47. BOSACE/E: SPIB.EEJ!. 229 



China: without locality {Fortune, 29 !) ; Kiangsu: Kiukiang? 

 {Maries !), Chinkiaug {Stronach ex Hance) ; Chekiang : Ningpo 

 (Everardl), Huchau {Carles !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



2. Exochorda serratifolia, 8. Moore in Hook. Ic. PI. xiii. p. 44, 

 t. 1255 ; Maxim, in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 231. 



Shingking: west of Hingjing {Rossi), Yungling, between 

 Moukden and Yaloo river {Webster I). Herb. Kew. 



1. Kerria japonica, PC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 157, et 

 Prodr. ii. p. 541 ; Sieb. et Zuce. PI. Jap. i. p. 183, tt. 98 et 99, 

 partim; Pot. Peg. 1. 1873 ; Maxim, in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 242. 



Corchorus japonicus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 227 ; Bot. Rep. t. 587 ; Sot . 

 Mag. t. 1296. 



Spiraea japonica, Camb. in Ann. Sc. Nat. i. p. 389. 



China : without locality {Millett ! Fortune, 26 !) ; Kiangsi : 

 Kiukiang {Maries !) ; Hupeh : Ichang and Patung {A. Henry !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Dr. A. Henry's native collector informed him that the fruit of 

 this shrub is yellow and good to eat, like a raspberry ; and he 

 adds that the Chinese name indicates that it has an edible berry. 



Andrews was the first to question this being a Corchorus, but 

 DeCandolle determined its real affinities. 



1. Rhodotypus kerrioides, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 185, 

 t. 99 ; Pegel, Gartenfl. t. 505 ; Pot. Mag. 5805 ; Maxim, in Act. 

 Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 244 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10. 



Kiangstj : around Chinkiang {Stronach, hb. HanceV). Mus.Brit. 



Japan. 



47. ROSACEA: RuBEiE. 



1. Rubus abortivus, 0. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 68, 69, 78. 

 Luchu Abchipelago {Wright, 72 !). Herb. Kew. 

 North India. 



2. Rubus althaeoides, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 me serie, xiv. 

 p. 222, et in Journ. Pot. 1874, p. 260, et 1884, p. 42 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vii. p. 860; O. Kuntze, Methodik, p. 95. 



Fokien {He Grijs, hb. Hance, 6698 !), Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



3. Rubus aralioides, Hance in Journ. Pot. 1884, p. 41. 

 Kwangtun G : Lofaushan mountains {P. C. Henry !). Mus. 



Brit. 



