400 70. dipsace.3:. 



Httpeh : Ichang (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 

 Khasia hills, Eastern India. 



2. Dipsacus japonicns, Miq. in Ann. Mus. JSot. Lugd.-Bat. fii. 

 p. 114 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 159 ; Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc. 1879, p. 26. 



Dipsacus Gmelini, Maxim. Fl. PeJc. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472, non 

 Bieb. 



Chihli : Jehol (Tatarinoto ex Maximowicz ; David ex 

 Franchet). 



Japan. 



1. Scabiosa Fischeri, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 658 ; Ledeb. Fl Boss. 

 ii. p. 456 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472 ; 

 Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 23 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 159. 



Chihli : Peking (Kirilow ! Bretschneider ! Bushell ! Mcellen- 

 dorffl Carlesl); Shingktng: Peiling, between Moukden and the 

 Taloo river (Webster I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Altai and Dahuria eastward to Mandsburia. 



[Scabiosa cochinchinensis, Lour. (Fl. Cocbinch. p. 68), is an 

 obscure plant, tbe Chinese name of which, according to Bret- 

 schneider (Early Bes. p. 156), is applied in Canton to Elephan- 

 topus scaber, Linn.] 



71. COMPOSITE: VebNONIACEuE. 



1. Vernonia Andersoni, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 26; Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 241. 



Vernonia Cumingiana, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 232, et 

 Fl. Hongk. p. 170, pro parte. 



Fokien: Foochow (Carlesl); Fobmosa (Oldham, 232 !); 

 Hongkong (Champion ! Wilfordl Wright I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Assam, Birma, and Tenasserim. 



Cuming's Philippine plant, associated with this by Bentham, is 

 a distinct species ; therefore, in order to avoid further confusion, 

 we adopt Clarke's later name. 



2. Vernonia bracteata, Wall. Cat. n. 2921 ; Clarke, Comp. Ind. 

 p. 17, excl. syn. ; Wight, ex BZook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 232. 



Hupeh : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry, 29, 296, 521, 

 958, 2176, 2306 !) ; Szechuen : Wuchu gorge ( Faber !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



Eastern India and Birma. 



