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latis longe aeuminatis integerrimis basi angustatis subam- 
plexicaulibus, panicula laxa, pedunculis tenuibus elongatis, 
involucri cylindrici squamis exterioribus brevibus ovatis 
margine scariosis, interioribus circa 8 subbiserialibus æqua- 
libus; achemniis substriatis omnibus rostratis.—An Picris 
repens Lour.? sed folia non obtusa. An Iveridis sp.? sed 
involucrum cylindrieum nec ovatum. 
Sonchus oleraceus L.—S. ciliatus DC. Prod. 7. 185. 
Brachyrhamphus? ramosissimus (sp. n.) ; glaber glaucus, 
caule paniculato ramosissimo folioso floribundo, foliis 
runcinatis dentatis basi amplexicantibus auriculatis, capitulis 
numerosis breviter pedicellatis cylindricis 10-12-floris bracteis 
bracteolisque minimis.—Achenia elongata, transverse muri- 
culata, in rostrum brevem attenuata, disco lato coronata, 
pappo albo molli. 
Lobelia Chinensis Lour.—DC. Prodr. 7. 360. 
' Enkianthus reticulatus Lindl.—DC. Prodr. 7. 733. 
Enkianthus guingueflorus Lindl.—DC. Prodr. 7. 732. 
I have some doubts whether the above two species are 
really distinct. In the specimens before me, gathered wild 
by Mr. Hinds in the elevated parts of the island, the form 
of the calyx is variable; and in none of them are the lobes 
80 pointed as in cultivated specimens of E. quingueflorus. 
Enkianthus uniflorus (sp. n.) ; foliis parvis ovatis, gemmis 
floriferis unifloris, calyce subnullo.—Ramuli primo juventute, 
petioli, squamee gemmarum floriferarum interiores, pedicellus, 
torus et ovarium pilis longis rufis dense obtecta; tota planta 
ceterum glabra. Rami teretes, subumbellatim ramosi. Folia 
vix unquam pollicaria, basi angustata, margine siccitate 
revoluta, retieulato-venosa. Gemme florifere lanceolate. 
Squamae obtuse v. extime vix acute, intime lineari-spathu- 
late. Corolla glaberrima, latius campanulata quam in E. 
quinquefloro, basi attenuata. Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 
multiovulatis. 
Diospyros vaccinioides, Lindl. 
Sideroxylon Wightianum Wall.—with longer leaves than 
are represented at t. 41, of Hook. et Arn. Bot.—Beech. 
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