. Prenanthes hu- milis, Thunb. (Fl. Jap. p. 302), enumerated by DeCandolle among his “ species non satis note," and quite unknown to us, is recorded (Fl. Shangh. p. 39) from Shanghai by Debeaux. Youngia humilis, Miq. (Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 106), is not a Crepis, but probably a Lactuca.] 4. Crepis longipes, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perennis ?, 2-3-pedalis, undique glabra vel cito glabres- cens, caulibus viridibus striatis infra inflorescentiam simplicibus. Folia membranacea, longissime petiolata, cordato-hastata vel interdum ovata, absque petiolo usque ad 6 poll. longa, obscure lobata, simul remote calloso-denticulata, acuminata, obtusa vel rotundata, simul minute calloso-apiculata ; petiolus gracilis, 4-6 poll. longus, sursum gradatim brevior. Capitula parva, circiter 15-20-flora, composito-corymbosa; involucri minute calyculati bractee circiter 8, herbacew, anguste, acute, albo-marginate, 71. COMPOSITX: CICHORIACER. 477 pappo breviores; receptaculum parvum. Flores flavi. Achenia rufa, fusiformia, leviter curvata, glabra, multistriolata; pappi setze albæ, molles, uniseriate, patentes, minutissime barbellate. Hurrun: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry !). Herb. Kew. Characterized by the leaves being borne on long petioles, other- wise closely allied to Crepis japonica. 5. Crepis prenanthoides, Hemsl., n. sp. Herba biennis vel perennis, 2-3 ped. alta, glabrescens, caulibus subsimplicibus striolatis. Folia membranacea, petiolata, cito glabrescentia, subtus glauca, remote calloso-dentieulata ; radicalia longe petiolata (petiolo 6 poll. longo), hastato-cordata, 3-4 poll. longa; caulina breviter petiolata, alte pinnatifida, segmentis an- guste lanceolatis, longe acuminatis. Capitula pauca, laxe pani- culata, graciliter pedunculata, 12-15-flora ; involucri calyculati bractee 7-8, leviter puberulæ, anguste, obtuse, coloratz, pappo paullo breviores; receptaculum nudum. Achenia fusco-atra, nitida, fusiformia, pappum equantia, apicem versus albida, mul- tistriata, minutissime puberula, sursum attenuata, estriata; pappus albus, mollis, diu persistens. SzEcHvEN: Chung city (Faber). Herb. Kew. The limits of the genera Crepis, Lactuca, and Prenanthes are 80 badly defined, and perhaps indefinable, that it is difficult to determine in which to place some species ; but the erostrate achenes and soft, white, apparently persistent pappus point to Crepis for the present species, though the smooth tapering tip of the achenes is the next thing to a beak. 6. Crepis Turczaninowii, C. A. Mey. ; Turcz. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. ii. 2. p. 162; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 185; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 478. Cumu: Peking (ex Maaimowicz). Mongolia and Mandshuria. l. Hieracium umbellatum, Lian. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 804; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 224; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 400 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 12; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 186. l CHIHLI: near Peking (Mellendorff, hb. Hance !), Jehol (David ex Franchet); Hurren: Patung district (4. Henry, 936, 1035, 478 71. COMPOSITEXE: CICHORIACE X. and 5056 ?) ; COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Bate group (Oldham, 463 ?). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Europe and North Africa to Japan, and in North America. The Chinese specimens in the Kew Herbarium, here doubtfully referred to this species, are not typical H. umbellatum, and may belong to H. crocatum, Fries. 1. Hypocheris grandiflora, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. p. 164; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 207; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 186. Achyrophorus grandiflorus, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 777 ; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473 ; Baker et S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383. Achyrophorus aurantiacus, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 93. Suinekine: Moukden to Yaloo river ( Webster !), Talienhwan (Swinhoe!), Chienshan (oss !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Altai and Dahuria eastward to Japan. 1. Taraxacum officinale, Web. in Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holst. p. 56; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 812; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 401; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 388 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 39. Taraxacum Dens-leonis, Desf. Fl. Atl. ii. p. 228; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 145; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 192. Taraxacum ceratophorum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 146 ; Maxim. Ind. FI. