tS2 DR. U. F. UANCK ON THE 



probably in Thunberg's Herbarium alone, bas been found abun- 

 dantly on the Bothasberg within five miles of Grrahamstown. 



The following note to the above paper has been furnished by 

 Professor Oliver. 



[For the convenience of those who have interleaved copies of 

 the * Plora Capensis ' it may be mentioned that at least two other 

 new species of Senecto have been issued by Mr. Mac Ovvan since 

 the publication of the third volume of that work, viz. : — >S'. tro~ 

 pceoJifoliitSj Mac Ow., described and figured in Hooker's ' Icones 

 Plantarum,' t. 1011, a species allied to >S^. oxyricefolms^ DC, 

 from which it differs in its radiate capitula; and >S^. cornii-cervi^ 

 Mae Ow. They may be diagnosed as follows : 



S. TROPiEOLiFOLius, Mac Ow. Herba glaberrima, glaucescens, caule 

 gracih basi fruticuloso ; foliis carnosulis peltatis gracile petiolatis, bte 

 ovato-orbicularibus acute sinuato-angulatis ; scape stricto erecto gra- 

 cilis 1-2-cephalo, bracteis minutis linearibus arcuatis instructo ; invo- 

 lucre campanulato calyculato, squamis 10-12 anguste Hnearibus acunii- 

 natis inargiiiibus teuuiter membranaceis ; radii floribus ad 8, disci 

 10-20; achenio striato glabeirimo. 



Hab, Neai- Graliamstown, Cape of Good Hope. 



Leaves 1 in. diam., scape 8-10 in. tall. Scales of involucre | in. long, 

 equalhng the disk. 



(Of the foUowhig species, a description has been published by 

 tlie Albany Natural History Society, 1867.) 



S. coRNU-CEuvi, Mac Ow, (§ Rigidi). Caule a basi ramoso to- 



mentoso ramis corymbiferis ; foliis oblique profundeque sinuato- 

 pinnatisectis margine revolutis basi subanriculatis supra araneosis 

 subtus albo-tomentosis ; coryrabo composite, rarais primordialibus 

 laxis elongatis ultimis brevissimis inaequalibus, involucro glabro poly- 

 phyllo squamulis 12 araneosis suffulto; floribus disci 40-50, radiis 12 

 angustis ; acheniis striatulis pubescentibus. 

 Hab. Katberg Mountains, Cape of Good Hope. 



Allied to S. juniper inus^ L.] 



* 



On the /Silkworm-Oaks of Northern China. By IIe^'RT T. 

 HaxBe, Ph.D. &c., H.B.M. Yice-Consul, "VATiampoa, China. 

 Communicated bv J. D. Hooker. M.D,. V.P.L.S. 



[Read May 7, 1868.] 



The Commercial Eeport for the year 1865, by Mr. Thomas Taylor 

 Meado^vs, on the Consular District of Newchwang, the most 

 northerly of the ports of China opened to foreign trade by tbe 



