﻿aspect dissimilar, though it is not easy, especially without having 

 the sheets before one, to put the difference in words. If, however, 

 the description of C. arctica in Fries Mant. hi. pp. 64-5, be com- 

 pared with that of C. micacea given above, it will be seen that the 

 discrepancies are not inconsiderable. 



The single blossoms of several British species so well drawn by 

 Mr. Morgan represent flowers just fully expanded. It should be 

 remembered that in all of them the petals lengthen with age, so as 

 to appear narrower in proportion, and also that individual figures 

 should not be overmuch relied on ; allowance has to be made for a 



Plate Si5.—Cochlearia micacea Marshall, 

 of O^'^Watson f'^ eaeea Marshall. 2. Flowers of ditto. 3. Flowers 

 landicali. 6. Flowers of C. danica L. °7,^?Fruit8 of b^nteaeeaf 9. Seeds 



ON SOME OLD COLLECTIONS OF CHINESE PLANTS. 

 By E. Bbetschneider, M.D. 

 In publishing the following notes in this Journal, my chief 

 design is to bring them before the notice of the older English 



ft^^Vw ? mpo ^i! nt ti tl l e botanical collectors referred t0 > in 



the hope that some may be able to contribute towards the elucidation 

 of the doubts adhering to these old collections, 

 nf T IT ?f ? ?- 8 y ion 1818 that the R °y al Horticultural Society 

 tl e^r ntn& de l m IT' ^° rM in 1809 ) be ^n to direct 

 their attention to the botanical riches of China, in which country 



Mr John y E eevp n , tT f ^ ■ mflmb «» ™ d ««4poXS 

 aW 1L T r %'- Jolin Livingstone. The forrner intro- 

 duced many interesting Chinese ornamental plants into the garden 

 men S \ S s Ts LnS C hT k ' a f D tra ^ed also herbariunApeci- 

 wnt tS l» d John R«ssell Beeves did later. In 1821 the Society 

 thev £™S J °rf P ° ttS ' t0 Canfcon ' and tw ° years later 



they despatched John Damper Parks to the same mace These 

 collectors returned from China with many new Sid curious Uvfng 

 plants and dned specimens. But the most BnciSriuSig^ 



and l&O SfeaS ? ° hi ? T R ° bert Fortune > betwee/1843 

 and 1860 visited that country four times. 



these l%fotnr e l ,lant ^ ra » 3mi ^d to the Horticultural Society by 

 these collectors especially those cultivated in the Society's garden, 



ZetiLll ZT^* ?** Journal of the Society. The herbarium 

 5nS^.«rw.^ a , nd have been subsequently determined 

 by different botanists of England and the Continent, 

 confn !nd P d°h? eeveses and their Chinese collections are frequently 

 X ri»l d 'i m f '/ nd e 7 en wh0 k »*w them person- 



ally and received plants from both of them, does not always take 



