36 ON THE BOTANY OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS IN 1874. 



In summo ferme monte Po-hua-sliaii, h.e. " mons centum florum," 

 (alt. 6000 ped. ?) tridui spatio a Peking oncasum versus distante, 

 sub initio mensis Junii 1874, detexit Dr. ^milius Bretschneider, 

 legatonis csesareae RossicEe apud Sinas medicus, (Herb, propr., n. 

 18450.) De hocce sequentia profert amicissimus inventor: — " Gros- 

 eiller epineux, a longues branches. Fruits mangeables, d'apres les 

 Chinois. Les fleurs ont la couleur rose-brunatre de notre groseiller 

 epineux." 



Ex datis cbaracteribus, propinquum pluribus videtur notis R. 

 arossularioidi, Maxim., speciei ceterum a me non visce ; sed ab hoc 

 quin immo a Grossulariis omnibus orientali-asiaticis, florum structura 

 sane distinctissimum autumo. 



2. Ribes (Ribesia, alpina) ch'fuense, sp. nov. — Eamis subteretibus 

 ramulisque tenuibus pubescentibus. foliis opacis petiole basi dilatato 

 laminam sequante fultis basi sinu lato cordatis 8eque longis ac latis 

 ad medium usque trilobis lobis late ovatis grosse et obtuse inciso- 

 serratis supra breviter pilosis subtus cum petiolis pedunculisque dense 



molliter tomentosis 2-pollicaribus, floribus ?, fructibus (ob 



racemum brevissimum subnullum) quasi 3-4 fasciculatis, pedunculo 

 3-pedicello 1^-lineali, bracteis . . . . ? (delapsis), baccis ovoideis 

 pedunculo cum pedicello parum brevioribus rubris limbo calycino 

 erecto coronatis, lobis calycinis breviter oblongis obtusissimis arete 

 reflexis tubi longitudine petala spathulato-orbicularia plus duplo 

 excedentibus, antheris vix apicem tubi adtingentibus. 



In prov. Shantung, circa Chifu, a. 1873 collegit praestans ornitho- 

 logus Eob. Swinhoe. (Herb, propr., n. 17916.) 



Kescio an hsec eadem sit ac planta a Portuneo alicubi in China 

 boreali reperta, atque ab am. Maximo wiczio pro varietate R. fascicu- 

 lati, S. &Z., habita : nostram cum stirpe japonensi, comparatis sollicite 

 speciminibus, conjungere non ausus sum. 



ON THE BOTANY OP THE MALTESE ISLANDS IN 1874. 

 By J. P. DuTHiE, B.A. 

 Part II.* 



In the following list the plants added by me to the Maltese flora 

 during my last visit in JMarch and April, are marked with an asterisk. 

 I believe that much might yet be done in the way of completing the 

 catalogue of existing species by anyone who could manage to prolong 

 his stay till June or July. I should consider May to be the best month 

 for collecting in these islands. With very few exceptions the localities 

 when given are new. The letter ** G " means additional to the island 

 of Gozo. " Del. Cat." refers to Delicata's Catalogue of Maltese Plants, 

 published in 1853. 



*ilanunculu8 trichophyllus, Chaix. I have specimens from "Wied 

 Kerda, Malta ; and have seen it also in Gozo. 



*R. Baudotii. Gr. ^ Godr. Common in both islands. 



* The first part of this paper is contained in our volume for 1874, 

 pp. 321-326. 



