MR. W. B. HEMSLET OX 3STEW CHINESE PLANTS. 303 



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Hemsl, 



Pergracilis, caulibus flexuosis foliis dimorphis caulinis superiori- 

 bus distanter alte pinnatisectis segmentis angustissimis. 



Herba annua ? erecta, circiter semipedalis, undique glabra, 

 caulibus ssepius simplicibus. Folia radicalia (pauca tantum visa) 

 pinnata, 5-7-foliolata, gracillime petiolata ; f oliola orbicularia, 

 vix 2 lineas dianietro, breviter petiolulata ; folia caulina 5-7- 

 lobata, 1-1 1 poll, longa, superiorum segmentis rhachidisque fere 

 subulatis, inferiorum segmentis paullo latioribus. Flores pauci, 

 laxe racemosi, circiter 3 lineas diametro ; sepala ovalia, albo- 

 marginata, quam petala triplo breviora; petala late spathulata. 

 Siliqua matura non visa sed ut videtur gracillima, demum patens 

 vel reflexa. 



»t.aa!iiiati • without Walitv. Dr. A. Henriu 8724 : Pratt, 352. 



,7/ Braya sinensis, Hemsl. (Plate 



Acaulis, radiee simplici crassa fusiformi, foliis integris pauci- 

 dentatis vel pinnatifidis, pedunculis folia sequantibus vel exce- 



dentibus. 



Herba biennis? 2-3 poll, alta, omnino glabra. Folia rosulata, 

 numerosissima, angusta vel angustissima. Pedunculi nudi, 

 uniflori. Flores G-8 lineas diametro ; sepala basi aequalia, ovalia, 

 obtusissima, quam petala dimidio breviora, margine membranacea 

 alba ; petala spatulata, venosa ; filamenta dilatata, glabra ; 

 ovarium 1-loculare, circiter 12-ovulatum, stylo crasso brevi. 



Pratt, 746, 858. 

 Mr. A. Franche 



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Thorns., but on comparing it with the type of that species I find 

 there are considerable differences, though they are certainly 

 closely allied. B. unifiora has not only much smaller almost 

 linear leaves and still shorter scapes, but it is a densely caespitose 

 plant, whilst B. sinensis is invariably unbranched. 





Hypericum 



Species //. chinensi valde affinis a quo ditfert foliis ovato- 

 cordatis sessilibus amplexicaulibus, floribus minoribus laxe 

 dichotomo-cymosis. 



Dr. 

 381 



Min river, Bev. E. Faber, 424 ; w 

 r. 880N : chieflv near Tachienlu. M) 



