HENRY FLETCHER HANCE. 5 
enumerated beyond the 1003 species in Mr. Bentham’s work, 
besides which Dr. Hance added many critical notes in elucidation 
or correction of previous records. The Supplement was dedicated 
to the memory of his friend Dr. Harland, late Colonial Surgeon of 
Hongkong, in whose honour “8 _ already named the genus 
Eeeaeadis. now merged in Zehner 
Besides the Supplement to the ‘ Flora Hongkongensis,’ the 
following short — from his pen appeared in the ‘ Journal of the 
Linnean Society’ : 
n the Fagus castanea Lour., with descriptions of two Chinese 
Cor vlacea” (Bot x. 1869, pp. 199-203). 
*‘On the Silkworm Oaks of Northern China” (Ibid. pp. 
482- 492). 
‘“‘New species of Archangelica and pb a from the White 
Cloud Hills, Canton? (Bot. xi. 1871, pp. 454-455). 
“ On the source ~ the Radix Galange minoris of Pharmacologists”’ 
(Bat: xl. 1873, pp. 1-7). 
ft ementary note on Chinese Silkworm Oaks” = (Ibid. 
pp. 7-1 
more or less to every volume, with the naib exception of the 
secon 
the number for January, 1878, he began a series of papers 
under the title “* Spicilegia Flore Sinensis: Diagnoses of new and 
habitats of rare or hitherto unrecorded Chinese 4 plate,” nine of 
which appeared during his lifetime. ire rough notes for another, 
the last botanical work done by have been sent to me b 
Mrs. Hance, and will be found on awatline page of this number. 
The oe thus prematurely closed comprises notices or descriptions 
of about 700 Chinese species, one of Dr. Hance’s main objects 
being to ee phytogeographical points of interest. In May, 
188 tes :—‘* You may have remarked that in my modest 
little « Spicilogia’ I usually content myself with pointing hin the 
ayas, it has an almust equally close one with that t of Jae 
and ‘theredore, by representative species and genera, with that of 
tic States of America 
r. Hance’s on as we ; aves , was almost exclusively in 
aysboruatic and aoosiioties Botany, iat the ability he displayed, on 
the rarer occasions when he wrote upon economic plants, makes us 
almost regret that he did not devote more attention to that branch 
of the science. Three economi¢ papers on ‘‘ Chinese Silkworm 
Oaks” and “ The source of the _ Galanye minoris of Pharma- 
