A SIXTH DECADE OF NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 133 



6. Loranthns Sampsoni, n. sp. ; ramis teretibus cortice griseo crebre 

 veiTuculoso, iniiovationibus rufo-lepidotis, ibliis oppositis et alteriiis breve 

 pttiolatis ellip'.ico-laiiceolatis obtusiusculis deniuni glabris coiiaceis ob- 

 scure penniveiiiis 12-16 lin. lonois, 8-4 liu. latis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 solitariis vel geminis folium dimidium sub?equantibus apice flores 3-2-1 

 pediccllis brevibus basi articulatis insidentes tetrameros semi-pollicares 

 basi bractea cucullata acuta extus suffidtos gerentibus, alabastris basi 

 tetragoiiis, calycis margiue liaud producto truncato, petalis liberis a basi 

 dilatata liiiearibus sub antliesi a medio arete refraclis rubris sparsim rufo- 

 lepidotis, stamiuum petala aequantiura filameutis superne libcris antheris 

 linearibus, ovario urceolato rufo-furfuraceo, stylo stamina vix superante 

 stigraate capitate. 



In arboribus secus amneni Loting, provinciae Cantoniensis, ra. Juuio 

 1865 invenit cl. T. Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 9013.) 



Li the dilated bases of the petals this agrees with De Candolle's Eulo- 

 ranthl ungidciduil, which, however, Professor Oliver has pointed out (Linn. 

 Jonrn. Bot. vii. 101) cannot be separated from the brevijlori of the same 

 author. In inflorescence, except that the pedimcle is much longer, it re- 

 sembles L. memecylifoUus, W. and A. (belonging to quite another section), 

 and would, I suppose, come under Oliver's § 20. This mode of inflores- 

 cence, usually described as umbellate, should rather be called cymose ; 

 and, except tluit the flowers are pedicelled, is similar to that of the Xylos- 

 teous LonicercE. The flowers are usually two only, and the pedicels 

 divaricating. 



7. Campanula (Encodon) veronicifoUa, n. sp. ; radice crasse fibrosa, 

 caulibus 1-1^-pedalibus erectis angulosis pilosis superne paniculato-ra- 

 tnosis, foliis tenuibus pilosis oblongis acutis inferioribus in petiolum alatum 

 longe productis reliquis basin versus angustatis sessilibus margine acute 

 serratis 1-2 poll, longis, medio 3-5 lin. latis, bracteis foliis homomorphis 

 sed minoribus, floribus pedunculatis, calycis strigoso-hispidi tubo snbglo- 

 boso laciniis lanceolatis acutis parum breviore, corollse campanulatae pal- 

 lida cserulese extus pilosae ad medium usque 5-fida3 lobis lanceolatis acutis 

 calyce pauIo longioribus, antheris vix ad basin corollae loborura attingenti- 

 bus, ovario triloculari, stylo robusto corolla breviore stigmatibus tribus 

 linearibus crassis recurvis. 



In alluviis fluvii North Hiver, ditionis Cantoniensis, versus finem m. 

 Februarii a. 1869, detexit Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 15477.) 



Very closely allied to C. colorata, Wall. The leaves are a good deal 

 like those of Conyza japonica. Less. ( = C. veronici folia. Wall.). 



8. Linaria (Linariastrum) qnudrifolia, n. sp. ; erecta, simplex, glaber- 

 rima, foliis lanccolato-linearibus acutis trinerviis nervo medio subtus pro- 

 minulo omnibus quaternatim vcrticillatis axillis sippe foliifcris verticillis 

 intervallo foliis ipsis fere ;vquilongo sejunctis, raccmo conferto, pediccllis 

 glaberrimis bractea subbrevioribus calyci circiter sequilongis, laciniis 

 calycinis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, corolhu 8-9 lin. longfe lutesB palato bar- 

 bato crocco calcare tubi longitudine vel eo breviore (capsula seminibusque 

 ignotis). 



In ditione Pekinensi rarius vigentem invenit rev. A. David. (Exsicc. 

 n. 15594.) 



This plant was taken by its discoverer for L. vulgaris. Mill., from which 

 it is surely distinct by its much smalhu' flowers, smooth pedicels, and 

 especially by the leaves arranged in distant whorls of four. In the ab- 



