308 58. onagbaeie^:. 



Klangsi : Kiukiang (hb. Forbes !) ; Hupeh : Patung district 

 (A. Henri/ !) ; Cokea : Chemulpo (Carles !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Japaa. 



4. Epilobium palustre, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 348 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iii. p. 43, exel. synon. Fl. Lapp, ex Haussk. Monogr. 

 p. ,137; Maxim. Ind. Fl. PeJc. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471; 

 Franchet, PI. David, p. 134 (var. mandshuricum), et in Mem. Soc. 



Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 219. 



Chiiili: Peking (ex Maximowicz), Jehol (David, 1990, ex 

 Franchet); Shantung: Chefoo (Fauv el ex Fran chef) . 



Europe, Asia, and North America. 



5. Epilobium roseum, Schreb. Spicil. Lips. p. 147 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 41 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471 ; 

 Clarke in DZooJc.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 584. 



Chihli: Peking (ex Maximowicz). 



Haussknecht (Monogr. p. 125) restricts this species to 

 European forms, while in a broader sense it extends to Eastern 

 Asia and North-west America. Dr. Henry collected a form 

 (2445) in the Patung district of Hupeh which may be referable 

 here. 



6. Epilobium tetragonum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 348 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iii. p. 43 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. 

 p. 471 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 134 (var. Lamyi). 



Epilobium propinquum, Haussk. Monogr. p. 213. 



Epilobium decipiens, Haussk., non F. Schultz. 



Cuihli : Peking (ex Maximowicz), Jehol (David, 1975, ex 

 Franchet). 



We have seen no Chinese specimens referable to this species, 

 which, as generally understood, is very widely diffused in both 

 north and south cold and temperate regions. 



7. Epilobium, sp. nova?; erectum, strictnm, multiramosum, 

 glabrum, ramis virgatis gracillimis, foliis caulinis linearibus 

 remote calloso-serratis 2-3 pollicaribus, capsulis fere filiformibus, 

 seminibus minutis oblongis laevibus longissime comosis. 



Hunsh : Patung district (A. Henry, 1043 !). Herb. Kew. 

 This is apparently a distinct new species ; but as the specimens 



