432 71. composite: intjloide.j:. 



Brot. iii. p. 147 ; Oliver, Fl. Drop. Afr. iii. p. 869 ; Miq. in Journ. 

 Bot. Neerl. i. p. 104. 



Verbesina chinensis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 901 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 618. 



Kwangtttng: Lofaushan (Ford I) Hongkong (Championl). 

 Mus. Brit ; Herb. Kew. 



Eastern tropical Africa, and recently collected by Mr. T. H. 

 Aplin in the Shan States, east of Birma. 



71. COMPOSITE: HELIANTHOIDEiE. 



1. Adenocaulon bicolor, Hook. Bot. Misc. i. p. 19, t. 15 ; DC. 

 Prodr. vii. p. 207; Hooh.f, Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 302 ; A. Gray, 

 Synop. Fl. N. Am. i. 2, p. 237. 



Adenocaulon adhserescens, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 152 ; Franch. et 

 Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 221. 



Adenocaulon himalaicum, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 64 ; Clarke, 

 Comp. Ind. p. 132. 



Shingking : Chienshan (Boss !) ; Htjpeh : Patung district (A. 

 BZenryX) ; Szechtjen: Mount Omei at 4000 feet (Faberl). Herb. 

 Kew. 



North India, from Simla to Sikkim, Mandshuria and Japan, 

 and inWestern North America, from British Columbia to Southern 

 California and eastward to Lake Superior. 



Gray treats the North-American plant as a distinct species 

 without indicating the differential characters. "Whether that 

 view be accepted or not the distribution of the genus is quite 

 exceptional. There are one or two distinct species which inhabit 

 Chili. 



1. Sheareria nana, 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 227, 

 t. 165. 



Sheareria Polii, Franchet in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 257, t. 198; Pi- 

 David, p. 166. 



Chekiang -. Meichi (Poli ex Franchet) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 (Shearer !) ; Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. 

 Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



The specimens on which Mr. Moore founded the genus are 

 very meagre and imperfect, hence Mr. Franchet believed he had 

 a second species ; but with copious good specimens from Dr. 

 Henry before us we have no hesitation in uniting S. Polii with 

 8. nana. 



