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article, Lung-chow on the borders of Annam, and the country about 

 Po-se, on the West Eiver close to Yunnan." Dr. Bretschneider 

 adds a translation from the well-known work on Chinese materia 

 medica and natural history, " Pen t'sao Kang mu," vol. xxvi., foL 



Illicium religiosum of Japan. 



1. — A flowering branch (reduced). 

 2. - Vertical section of flower (enlarged). 

 3. — Back view of Stamens „ 



4.— Front view of same ,, 



5.— Pistil, receptacle, and carpels ,, 



62, in which it is stated that star anise grows in the mountains 

 near the Tso-Kiang and Yu-Kiang (rivers), and that the kind most 

 valued in China, growls in Kuang-si and Kuang-tung and in Annam. 

 Dr.Bretschneider remarked that both the above rivers are in Western 

 Kuang-si, the first being a tributary of the West Eiver. The city 

 of Po-se mentioned by Mr. Piry, is situated on it. The Tso-Kiang 

 is a southern tributary of the Yu-Kiang. 



