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Wu-tai-slian, Chines bor., Julio, 1876, leg. W. Hancock. (Herb, 

 propr. n. 20125.) 



Closely allied to F. Laxmanni, Pall. (' Regel, Plantse Radd.,' 

 t. 7, ff. 6-9), but differs by its stronger habit, almost sessile petals, 

 wider filaments, shape of the staminodes, and two stigmas. 

 P. subacauiis, Kar. & Kir., placed under this species by Eegel, 

 is referred by Dr. Hooker (' Journ. Linn. Soc.,' ii., 82) to 

 P. ovata, Led. 



17. Osbeckia stellata, D. Don. In saxosis colhculi Kun-yam- 

 ngam, secus fl. North River, prov. Cantonensis, m. Julio, 1864, 

 detexit Sampson. Found hitherto only in Nipal, Assam, and the 

 adjacent territories. 



18. Sonerila tenera, H. Br. In prov. Cantonensi, ad fauces H. 

 North River, Tsing-yune dictas, prope coenobium buddhisticum 

 Fi-loi-tsz, substrato micaceo-schistoso, d. 20 Sept. 1866, legg. 

 Sampson et Hance. An addition to the flora of China; British 

 Burma, the Himalaya, and the mountains of Eastern Bengal 

 being the only localities hitherto recorded. Royle is erroneously 

 given as the authority for this species in Triana's monograph. 

 His plate, however, is so unsatisfactory, representing the leaves as 

 broadly ovate and very obtuse at both extremities, that it is not 

 without reason quoted with a mark of doubt by Mr. Bennett. 

 (' PI. Jav. Rar,' 216.) 



19. Sarcopyramii lanceolata, Wall. E rupibus muscosis ad basin 

 cataractas, Ting-ii-shan, secus fl. West River, prov. Cantonensis, 

 specimen unicum floridum carpsit paucaque tantum deflorata 

 vidit indefessus Sampson. This and the preceding are the only 

 members of the tribe SuneiilMB hitherto found in China. 



20. Lagerstrcemia microcurpa , Wight. In silvis, Ting-ii-shan, 

 prov. Cantonensis, d. 15 Jun. 1869, coll. Sampson. A tree with 

 whitish flowers. I have seen no Indian specimens, but Wight's 

 plate ( ' Ic. Plant. Ind. Or.,' i. 109) is an excellent representation of 

 the Chinese plant. 



21 . (JEnothera fruticosa, Linn. In sabulosis maritimis pseninsulse 

 Macaiensis, Chinse australis, copiosam ac penitus efferatam ipse 

 inveni, Junio 1864, Dec. 1866. I do not know how this plant, 

 which I have never seen cultivated in China, got to the above 

 locahty, but it appears quite estabhshed, growing freely in the deep 

 loose sand of the long, narrow, desert neck of land, washed on 

 either side by the sea, which separates the Portuguese from the 

 Chinese territoiy, along with Ijjovicbu Pes-caprce, Sebastiaiiia chamcBlea, 

 Spinifeof squarrusus, &c. The Chinese specimens belong to the 

 variety, K. hirsuta, Torr. & Gray, and the blossoms, when fully 

 expanded, are nearly three inches across, and very showy. 



22. Spermacuce! pkilippensls, Spr. In herbidis sabulosis ad 

 viam inter portum Hoi-hau et metropolin Kieng-chau ins. Hai-nan, 

 d. 19, Nov. 1866, leg. Sampson. A scramblmg plant, drying of a 

 greenish yellow, with the stem rooting at intervals at the nodes, its 

 two opposite sides between the angles, changing alternately at 

 each node, clothed with a dense line of yellow, jointed hairs ; the 

 leaves are ovate-elliptic, acute, 4-6 lines long, scabrous a))()ve and 



