64. UMBELLIFEE.E. 329 



Chihli: near Peking {Bret Schneider, hb. Forbes I Williams, 

 hb. ITance !). Mus. Brit. 

 Central Siberia. 



[Sium Sisarum, Linn., recorded by Loureiro as cultivated in 

 China, has not been observed by recent botanists, according to 

 Bretschneider (Early Ees. p. 154) ; and the Chinese name cited 

 by Loureiro is applied in Japan to CEnanthe stolonifera, DC. 

 Sium grcecum, Linn. (Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 179), is an altogether 

 obscure plant.] 



1. Notnosmyrnium japonicum, Mia. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. iii. p. 58 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 140. 

 Kiakgsi : Kiukiang (David ex Franchet). 

 Japan. 



1. Pimpinella diversifolia, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 122 ; Clarke in 

 Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 688. 



Pimpinella sinica, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 113; Maxim, in Mel. 

 Biol. ix. p. 185. 



Platyraphe japonica, Miq. in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 56? 



Hupkh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 

 85, 1057, 2363, 2923 !) ; Kwangtung : Tsingyune, North river 

 (Sampson 6f Hance, 13739 !), White Cloud hill (Sampson, 

 1013 !), Lofaushan (Ford !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan, and common on the mountains of North India. 



[In the Kew Herbarium are several flowering specimens of 

 Umbelliferse, probably of the genus Pimpinella. They include 

 Corean Archipelago, Oldham, 307 ; Patung, A. Henry, 2516; the 

 same, 3155 ; the same, 2419 ; Lofaushan, Ford, 118 ; and Kiu- 

 kiang, Shearer, 20.] 



1. Cryptotaenia canadensis, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 119 ; Hance in 

 Journ. Bot. 1865, p. 340, et 1870, p. 276 ; Macoun, Cat. Canad. 

 PI i. p. 182. 



Cryptotaenia japonica, Hassk. Retzia, i. p. 113. 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer I) ; Hupeh : Patung district and 

 Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry !) ; Kwang- 

 TTJNG : Sichushan (Parry, hb. Hance !) ; Luchu Aecuipelago 

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



