258 SPICILEGIA FLOKiE SINENSIS. 



trichocarpa, with hairy fruit, more or less pubescent foliage, and 

 rose-coloured or purplish flowers, of which I have a Jehol specimen 

 from the Abbe David, is apparently not uncommon in Northern 

 China, I do not think the typical Siberian form, with white 

 blossoms and perfectly smooth leaves and fruit, has been before 



recorded from China. 



5. Schizandra [Spharostema) japonica, A. Gr. — In collibus Feng- 

 wang-shan, juxta Shanghai, Maio 1877 detexit am. Forbes. 

 I have never previously seen specimens gathered south of Peking. 



6. Jefferso)na m a rich u dens is, mihi (== Pleujtorhegma dubiiun, 

 Maxim.) In Manchuria australiori, juxta Portam Coreanam, m. 

 Aprili 1876 tlorentem legit Rev. J. Ross. Folia juniora basi 

 cordata, auriculis ssepe incumbentibus apice e lata emarginatura 

 mucronulata, marginibus irregulariter angulatis ; petala oblonga, 

 obtusissima, basi in unguem brevem angustata. 



The genus Plagiorhegma was founded by Maximowdcz on young 

 fruiting specimens of this plant, with which, as he subsequently 

 discovered, he had inadvertently mixed up flowers of something 

 quite different. Though still without flowers, the writers of the 

 * Genera Plantarum' confidently reduced the genus to Jeffersonia, 

 and in this they were followed by Baillon (Hist, des Plantes, hi. 

 59) ; and this decision is now fully confirmed by Mr. Ross's 

 rediscovery. The young leaves differ a good deal from the full- 

 grown ones on the authentic specimen I received from M. Max- 

 imowicz ; but this, judging only from Prof. Gray's plate (Gen. 

 N. Amer. PL, i. t. 34), — for I have only an old fruiting specimen 

 in my herbarium, — is in a less degree the case in the American 

 species. I have been compelled to alter the specific name, as 

 there is nothing at all doubtful about the affinity. 



7. Corydalis (Capnoides) suaveolens, sp. nov. E rhizomate 

 cylindrico fibras undique emettente erecta, ramosa, glaberrima, 

 foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis ternatim bipiunatisectis superiori- 

 bus^ brevius petiolatis bipiunatisectis petiolis basi stipulaceo- 

 auriculatis laciniis ovali-oblongis acutis basi cuneatis supra hete 

 viridibus subtus glaucescentibus dentatis v. subintegris 2-10 lin. 

 longis, racemis laxiusculis 5-12 floris demum elongatis, bracteis 

 cuneato-oblongis inferioribus dentatis summis integris pedicellos 

 subduplo superantibus, floribus horizontaliter nutantibus, sepahs 

 min utis transverse oblongis denticulatis, corolla calcare incluso 

 pollicaris petalo superiore galeato violaceo in calcar ipso aequilongum 

 apicis uncinatum acutiusculum attenuato lateralibus brevioribus 

 apice cohcerentibus albis apice intense purpureis cum inferiore 

 concavo deflexo staminibus connatis, siliquis immaturis anguste 

 hm nbus polyspermis ereetia pedicellum paulo excedentibus, 

 sti-mate complanato-dilatato basi auriculato. 



In prov. Cantonensi, secus fl. North Eiver, m., Jan. 1879 

 legit Dr. C. Gerlaeh. (Herb, propr. n. 20775.) Flores llcliotrnpiiitn 

 vel Vanillam fragrant. 



A well-characterized bpecies, perfectly distinct from all the 

 East-Asiatic ones with which 1 am acquainted, or can find 

 described, and equally so from those of the Himalaya ; worthy of 



