490 DESCBIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



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258. Sixteenth line from bottom : for Malus microcarpa, Torringo ; 



Can*., read Malus microcarpa-Torringo, Carr. 



265. Astilbe polyandra, Hemsl., is probably a state of Spiraa 



Aruncus. 



321. Gynostemma ? Complete specimens since received, and it is 



the type of a new genus, Hemsleya chinensis, Cogn., 

 Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1822, ined. 



322. Under Begonia BZenryi: for B. Fordii read B. firnbri- 



stipula. 



332. (Enanihe Thomsoni : Dr. Henry has sent good fruiting spe- 

 cimens, which prove that this is a distinct new species. 



338. Aralia quinquefolia was first so named by Plauch. et 

 Decne. in Rev. Hort. 1854, p. 164. 



340. Acanthopanax ricinifolium : for Linn, read Seem. 



402. Fourth line from bottom : for Mephantophus read Elephan- 

 topus. 



411. Aster Oerlachii : add Ford ! and Mus. Brit. 



412. Sixteenth line from top : for Meyendorfii read Meyendorffii, 



and for p. 81 read p. 86. 

 488. Scorzonera : Maximowicz's recent monograph of the species 

 of Eastern Asia (Mel. Biol. xii. pp. 731-741) was over- 

 looked until it was too late. He reduces S. macrosperma, 

 Ledeb., to S. albicaulis, Bunge, and he also records the 

 N". Indian and N. Asian S. divaricata from Shansi. 



DESCRIPTION OP THE PLATES. 



Plate I. 



A map of China and Corea, with the Islands included in the ' Index 



Florae Sinensis.' 



Plate II. 

 A. Polygala hongkongensis, Hemsl. 

 Fig. 1. A branch, natural size. 



2. A flower, enlarged. 



3. Crest of the keel, enlarged. 



4. Stamens and lateral petals, enlarged. 



5. A stamen, enlarged. 



6. Pistil, enlarged. 



B. Polygala Mariesii, Hemsl. 

 Fig. 7. A branch, natural size. 



8. A flower, enlarged. 



9. Stamens, enlarged. 



