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mucronatis leviter remote glanduloso-deuticulatis 1-lf poll, longis 

 If lin. latis inconspicue nervosis glaucescentibus utrinque adpresse 

 sericeis, stipulis deciduis, amentis femineis 2-3-foliatis brevibus 

 densis erectiusculis rachi villosa, squamis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 

 glabris brunneis persistentibus, nectario parvo apice sphacelate, 

 capsulis sessilibus lageniformibus stramineis glaberrimis, stylo 

 subnullo cum stigmatibus crassiusculis divaricatis bipartitis 

 rubenti-castaneis. 



Ad lacum Ko-ko-nor, a. 1881, leg. W. Mesny. (Herb, propr. 

 n. 22009.) 



I have not seen the male flowers of this very elegant species, 

 but the persistence of the bracts, even after the dehiscence of the 

 capsules, apparently indicates that it belongs to Andersson's group 

 of PleiandrcB triandr(B. It looks very different from any species in 

 my herbarium. 



67. Ephedra vulgaris, Eich. — Ad lacum Ko-ko-nor, a. 1881, leg. 

 W. Mesny. 



68. Iris Grysii, Maxim. — Juxta Wu-hu, prov. An-hwei, Maio 

 1881, leg. Bullock. Flowers pale blue, according to the collector. 



69. Aletris japonica, Lamb. — In ripis humidis, prope Tam-sui, 

 ins. Formosae, Apr. 1864, leg. Oldham ; in prov. An-hwei, juxta 

 urben Wu-hu, m. Maio 1881, leg. T. L. Bullock. 



70. Stipa inehrians, Hance. — Ad lacum Ko-ko-nor, a. 1881, leg. 

 W. Mesny. The late Gen. Munro considered this to belong rather 

 to Lasiagrostis than to Stijxi : as I pointed out when describing it, 

 the awn in the opening florets is straight, but it is quite as much 

 twisted as usual in Stijja in mature specimens. It is with no 

 ordinary satisfaction that I find the unrivalled systematist whose 

 ability both in synthesis and analysis, whose masterly grasp of his 

 subject, age seems powerless to impair, has, in a recent most 

 instructive paper on the classification of Grasses (Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xix. 80) sustained the view expressed by me six years ago 

 (Journ. Bot. xiv. 1876, 212), that neither Lasiagrostis, Ptilagrostis, 

 Macrochloa, nor Aristella can be kejDt apart from Stipa. I may add 

 that I have been able to compare S. inehrians with authentic 

 specimens of Lasiagrostis Caraga^ia, Trin., and find them quite 

 different. 



71. Melica scabrosa, Trin. — In prov. Sz-ch'uau, a. 1881, legit 

 E. H. Parker. 



72. Bromus japonicus, Thunb. — In prov. Sz-ch'uan, a. 1881, 

 leg. E. H. Parker. 



73. Cheilanthes farinosa, Kaulf. — In jugo Lo-fau-shan (h. e. 

 montes Tigridum), prov. Cantonensis, m. Junio 1881, leg. rev. 

 B. C. Henry. The specimens are not typical, having fewer 

 pinnules than either those from Ceylon, the Himalayas, or West 

 Afiica, which I possess, though they are not unlike Cuming's 

 Philipi)ine ones ; and I at first, with a strong expression of dissent 

 from Mr. Henry, referred them to C. argentea, Kze. But I have since 

 seen the two, as gathered by him, growing side by side in pots, 

 and I cannot believe them conspecific. Indeed, I have never seen 

 any specimen of true C. argentea with two to four pairs of free 



