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SPICILEGIA FL0R7E SINENSIS. 



serratis trineiviis uervis basalibus ultra medium folium evanescenti- 

 bus supra parce hirtellis denium glabratis utrinque ad nervos pilo- 

 sulis 4-6|- poll, longis 13-22 lin. latis petiolo 8-lineali, stipulis 

 scariosis lauceolatis acuminatissimis liiiea media dorsali margine- 

 que ciliatis persistentibus 5-6 lin. longis, cymis laxe pauiculatis ad 

 7 poll, longis basi louge nudis, bracteis scariosis linearibus per- 

 sistentibus 3 lin. longis, floribus ? (inapertis). 



In ins. Formosa, juxta Tam-sui, m. Aprili 1882, coll. am. T. 

 Watters. (Herb, propr. n. 22296.) 



Presumably near F. oxyodon Wedd. 



46. Spiranthes sti/Utes Lindl. — In prov. Fo-kien, leg. am. C. de 

 Grijs. Previously gathered in Che-kiang by Fortune. 



47. Peliosanthes macrostegia, sp. nov. — Foliis ad rosulam 

 2 membranaceis 5 poll, longis medio 12-17 lin. latis sub lente 

 minute pellucido-punctatis venis verticalibus 13-17 intequalibus 

 venulis transversis inconspicuis petiolo 5-pollicari, scapo angulato 

 flexuoso tripollicari a basi fere florente, pedicellis solitariis cernuis 

 bilinealibus, bracteis scariosis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis comosis 

 inferioribus 10 lin. longis 4-5 lin. latis summis 4 lin longis 2|- lin. 

 latis, periantliii (in sicco) pallide brunnei 6 lin. diametro segmentis 

 ovato-oblongis, coronte ore subintegro. 



In jugo Lo-fau-shan, prov. Cantonensis. (Herb, propr. n. 

 22282.) Communicated by Mr. Ford. 



48. Ophiopogon japonicus Ker a. gcnuimis Maxim. — Colitur 

 Cantone, ad areas liortorum cingendas, rarissime tamen floret. 

 Only known wild from Korea and Japan, but it is highly improbable 

 so common a garden plant in South China should have been 

 derived from thence. Maximowicz notices its indisposition to 

 flower under cultivation in Europe. The specimens before me 

 exactly resemble wild ones gathered at Nagasaki by Oldham. 



49. Lycoris Severzovii Eeg. ? — In coemeteriis, Ningpo, copiose 

 cum L. radiata Herb., m. Aug. 1877, leg. W. Hancock. I have 

 seen no authentic specimen of the Turkestan plant, but this is 

 evidently different from, though a good deal like, L. radiata ; and, 

 as the stamens are shorter than the perigone-lobes, I infer from 

 the remarks in tlie ' Genera plant.' (iii. 728) that this is referable 

 to Eegel's species. Mr. Hancock says the flowers are " blue-pink," 

 which does not convey any very definite idea to my mind. 



50. Jioictts I^iscJunaultii J. Gay. — In prov. Fo-kien legit De 

 Grijs. The only Chinese specimen I have ever seen of this sj^ecies. 

 All those which have come under my observation are referable to 

 J. smensis J. Gay ; and, although this is reduced to J. LescJicnaultii 

 in the ' Flora Hongkongensis,' I entirely agree with Dr. Buchenau 

 ('Krit. Verzeichn. Juncaceen,' 68) that the two plants are quite 

 distinct. J, LeschenauJtii is a perennial, belonging to the division 

 Articidati veri of the late Dr. Engelmann's Revision of the North 

 American Junci, and is scarcely to be distinguished from the 

 common form of J. acununatus Miclix. ! whilst J. sinemis, which is 

 annual, falls by the structure of its leaves into the Articidati ensi- 

 fulii (Trans. Acad. Sc. St. Louis, ii. 435-6), and is no doubt nearest 

 in affinity to J. .dpliiuides E. Mey. e. triandrua Engelm. 



