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radicans, caulibus usque bipedalibus paucifoliis, cortice stramineo. 
Folia pauca ad medium, pauca ad apicem caulis conferta, breviter 
petiolata, membranacea, suboblique oblongo-lanceolata, maxima 
usque ad 6 poll. longa, sed sepius breviora, utrinque attenuata, 
acuta, remote obscureque serrulata, parvissime minuteque setulosa, 
subtus purpurea, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 
suboppositis curvatis et inter se anastomosantibus subtus elevatis 
ferrugineis. Pedunculi puberuli, graciles, circiter pollicares, in- 
terdum bipollicares, 3—£-flori, bracteis amplis semiconnatis coloratis 
alabastris includentibus (sed cito deciduis) instructis. Flores 
fere glabri, circiter 1} poll. longi, brevissime pedicellati; calycis 
segmenta lata, apice fere rotundata, ut videtur colorata; corolla 
angusta, leviter curvata; stamina fertilia 2, inclusa. Capsula 
linearis, 2-3-pollicaris. 
SzecHUEN: mount Omei, at 4000 to 5000 feet (Fuber!). 
Herb. Kew. 
Much nearer the Indian Z. serratus, D. Don, than the other 
Chinese species. 
2. Lysinotus pauciflorus, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 366; 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 327; S. Moore in Journ. 
Bot. 1875, p. 281; Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. v. 1. 
p. 59. 
Cuexkrane: Ningpo mountains ( Faber !), without locality (For- 
tune!) ; Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer !); Hupeu: Fang, Patung, 
Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry!); SzECHUEN : 
mount Omei (Faber !), South Wushan (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
1. Isanthera discolor, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 372; Clarke 
in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. v. 1. p. 192. 
Formosa (Ford! Oldham, 380, ex Mazimowicz). Herb. Kew. 
Philippine Islands. 
1. Phyllobea sinensis, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. xviii. t. 1721. 
HvrEu: Ichang, Fang, and Chungyang (A. Henry!). Herb. 
Kew. 