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. > Taraxacum corniculatum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 146; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 187. Leontodon Taraxacum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 798; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160. Taraxacum sinense, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 150 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160. Leontodon sinense, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 479. CHIHLI, SHINGKING, and COREA to SzEcHUEN, HONGKONG, and Formosa, common, at least in the northern provinces, and equally as variable as in Europe (Bretschneider ! Ross! A. Henry! Old- ham! Champion! and others) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Generally spread in both northern and southern cold and temperate regions, though doubtfully native in the southern hemisphere. 71. COMPOSITE: CICHORIACER. 479 FABERIA, Hemsl. (Genus novum inter Troximonem et Taraxacum.) Capitula homogama, liguliflora. Involucrum campanulatum, bracteis herbaceis,intimis uniseriatis coloratis pappum æquantibus, exterioribus pluriseriatis appressis gradatim minoribus, extimis squamiformibus. Receptaculum planum vel leviter convexum, epaleaceum. Corolle ligulatz apice 5-dentate. Anthere........ Styli rami tenues, elongati, papillosi. Achenia fusiformia, striata, vel leviter costata, minute hispidula, erostrata. Pappi sete fusce, uniseriatw, simplices, basin versus barbellate, inequales. Herba scapigera. Folialyrato-pinnatifida. Scapioligocephali. Capitula majuscula. 1l. Faberia sinensis, Hemsl., n. sp. ; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1815, ined. Herba perennis, glabrescens. Scapus nudus, 2-3 ped. altus, supra medium laxe pauciramosus, ramulis paucisquamosis mono- cephalis. Folia petiolata papyracea, discoloria, subtus precipue secus costam pilis longis multicellulatis coloratis instructa, 8-20 poll. longa, insigniter lyrato-pinnatifida, lobo terminali ovata longissime acuminata, 5-10 poll. longo, obseure paucilobato simul remote calloso-denticulato, lobis lateralibus parvis (maximis semi- poll. longis vellatis) dissitis oblique rotundatis calloso-apicu- latis deorsum gradatim minoribus. Capitula graciliter pedun- culata, fructifera circiter 1 poll. diametro ; involucri bractex exteriores puberulz ciliolate ovate, vix acute, interiores lineares fere glabræ, apice ciliolate. -Achenia fusco-atra; pappus patens. SzEcHvEN: Mount Omei, 4000 to 4500 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. In habit and in the coarse hairs on the leaves, as well asin the involucre, this resembles some of the Mutisiacew more than the Cichoriaces. The genus is named after the discoverer, the Rev. Ernst Faber, à German missionary, who has collected in various parts of China, 3nd whose collection from Mount Omei, whence the present plant was obtained, contains a considerable number of novelties. _ Schultz-Bipontinus proposed a genus Fabera, but he had been anticipated by D. Don’s Seriola, now reduced to Hypocheris. l. Lactuca brevirostris, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. P- 237 ; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 192 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 409. 480 71. COMPOSITAE: CICHORIACEX. Lactuca squarrosa, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 189; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 353; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 187. Prenanthes laciniata, Houtt. Handl. Pl. Kruidk. x. p. 381, t. 66. f. 1. Lactuca amurensis, Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1857, p. 42; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 178 et 473 ; Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 89. Sonchus floridanus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 480? ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ii. p. 148? Var. foliis laciniatis. Curmi: near Peking (Bretschneider! Hancock!); SHING- KING: Kaichow to Kinchow (Zoss!); Hurrem: Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. Var. foliis indivisis. Suantune: Chefoo (Forbes!) ; Cuexrana: Ningpo (Faber !); Formosa: north-east (Wilford!), Tamsui (Oldham, 282!) ; Huren: Ichang, Patung, Nanto and neighbourhood (A. Henry!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!); Honexona (Champion !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. North India, Japan, and the Philippine Islands. 2. Lactuca debilis, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 965; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 138; Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 29. Ixeris debilis, 4. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 397; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 193; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 191; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 39. Youngia debilis, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 194. Prenanthes debilis, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 300. Kranasu: Shanghai (Maingay! Faber! Perry!) ; CHEKIANG : Ningpo (Oldham !); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 278!); Kwane- TUNG (Tute!); Honaxonea (Hance, 780! 794!); Corra: Port Chusan (Wilford, 909!); Lucnu ArcHIrELAGO (Wright). