NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 501 
Frutex scandens. Caulis angulatus, striatus, tenuiter tomen- 
tosus. Folia alterna, chartacea, late angusteve ovata, 3-4 poll. 
longa, acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem subito contracta, 
trinervia, integerrima, preecipue subtus in nervis sparse 
pubescens, utrinque leviter reticulata, glandulis — sessilibus 
nitentibus conspersa. Capitula in ramulorum finibus confertim 
3-7ua corymbosa, multiflora, fragrantia, 5-7 lin. diam. Invo- 
luera campanulata; bractee multiseriate, oblonge, acute, 
leviter lanuginose. Flores involucro vix duplo longiores; recep- 
tacula foveolata. Corolla aurea, extus glandulosa. Achenia 
cylindrica, striata, hirtella; pappi sete precipue apice hirte, 
exteriores paucew breviores. 
Yunnan: Linan at 5000 ft., A. Henry, 13343. “Only seen 
once on a march between Szemao and Mengtze, climbing over 
low shrubs.” 
Vernonia sylvatica, Dunn; a V. scandente, DC., pappo longo 
albo distincta. 
Frutex alte scandens. Ramuli cylindrici, striati, cum petiolis, 
foliorum venis, pedunculis involucrisque rufo pubescentes.  /olia 
alterna, breviter petiolata, chartacea, ovata vel oblonga, 3-6 poll. 
longa, acuta, acumine obtuso, mucronato, basi obliqua rotundata, 
integerrima, utrinque leviter reticulata, preter nervos glabra, 
glandulis immersis conspersa. Capitula in paniculis magnis 
terminalibus disposita, circiter 10-flora, 3-5 lin. diam. Lnvolucra 
1-2 lin. longa; bractex pluriseriate, lanceolate, acute. Flores 
purpurei, involucro 3-4-plo longiores. Achenia glabra; pappi 
sete subleves, albz, involucro 3-plo longiores, exteriores multe, 
breves. 
Yunnan: forests of the Red River at Mengtze from 6000 to 
7000 ft., Hancock, 470 ; Mengtze and Szemao forests, 4500-5000 
ft., 4. Henry, 11051, 11697, 11697 A. 
Aster nigromontana, Dunn; ab A. trinervio, Roxb., involucro 
laxo, bracteis internis denticulatis distinguenda. 
Caulis striatus, flexuosus, infra inflorescentiam glaber. Folza 
superiora sessilia, chartacea, ovata, acuminata, basi angustata, 
4-6 poll. longa, grosse apiculato-serrata, supra hirtis paucis 
strigosis sparsa, aliter glabra; inferiora non visa. Capitula late 
corymbosa, 8-10 lin. diam., pedurculis pubescentibus, bracteo- 
latis. Znvolucra campanulata, 3 lin. longa; bracteze lineares, 
