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each other. The Javan Hydrangea oblongifolia of Blume is also, 

 perhaps, a form of this species. 



Var. ? macrophylla, Hemsl. ; foliis late lanceolatis fere peda- 

 libus distincte calloso-serrulatis venis priraariis lateralibus utrin- 

 que 6-10. 



Hupeh : Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry I). 

 Herb. Kew. 



This is perhaps nearest the Indian form or typical aspera. 



Var. ? angustifolia, Hemsl. ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, minute 

 serrulatis veuis primariis lateralibus utrinque 6 insigniter arcuatis, 

 floribus multo minoribus. 



Hupeh: Ichang (A. Henry I). Herb. Kew. 



2. Hydrangea chinensis, Maxim. Bevis. Hydrang. As. Or. p. 7 j 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 11. 



Ktangstt : Chinkiaug (Bullock in hb. Forbes !) ; Kiangsi : 

 Kiukiang (Maries !) ; Fokien : Amoy (Fortune, til !) ; Formosa : 

 Tamsui (Oldham, 110!), Kelung (Fordl); hills about the north- 

 east (Wilfordl), Sintiam (Hancock !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



3. Hydrangea Hortensia, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 15 ; Maxim. Revis. 

 Hydrang. As. Or. p. 11 (varietates plures). 



Hydrangea Azisai, Sieb. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xiv. 2. p. 690; Sieb. 

 et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 104, t. 51. 



Hydrangea Otaksa, Sieb. et Zucc. loc. cit. t. 52 ; H. japonica, Sieb. et 

 Zucc. loc. cit. t. 53 ; H. Belzonii, Sieb. et Zucc. loc. cit. t. 55 ; H. acumi- 

 nata, cum var. Buergeri, Sieb. et Zucc. loc. cit. t. 56 et 57 ; H. stellata, 

 Sieb. et Zucc. loc. cit. t. 59. 



Primula mutabilis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 104. 



Chekiang (Fortune, 61, ex Maximowicz) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 (Shearer !) ; Lxrciiu Archipelago : Cleopatra Island (Wright !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Commonly cultivated in China and Japan, and presenting some 

 very distinct variations. We have seen no specimens of un- 

 doubted wild origin. 



4. Hydrangea (§ Calyptranthe) longipes, Hemsl, n. sp. 

 Frutex erectus 2-3-pedalis (A. Henry), caulibus teretibus gra- 



cilibus cito glabrescentibus brunneus vel stramineis. Folia lon- 

 gissime petiolata, membranacea, ovato-rotundata vel cordato- 

 rotundata, absque petiolo 3-5 poll, longa, 2-4 poll, lata, longe 

 acuteque acuminata, crebre serrulata, utrinque prsecipue subtus 



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