84 DR. H. F. HANCE ON NORTH-CHINA PLANTS. 
mocnemidis sp.?, et in Lespedeza medicaginoide, coll. Dr. S. W. 
Williams; in ineultis, Cantone, in Bidente chinensi, Willd., pre- 
cipue parasiticam, legit Sampson. 
The northern and southern specimens are precisely identical, 
and agree perfectly with the diagnosis in Engelmann’s mono 
graph, only known to me through Dr. Ascherson's Latin version. 
The styles are to some extent variable in length, and not always 
very appreciably unequal. Maximowicz does not record the 
plant from Peking. 
32. SOLANUM DULCAMARA, L.—In meeniis metropoleos Peking, m. 
Aug. 1863, detexit Dr. S. W. Williams. 
New to the Peking flora, and unknown in the neighbouring 
regions, where, however, the allied species or variety £. persi- 
cum, Willd., is met with. 
33. VERONICA ANGUSTIFOLIA, Fisch. 
A comparison with Peking specimens of this gathered by Dr. 
Williams, and Nagasaki ones from Oldham, distributed from 
Kew under n. 643, proves my V. galactites (Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 
sér. v. 232) to be in no respect distinct. The extension of this 
plant into the extreme south-east of China is somewhat remark- 
able. The numerous forms referred to V. paniculata, L., require 
to be examined afresh. 
34. OROBANCHE OMBROCHARES, sp. nov. Caule simplici 8-9-pol- 
licari suleato penna olorina paulo crassiore basi imbricato-squamato 
ceterum squamas adpressas oblongas acutas circiter 5-lineales Wr 
dique gerente inferne parce tomentello superne cum squamis Supe 
rioribus bracteis sepalisque arachnoideo-tomentoso, floribus sessili- 
bus in spicam densam multifloram ovalem 2-21-pollicarem congest!s, 
bractea ovato-lanceolata acuminata sepalis lanceolatis vix ad medium 
inæqualiter bifidis basi subliberis obscure 6-7-nerviis æquilonga, e 
rolla vivide purpureo-violacea extus subarachnoideo-tomentosa intus 
glabra basi paulo ventricosa incurva 10 lin. longa calycem duplo st- 
perante fauce ampliata labiis «equalibus superiore integro inferiore 
trilobo lobis rotundatis erosis eciliatis, genitalibus inclusis, stam!” 
bus infra medium tubum insertis filamentis basi glanduloso-pilos® 
ceterum cum antheris (in sicco) albis apiculatis glabris, stylo glabro 
stigmate subquadrilobo ut videtur livido.—Juxta Peking a. 1368 
leg. cl. Dr. S. W. Williams, quo teste, in tempestatibus pluviosis 122" 
tum viget. (Exsicc. n. 15872.) 08 
Somewhat allied, unless I mistake, to O. cruenta, Bertol. : it !8 
a most handsome species. 
35. OROBANCHE PYCNOSTACHYA, sp. nov. Caule simplici 8-pollican 
