CARYOPHYLLACEE OF SZE-CHUEN. 497 
N. Sze-chuen. These were distributed through the Petersburg 
Botanie Garden to various herbaria. 
A. E. Pratt, A collection made in 1890, chiefly in the neigh- 
bourhood of Tachien-lu, at elevations of 2700 to 4000 metres. 
This colleetion passed through Mr. Hemsley's hands, and the 
new species were described by him in 1892 in the Society's 
Journal (vol. xxix.). The list of numbers, however, was not 
published in the memoir. 
Prince Henry of Orleans. A small collection (no duplicates) 
made in the same year, between Tachien-lu and the Tibetan 
frontier. 
Dr. A. Henry. Collected in 1889 in Western Hu-peh, and 
the Wushan distriets of Sze-chuen. The numbered specimens 
are constantly cited in the later parts of the ‘Index Flore 
Sinensis.' 
Rev. E. Faber. Ascended Mt. Omei, an isolated elevation on 
the Min river, more than 3300 metres high, in 1887, and bota- 
nized it; he afterwards further explored the Yang-tze valley in 
Sze-chuen. 
Abbé Soulié. The districts of Tachien-lu and Tongo-lo, and the 
prineipality of Kiala, were carefully explored by him in 1893. 
Part of the collection has been worked out by M. Franchet. 
From the character of the country traversed, the examination 
of further portions of the specimens will probably yield many 
additions to the Chinese flora. 
Abbé Piccoli. A small collection from Shen-si and N. Sze- 
chuen in 1896. 
The limits of the province of Sze-chuen seem to vary according 
to the politieal bias of the cartographer, and differ considerably 
in different maps. For the purpose of this paper, the limits are 
those defined in the carefully constructed map of China by 
Dr. Emil Bretschneider, issued in sections. 
DriaNTHUS. 
Subg. Caryophyllastrum, sect. Fimbriatum. 
H yophy 
1. D. SUPERBUS, Linn. 
Hab. Tachien-lu (Pratt, n. 497, n. 535, 1890 ; Soulié, n. 262. 
1893). 
