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ebracteatis, corollae calyce paulo longioris extus hirtulae intus pilosse 

 tubo basi non angustato leviter gibbo, staminibus inclusis filamentis 

 corollae adnatis. Differs from its two Japanese congeners by the less 

 attenuated corolla tube, and the far greater relative length of the 

 calyx. The swollen bases of the petioles are very woolly within. I 

 had always felt doubtful whether this might not be identical with 

 Turczaninow's very insufficiently characterised A. hijlora, which has 

 also a 4-fid calyx ; but as that is described as having " flores tri- 

 bracteati," whilst they are certainly bractless in my species, there 

 seems no doubt of their distinctness. 



Zonicera {Xi/losteoti, chamcecerasi) chrysantha^ Turcz. ''Arbuste 

 touffu, avec une profusion de fleurs." Differs from Amurian speci- 

 mens by its smaller rhomboid leaves with a caudate acumen, and 

 by the bracts scarely exceeding the ovary and calyx ; but, accord- 

 ing to Maximowicz (Prim. fl. Amur. 136) both these are rery vari- 

 able characters. 



Artemisia (Abrotanum) sacrorum, ^ intermedia, b. incayia^ Led. 

 A leafy branch only, without inflorescence. From the very top of 

 the mountain. 



Rhododendron {Rhodorastrum) dauricum, Linn., /3 mucronulatumy 

 Maxim. ''Ehododrendron a grandes fleurs roses. Les pans des 

 rochers vers le sommet du Po-hua-shan en sonts converts." 



Peimula {Arthritica^") oeeocharis, sp. nov. — Radice crassiuscule 

 fibrosa, foliis obovatis obtusis in petiolum brevem marginatum sub- 

 coarctatis margine denticulatis glaberrimis efarinosis, scapo foliis 

 triplo longiore glaberrimo, umbella 12-20 flora laxa, involucri foliolis 

 6-7 lanceolato-subulatis margine parce glandulosis basi non auriculatis, 

 pedicellis glaberrimis involucri foliolis triplo calyce subduplo longiori- 

 bus, calycis tubulosi glaberrimi inconspicue glandulosi laciniis tubo 

 2-3 plo brevioribus lanceolatis acutis erectis, coroUee saturate pur- 

 pureas tubo calycem duplo excedente superne parum ampliato 

 laciniis dimidium tubum aequantibus lineari-oblongis obtusis integer- 

 rimis, staminibus paulo supra medium tubi insertis, stylo dimidium 

 tubum modo adtingente. "Une des plus jolies fleurs que j'ai ren- 

 contrees. Le sommet du Po-hua-shan en est convert. Les fleurs 

 sont d'un pourpre fonce, et beaucoup plus grandes qu'elles ne parais- 

 sent dans les exemplaires seches." 



Closely allied to P. nivalis, Pall. (Altai, Herb. Acad. Petrop. !, 

 Ins. S. Georgii, Cham. !), but differs by its smaller obovate leaves, with 

 a much shorter, less widely-margined petiole, the fewer leaflets of the 

 involucre, the more tubular, less deeply-cleft calyx, and the greater 

 length of the corolla tube. 



Syrin^apuheseens, Tiivcz. Flowers almost sessile, I have fruit- 

 ing specimens from Pere David, gathered from the mountains around 

 Jehol, where he reports it as of rare occurence. Eegarded by De 

 Candolle as a variety of S. villosa, Vahl, which I have not seen. 



Fraxinus Ornus, Linn., var. Bungeana, mihi. Arborea, excelsa, 

 foliolis 1-2 ingis coriaceis rhomboideo-ellipticis v. rhomboideo-ovatis 

 longe caudato-acuminatis usque ad 13-15 polL longis, '* Vastes arbres 



* PrimuUstrum § Crystallophlomis ^oi ^n'^xQch.Vs arrangement. (Bemerk. 

 lib. d. Caucas. Primeln, in Mel. Biolog. Acad. St. Petersb. iv. 276.) 



