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was brought up to 1443, including such of those gathered by the collectors 
from Shao Wu as were additional to my own collections. 
The opportunity was taken of making careful notes on some of the local 
industries, such as paper-making, wood-oil manufacture, and the utilization o£ 
the different kinds of bamboos. An interesting day was spent in visiting the 
garden of Lei Kam, Literary Mandarin of Yenping, with whom Dr. Skinner 
is on friendly terms. The garden contained a great variety of trees and 
shrubs, as well as the usual plants in pots, which form the chief feature of all 
Chinese gardens. Two of the trees, both Michelias, which were unfamiliar 
to me, and of which I took specimens, prove to be new to science. 
On the 23rd of June the collections were packed and brought back to Hong- 
kong after a most successful expedition of nearly two months. 
The specimens contain types of at least 40 new species, and numerous other 
interesting plants are among them, additional to the flora of the province, and 
even, in some cases, to that of China. 
I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the great resources of the 
Kew Herbarium and Library for the details required in compiling this 
paper, and to the courtesy of the Director for allowing me free use of 
them. 
In the following list all the novelties so far identified are described, with 
the exception of ће Hamamelidacese. These by Mr. Hemsley’s request have 
been handed to him for description in Hooker’s ‘ Icones Plantarum.’ Besides 
the new species and varieties, only such records are included below as are 
thought to be of special interest. 
ENUMERATION AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 
MAGNOLIACEJE. 
'" MICHELIA Maupia, Dunn, sp. n. 
Arbor parva, pulchra. Hamulorum cortex late brunneus, cum tota planta 
glaberrimus. Folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 10-17 сш, longa, 4-7 cm. lata, 
coriacea, subtus glaucescentia, obtuse acuminata, basi acuta, venis lateralibus 
8-12 paribus, venulis utrinque conspicue reticulatis, petiolis 25-30 mm. longis. 
Flores fragrantes, solitarii, in axillis foliorum summorum evoluti ; sepala 
decidua non visa ; petala alba, ovata, 5-6 cm. longa, obtusa ; stamina petalis 
5—6-plo breviora, antheris filamento crasso 5-plo longioribus; gyneecium, 
petalis nuper lapsis, 20 mm. longum, gynophorum 10 mm. longum 
includens. Gynophorum et pars fertilis fructus maturitate incipiente fortiter 
elongate. 
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