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12. D. sinensis Lam. floribus ternifnalibus aggregatis breve petlicella* 

 tis tenuisjsime pubescendbns : laciniis ccrollas lanceolatis acumina- 

 tis, pedicellis sericeo-pubescentibus , foliis ovalibus glabris niten- 

 tibus. 



D. sinensis Lamarck Enc. bot.3,p. 438. 



D. oclora Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. i. T. II. p. 26. ed. 2. T. II. p. 411. 

 Smith. Exot. Bot. t. 47- Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 3. p. 54. t. 351, 

 Lour. Fl. Cochinch. I. p. 237, ed. Willd. p. 292 (excl. apud 

 omnes synon. Thunb.). D. japonica y. Thunb. Mus. Nat. Acad. 

 Ups. Append. XVIII. p. 4. — Conf. Bot. Mag, Vol. XXXVIII. t. 



1587.*) 

 Hab. in China. 



Frutex I. Arhuscula tripedalis 1. altior. Rami sparsi, diiFusi, glabri^ 



juniores pubescentes, versus ilores bracteis muniti. Bracteae infra ca- 



pitulum florum, sparsce, lanceolatae, cuspidatas, integerrimae, foliaceae, 



laete virides, unguicuLires 1. ultra, semper vero floribus longiores, mar- 



ginibus hyalinis et saepe prima aetate pubescentibus. Flores terminales, 



aggregati s. capitulum formantes, plurimi, 20 1. plures, breve pedicel- 



tati, tenuissime pubescentes, incarnati, odori; pedicelli sericeo-pube* 



scentes, lineam fere longi. Corolla nervosa, 5-7 lineaslonga: tubo sub- 



cylindrico, basi latiori, 3 1. 4 lineas longo ; laciniis corollae lanceola- 



tis, acuminatis , 2 1. 3 lineas longis. Stani. duor. ovciin.: Jilamentis bre- 



vissimis; antheris oblongis, bilocularibus, luteis. Gennen ovale, "gla- 



brum; stigjna sessile, capitatimi, glabrum, incarnatum. 



D. odorae Thunb. proxime afFmis, si nempe speciflce distingui 



queant, quod tamen eadem ratione forsan, qua D. striata Trattin. a D. 



Cneoro Linn. separata est, fieri potest. Comparationem plantas chinensis 



cmn japonica hic instituamus: 



sequence o£ the premature elongation oF tlie iDranch : a cir«umstance very likely 

 to have the eiFect of weakening the blossonis". Bot. Magaz. 1. c. 

 *J) "The Jigure by rFIeritier (Stirp. nov. T. ^ t. 7.), quoted in the former edition 

 of Hortus Kewensis, we helieve was never puhlisfced". Bot. Magaz. J. c. 



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