310 . 105. LABIATA. 
labio antico trilobato, lobo intermedio longiore. Stamina 4, fere 
æquilonga, supra medium tubi affixa, inelusa, filamentis dilatatis 
tota puberulis, antheris bilocularibus loculis divaricatis demum 
confluentibus. Discus crassus antice in glandulam amplam 
ovarium excedens tumens. Stylus bifidus, stamina equans. Nu- 
cule ignote.—Herba perennis foliis elongatis dentatis, floribus 
majusculis, verticillastris paucifloris in racemos axillares elongatos 
parvibracteatis dispositi. 
pYA 1. Hancea sinensis, Hemsl.,n.sp, (Plate VI.) 
Caules erecti, simplici, tetragoni, puberuli, 2-3 ped. alti. Folia 
breviter petiolata, permembranacea, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 
maxima fere pedalia, acuminata et deorsum longe attenuata, 
grosse serrato-dentata, parcissime hispidulo-puberula vel glabra, 
conspicue venosa. Flores 1-13 poll. longi, longe graciliterque 
laxe racemosi, graciliter pedicellati, bracteis linearibus minutis. 
SzEcHvEN : mount Omei at 4000 ft. (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 
In habit, foliage, and axillary racemose inflorescence, Hancea 
strongly resembles the Japanese genus Keiskea, belonging to the 
Satureinex, whilst in floral characters it approaches very nearly 
to Gomphostemma; and it may be provisionally placed in the. 
Prasiem. The material is insufficient for determining its exact 
position. 
The Euphorbiaceous genus Hancea, founded by Seemann, having 
been reduced to Mallotus, we have much pleasure in dedicating 
this singular plant to the memory of the late Dr. Hance, on whose 
labours in Chinese botany it is unnecessary to enlarge here. 
1. Amethystea czrulea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 21; Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. xi. p. 572; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iii. p. 441 ; Maxim. 
Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 221 et 476; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 245; 
Bot. Mag. t. 2448. 
Cum: Jehol (David !); Sutnaxrya: Moukden (Webster !), 
Kaichow and Kiuchow (Ross!); Hurem: Nanto and mountains 
to the northward (4. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Western Siberia to Mandshuria. 
1. Leucosceptrum sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Affinis L.cano, à quo bene differt foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 
multo minoribus glabris vel cito glabrescentibus. 
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