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mis 2-5 poll, lougis 6-13 lin. latis, ligulis breviter productis truncatia 

 vel obtusis, floribus terminalibus paucis, bracteis scariosis ex apice 

 truncato lacinulam exquisite subulatam exserentibns. — In rupibus 

 musoosis stillantibus torrentium ccenobio buddliistico Fi-loi-tsz opposi- 

 torum, secus fliiviurn North River, florentera et fructificantem, d. 27 

 Julii, 1864, coll. Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 11369.) 



This plant, of which I have not seen living specimens, is exceedingly 

 close to M. linearis, Wall., but differs by its broader, less gTadually 

 attenuated leaves, shorter, almost truncate ligulae, and scarious bracts, 

 with a blunt apex, from whence arises a long setaceous point. 



9. Fritillaria collicola, n. sp. ; glaberrima, foliis infimis oppositis 

 niediis lernis summo solitario lanceolato-linearibus planis acutis florali- 

 bus cuique flori geminis anguste linearibus apice cirrhoso-revolutis 

 flores paulo superantibus, floribus 3 nutantibus pollicaribus, pedunculis 

 5-linealibus, perigonii campanulati etessellati venoso-striati phyllis con- 

 formibus oblongis obtusis genitalia inter se sequalia duplo excedenti- 

 bus, filamentis e basi dilatata fiUformibus antheris obtusis duplo loiigi- 

 oribus, stylo ovario bis longiore apice trifido lobis patentibus. — In 

 collibus provincise Che-kiang collegit clar. Guil. Tarrant. (Exsicc. 

 n. 1165.) 



Belongs to the group containing F. verticillata, Willd., F. liutkenica, 

 Wikstr., etc. The Japanese F. Thmibergii, Miq., unknown to me, 

 must be a very near ally ; but it is described as with the anthers longer 

 than the filaments and apiculate, and the shape only slightly longer 

 than the ovary, besides differences in the foliage. 



10. Biplachne Sinensis, n. sp. ; radice crasse fibrosa, bipedalis, erecta, 

 nodis glabris, vaginis elongatis ore pilosis, ligula nulla, foliis elongato- 

 linearibus acutissimis glaucescentibus scabris, paniculae elongatse diffusae 

 rachi flexuosa angulata ramis solitariis scabris ad insertionem pilosis 

 erecto-patentibus infimis subsecunde ramulosis, spiculis 6-7-floris, 

 glumis insequalibus superiore fere duplo niajore flosculi proximi dimi- 

 diura attingentibus membranaceis lanceolatis acyminatis exaristatis 

 carina scabriusculis inferiore plerumque 3- superiore 5-nervia nervislate- 

 ralibus sursum evanescentibus, flosculis pedicello tertiam glumellse longi- 

 tudinis partem circiter sequanti callo barbato terminato impositis, glu- 

 mellis subaequalibus ciliatis inferiore subseptemnervia apice tricuspidata 

 cuspide media in aristulam brevem producta superiorem paululo bre- 

 viorem inferne nervis binis altius confluentibus percursam apice emar- 



