302 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON KEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



pluri-lobulatis, lobulis parvis oblongis obtusiusculis ; petiolus 1- 



2-pollicaris. Flores 12-14 lineas longi, caerulei, petalis apice 



albis, sericeo-pubescentes, dense breviterque racemosi, fere 



horizontals, pedicellis quam flores denmm longioribus, braeteis 



bracteolisque angustissimis ; sepalum posticum longe crasseque 



ealcaratum, calcari Jeviter curvato, limbo obliquo brevissimo ; 



sepala reliqua paullo longiora, anguste oblonga ; petala 4, sepala 



sequantia, fere glabra, 2 anteriora latiora, graciliter unguiculata, 



parce pilosula ; stamina glabra, filamentis dilatatis arete conni- 



ventibus ; ovaria 3, dense pubescentia. Folliculi maturi non visi. 



Pratt, 462. 



This species is near D. dasyantlium, Kar. et Kir., differing in 



robust habit, cutting of the leaves, and floral characters. 



(jW Berberis (§ Euberberis) polyantha, Hemsl. 



Species ex affinitate B. integrifolice sed foliis plus minusve 

 aculeato-denticulatis floribus fasciculatim racemoso-paniculatis. 



Frutex ram is elongatis graciliusculis paucisponsis. Folia 

 crassa, coriacea, persistentia ? dense fasciculata, breviter petiolata 

 vel subsessilia, obovato-spathulata, 9-18 lineas longa, apice 

 rotundata, deorsum attenuata, margine pauci-aculeolata, supra 

 nitida, subtus pallidiora, venis prominenter reticulatis. Paniculcz 

 densse, 2-4 poll, longrc. Flores flavi, inter minores, breviter pecli- 

 cellati. Bacca ignota. 



Pratt, 80, 206, 704. 



Corydalis cheilanthifolia, Hemsl, 



C. aduncce similis sed scaposa foliis majus dissectis floris 

 calcari suraum curvato. 



Herba perennis, glabra, radice fibrosa. Folia erecta, longe 

 petiolata, membranacea, circumscriptione lanceolata, 4-10 poll, 

 longa, bipinnatisecta, segmentis ultimis usque ad 13 parvis 2-4 

 lineas longis ssepius 3-5-dentatis interdum integris. Scapi 

 erecti, folia aequantes vel superantes, pauciflori, laxiflori, braeteis 

 linearibus acutis integris pedicellos aequantibus. Flores parvi, 

 6-8 lineas longi, angusti, calcari lamina dimidio breviore ; sepala 

 e basi lata acuminata, obscure denticulata ; petala exteriora vix 

 cucullata, interiora longe unguiculata ; antherae supra stigma 

 cobserentes. Capsula elongata, moniliformis, circiter pollicaris 

 sed matura non visa. 



Hupeh: South Patung, Dr. A. Henry, 3723, 5399. 



