3 

 The same rale applies when young conifers are planted in woods 



or other places where the Cowberry grows. 16 the diseased plants 

 are not numerous, they may be removed and burned. 



Description op Figures on Plate. 



Left-hand figure : A branch of Silver fir bearing the minute 

 " cluster-cups " on the leaves. 



Right-hand figure: Cowberry plant showing the upright branches 

 much thickened by the fungus present in the tissues. 



Left-hand lower small figure : Portion of leaf of Silver fir 

 bearing " cluster-cups " on its lower surface.— Mag. 5 times. 



II.-THE CHINESE SPECIES OF ERIOCAULON. 



C. H. Wright. 



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The following clavis to the Chinese species of Eriocaulon was 

 drawn up as a result of the examination of the specimens em- 

 ployed in working out that genus for the <fc Index Florae 

 Sinensis," the plan of which did not allow of its inclusion 

 therein. 



All the species, except E. Henry anum^ occur only in the eastern 

 half of the empire, and their number in each province is as 

 follows : — Kwangtung, 11 ; Hongkong, G ; Chekiang, 5 ; Kiangsi, 

 2 ; Shantung, Formosa, Unpeh, Yunnan and Hainan, 1 each. Of 

 these species, no less than 10 have been recorded from single 

 provinces only, 3 from two, 3 from three and 1 from four. 

 k\ Faberi, E. Henryanum and E. sinicum are confined to China ; 

 E. Biteryerianam, E. Miqiieliannm and E. nipponicum extend to 

 Japan only ; E. amtrale and E. cine nam to Australia only ; 

 E. atpestre, E. echinulatum, E. luzulaefolium, E. setaceum, 

 E. W all ich ianum and E. Wight ianum to Biitish India only 

 (3 southwards to Ceylon) ; E. truncation to British India and 

 Malaya ; E. Sieboldianum to British India, Malaya and Japan. 

 The type of E. cristatum occurs in Northern India and Japan. 

 No species is recorded in the enumeration of Tibetan plants in 

 the Journal of the Liimean Society, vol. xxxv. Thirty-six of the 

 well-ascertained Indian species do not occur in China. E. offici- 

 nale, Koran., an imperfectly described plant, is only known as an 

 ingredient of a Chinese medicine. 



Caulis elongatus, foliis dense obtectus 1. E. setaccwtu Linn. 



Caulis brevis, folia radicalia : 



Bracteae involucrantes floribus longiores : 



Flores dimeri U. E. nipponicum, Maxim. 



Flores trimeri : 



Bracteae involucrantes acuminatae, rectae 



3. E. Miquelianurn, Koern. 



Bracteae involucrantes apice cuspide longa recurva 

 instructae 4. E. echinulatum, Mart. 



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