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Dunton Green ; eens on the banks of the stream below Salt- 
wood Castle, n the. 
R. coyrertum, Br. ot Sch A. ‘Hypnum confertum, Smith (Wils. ; Berk. ; 
o 
On Sa of trees, and on stones in hedgebanks and Pes one 
mm Novem mber, Februa Bry. Eur. v., » te 510 
Bayes: Common; Beechborough, near Sandgate Tovil, near 
Maidstone. 
(Zo be continued.) 
ON SPORTELLA,* A NEW GENUS OF ROSACEA. 
By om F. Hance, Pa. D., ere. 
Frorrs ae ee Calycis persistentis tubus hemisphericus, 
carnosus, lobi 5, triangulari-semiovati, mucronulati, etal bop aie 
Petala? Stamina 15 v. plura, calycis fauci in serta, uni ms Hs 
mentis subulatis, basi parum dilatatis. Discus tenu Rae 
obsolete sulcatus, ealycis tubum vestiens. Folliculi 3- 5, ‘ossei, oblonge 
subtrigoni, ad medium usque tubo calycino immersi, inter se libe 
leves, castanei, n sl apice rotundati, stylo brevi apiculati; su 
ventrali tea -spermi, semine altero abortivo. Semen e basi 
loculi adscendens eumque replens, compresso-piriforme, testa mem- 
en 2 
ea, Ta 
neath blsac icula brevis, infera. — Fruticulus austro-chin 
osis, angulatis, glaberrimis, spinis rectis armatis. Folia 
ad nodos so e spinarum axillis ortis, more Caraganarum, fasciculata, 
ti olata ta, glsberrine, coriacea, oblonga, obtusa, leviter et remote 
ra vaceo-viridia, lucida, venis impressis, subtus 
P » opaca, costa _promin ula. Stipule? Flores in cymulas (vy. 
corymbulos st) resi s, laxas, paucifloras digesti, longius pedicellati, 
bracteolis deciduis 
8. stalandoitany spec. unica.—Secus amnem Lien chau, provincis 
Cantonensis, supra ‘ai wan, m. Octobri 1876, leg. Rev. J. C. 
Nevin, (Herb. propr. ti ae Folia 1-12 poll. longa, 7 lin. lata, 
—_ 2-3 lineali ; cymule noe llicares ; calyx fructiger 14 lin, diametro, 
oa is to be regretted that the flowers of this curious and interest- 
in t are as yet unknown, for its exact position in the Order to 
whieh it belongs is uncertain ; but they would not, perhaps, very 
materially aid in determining the question, as the absence or presence 
pe’ and their , if existing, are nearly all we should 
learn from them. My valued friend, Dr. Thwaites, after eee 
of the fruiting-calyx alone, regards it as evidently belonging to the 
Spiraa- ea-group, and is disposed to refer it to Lxrochorda; whilst Prof. 
£8 
FE 
> crue inigigeirner yn ones solebant, ab calycis 
ige if 7. a et E 1. rhe - A satis liquet 
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