484 MR. S. TROYTE DUNN ON 
China; since then 83 new species have been described from that 
region, chiefly by Franchet, while the present collections add 
11 more and bring the total number known from China up to 
129. In the ‘ Flora of British India’ 63 species are enumerated, 
of which 43 occur in the northern part of that area, 3 extending 
into China, and 2 into the higher regions of Tibet. This genus 
is remarkable for the diversity in habit of the various species. 
S. Dryas has about twelve long-petiolate radical leaves, in shape 
and texture much resembling those of the common ivy; the long 
scape bears a solitary capitulum. 8. fibrillosum, Dunn, also has 
most of the leaves radical, but the scape bears many capitula in 
a raceme. In 8, dididymantha, Dunn, and S. Hoi, Dunn, the — 
numerous capitula are arranged in much-branched panicles, and 
the latter species is a climber. S. glumaceus, Dunn, has 
1-flowered capitula. 
Ninety-two species of Saussurea occur in China and 39 in 
British India, of which 9 extend into the higher regions of Tibet, 
where 3 endemic species exist, as well as 3 common to other 
regions. 
Lthabdothamnopsis, Hemsl., is a new genus of Cyrtandrace®, 
resembling somewhat the New Zealand Rhabdothamnus Solandri, 
A. Cunn., in habit. It is allied to Bea and Streptocarpus, from 
both of which it differs in being a small, erect shrub with solitary 
flowers in the axils of the leaves. 
Two new species of Aischynanthus are here described by 
Mr. Hemsley, one of which adds a second species to the sectiou 
Microtrichium, characterized by the short solitary hair at each 
end of the seed.—C. H. Wriaur. 
Magnolia Henryi, Dunn; M. pterocarpe, Roxb., habitu similis, 
fructu longe divergens. ; 
Arbor 20-25-pedalis, preter pilos paucos adpressos infra folia 
juniora omnino glabra, ramulis luteis. Folia coriacea, siccitate 
fortiter utrinque reticulata, obovato-oblonga, 8-26 poll. longs, 
acuminata, ad basin acutam angusta, nervis primariis 20-40; 
subter prominentibus. Florwm alabastra ovoidea, spatha glabra 
voluta; pedunculi 4-5 poll. longi, arcuati. Sepala 3, coriacea, 
oblonga, 2-24 poll. longa. -Petala 5, alba, sepalis similia. Ova 
riorum spica stamina excedens. Fructus maturus cylindricus, 
4-5 poll. longus, 1-14 poll. diam. Oarpella ovoidea, rugosa, 
breviter rostrata. 
