106 87. ASCLEPIADEE : CYNANCHE E. 
CHH: near Peking (Staunton! Bunge! Bushell! Bretsch- 
neider! Williams!); SmrNakrNG : Talienhwan (Swinhoe, hb. 
Hance, 6512!), Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster!); SHANTUNG: 
Chefoo (Forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
giy 9. Cynanchum (§ Vincetoxicum) Fordii, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex vel herba lignescens, volubilis, ominno glabra vel gla- 
brescens, caulibus floriferis gracilibus ultimis fere capillaribus 
teretibus primum bifariam puberulis, internodiis quam folia longi- 
oribus. Folia longiuscule petiolata, coriacea vel subcarnosa, 
ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 1-21 poll. longa, acuta, venis immersis ; 
petiolus gracilis, 3-6 lineas longus. Flores nunc albi nune ru- 
bescentes (Ford), 3—4 lineas longi, cymoso-umbellati; cyme 
sepius 5-6-flore, breviter pedunculate, foliis multo breviores, 
pedieellis graciilimis flores vix equantibus ; calyx minutus, extus 
puberulus, 5-fidus, lobis ovatis acutis; corolla undique glabra, 
campanulato-rotata, 5-6 lineas diametro, lobis ovato-lanceolatis 
obtusis; coron: lobi tenues, lati, rotundati, gynostegium æquantes; 
pollinia pendula; pistillum glabrum. Folliculi sspe abortu 
solitarii, coriacei, crassiusculi, acuminati, leves, glabri, circiter 
3 poil. longi; semina longe comosa. 
Kwanetune: Lofaushan, at 800 feet (Ford!) Herb. Kew. 
In the dried state this closely resembles the Japanese Vince- 
toxicum sublanceolatum, Maxim., which has thinner leaves and 
much longer acuminate corolla-lobes. 
ui 10. Cynanchum formosanum, Hemsl. 
Cynoctonum formosanum, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 801; Hook. f. 
FI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 23, in nota sub C. ovalifolio. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 333!) Taiwan (Playfair!). 
Herb. Kew. 
Sir Joseph Hooker, loc. cit., suggests that this may be a variety 
of C. ovalifolium, Wight, a native of Malacca, but we prefer 
keeping them apart. There is also an unnamed Philippine-Island 
species very near this. 
Ji 11. Cynanchum grandifolium, Hemsl. 
Vincetoxicum macrophyllum, Sieb. et Zucc. FI. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 550 ; 
Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 791; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. 
p. 439; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 65. 
Lvcnu AncuiPELAGO (Döderlein ex Engler). 
Japan. 
