286 NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



59. E. SEPiuM Thuill. — Europe. Numerous varieties. 



ugrestis Savi. 



inodora Fries {Khikii Besser). 



60. E. FERox M. B.— North Asia. 



61. E. GLUTiNOSA S. & S. ipidvendenta M. B. — Orieut. 



62. E. LUTEA Miller [Eylanteria L.). — Orieut. 



punicea Miller. 



NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



By W. Botting Hemsley, A.L.S. 



A SMALL parcel of dried plants received at Kew from Mr. Ford, of 

 the Botanic Garden, Hongkong, contains the following apparently 

 undescribed species, besides others of great interest : — 



^ Ceropegia tricliantha Hemsl., n. sp. — Glaberrima, caulibus 

 gracilibus volubilibus ; foliis petiolatis subcarnosis ovato-lauceolatis 

 li_2i- poll, longis acute acuminatis ; pedunculis paucifloris foliis 

 brevioribus vel sequantibus, pedicellis filiformibus floribus breviori- 

 I bus; floribus angustis leviter curvatis 1|- poll, longis; cal^ycis lobis 

 subulatis ; corollse lobis arcuatis tubo sequilongis e basi lanceolata 

 filiformibus, sursum denuo latioribus, apice cohferentibus, intus jm- 

 mum pilis sparsis longis candidis instructis ; coronte lobis sparse 

 ciliatis, ligulis linearibus erectis, ovario glabro ; folliculis tenuibus 

 divaricatis, 4-5 poll, longis, circiter 2 lineas latis, seminibus sub- 

 clavatis concavo-convexis. 



Cape d'Aguilar, Ford. 



Aristolochia (Diplolobus) Fordiana Hemsl., n. sp. — Affinis 

 A. Tagahc, ramulis gracilibus volubilibus glabris ; foliis petiolatis 

 i tenuibus cordato-ovatis, sinu profundo, longe acuminatis acutis- 

 N simis cum petiolo usque ad 5 poll, longis minute reticulato venosis 

 5-7-nerviis supra glabris subtus puberulis ; floribus parvis (vix 

 1 poll, longis) glabris axillaribus solitariis (an semper?) peduncu- 

 latis ; perianthio valde inaequaliter 2-labiato, labio majore ovato- 

 oblongo tubo paullo longiore, fauce nuda ; columna brevi glabra ; 

 antheris 6 brevibus. 



Taimo Mountain, opposite Hongkong, A. B. Westland. 



Aristolochia Westlandi Hemsl., n. sp. — Habitu ramulis 

 foliisque A. low/if olue simillima, sed foliis undulatis basi saBpius 

 •^ distincte auriculatis supra nitidis, floribus plusquam duplo majori- 

 bus, perianthio peltiformi reticulato-venoso extus sericeo villoso 

 ferrugineo, tubo ?, limbo circumscriptione cordiformi ecaudate 

 usque ad 6 poll, diametro, fauce annulata glabra; columna brevi, 

 ut videtur 6-lobata ; antheris 6 columna fere jequantibus. 



Taimo Mountain, opposite Hongkong, A. B. Westland. 



The foliage of this is so like that of A. longifolui that, without 

 flowers, one might regard it as a variety ; but the flowers are 

 nearly three times as large, and appear to be very different in 

 shape, having a relatively shorter tube. The flowers, however, 



