166 PRorESsoa oliykr on plants from japans*, etc. 



Islands, of Z. villosa^ Pers., a pkiit once supposed to be of North 



American origin. 



Dasr/Joma, Nagasaki. Near D, laciniatum^ Miq. ; perhaps a va- 

 riety of jD. glaucum, DC. 



Viscum alhum^ L. var. Under this name a few specimens are 

 distributed of a Mistletoe, said to be from Fusiyama. I think 

 it very probable that Ksempfer's plant (V. K(£mpferij DC.J may 

 be the same. 



'En'kxjlia^ GrifGlli. A slender Cucurbit from Nagasaki, with 

 male flowers only, belongs to this genus and probably to an 

 Himalayan species, referred to Zanonia by "Wallich. 



Turczaninotviay Nagasaki. A plant agreeing well with the T. 

 fastigiata figured by DeCandolle (Structure et Classification des 

 Composees, &e., p. 20, t. iv.), unless it be that the lateral nerves 

 of the leaves are rather more marked. The aehenes, however, are 

 hairy, and I find this distinctly the case also in Turczaninow'sDa- 

 hurian Aster fastigiafus^ preserved in the Hookerian Herbarium, 

 the plant upon Avhich Turczaninowia was founded by DeCandolle. 

 The pappus is uniserial and snbequal, and the radiate florets are 

 fertile in both. I suppose the genus must merge into Aster. 



Ludwigia, a species near to the Indian L. diffusa, Ham., Nagasaki. 



Leptocoma racemosa^ Less., Nagasaki. Agrees well with the 

 Himalayan plant, as shown me by Dr. Thomson. 



Parechites Thmhergii^ A. Gray. This name was merged as a 

 synonym of Mhyncliospermum jasminoides by my friend Mr. Black 

 in his list of Japanese plants. The plants so named are probably 

 identical. Oldham, however, sends fruiting specimens which show 

 that this plant is no Bhgnchosj^erimim^ the coma being sessile. 

 Under the circumstances therefore it must remain in Parechites. 

 It is very unfortunate that the fruit of the original species of this 

 genus should be undescribed.^ .It is consequentlv iust possible 



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that the Japanese plant may some day require another transfer. 

 It was published by Professor Miquel. Dr. Thomson has directed 

 my attention to the close similarity of Tclinocarpns fragrans^ Walk 

 (treated as a doubtful Ichnocarpus by A. Dt^Candolle in the Pro- 

 iromus), to P. Thunlergii. They appear to be congeneric; per- 

 haps, indeed, conspccific. The seed of the original BhjncTiosper- 



Wallichii. A. DC.) is terminated 



Reach 



Asclepiadea^ spec, dub, Oldham sends from Loi 

 archipelago, a twining Asclepiad with linear lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, petiolate, obsoletely pubescent leaves, 3-5 ins. long, with 



