21. HYPERICTNEJE. 73 



China : without locality (Beechey ! Macartney ! Staunton ! 

 Nelson !) ; Chihli : Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Kianosu : Poli 

 ex Franchet MSS.) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; For- 

 mosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 29 !) ; Shensi (Piasezki, cult, ex Jftur*- 

 mowicz) ; K wangtung : North Kiver (Sampson ex Hance). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



4. Hypericum erectum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 296 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p 548 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 168. 



Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Shearer ! JbrSes!). Mub. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



There is some confusion of this and H. attenuatum, and we 

 doubt the two being represented in China ; but in the absence of 

 authenticated specimens, we are unable to determine the point. 



Japan. 



5. Hypericum formosanum, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 160. 

 Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 31 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



6. Hypericum japonicum, Thunb. p. 295, t. 31 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 548 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 23 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, 

 p. 259 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 56. 



Hypericum mutilum, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 171, vix Linn. 



Brathys japonica, B. laxa, et forsan alise, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lu.gd.-Bat. 

 ii. p. 19, fide Maxim. 



Hypericum nervatum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 188. 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 

 31/1!); Kwangtung (Ford I); Pakhoi (Playfair !) ; Hongkong 

 (Wright ! Champion I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



North-eastern India to Japau, and southward to Australia and 

 New Zealand. 



[Hypericum olympicum and H. petiolatum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 pp. 471, 472, have not been identified.] 



7. Hypericum patulum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 295, et Ic. PI. Jap. 

 t. 17; Dyer in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 254; Maxim, in Mel. 

 Biol. xi. p. 161 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 104; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5693. 



Hypericum uralum, Ham. ex Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 218; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2375. • 



Hypericum oblongifolium, Wall. PL Asiat. Ear. t. 244, non Choisy in 

 Wall. Cat. 



