476 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON 
medicament, and it is also used for flavouring soups and other 
culinary purposes, for which it is cultivated. It was therefore 
a surprise to find specimens of this species in Dr. Henry’s col- 
lection from Szemao, especially as no other species of the genus 
is known to exist in Eastern India, China, Japan, or the Amur. 
Dr. Henry’s specimens are under two numbers, from the forests 
south-east of Szemao, at 4000 to 4500 feet. I can only suppose 
that it was introduced, by some means, long ago. The fact that 
it was cultivated in Dutch gardens more than two hundred years 
ago (Hermann, ‘ Hortus Academicus Lugduno-Batavus,’ 1687, 
p. 236, cum ic. xylogr.) strengthens this supposition. The further 
fact that Descourtilz (* Flore Pittoresque et Médicale des Antilles,’ 
viii. p.317, t. 585) states that Rheede, “ observateur du Malabar,” 
recommends it for medicinal purposes, also favours this view. 
Where Rheede published such a thing I bave not been able to 
ascertain; but it is not, I believe, in his ‘ Hortus Malabaricus.’ 
TUPIDANTHUS CALYPTRATUS, Hook. f. § Thoms. (Bot. Mag. 
t. 4908).—A grotesque-looking, large, shrubby member of the 
Araliacex, originally found in the Khasia mountains. Sir William 
Hooker, loc. cif., says: “This is, perhaps, the most remarkable 
plant of the order to which it belongs.’ And Bentham and 
Hooker (* Genera Plantarum, i. 947) have the following 
note :—“ Stigmatum series in icone citata [Bot. Mag. t. 4908] 
falso depicta est, nunquam lineam simplicem centralem formant ; 
in quoque flore ultra 90 enumeravimus." In Dr. Henry’s 
specimens I have counted upwards of 160 cells in one ovary; 
probably the only species of plant having so large a numher. In 
some respects it recalls Sararanga sinuosa, Hemsl. (Journ. Linn. 
Soc., Bot. xxx. (1895) t. 2; et xxxii. (1896) tt. 4-7 ; Hook. Ic. PI. 
t. 2584), especially in having a large numberof carpels sinuously 
arranged. Dr. Henry's specimens bear ripe seeds, and the new 
facts brought to light by his specimens will be illustrated in an 
early part of Hooker a" Icones Plantarum,’ t. 2672, ined. 
TREVESIA PALMATA, var. CHEIRANTHA, was exhibited as an 
instance of extreme variability in the cutting or lobing of the 
leaves; a character so remarkably exemplified in some New 
Zealand species of Pana. 
LONICERA CALCARATA, Hemsl. (Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2632), is a 
handsome species, remarkable for the long corolline spur. 