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Japan. 3. Lactuca denticulata, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 859 (varietates a. typica et f. sonchifolia); Franchet, Pl. David. p. 188. Prenanthes denticulata, Houtt. Handl. Pl. Kruidk. x. p. 385, t. 66. f. 4. Youngia dentata, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 193, excl. syn.; Thunb. ex Mazim. 71. COMPOSITX: CICHORIACER. 481 in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 359; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur, pp. 181 et 473 (varie- tates a. genuina e£ B. chinensis). Youngia hastata, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 194. Prenanthes hastata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 301. Youngia chrysantha, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 181. Ixeris ramosissima, 4. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 397 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 193; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 190; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 108. Brachyramphus ramosissimus, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 489. Brachyramphus sinicus, Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 105? Dubyza ramosissima, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 1028. Prenanthes sonchifolia, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 40, nec Willd., ex Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 360. Youngia sonchifolia, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 180; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5"* série, v. p. 223. Youngia serotina, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 180. Lactuca sonchifolia, Debeauz, Fl. Tchef. p. 90. Lactuca ramosissima, Baker et S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 384. Cum, Sninexrne, and Corra to Huren, KwaxsoruNa, and Formosa (Bunge! Bretschneider! Ross! A. Henry! Hance! Wilford! and numerous other collectors). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria and Japan. An exceedingly variable plant, the extreme forms of which are so different that no person would imagine them referable to the same species without seeing the intermediate ones. There is a very large series of specimens in the Kew Herbarium, and one might say nearly as many varieties. It is apparently equally common and variable in China and Japan. Var.? flexuosa, Hemsl.; caulibus simplicibus stramineis nitidis, foliis pertenuibus rotundatis alato-petiolatis, capitulis in axillis foliorum fasciculatis. Swantune : Chefoo (Forbes!). Herb. Kew. 4. Lactuca (§ Scariola) elata, Hemsl., n. sp. E Herba elata, saltem 6—7-pedalis, fere glabra, caulibus solidis striolatis, infra inflorescentiam simplicibus. Folia (radicalia desunt) papyracea vel membranacea, inferiora alato-petiolata, ovata vel lanceolata, cum petiolo usque ad 6 poll. longa, calloso- dentata, acuta, parcissime puberula, subtus glaucescentia. Capi- LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIII. 2L 482 71. COMPOSITE: CICHORIACEX. tula mediocria, circiter 10-flora, paniculata; panicula angusta, - 2 ped. longa, ramulis pedunculisque fere filiformibus, pedunculis bracteis minutis instructis; involucri bracteæ glaberrimæ, basi vix incrassatæ, interiores longiores sæpius 5, obtusæ, apice colo- rate, pappum æquantes; receptaculum nudum. Flores lutei. Achenia ovalia, compressa, fusca, rubro-maculata, utrinque 3-costata ; pappi sete molles, albe, minutissime barbellate. CHEKIANG: mountains of Ningpo (fuber!); Huren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry!). Herb. Kew. In foliage this strongly resembles L. triangulata, Maxim., but the leaves are not stem-clasping, and the flower-heads and branches of the inflorescence are much slenderer; and the achenes of L. triangulata are black and only one-ribbed on each side. 5. Lactuca formosana, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 353; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231. Cuexiuane: Ningpo (Oldham, 59!); KrawGsr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 279!). Mus. Brit; Herb. Kew. Var. ? caulibus foliisque glabris glaucis capitulis minoribus. Hv»En: Ichang, Patung and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. There are other varieties of what we take to be this species from Chungking (Faber, 402) and Ichang (A. Henry, 4100); but we cannot refer them here without doubt. 6. Lactuca graciliflora, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 139; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 406. LE Patung district (A. Henry, 2396, 2544?). Herb. ew. The Chinese specimens are doubtingly referred to this species, which is a native of India. 7. Lactuca gracilis, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 140; Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 271; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 410. Duren - Patung, Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 1879, 3935!); SzecuvuEN: Mount Omei, at 3000 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. Himalaya and Khasia mountains. 