324 SPICILEGIA FLOR^ SINENSIS. 



semel trichotomis, capitulis densissimis circ. 8 lin. diametro basi 

 bracteis 4 ovatis ea superantibixs stipatis 2 exterioribus majoribus 

 et latioribus, floiibus sessilibus, capsula Crustacea globosa, semini- 

 bus in quovis loculo pluribus nigris angulatis rugulosis. 



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

 rev. E.'Faber. (Herb, propr. n. 22223.) 



The specimens have fully ripe dehiscent fruit, so that I cannot 

 describe the flowers. It is very closely allied to H. verticlllaris 

 Wall. ! but readily distinguished by the colour and venation of the 

 leaves, the greater size of the capitula, and the shape of the con- 

 spicuous involucral bracts. In the ' Flora of Brit. India ' (vol. iii. 

 pp. 53, 54), Sir Joseph Hooker refers to two Chinese species 

 received from me, under their numbers. The first had been 

 described in these pages (Journ. Bot. 1879, 11) more than a year 

 previously, by the name of H. effusa ; the other as long ago as 1862 

 (Ann. sc. nat. 4e. ser. xvii. 221) under that of H. consamjuinea. 



19. Hedyotis xanthochroa, sp. nov. — Perennis, caulibus 

 tetragonis sulcatis tomentellis demum glabratis, foliis sessilibus 

 elongato-ovatis supra scabridis subtus breviter strigilloso-pilosis sub 

 lente nigro-glandulosis 7-nerviis nervis subtus tantum consj^icuis 

 1^-2:^ poll, lougis 8-12 lin. latis flavidis, stipulis lanceolatis 

 strigoso-pilosis et nigro-glandulosis, cymis terminalibus breviter 

 pedunculatis densis subcapituliformibus bracteis foliis homomorj)his 

 sed minoribus stipatis, calyce piloso ad duas tertias longitudinis in 

 segmenta lineari-lanceolata diviso 3 lineali, corollae cferulefe utrin- 

 que pilosffi 5^ lin. longte tubo cylindraceo laciuiis ligulatis apice 

 recurvis tubo ^quilongis, genitalibus e tubo exsertis, filamentis 

 glaberrimis. 



In jugo Lo-fau-shan, prov. Cantonensis, alt. 3400 ped., m. 

 Sept. 1883, leg. C. Ford. (Herb, propr. n. 22297.) 



In the absence of fruit it is impossible to determine the proper 

 sectional position of this distinctly-marked species ; but I suspect 

 it belongs to Dlplophraijnia, though unlike any other known to me. 



20. Morinda viUoaa Hook. f. — In jugo Lo-fau-shan, prov. 

 Cantonensis, m. Sept. 1883, coll. C. Ford. Only previously known 

 from the Khasia monntains. Mr. Ford's plant was determined 

 at Kew. 



21. Lasiantlms (nudiflori) Fordii, sp. nov. — Prteter stipulas 

 petiolos venas venulasque subtus strigosas glaber, foliis mem- 

 branaceis elliptico-lauceolatis exquisite caudato-acumiuatis basi 

 cuneatis costulis ad utramque latus 5 tenuibus valde arcuatis 

 suprema in acumen continuata trabeculis tenuissimis connexis sub- 

 tus magis conspicuis 3^-4 poll, longis 1-1^ poll. latis petiolo tenui 

 4-5 lineali, stipulis parvis triangulatis, drupa subsphferica dentibus 

 calycinis brevibus triaugulato-subulatis strigillosis coronata 2 lin. 

 alta, pyrenis 4. 



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

 Ford. (Herb, propr. n. 22280.) 



Judging from the description, for I have seen no specimens, 

 this is most nearly allied to L. japonicus Miq., a species overlooked 

 by Franchet and Savatier. 



