112 SPICILEGIA FLORiE SINENSIS. 



infra capitulum idque vix adaequante lamina brevissima subulata 

 terminato, capitulo 4-6-floro bracteis 3-4 badiis late ovatis eo duplo 

 brevioribus suffulto, lloribus sessilibus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis 

 obtusiusculis tenuitermembrauaceis uervo teuui viridulo iuteriohbus 

 paiilo brevioribus, staminum 6 sepala paulo superantium filamentis 

 qiiam antlieras 3-4-plo longioribus, capsula ovoidea obtusa badia 

 lucida sepalis stamiuibusque longiori styli trifidi basi persistente 

 apiculata. In monte Saio Wu-tai-shan, Clnnas borealis, m. Julio 

 1876, coll. cl. Hancock. (Herb, propr. n. 20118.) 

 Allied to J. leucomelas, Koyle, &c. 



50. Care.v macrocephala, Willd. In ins Pu-toi, ditionis Ning- 

 poensis, a. 1873, legit C. Alabaster. Not previously, to my know- 

 ledge, collected in China. 



51. Fimhristylis polytrichoides, Nees. Prope urbem Amoy leg. 

 C. de Grijs. 



52. Fimbristylis dichotoma, Vahl. Secus fl. West Kiver, prov. 

 Cantouensis, Junio 1865, leg. Sampson. This is the same as Nees' 

 F. pallescens, admitted as a species by Thwaites, by Hooker and 

 Thomson, and others, but on what groimds I confess myself 

 unable to understand. I have made a careful microscopic examina- 

 tion of Indian, Ceylon, Chinese, Egyptian, Canarian, and Italian 

 specimens, and I cannot detect the shade of a difference. 



53. Fimhristylis retusa, Thw. In arenoso - graminosis ins. 

 Danorum, Whampoae, comite F. gracilenta, mihi, ipse decei-psi, 

 initio Augusti 1866. Only previously known from Ceylon. 



54. Fimhristylis fulvescens, Thw. In sub-paludosis agri Can- 

 tonensis, aest. 1866, coll. Sampson. Only found previously in 

 Ceylon. 



55. Scirpus {Isolepis) trijidiis, Nees. Ad cacumma montium 

 Pak-wan, supra Cantonem, Aug. 1866, coll. Sampson. Identical 

 with Kashmh and Ceylon specimens ; but, though admitted as a 

 species by Drs. Hooker and Thwaites, apparently hardly separable 

 from the North American S. capillaris, Linn. 



56. Scirpus timoriensis, Kth. In scaturiginosis secus fl. Lien- 

 chau, prov. Cantonensis, Oct. 1876, leg. Eev. J. C. Nevin. This, 

 which is certainly quite distinct specifically from S. mucronatiis, 

 Linn., and its immediate allies, agrees in all respects with Kunth's 

 diagnosis. 



57. FJeocharis chataria, Pi. & S. In vervactis udis prope 

 Kam-chak, secus fl. West River, prov. Canton, m. Febr. 1867, leg. 

 Sampson. 



58. Cyperus eleiisinoides, Kth. In ruderatis, Cantone, vere 1876, 

 coll. Rev.' J. C. Nevhi. New to the Chinese flora. I am indebted 

 to Professor Oliver for the determination. Mr. Kurz named it for 

 me C. infraapicalis, N. ab E., a name I cannot find in print ; but I 

 have not access to Kornicke's papers on the genus. 



59. Cyperus raccmosus, Retz. ? In agris humidis juxta Pun- 

 tong ditionis Cantonensis, Oct. 1869, coll. Sampson. The Chinese 

 plant, which is very closely allied to C. exalt at us, Retz. ! is identical 

 with a Bengal one of Giiffith's, and an Assam one of Jenkins's, 

 the latter sent me by Dr. G. King, under the name of C. alope- 



