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SPICILEGIA FLOE^ SINENSIS : DIAGNOSES OF NEW, 

 AND HABITATS OF EAEE OE HITHEETO UNEE- 

 COEDED CHINESE PLANTS. 



By H. F. K\nce, Ph.D., Meuib. Acad. Nat. Cur., &c., &c. 



(Continued from p. 114.) 



III. 



1. Cappaeis [Eucapparis, conjmhosce) flexicaulis, sp. noc. 

 Fruticosa, caule ramisque valcle flexuosis subangulatis glaberrimis 

 brunneis, spinis stipularibus brevibus recurvis, foliis membranaceis 

 glaberrimis e basi obtusa anguste oblongis apice emarginatis 

 penniveuiis venis venularumqiie . rete supra paulum conspicuis 

 costa tantum subtus prominula l-l-l poU. loiigis 3-4 lin. latis 

 petiolo bilineali tomentoso, umbellis simplicibus axillaribus et 

 termiualibus sessilibus 6-Q floris, peclicellis capillaribus 3-4 lin. 

 lougis cum omnibus florum partibus petalis ciliatis exceptis 

 glaberrimis, sepalis obovatis petalisque oblongis 2 lin. longis, 

 staminibus circ. 20 petala plus duplo superantibus, gynoplioro 4-6 

 lineali, ovario J lin. tantum longo ovoideo acuto, stylo subnullo. 

 In ins. Hai-nan, circa Hoi-hau, sest. 1877, coll. T. L. Bullock. 

 (Herb. prop. n. 20274.) 



Closely allied to C. sepiaria, Linn., especially to the variety 

 retusella, Thw., but differs by the perfect smoothness of its stem 

 and leaves, and the form of the latter. 



2. Saponaria Vaccaria, Linn. Prope Chin-kiang, prov. Kiang-su, 

 a. 1876, coll. W. G. Stronach. Not found before in China, but 

 occm's in Japan, though whether really wild there or not is 

 doubtful. 



3. Beryia ammamiioides, Eoxb. In agris otiosis j)roiDe Cantonem, 

 d. 7 Sept. 1861, legit Sampson. 



4. Hibiscus Abelmoschiis , Linn. Ad ri^ms graminosas fluviorum 

 prov. Cantonensis, vulgaris. 



5. Hibiscus surattensis, Linn. Ad Hoi-tau, ora occid. ins. 

 Hai-nan, m. Jan., 1866, coll. F. Fagg ; circa Hoi-hau ejusdem 

 insulse, vere 1877, leg. Bullock. 



6. Greivia hirsuta, Vahl. In ripis montosis fl. West Eiver, prov. 

 Cantonensis, necnon secus fl. North Eiver, coll. Sampson et 

 Hance. Not, so far as I know, before recorded as a native of 

 China. 



7. Ailantus malabarica, DC. In ditione Amoyensi, legi m. 

 Oct., 1857. For the determination of this species, quite new to the 

 Chinese flora, I am indebted to Mr. Bentham. 



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