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in the shape of its larger leaves, but differs by their crenature and 

 hairiness, and also by the more numerously flowered verticillasters 

 and spmous erect calyx-teeth. 



55. Polyijonum ( Pleuropterus) miiUiflorum, Thunb. — Juxta pagum 

 Sai-ngau, ad fl. Lien-chau, ])von. Cantonensis, d. 5, Oct. 1881, leg. 

 rev. B. C. Henry. I have not seen this before from anywhere in 

 China, except Chin-kiaug, in Kiang-su province, about 500 miles 

 north of the present station. 



56. Asarum Blumei, Dchrtre. — In collibus regionis septentr. 

 prov. Che-kiang, juxta Mei-chi, ad austrum lacus Ta-hu, d. 16 

 Aprilis 1881, legg. Forbes et Carles. The leaves are in outline 

 more like those of A. Siebokli, Miq., than of an authentic Japanese 

 specimen of this species ; but the structure of the flowers, which 

 are also smaller, appears to be that of A. Blumei, to which 

 Mr. Forbes referred it. Now, I believe, for the first time recorded 

 from China. 



57. Daplme [Daphnanthes] odora, Thunb. — Circa Tam-sui, ins. 

 Formosae, m. Febr. 1882, invenit T. Watters. 



58. Mallotus harbatus, Miill. Arg. — In prov. Sz-ch'uan, a. 1881, 

 invenit E. H. Parker. Not hitherto met with in China. Quite 

 similar to a Singapore specimen in my herbarium. 



59. Mallotus contubernalis, sp. nov. — Frutescens, ramulis 

 ferrugiueo- v. fulvo-pubentibus, foliis alternis ovatis basi obtusis v. 

 nunc brevissime peltatis apice acutis raro et fere obsolete denticu- 

 latis triplinerviis luci obversis creberrime pellucido-glandulosis 

 primum utrinque densius fulvo-pubentibus demum plus minus 

 glabratis supra punctulis minutis albidis subtus glandulis flavis 

 conspersis 2-3 poll, longis 1-lf poll, latis petiolo f-pollicari, 

 racemis plurimis ramulos terminantibus multifloris, capsulis 

 dicoccis compresso-sphsericis 4 lin. altis 6 lin. latis dense rufo- 

 furfuraceo-glandulosis, seminibus piceis diametro 3-lineali. 



In silvis circa monasterium, ad Ting-ii-shan, secus fl. West 

 River, prov. Cantonensis, d. 17 Julii 1872, legg. Sampson et 

 Hance ; in prov. Sz-ch'uan, sestate 1881, iterum mvenit E. H. 

 Parker. (Herb, propr. n. 17694.) 



Very closely allied to M. repandus, Miill. Arg. ! from which it 

 differs in its strictly ovate, not rhomboid, leaves, with much 

 shorter petioles, the stouter rachis of the inflorescence, the larger 

 more com^Dressed capsules, more densely clothed with deep rufous 

 glandular tomentum, and the larger seods. I have not seen the 

 male inflorescence. 



60. Hunmlus Lujmhis, Linn., var. cordif alius, Maxim.? — Mas. 

 caule inflorescentiaque retrorsum aculeolatis pilosisque, foliis 

 summis (quae tantum suppetunt) cordato-lanceolatis lobulo basilari 

 ssepius utrinque auctis acuminafcis supra verrucis albis scabris 

 crebre obsitis subtus glandulis luteis densissimis tectis petiolo 

 subtriplo longioribus, paniculse laxiusculae ramulis tenuiter fili- 

 formibus erectiusculis, floribus quam in specie typica europaea 

 subduplo minoribus. 



Juxta pagum San-tui, secus fl. Lien-chau, prov. Cantonensis, 

 230 m. p. a Cantone, d. 8 Oct. 1881, leg. rev. B. C. Henry. 