71. COMPOSITE : CICHORIACE X. 483 8. Lactuca polycephala, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 272; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 410; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 188; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8. Ixeris polycephala, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxiv. p. 50; DC. Prodr. vii. . 151. ` Ixeris fontinalis, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 151. Cuexiane: Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet in litt.); SHenst (David ex Franchet); Kansuu (ex Kanitz). Afghanistan, Northern India, and Birma. ; Possibly the Chinese specimens referred to this species by Franchet and Kanitz belong to the same species as those we have identified with L. gracilis, DC. 9. Lactuca Raddeana, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 355. Lactuca amurensis, Herder, Pl. Radd. ii. 4. p. 29, nec Regel, quoad pl. Wilfordianam, ex Maxim. Corta : Port Chusan (Wilford, 915!). Herb. Kew. Mandshuria. 10. Lactuca repens, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 364, et in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1879, p. 29. Ixeris repens, A. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 397 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 194; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 91. Chorisis repens, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 178. Nabalus repens, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 84; F. Schmidt, Fl. Sacha. p. 153. _ Prenanthes repens, Linn. Amen. Acad. ii. p. 360, t. 4. f. 23. SuawTUNG: Chefoo (Everard!) ; Fokus: Amoy (Perry!) ; KwawerUNG: Pakhoi (Playfair !); Honexone (Harland :); Corra : Port Chusan (Wilford D: Lvcnu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Mandshuria, Japan, Sachalin, and Kamtschatka. 11. Lactuca Roborowskii, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 803. . Kassun (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 12. Lactuca Scariola, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1119; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 137, var. sativa ; Bischoff, Beitr. zur Fl. Deutschl. p. 190; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 404; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 187; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 352; Bretschn. Study Chin. Bot. Works, p. 17 ; A. DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. ed. 3, p. 75. Lactuca sativa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 795; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160. 484 71. COMPOSITE: CICHORIACER. There are cultivated specimens of the lettuce from various parts of China in the Kew Herbarium. 13. Lactuca sibirica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 357; Fran- chet, Pl. David. p. 187. Mulgedium sibiricum, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 142; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 249 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 843. Sonchus sibiricus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 795; Bretschn. Early Res. . 160. i Cmtz- Jehol and near Peking (David ex Franchet); Sutne- KING: Laoyehling and other hills near Moukden (James!) ; Corra: Gensan (Perry D. Herb. Kew. North-eastern Europe to Mandshuria. 14. Lactuca sororia, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 189; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 858. Formosa: Kelung (Ford!); Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. Japan. 15. Lactuca stolonifera, Maxim. im Mél. Biol. ix. p. 364; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 231. SHANTUNG: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); COREAN ARCHI- PELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. Japan. 16. Lactuca tatarica, C. A. Mey. Enum. Pl. Cauc. p. 56; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 357 ; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 9; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 188; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 406. Mulgedium tataricum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 248; Mazim. Ind. Fl, Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. Sonchus tataricus, Linn. Mant. p. 572. Sonchus lactucoides, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 40. Cum: near Peking (Bunge! Hancock! Bretschneider!), Jehol (David ex Franchet); Kamwsum (ex Kanitz). Herb. Kew. Southern Russia to North India and Mandshuria. 17. Lactuca Thunbergiana, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 361. Ixeris Thunbergiana, A. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p. 397. Prenanthes dentata, Thunb, Fi. Jap. p. 301. 71. COMPOSITEX: CHICORIACEX. 485 Lactuca Oldhami, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 363. Ixeris Gregorii, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me série, v. p. 222. Foxren (Gregory, hb. Hance, 1233!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 290 !), north-east (Wilford, 546!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 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