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73. V. deminuta, Arn. — On moist rocks, with the preceding (Lar- 

 balestier). Eare. 



74. V. myriospora, Leight. in Linn. Trans. Bot., ser. 2, 1, p 145, 

 sp. n. — Oh young Oaks. Kylemore and Doughruach (Larbalestier), 

 Eare. 



75. V. stfccina, Leight. in Grevillea iv., p. 78, sp. n. — On moist 

 rocks. Kylemore Lake (Larbalestier). Very rare. 



76. V. leptaleella, Nyl. in Flora, 1876, p. 237, sp. n.— On trees. 

 Doughruagh (Larbalestier). Eare. 



77. V. tenuifera, Nyl., I.e., sp. n. — On qnartzose rocks Jersey (Lar- 

 balestier). 



78. V. elceomelena, Mass. — On rocks in streams. Chedworth, 

 Gloucestershire (W. Joshua). 



79. Thelenella modesta, Nyl. — On the bark of old Birch trees. 

 Barnsley Park, Gloucestershire (W. Joshua). Yery rare. 



80. Melanotheca isclmolela, Nyl. in Flora, 1876, p. 238, sp. n. — Ou 

 Holly. Doughruagh (Larbalestier). Eare. 



81. 3fycoporum ptelcEodes, IS'yl. — On smooth bark of trees. Slopes 

 of Cleve Hill, Cheltenham (W. Joshua). 



PLAKT^ QUATTUOR NOV^ HONGKONGENSES 



EXHIBET H. F. HaKCE. 



1. Caedamtn-e Lamontii, sp. nov. — Glaberrima, radice fibrosa, caule 

 decumbenti inferne radicante ramoso estolonoso, foliis tenuibus sub- 

 tiliter nervulosis oblongis obovato-oblongis v. obovatis apice obtusis 

 basi cuneatis irregulariter repando-dentatis inferioribus nunc lobulo 

 brevi acuto basi auctis, inferioribus petiolo marginato iis longiore v. 

 aequilongo-fultis, mediis sensim brevius petiolatis superioribus sessi- 

 libus f-2^ poll, longis, racemis ramulos terminantibus 1-2-nis demum 

 elongatis 15-25 floris pedicellis sub anthesi erectis flore subduplo 

 brevioribus fructiferis patentibus siliqua subtriplo brevioribus, sepalis 

 oblongis 1-lJ lin; longis, petalis albis spathulato-obovatis IJ-lf lin. 

 longis, staminibus 6 petalis vix brevioribus, siliquis linearibus 10 

 lineas longis, stylo semilineali, stigmate dilatato subbilobo, seminibus 

 60-80 compressis flavido-brunneis. 



In silvula ad pagum Heongkong, Sept., 1874, oifendit amiciss. 

 Eev. J. Lament. (Herb, propr., n. 19355.) 



Finitima certe, necnon habitu aspectuque satis similis, C. rotundi- 

 folm, Mx. ! abs qua foliorum forma, floribus minoribus, siliqua poly- 

 sperma apice hand subulata, stigmate dilatato, conspicue differt. 

 Civium ditissimae Florae nostras additamentum insigne, ob inopi- 

 natum cum specie solum boreali-americana necessitudinem. Prseter 

 mundanas fere C Mrsutum, Linn., et C. silvaticum, Lk., singularem 

 C. paradoxam^ mihi — C. africanm, Linn., imprimis affinem — et stirpem 



