12 SPICILEGIA FLOE^ SINENSIS. 



32. Hedyotis (Diplophrac/ma) capituligeka, sp. nov. Caiile 

 simplici quadi'aiigulo liueis alternis pilosis percurso, stipulis apice 

 2-4 setosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis v. 

 acutiusculis supra glabris siibtus pallidioribus praeter costam 

 nervosque tenues lineatos utriiique 6 strigillosos glabris, floribus in 

 capitula globosa multiflora ad apices ramorum 1-2 poll, longorum 

 caulem quasi umbellatim terminautium congestis bilinealibus, 

 bracteis parvis linearibus, dentibus calycinis parvis triangulatis, 

 corolla iufundibulari lobis obtusis fauce intus liii'ta, genitalibus 

 breviter exsertis, capsula conipressa polysperma. Secus ripas fl. 

 North Eiver, prov. Cantonensis, d. 26 Julii, 1864, legit Sampson. 

 (Herb, propr. n. 11,402,) 



The above three plants are quite distinct from any Asiatic 

 species in my herbarium. I believe I have placed them in the 

 right section, but the coiTect location of Hedyotides is a task of 

 great difficulty. I almost fear Sir Joseph Hooker has rather cut 

 than united the Gordian knot by the elevation to generic rank 

 of so many of the old sections. In many cases they are almost 

 impossible to distinguish, and are often not at all well marked 

 by habit. 



33. Pcederia chineyisis, Hance.* I find the ripe fi'uit of this, 

 which I have recently been able to examine, agree substantially 

 with Sir J. Hooker's description of the round-fi'uited species (' Gen. 

 Plant.' ii., 134) except that I fail to detect any thickening of the 

 margin of the integument. On the inner faces of the pjTenes the 

 union between the endocarp and testa is loosened, and this gives 

 them an appearance of considerable tumidity there, especially 

 when moistened. Gaertner's figure (' Suppl. Carpol.' t. 195, f. D.) 

 represents the layer of albumen narrower as regards the width of 

 the embryo than in my plant, in which, too, the embryo, in trans- 

 verse section, instead of being shaped like a caraway, has a 

 swelling at the junction of the cotjdedons and the radicle. 



34. Artemisia vestita, Wall. Prope Ta-chiao-sze, ditionis Pekin- 

 ensis, Sept., 1874, Dr. 0. a Moellendorff. New to the Peking flora. 

 (See ' Spicilegia,' fasc. 2, n. 27.) 



35. Hieracium umhellatum, Linn. In monte Po-hua-shan, 

 Chinae borealis, d. 6 Octobris, 1874, coll. Dr. 0. a Moellendorff. 



Found in various parts of Siberia, Amuria, Dahuria, and 

 Mongolia, biit not to my knowledge previously recorded from 

 China. 



36. Adenopliora trachelioides, Maxim. Chi-fu, Oct., 1874, coll. 

 F. B. Forbes. This, which Mr. Hemsley, under the impression 

 that it was new, has named A. Isabella;, is quite identical with a 

 Peking plant received from Dr. Wells Williams, which I refer 

 without hesitation to Maximowicz's species. 



37. Priinula Maxim owiczii, Eegel. In summo monte Po-hua- 

 shan, d. 20 Junii, 1875, coll. Dr. 0. a Moellendorff. I cite this 

 species for the purpose of noting that it is the same as my 

 P. oreocharis. Dr. Kegel, who forestalled me by a very short time 



* See last fasciculus, n. 26. 



