20 
Planta 1*5 ped. alta. Folia majora ad 3 poll. longa, 2 poll. 1 
petiolis ad 1*5 poll. longis. Jnflorescentia ad 5 poll. longa. Calyz 
4 lin. longus 
— of this plant were raised in the Royal Gardens from seeds 
received from Vallombrosa under the name of Hedeoma nepalensis, and 
the description is actually drawn up from them. No indication was 
ven as to the native country of the plant; but I have identified it 
with a coloured drawing in the collection of a plant ** raised in 1829 from 
South American seeds collected by Messrs. Deppe and Schiede.” Salvia 
schiedeana is nearest allied to S. (ud is Vahl. 
229. Polygonum (Bistorta) cons nstans, Cummins HOME: 
gracilis, glabra, foliis cordatis ovato-lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis 
marginibus sinuosis inferioribu us petiolatis superi d sexi am- 
plexicaulibus quam inferiores angustoribus, floribus cemos 
dispositis, racemorum uneulis brevibus, ovario ovalis stylis 3 
cilibus basi connatis, stigmatibus capitatis. 
Habita E C. B. Clarke, and Beroom at 12,000 ft. Thibet, 
Dr. King’s collec 
Herba 6-12 sail P iode 3-1 poll longs. Folia 2-2} poll. 
longa, 1-2 poll. lata ; petioli 2 a bor longi. a 3-14 poll. longi. 
Perianthii segmenta 4 i poli. lo lon Fructus i igno 
Near P. amplexicaule, iiid ini which it E in its thinne 
stem, "o er and more delicate leaves each wit y a contrac ravted 
S did pointed basal lobes, also in its more slender and very 
shoctly poida racemes 
230. Arundinaria nitida, Mitford, in Gard. Chron., xviii, 1895, 
p- 186, 33 (nomen solum) ; ramis gracilibus paucifoliatis pallidis vel 
fu scescentibus, laminis patulis lineari-lanceolatis basi breviter subitoque 
nervis secundariis utrinque 2-3 venulis tran is pr 
matis, vaginis arctis striatis glabris in ore setis paucis instructis, ligula 
brevissima ciliolata, panicula parva ramis inferioribus ramulosis cæteris 
simplicibus omnibus glabris lævibusque in axillis glandulas foventibus, 
spic Roe labris, gluma i. quam lto breviore utraque 
7-nervi inter nervos tenui, ia florentibus lanceolatis quam gluma ii 
multo longi wol dissitis apicem us rvibus, palea 
xtra 
apicem versus aspera, lodieulis 3 ovatis apice fimbriatis—A. khasiana, 
W. J. Bean in Gard. Chron., xv., 1894, p. 301, non Munro. 
Habitat,—China: Hupeh, Fang oe on cliffs, 6000-9500 ft. 
A. Henry, 6832 ; North Szechuen, Pota 
Frutex at teste A. Henry in loco natali 1-2 ped. altus ; 
cultus vero multo altior. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 3-5 lin. lata. Panicula 
143-3 poll. longa ; re infimi ad 2 poll. longi; pedicelli longitudine 
valde varii ad 6 lin. me Sage ad 9 lin. longs ; rhachillze articuli 
inte ii ad 3 lin. i n. longs, 
Nearest allied to "Eidos ia sinica, Hance Á ionge mea, Munro), 
pel Jeaves and the small panicle. The description ves ditm Pa P4 
the wild specimens quoted ab 
