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230 DESCEIPTION OF SOME NEW PHAKEKOGAMIA. 



loculis sequalibus ovato-ellipticis basi apiculatis, stylo incluso curvato, 

 capsulis oblongis acuminatis compressis 4-sulcatis. — Herba 2 pedalis 

 vel ultra. Caulis glabrescens. Folia 6-8 lin. longa, ^-1 lin. lata, 

 icfima minora, obscure srabriuscula. Bractece foliis floralibus 2-plo 

 minores. Calycis tubus 3 lin. longus, membranaceus ; limbi lobi 6-7 

 lin. longi. Ovarium glabrum. 



Calorhaldos axillaris, Bth. {Pcederota, S. & Z.) This genus has not 

 hitherto been met with in China. The Kiukiang plant differs from 

 the Japanese in its narrower more acuminate calyx-lobes and the ovate- 

 deltoid (not lanceolate) segments of its corolla. 



Tulipa {Orithyd) graminifolia, Baker. Bulbum non vidi. Caulis 

 2 pollicaris obscure pilosus foliis tribus majoribus prope basin con- 

 gestis et 2 multo minoribus supra medium impositis. Folia grami- 

 noidea linearia obscure pilosa, inferiora 2-3 poll, longa, li lin. lata. 

 Perianthium erectum solitarium, segraentis albidis purpureo tinctis 

 dorso viridulis lanceolatis acutis basi spathulatis medio 2J-3 lin. latis. 

 Genitalia perianthio duplo breviora. Antherae oblongae luteae 2^ lin. 

 longae, lilamentis 2 lin. longis subtiliter pilosis. Pistillum in exemplo 

 viso imperfectum. 



Bi&porum unifiorum, Baker. Caulis gracilis erectus angulatus 

 glaber sesquipedalis prope apicem breviter furcatus. Folia 8-10 supra 

 medium caulis laxe disposita oblongo-acuta membranacea glabra dis- 

 tincte petiolata, 2-3 poll, longa, 1 poll, lata, venis 5-7 verticalibus 

 conspicuis, intermediis subtilioribus venulis brevibus trans versalibus 

 perspicuis connexis. Flores solitarii terminales oppositifolii pedicellis 

 erectis 6-9 lin. longis. Perianthium infundibulare flavo-viridulum, 

 segmentis oblanceolatis obtusis basi saccatis nullo modo calcaratis. 

 Stamina perianthio vix breviora, filamentis 6 lin. longis, antheris 

 oblongis 2 lin. longis. Ovarium oblongum, stylo filiformi semipollicari 

 apice breviter tricuspidato. 



Leaves and flower very like those of D. pullum. 



Braehypodiiim chinense, sp.n. Culmo leviter geniculato striato 

 glabro superne nudo, foliis linearibus scabridis planis, ligula brevi 

 truncata crenulata, racemis distichis elongatis, spiculis alternis sub- 

 distantibus circiter lO-floris, glumis subaequalibus oblongis mucronatis 

 7-nerviis, gluma floris oblongo-lanceolata 5-nervia longe aristata arista 

 patente dorso scabrida margine rigide ciliata. — Folia 8-9 unc. longa. 

 Spiculae 8 lin. longae, subteretes. Glumae 3 lin. longae, scabridae. Glumae 

 florum 3^-4 lin. longae, versus marginem hirsutae ; aristae inferiores 

 9-11 lin. longae, superiores minores. Omnium nervae glumarum valde 

 prominentes. 



The following is a list of Dr. Shearer's gatherings which, if not 

 new to China, are not in the Kew Herbarium from that country. 

 Where an asterisk is prefixed, it shows that the genus has not been 

 recorded from China, and the hitherto-known distribution is given in 

 brackets. 



Cardamine parviflora, L. [Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, Dahuria, 

 Japan, Formosa.] 



Oxalis Griffithii, Edrjew. ^ Hool. f. \_'^. India.] 



Rubus coreanus, Mia., var. minor. [Corea.] 



Desmodium laburnifolium, Bth. [Ind. Or. and Ai'chip., Japan.] 



