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petiolis 6-10 mm. longis. Spice axillares, erectæ, moncecie, circiter 15 cm. 
longz, pedunculo pubescente. Flores masculi approximati, feminei, 3—5-ni 
distanter glomerati, squamis pubescentibus. Glans depresso-globosa, breviter 
acuminata, eupula fere inclusa et ejus basi adhzerens, 15-20 mm. lata ; cupula 
squamis imbricatis parvis acuminatis adpressis vestita, sepe cum floribus 
paucis haud evolutis basi conglomerata. 
In natural woods at 2500 feet in the Yenping Mountains. Hongkong 
Herb. 3487. 
Allied to Q. Blumeana, Korth., but this has solitary acorns and glabrous 
leaves. 
This species is dedicated to my friend Mr. Skan of the Kew Herbarium 
staff, to whom we are indebted for much of our knowledge of the Oaks of 
China. 
Casranopsis Нузтых, А. DC. Hongkong Herb. 3498. А notable 
extension of its known Chinese range, which only reached Yunnan. 
CONIFERJE. 
C'UPRESSUS ($ CHAMÆCYPARIS) HODGINSII, Dunn, sp. n. 
Arbor 10-15 m. alta, omnino glabra. Rami paullo dependentes, in flabella 
foliosa lata отасШа complanati. Folia polymorpha, quaterna inter se 
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connata, ramulis adnata et eos omnino includentia, ramulorum vetustiorum 
linearia, 7-8 mm. longa, apicibus breviter liberis cus vidatis, juniorum facialia 
2 m р 2 
et dorsalia cuneata, tricarinata, 8 mm. longa, cuspidata, lateralia alam lanceo- 
latam aeuminatam fere medio liberam formantia, кере infra linea glauca 
notata. Conus squamis 12 decussatis peltatis apice excavatis formatus. 
Semina 8-10 plano-convexa vel obtuse trigona, ovalia, 4 mm. longa, acuta, 
basi obtusa, bialata, ala majore ovata 5 mm. longa, minore angusta apice 
paullo produeta. 
Woods about Yenping at 2000 feet (small trees not in flower or fruit). 
Honekong Herb. 3505. Large trees in fruit near Foochow, Hodgins. 
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Lam glad to have the opportunity of naming this tine tree after my friend 
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Capt. Hodgins of the 8.8. < Haiching? of Hongkong, who has succeeded in 
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proeuring its cones from Foochow. Capt. Hodgins has been remarkably 
successful in obtaining specimens of scientific and economic interest from the 
neighbourhood of that port, and many of his collections are exhibited in the 
Hongkong Court of the Imperial Institute. 
ORCHIDACEX. 
MicROSTYLIS MINUTIFLORA, Zvolfe, sp. n. 
Herba pusilla, caule basi in pseudobulbum parvum incrassato unifoliato. 
