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crenulato-dentatis trinerviis supra demum subnitidis, floribus breviter 
fasciculato-paniculatis graciliter pedicellatis, sepalis "une ovatis sub- 
obtusis reticulato-venosis, petalis cucullatis, an agnis didymis, 
fructu amplo crispato obscure lobulato .— Paliurus dust PES Geertn. var. 
orientalis, Franchet, Pl. od p. 132; Paliurus australis, Franchet, 
Pl. David. ^e 71, non Gert 
Habitat.—China: in a. near Tali, Yunnan, Delavay; South 
Wushan, iieri; A. Henry, 7,205 ; Kwangtung, C. For d, 325. 
Arbor usque ad 30 ped. alta (A. Henry). Folia cum petiolo usque ad 
5 poll.longa et 3 poll. lata, sed in speciminibus Delavayanis minora. 
Panicule 1-2 poll longs. Flores circiter 3 lin. diametro, Fructus 
1-1} poll. diametro. 
As Mr. Franchet very truly observes, M is little in me flowers and 
fruit to distinguish this from the Mediterranean P. australis, but in 
habit, size, aod foliage it is very different. gy mtem daoa the 
trunk as being armed with stout spines. 
102. Paliurus hirsutus, Hemsl. [Rhamnaceæ]; arborescens, d 
pec ia graciliusculis pubescentibus angulatis flexuosis ad nodos 
vibus 
osis, spinis brevibus rigidis recurvis, fo liis graciliter petiolatia 
is am 13 roatiilico- ovis basi i obliquis s vel rotundatis 
pios renit acuminatis subacutis minutissim e calloso-crenulato-dentatis 
trinerviis cum venis lateralibus omea supra strigillosis bpas 
precipue secus venas fulvo-pubescentibu m. floribus pode cym 
paniculatis pubescentibus breviter pedicellatis, sepalis cras pioli 
quam petala paullo brevioribus, filamentis fliformibus posa Mores cm 
fruetu maturo ignoto sed ut videtur anguste cupulato-alato glabro. 
Habitat,—China: Kwangtung, Ford, 280. 
Arbor parva (Ford). Folia, cum petiolo circiter 6-9 lineas longo, 3—4 
poll. longa. Spine 11-3 lineas longs. Cyme circiter pollicares. 
Flores 21 lin. diametro. 
It is noteworthy that no member of this genus has been found between 
Persia and China and only one species is known in the western area of 
the genus. Carriére joe Horticole, 1866, p. 380) mentions a 
Paliurus lucidus from China; but as he merely states that it is less 
spiny than P. aculeatus, Poir., with — shiny leaves, it is impossible 
to say what it is without seeing specim 
The synonymy of the eda, species has been misunderstood 
and should be as follows :— P. x ees Christi, Mill., syn. P. australis, 
Gerin., and P. aculeatus, Poir. 
Bothriocline laxa, V. E. Brown [Composite-Vernoniacex] ; 
aces eaulibus ramulisque sulcato-striatis a fo € alternis 
vel oppositis aene lanceolatis oblongo-lanceolatis vel obovato-lanceo- 
latis acutis basi cuneato-acutis marginibus per supra sparse hirtis 
Wibtar: sparse pey Skee Eae glanduloso-punetatis, inflorescentia laxe pani- 
culato-corymbosa, pedunculis pedicellisque gracilibus pilosis, capitulis 
20-25 floris, involucri campanulati bracteis 5-6 seriatis ovato-lanceolatis 
ciliolatis viridibus interioribus apice purpureis Semis gere e oh 
eorola purpurea extus epa ifera quinquefida lobis lineari-lanceo- 
latis acutis quam stigmata paullo longioribus, pappi. setis eaducis 
seabris, achæniis turbinatis leviter curvatis quinque-suleatis glabris, 
