SPICILEGTA FLOR^ SINENSIS. Ill 



39. Ehretia bnxifoUa, Roxb, In collibus demissis, solo arenoso, 

 circa pagum piscatorium Pak-slia, extremitate meridionali prov. 

 Kwang-timg, ipse legi, d. 20 Nov., 1866. 



40. Lindenherffia urticifolia, Lelira. Secus fl. Lien-chan, prov. 

 Cantonensis, ultra Tai-wan, 65 ra. p. ab ejus ostio, m. Octobri 

 1876, coll. Rev. J. C. Nevin. Not found before in China. 



41. Lindenbergia manrostachi/a, Bentli. In moenibus urbis Can- 

 tonis, ipse primum legi, m. Octobri, 1860; in spelunca porphyritica 

 ad Sai-chii-shan inter pulverem et frustula rupium dilapsarum 

 invenit Sampson, Apr. 1866. Recorded only from various parts 

 of India, Burma, and the Philippines. 



42. Veronica [Pseudolysimachia) sibirica, Linn. In m. Siao Wu- 

 tai-shan, Chinae septentrionariae, Jul. 1876, coll. Hancock. Not 

 hitherto found in China Proper. 



43. Premna japonica, Miq. In montibus juxta Ningpo, aestate 

 1872, coll. R. Swinhoe. Only found previously in Japan, speci- 

 mens from which country are in every respect identical. 



44. Ajiuia (Biif/iila) lupulina, Maxim. In monte Siao Wu-tai- 

 shan legit Hancock. My specimen of this fine and remarkable 

 plant differs from Maximowicz's diagnosis in having the lower 

 leaves only petiolate, the others sessile, and all oblong and quite 

 obtuse ; very different in texture and shape from the floral ones. 



45. Salicornia (Arthrocnemum) mdica, Willd, In sabulosis mari- 

 timis ad Hoi-tau, ora occidua ins. Hai-nan, maris chinensis, m. 

 Januario 1866, coll. F. Fagg. 



46. Burmaimia ccelestis, Don. In humidis circa Cantonem, Oct.- 

 Nov. florentum, a. 1865, primus detexit Sampson. Found hitherto 

 only, if I do not err, in Nipal and Silhet, unless Blume's Malayan 

 B. javanica be the same. The Canton specimens are exceedingly 

 fine and well developed. 



47. Hijpoxis aurea, Lour. In summis montibus Pak-wan, 

 supra Cantonem, copiose crescentem, x^rinius decerpsit Sampson, 

 d. 6 Apr. 1870. Notwithstanding Miquel's doubts, the distribution, 

 from the mountains of Kashmir through Cochinchina and Southern 

 China to Japan, leaves no doubt of the identity of Don's H. minor 

 with Loureiro's species. 



48. Aponogeton monostachyos, Linn. fil. In stagno extra Can- 

 tonem, d. 22 Aprihs 1869, detexit cl. Sampson. I do not think 

 this genus can be separated from Naiadaceo', and, indeed, it is 

 no doubt nearly alhed to Potamogeton. Lindley placed both genera 

 in JuncaginacecE, but his ordinal character distinctly excludes 

 Aponogeton. The ovules are frequently as many as ten to twelve 

 in each ovary, inserted one above another along the ventral suture, 

 and not basal as figured by Agardh. (' Tlieor. Syst. Plant.,' t. 3, 

 f. 10.) The Spathium of Loureiro, supposed by Endlicher to be 

 identical with this species, has been shown by Decaisne to be a 

 genuine Sanruriis. 



49. JuNcus Hancockii, sp. nor. Glaberrimus, radice fibrosa, 

 culmo compresso striatulo 9-ponicari, foliis ad basin culmi tribus 

 anguste linearibus arete complicatis apice obtuso sphacelatis 2-2^ 

 poll, longis vaginis latiuscule membranaceo-marginatis supremo 



