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SPICILEGIA FLOR^ SINENSIS: DIAGNOSES OF NEW, 

 AND HABITATS OF EARE OR HITHERTO UN- 

 RECORDED, CHINESE PLANTS. 



By H. F. Hance, Ph.D., Memb. Acad. Nat. Cur., &c. &c. 



IX. 



1. Clematis (Viticella) Stronachii Hance. — Ad Pa-kong, juris- 

 dictione Tsiug-iin, prov. Cautonensis, 130 m. p. ab urbe, d. 4 Apr. 



1882, leg. rev. B. C. Henry. Only known previously from Cbin- 

 kiang, in Kiang-su province, about 500 miles north of the station 

 now recorded. 



2. Clematis [Flammitla) orientalis L. — Circa Ha-mi, Turkestanias 

 chinensis, Maio 1881, leg. W. Mesny. 



3. Salomonia (Ejnrhizanthes) aplujlla Griff. — In jugo Lo-fau- 

 slian, prov. Cantonensis, m. Sept. 1883, leg. rev. E. Faber. Only 

 hitherto known from Tenasserim, Malacca, and the Malay Islands. 



4. Hypericum (^Euhi/jjericum) Holosejjalam) attenuatum Choisy. — 

 In jugo Lo-fau-shan, prov. Cantonensis, alt. 3100 ped., m. Sept. 



1883, leg. C. Ford. Not previously collected south of Kiu-kiang, 

 in the extreme north of the province of Kiang-si. 



5. Actinidia fulvicoma, sp. nov. — Ramis glaberrimis pur- 

 pureo-cinereis, ramulis dense fulvo-lanatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis basi plerumque subcordatis margine setaceo-serratis 

 supra sparsim hirtellis costa strigosa subtus tomento stellato denso 

 pallide ferrugineo tectis 2-4 poll, longis 1-2 poll, latis petiolo fulvo- 

 lanato 4-6 lineali, pedunculis petiolum aequantibus 1-3 lioris, 

 floribus polygamis, sepalis oblongis extus cum bracteolis linearibus 

 densissime fulvo-lanatis 2 lin. longis, petalis oblongis obtusissimis 

 3 lin. longis, fructu oblougo 8-10 lineali. 



In jugo Lo-fau-shan, prov. Cantonensis, m. Maio 1883, leg. 

 rev. B. C. Hem-y. (Herb, propr. n. 22293). 



There is a great similarity between all the species of this genus, 

 but the present seems to differ from all those yet described by its 

 indumentum. 



6. Thea hohea L. — In collibus silva densa virginea tectis, 

 juxta pagum Ta-man-tai, territorii indigenarum Lai dictorum, ins. 

 Hai-nan, d. 14 Nov. 1882, coll. rev. B. C. Henry. Mr. Henry tells 

 me that he cannot doubt that tea is really wild here, as it occurs 

 here and there in the thick jungle, associated with other plants. 

 Tea is not cultivated at all by the Lai tribes, nor do they use it as 

 a beverage ; but they pluck and dry the leaves of the wild plant, 

 and supply the Chinese settlements with a small quantity of what 

 is called " Lai tea." 



7. Gussypii sp. — Leaves entu-e or shortly 3-lobed ; bracteoles 

 palmately laciniate, with slender much attenuated segments. 

 Flowers ivhite. Fruit bony, used in dyeing, but, according to Mr. 

 Henry, produces no cotton. Juxta Lam-ko, ins. Hai-nan, d. 21 

 Oct. 1882, leg. rev. B. C. Henry. I do not know what to make of 



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