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Plate 2457. 



LITHOSPEEMUM: HANCOCKIANUM, OUv, 



BORAGIXE^. Tribe BoRAGEiE. 



_ L. hancockianum, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; frutex caulibus dense foliosis 



internodus omnmo obtectis, foliis patentibus defiexisve anguste ovali- 

 iinearibus acutis basi in petioliim vaginantem leviteraut vix aiigustatis 

 supra nitiduhs setulis albidis rigidis arete appressis conspersis subtus 

 molliter argyreo-tomentosis, cymis racemiformibus axillaribus bracteatis 

 pluntions, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, pedicellis calyce multo breviori- 

 bus, coroUse hypocrateriformis tubo calyce 2-3-plo longiore lobis limbi 

 obovato-rotundatis, fauce nuda, puberula, antheris inclusis fere ad 



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Hab. China: Mo 



Hancock 



6000 ft. : 



Folia 31-5 poll, longa, 3-4 lin. lata. BractecB 6-9 lin. longje. 

 Lalyx 5-partitus, segmentis linearibus suba^quilongis erectis. Corollce 

 tubus cylindricus, superne leviter gradatim dilatatus, 10-12 lin. lon'-us- 

 limbus ca^sius 1-1 poll. diam. Antherce oblonga., inappendiculat*. 

 btigma capitellatum, bilobulatum. 



This fine addition to a widespread and familiar genus in habit 



ifolium 



may be regarded as a glorified representative, worthy of the Celestial 

 Ji^mpire as well as worthily commemorating the important service 

 rendered to our knowledge of the botany of China, which we owe to 

 Mr. Hancock.— D. Oliver. 



F]g. 1. Pistil and part of calyx. 2. Corolla-tube laid open. Both enlarged. 



