12 spiciLEGiA flor.t: sinensis. 



29. Phellopterus litoralis, Benth. Ad litora marina, juxta Clii fu, 

 coll. W. Hancock. Not previously found in China. 



30. Heracleum Mcellendorffii, fip. nov. Caule j)hii*isulcato 

 aspero, foliis sparsim brevissimeque liispidis trisectis (summis tan- 

 tum trilobatis) segmentis longe petiolulatis basi cordatis ad medium 

 palmatifidis grosse inciso-serratis, umbellis radiantibus, fructibus 

 ellipticis utrinque obtusis spinulis minutis sparsis hispidulis 3 lin. 

 longis vittis dorsalibus lateralibusque lineari-subclavatis una 

 alterave s^epissime deficiente commissuralibus 2 clavatis parallelis 

 omnibus medium mericarpium adtingeutibus v. paulo ultra pra- 

 tensis. In m. Po hua shan, Clmic-e bor. d. 6, Octobris, 1874, legit 

 Dr. 0. von MasUendorff. (Herb, propr. v. 19,197). 



This is probably the plant referred doubtfully m Maximowicz's 

 * Index Floras Pekinensis' to H. dissectwn, Ledeb., from which it is 

 apparently quite distinct. 



31. Oldenlandia alata, Koen. In rupibus humidis inter silvas 

 ad Tingii shan, prov. Cantonensis, ineunte Junio, 1867, detexit 

 Sampson. The specimens belong strictly to Hedyotis j^terita, BL, 

 distinguished by the capsule with four equally broad wings, which 

 Decaisne ('Herb. Timor. Descript.' 89) says is the same as Koenig's 

 species, an opinion the accuracy of which is questioned by Miquel. 

 A character not noticed before, so far as I know, is that the 

 capsule, while quite fresh and succulent, dehisces at the top, and 

 exposes the perfectly white and immature seeds, which are sub- 

 sequently blackish brown and deeply pitted. I cannot, after 

 examinmg the living plant, think with Mr. Bentham (' Fl. Hong- 

 kong.' 152) that this is reducible to 0. racemosa, Lam. 



32. CijathocUne lyrata, Cass. In prov. Cantonensi, vere 1866. 

 T. Sampson. 



33. Antcnnaria leontopodina, DC. ? I have received this from a 

 number of localities in North China, where it seems very common. 

 M. Maximowicz assures me that it is the Leojitopodium sibin'cum 

 y. depaicperatum of Turczaninow, and a reference to vol. ii. Add. p. 

 38, of that author's ' Flora Baicalensi-Dahurica ' wiU show that 

 he proposed, doubtfully, naming it A. Stcctziana. The limits 

 between many Helichryseous genera seem to me altogether fan- 

 ciful ; but I do not believe the present plant can by any careful 

 observer be united with Leontopodium siltiriciDii, Cass. 



34. AnaphaUs triplhicnis, Benth. In m. Siao wa tai shan, legit 

 Hancock. New to China. The leaves of the Chinese plant are very 

 much smoother than in Blinkworth's Kumaon specimens, but I 

 do not think it can be separated specifically. 



35. Micro rhjnvhus fLaiuuEa) sarmentosus, DC. Longissime re- 

 pens et radicans in arena litorea profunda ac mobili ad Pak sha, 

 cxtremitatc australiori prov. Cantonensis, ex adverso ins. Hai nan : 

 ipse legi d. 20 Novembris, 1866. 



36. Picris (Eujncri.sj lanceolata, Don. Inter saxa in summo 

 cacumine montium Pakwan, supra Cautonem, d. 26 Martii, 1870, 

 leg. Sampson. Only previously recorded from the mountains of 

 India. 



37. Stiwpscmia chamadri/oidcs, A. Gray. Propc Fucliau, Maio, 



