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montajnieB h. I'orient du " I'ohuithan." Son nom indij,'t-ne e»-t " Siao- 

 k'u li." II a (le» fleurw MancliCH. I.cm feuillen Hont trcn .imcres 

 (k'u = amer en C'hinoiB). On en tire <le la, cire vi^ita.le qa'on xemi « 

 Pekin, et qu'on (lit meilleure que celle du sud, que coraiue vou/. H«\ez, 

 est produite huf une espece de Lujastnim et un Fraxinua. Voila toot 

 leu informations que je pui« vous donner Bur cette plante intireRKante. 

 •I'ignorais jusqu'ii present que I'inKecte a pire Be trouve aux ennron)- de 



Pekin Je croiB que notre ami MonB. D. Hanbury serait bien aibe 



de poMseder un specimen de cet arlirisseau, car il a publice quelqtie« 

 notes sur la cire vigetale." 



h. (1) Leafy twig, with flowers. 



Ex. Herb. S. Petrop ; specimen collected by Bunge, a 

 copy of whose ticket is on the sheet, and is as follows ; — 

 " Fraxiniis floribunda Wall? Conferenda videtur divensa folioruni 

 forma; floret Aprili et Maio, in raonte.s Hun-huanssy and Ssi-jtti-»»y."' 



(2) Leafy twig, with flowers. 



Near Peking ; collected by Dr. S. U. Bushell ; received 

 Nov., 1874. 



320. Fraxintis Chinensis, Roxb. 



((. Branchlet, with detached flowers and fruit. 



There are attached to this sheet a drawing of the male and fe 

 male insect, and a leaf of a plant from Dr. McCarter, 

 1867. "The tree upon which the wax insect feeds." 

 From Thomas Hanbury, 1858. 



6. Bi-anchlet, with detached flowers. 



"Wax tree." Shanghai ; cultivated ; 1857. At Shanghai, 

 the flowers are produced in April before the leaves 

 appear. 

 Attached to this sheet is a letter from Dr. J. D. Hooker ; 

 dated July 25th, 1859, as follows :— 

 " I am strongly Inclined to believe that your Fraxinus is F. chintntU. 

 Roxb. ; Fl. Ind. i., 150; D. C. Prod. \m., 277., albeit that it doe-s not 

 agree well \\-ith the description. I find a draw-ing of it amongst 

 Roxburgh's, which I have now at Kew." 



321. Fraxinus excelsior, L. Vax. oiyphylla. 



a. Branchlets in fruit. 



Botanical Gardens, Naples ; 23 May, 1872. 



h. Branchlet in fruit. 



Palermo; received from Prof. Todaro with the names 

 (Fraxinus rostrahi, Gussone, F. oxt/phylla, Bieb.; 

 F. oxycarpa, Willd). 



