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prominenti-anguloso penn:se anserinz crassitie squamas sparsas ob- 
longo-lineares acutiusculas erecto-patulas semipollicares gerente cum 
iis bracteis sepalisque pilis crispulis septatis glandulosis tomentoso, 
floribus sessilibus in spicam multifloram densissimam cylindricam 
2-23-pollicarem congestis, bractea lanceolata acuminata sepala ob- 
longo-lanceolata vix ad medium equaliter bifida lobis acuminatis 
plurinervia basi breviter connata fere duplo superante, corolla lutea 
tubulosa leviter incurva extus pilis capitatis consita intus glabra basi 
zequali sursum paulo ampliata 10 lin. longa sepalis duplo longiore 
labio superiore rotundato truncato integro medio mucronulato superiore 
paulo longiore trilobo lobis deltoideis omnibus crenulatis ciliatis, sta- 
minibus medio circiter tubo insertis corollz «equilongis filamentis basi 
glanduloso-pilosis ceterum glabris, antheris in sicco luteolis inter se 
cohzrentibus secus loculorum margines albobarbatis, stylo glandu- 
loso-piloso stigmate exserto bilobo lobis crassis rotundatis piloso-glan- 
dulosis divergentibus.—In montibus ad occasum Peking sitis, m. Junio 
1870 legit Dr. E. Bretschneider. (Exsicc. n. 17048.) 
Allied to O. ammophila, C. A. M., which, however, has a much 
less compaet spike, unequally lobed sepals nearly as long as the 
bract, and a violet corolla. An Amurian specimen of this, re- 
ceived from M. Maximowicz, has not * bractez florem «quantes,” 
as described by Reuter. 
36. DIDYMOCARPUS LANUGINOSA, Wall.—In montium rupibus China 
borealis, Aug. flf. leg. Rev. P. Arm. David. 
Precisely similar to a specimen of Drs. Hooker and Thomson 
from tropieal Khasia. 
37. ELSHOLTZIA STAUNTONI, Bth. Ramis canescenti-tomentellis, 
foliis subtus pallidis crebre impresso-punctatis, verticillastris densis 
secundis, bracteis parvis ovato-lanceolatis calycibus griseo-canis im- 
presso-punctatis subtriplo longioribus, corollis tomentosis ut videtur 
roseis.—Ad Nan kau, Chine septentrionalis, mense Septembri 1867 
legit Dr. S. W. Williams. 
38. SALVIA (PLETHIOSPHACE) POGONOCALYX, sp. nov. Caule erecto 
simplici pedali villoso, foliis inferioribus longius petiolatis cordato- 
ovatis superioribus sensim brevius petiolatis plerumque trisectis seg- 
mentis lateralibus terminali brevioribus plerumque imbricantibus ob- 
tusiusculis crenato-dentatis supra hirtulis subtus praecipue secus venas 
cum petiolo dense villoso-hirsutis, racemis terminalibus simplicibus 
rachi glanduloso-hirsutis, verticillastris 6-8-floris approximatis, brac- 
teis parvis lanceolatis, pedicellis brevibus, calycibus campanulatis 
glanduloso-pilosis labio postieo integro apicem versus glabro sordide 
pürpureo antico longiore deorsum porrecto spinoso-bidentato intus 
medio annulo denso pilorum longorum alborum munitis, corolla vio- 
