196 TWO ADDITIONS TO THE HONGKONG FLORA.. 



Nottingham, Derby and Yorkshire ; those botanists who have the 

 opportunity should search its localities for C. ornithopoda. 

 Description of Tab. 164. 

 Carex ornithopoda, Willd., from a specimen collected in Derbyshire by Mr. J. 

 Whitehead. 1. Inflorescence enlarged 2 1 diam. 2. Fruit with scale in situ. 

 3 and 4. Front and back view of fruit. 5, Nut. 6. Transverse section of fruit. 

 7. Scale of male flower. 8, Scale of female flower. 9. Pistil. 10, Portion of 

 rachis of inflorescence, showing the bristles. All enlarged. 



TWO ADDITIONS TO THE HONGKONG FLORA. 



Ey H. F. HanCE, Ph. D., ETC. 



1. Lasianthits plagiophyllus, sp. nov. — Kamulis teretibus dense 

 flavicanti-hirsutis, stipulis lanceolato-setaceis, foliis membranaceis 

 brevissime petiolatis e basi valde inaequali leviter cordata oblongis v. 

 rarius ovato-oblongis exquisite attenuatis supra proeter costa? basin 

 glaberrimis parum lucidis subtus pallidis venis costalibus utrinque 

 7-8 satis tenuibus prominulis curvato-adscendentibus venulisque 

 transyersis connexis flaventi-strigoso tomentosis demum glabratis 2-3^ 

 poll, longis 1-1;!^ poll, latis, fioribus pentameris axillaribus sessilibus 

 solitariis binisve singulo bracteis 3-4 subulato-setaceis basi connexis 

 strigosis eo paulo brevioribus stipato, calycis campanulati strigosi 1 J 

 linealis dentibus subulatis tubum aequantibus, corolla subinfundibulari 

 5 lineali extus sparsim pilosula lobis oblongis acutiusculis intus pilis 

 crispulis albis dense tomentosis, antheris albis exsertis, fructu ovali 

 pilosulo 4-6 pyreno 2^ lin. longo. 



In devexis collium vallem Wongneichung circumvenientium, juxta 

 coemeteria, d. 21 Aprilis 1874, leg. C. Ford, horto publico praeposi- 

 tus. (Exsicc. n. 18438). 



Proximo affinis L. in<2quali, Bl., abs quo foliorum indumento, 

 bractearum forma, floribus pentameris, lobis corollinis intus tomento- 

 sis, fructibusque piloculis dignoscendus. 



I may here notice that, in the " Flora Australiensis " (vol. iii., p. 

 426) Mr. Bentham enumerates L. strigosus, Wt., from Rockingham 

 Bay, citing as a synonym Mephitidia strigosa^ Thw. But Dr. Thwaites, 

 in the corrections at p. 420 of his " Enumeratio plantarum Zeylanise," 

 pointed out that his M. strigosa is the same as Z. Walker iamis, Wt., 

 Wight's true L. strigosus having been inadvertently described by him 

 under two names, M. Gardneri and M. tomeyitosa. From the calyx- 

 limb being described by Mr. Bentham as obscurely-toothed (that of 

 L. strigosus has lanceolate segments), as well as from the statement 

 that Singalese and Australian specimens agree perfectly, there seems 

 no doubt that the Queensland plant is L. Walker ianus, Wt. 



2. Iris (Eeeaiieis) speculateix, sp. nov. — Rhizomate prorepente 

 tortuoso annulato squamoso albido pennae anserinae crassitie reliquiis 

 foliorum fibrosis tecto fibras crassas emittenti, foliis rigidis e basi 

 dilatata linearibus acutis nervis validis prominulis percursis margin e 

 subtiliter serrulato hyaline scapos bis superantibus ad I5 pedem longis 



