318 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



^ Daphne retusa, Hemsl. 

 ^ D. odorce arete affinis sed foliis crassis subcarnosis emarginatis 



sat differ t. 



Frutex densissime ramosus, ut videtur nanus, ramis brevibus 

 crassis apice tantum foliosis inter folia fulvo-hirsutis. Folia 

 conferta, sessilia vel subsessilia, crassa, eoriacea vel subcarnosa, 

 glabra, siccitate corrugata, oblonga vel anguste obovata, 6-15 

 lineas longa, leviter emarginata simul rotundata, basi vix 

 cuneata, margine revoluta, venis immersis obscurissimis. Flores 

 ad apices ramorum sessiles, subcapitati, bracteis obovato spathu- 

 latis quam flores dimidio brevioribus cito deciduis ; perianthium 

 subcarnosum, glabrum, circiter 9 lineas longum et diametro, 

 lobis latis fere rotundatis venosis, tubo crasso corrugato ; stamina 

 4 superiora breviter exserta ; ovarium glabrum, stigmate sessili* 

 JSacca ignota. 



Pratt, 737. 



I was at first disposed to treat this as a stunted mountain 

 form of Daphne odora, Thunb., but the very thick, small, emar- 

 ginate leaves are so very different that it is easily distinguished. 



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- Calanthe ecarinata, Bolfe. 



Folia obovato-oblonga, brevissime et abrupte acuminata, basi 

 attenuata, 3-5 poll, longa, 1|-2| poll. lata. Scapus 1 ped. altus, 

 puberulus, circa 10-florus. JBractea ovato-lanceolatae, acuminata, 

 2|-3 lin. longaD. Fedicelli 6 lin. longi. Sepala oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, brevissime acuminata, 6-7 lin. longa. Petala sepalis similia, 

 angustiora. Labellum columna adnatum, sessile, ecalcaratuin, 

 trilobum, ecarinatum, lobo medio flabellato-rotundato obtuso 

 2$ lin. diametro, lobis lateralibus orbiculari-oblongis 1| lio. 

 longis. Columna brevis, lata. 



Pratt, 765. 



Closely allied to C. tricarinata, Lindl., but with the front lobe 

 of the lip quite sessile, and without the slightest trace of the 

 conspicuous keels of that species, in which also the front lobe of 

 the lip is distinctly stalked and the side lobes laterally attached 

 to the same. 



d* 7 % Calanthe buccinifera, Bolfe. 



^ Folia breviter petiolata, obovato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, 



basi attenuata, 4-12 poll, longa, 1|-2| poll. lata. Scapus 1-1 £ 

 ped. altus, glabrus, multiflorus. Bractece lineari-lanceolatae, 



