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DESCRIPnON OF SOJIE NEW PHANEROGAMIA 

 COLLECTED BY DR. SHEiUER. AT KIUKUNG, CHINA. 

 Br S. Lf. Ma.rch.int Mooee, F.L.S. 

 (Tab. 165.) 

 This collection, the fern portion of which has been recently 

 described by Mr. Baker in this Journal (p. 199^ contains up- 

 ward of 600 species, of which more than 550 are Phanerogams ; in 

 re present paper are submitted descriptions of the describable new 

 flowerint Pl^^ts, as well as short notes on plants of interest forming 



^"'.:^L?r.t;t-no..? 'xUis n-t, leaves omy of which w.e 

 coUected, differs from the American species (i tuhpifera, L.) in the 

 deeper lobing and glaucous-hued undersarface of its leaf. Its 

 occurrence in Central China is very interesting, the genus having been 

 hthertoTn modern times monotypic and restricted to N America 

 though according to Heer it flourished in Europe during the Miocene 

 epoch Dr. Shearer writing to Prof. Oliver expresses his belief that 

 it is a native of the Kiukiang hills, adding that it attains to no great 



"^'''stZhania f tetrmira, sp. n. Eoliis deltoideo-ovatis peltatismucro- 

 natis fl mas. capitatis, capitulis racemosis racemis gracilibus canescen- 

 tibns'fo i^longioribus, sepalis carnosis deltoideis basi cuneat.s, petahs 

 ^emiiVcularibL unguiculatis ungue laininam paulo e^cedente. 

 oXmna staminea apice peltata, antheris 4 oblongis l-localaribus fl. 

 oolumna staminea^^ P ^._VolnbiUs. CauUs teres, costatus, glaber. 

 FoUaliunc. longa e't lata, crispe pubescentia, petioli folia se^uantes, 



^'^''^;spSf£wSrdeSdhasracemosal^^^^^^ 

 floJer heads and tetrandrous flowers; in the absence, however, of 

 female Cers and of fruits, the generic position must remain 



■^"T^specimen consisting of . long-petioled .Pi-J^^a .f ^l^^- 

 ninnatelv trifoliolate leaves having ovate acuminate leaflets with 

 obUquely cordate bases and closely spinulose-dentate margins is 

 nrobablv a new species of ^oerawaws. <• i •;.„„«„ 



^ CorJdu {% Capnites) mareri, sp. n. Radice taberoso, foluspetio- 

 Utis b pta^atisLtis segmintis ovatis obtusis incisis, bracteis oblongis 

 ptieUum Auantibuf inferioribus inciso-tridentatis -penoribus m- 

 wriTcalcare recto apice attenuate laminam non excedente, capsulis 

 tegris, «»l^^^^^j,^ p/berula. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, caulina 

 petiolis paginam aequantibus Flores purpurei. 



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