264 104. VERBENACER. 
HvrER: Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. 
Henry!); Kwanerune: Pakhoi (Playfair !); Hoxakoxa (Cham- 
pion! Tate!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
3. Caryopteris mongholica, Bunge, Pl. Mongh. Chin. Dec. p. 28; 
Schauer in DO. Prodr. xi. p. 625; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 231 ; 
Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 523. 
Norta Curwa (Bunge!); Kawsunu: on the upper Hoangho 
(Przewalski ex Mazimowicz). Herb. Kew. 
Common in South-eastern Mongholia. 
4. Caryopteris nepetefolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 830, et 
xii. p. 524, et in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 40; Franchet, 
Pl. David. p. 281? 
Teucrium nepetzfolium, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 580; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 208; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 138. 
Cuexrane: Ningpo (Everard !), Tahoo lake (Forbes !). Herb. 
Kew. 
5. Caryopteris? ningpoénsis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis, erecta, preter inflorescentiam albo-tomentosam 
fere omnino glabra, caulibus simplicibus teretibus ve] sursum sub- 
tetragonis saltem 2-3-pedalibus,internodiis quam folia brevioribus. 
Folia brevissime petiolata, papyracea, ovato-oblonga, ovalia vel 
fere elliptica, usque ad 6 poll. longa, longe acuminata, basi seepius 
attenuata, calloso-serrulata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 
circiter 6-7 arcuatis subtus elevatis, venis ultimis minute reticu- 
latis. Flores parvi (perfecte evoluti non visi), vix semipollicares, 
brevissime pedicellati, fasciculato-spicati, spieis angustis inter- 
ruptis terminalibus 3-6 poll. longis suberectis bracteatis undique 
floribusque stellato-albo-tomentosis, bracteis herbaceis latis den- 
tatis cito deciduis; calyx tubulosus, vel leviter inflatus, subæqua- 
liter 5-dentatus, inconspicue 10-nervius, dentibus vix acutis; 
corolla e calyce breviter exserta, 5-lobata, tubo glabro angusto 
subite ampliato, limbi tomentosi lobis 4 superioribus :qualibus 
brevissimis rotundatis, lobo antico vel inferiore multo majore cu- 
cullato integro ; stamina 4, breviter exserta; ovarium glabrum, 
stylo brevi. Fructus non visus. 
CnuEKIANG : mountains of Ningpo (Faber, 65!). Herb. Kew. 
The genus of this distinct plaut is uncertain. It has much the 
aspect of a Buddleia, and the inflorescence resembles more nearly 
