290 SPICILEGIA FLORiE SINENSIS. 



not very closely, allied to the Ceylon H. cymosa, Thw. ! and 

 probably still more so to the imxDerfectly known H.scaberula,'Kook. fil. 

 The seeds have all dropped out from my specimen, but the fi'uit is 

 exactly that of Dlplophragma. 



36. Leptodermis ohlomja, Bge. — In rupestribus juxta fauces 

 Yeung-tin, secus fl. Lien-chau, prov. Cantonensis, 290 m. p. ab 

 urbe, d. 12. Oct. 1881, coll. rev. B. C. Henry. Only previously 

 known from the mountainous districts near Peking. The present 

 specimens have ovate leaves, with a close but not raised reticu- 

 lation beneath, and the stipules are shorter, not split up at the 

 base, and are setaceously mucronate, as in all I have seen from 

 the north ; but there appear to be no trustworthy characters to 

 separate them specifically. 



37. Vernonia (Strobocahjx) gratiosa, sp. nov. — Suffruticosa, 

 difi'usa, et forte subscandens, ramulis subteretibus, ferrugineo- 

 cinereo-tomentosis, foliis membranaceis lanceolatis v. lanceolato- 

 oblongis acuminatis margine paucidenticulatis sui3ra parcius to- 

 mentosis demum glabratis lucidulis subtus tomento denso viridi- 

 cmerascenti tectis 3-4 poll, longis poUicem latis petiolo 2-3 lineali, 

 floribus m paniculam compositam amplam e paniculis foliatis 

 axillaribus erecto-patentibus folium ^equantibus conflatam digestis, 

 caj)itulis circ. 10-12-floris, involucri campanulati trilinealis squamis 

 exterioribus ovatis obtusiusculis dorso calvis marginibus dense 

 ochraceo-tomentosis interioribus linearibus acutis prseter apicem 

 tomentosam glaberrimis, flosculis purpureis, achaenio callo con- 

 spicuo insidente immaturo striatulo secus costulas scabrido, pappi 

 involucrum subduplo superantis ochroleuci setis exterioribus 

 abbreviatis. 



In umbrosis ins. Formosae, juxia oppidum Tam-sui, sub initio 

 m. Januarii 1882, invenit am. T. Watters. (Herb, propr. n. 

 21947.) 



A very pretty, profusely flowering plant, most closely related, I 

 think, to V. solanij'ulia, Benth., but readily distiguished by the foliage 

 and inflorescence, the difference in shape of the involucre, and the 

 form and vestiture of the involucre-scales. The achaenia are too 

 unripe for proper examination. 



38. Doronicum longifolium, DC, var. ? — Ad lacum Ko-ko-nor, a. 

 1881, leg. W. Mesny. No radical leaves were gathered; the 

 cauline are linear and semiamplexicaul, the involucre, base of the 

 ligules and immature achene all perfectly smooth. 



39. Senecio Oldhamianus, Maxim. — In prov. Sz-ch'uan, a. 1881, 

 leg. E. H. Parker. 



40. Senecio {Lujularia) japonica, Sch.-Bip. — Juxta pagum Sai- 

 ngau, secus fl. Lien-chau, prov. Cantonensis, 210 m. p. a. metro- 

 poU. d. 5. Oct. 1881, leg. rev. B. C. Henry. Not, I think, heretofore 

 known except from Japan. 



41. Arctium iiiajus, Schk. — In prov. Sz-ch'uan, a. 1881 leg. 

 E. H. Parker; in Ko ko-nor, a. 1881, coll. W. Mesny. 



42. Statice (Limoniiun, Platlujinenium, rhodanthce) varia, sp. 

 nov. — Robusta, glaberrima, basi lignosa, foliis . . . . ? scapo 

 erecto rcimosissimo flexuoso 1^ pedali, ramulis subteretibus squamis 



