168 PROFESSOR OLIVER OK PLAINTS EEOM JAPA:K, ETC. 



sitis patentibus v. patentira divaricatis, pilis brevibus pntulis piloso- 

 pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, superiora subsessilia, ovata v. ovato- 

 oblonga v. lanceolata, obtusa v, obtusiuscula, remote crenato-serru- 

 lata, utrinque sparse pilosa v. subtus deiade glabrescentia, 4-8 Un. 

 X2^-4^Iin„ petiolo piloso 1-2 Un. longo. Floras inconspicui, circa 

 I J lin. lougi, in axillis foliorum superiorura floralium caulinis con- 

 forniium solitarii, brevissime pedicellati v, subsessiles, 



OrtJiodon w ould appear to rank near Mentha and Lycopus ; iu 

 some respects it approaches Isanthus^ formerly placed in the 

 same ueighbovirhood by Mr. Bentham. 



Lindera mollis^ sp. nov. (Lindera § Palminervicje^ Meissn.) 



Arbor, innovationibus laxe pilosis raox glabrescetitibus, foliis tripliuer- 

 viis petiolatis proiniscue integris et lobatis, circumseriptiorie cordatis 

 vel late quadrato-ovatis e basi cordata (in foliis indivisis) vel truncatn- 

 rotundatis medio in petiolum breviter cuneato-acutata (in foliis trilo- 

 bulatis), lobis obtusis lobo medio ovato-deltoideo lateralibas super- 

 ante, subtus praecipue ad nervos dense cinnamomeo-sericeo-pilosis, 

 supra glabris glabrescentibusve nervis parce pubescentibus pallidis 

 exceptis, floribus fasciculatis^ pedunculo sparse piloso. 



Hensehel Island, Korean archipelago, 18G3. 



Arbor 25-pedalis. Folia minora sa^pius indivisa, majora apice 3-lobata 

 sinubus rotundatis, sa^pius 2-4 poll, longa atque lata; petiolus f-1 

 poll., pilosus. Pedunculus fructiferus 6-8-lin. apice paulido incras- 

 satus. 



Veitcliia japonica^ Ldl. Mr. Oldham sends several specimens 

 under this name, which he obtained at Yokohama, said to have 

 "been brought from Fusiyama. Tbey consist of the branches of an 

 Abies, bearing pseudo-cones of various size, precisely similar m 

 form and structure (though mostly much larger) to those which, 

 owing to insect punctures, infest Abies alba and A. excelsa in our 

 plantations. I cannot doubt but that it was from fragmentary 

 specimens of these malformations that the genus Veitchia was 

 proposed in the ' Gardener's Chronicle' (18G1, p. 265), though 

 Dr. Lindley was no doubt misled by some seeds supplied to hiub 



al 



which he understood were produced by the cones in question 



norm 



cones 



A specimen of another tree said to grow on Fusiyama, was 

 obtained at Yokohama, which I cannot refer with certainty to its 

 natural order. It is probably a new Bixineous type. The tree 

 is said to be called " Kara Sendan " (or Sendau) b 



frafirment 



It consists 01 



extremity 



