240 F. si a mi;. 



vix productis acutis basi e siim lato levi in petiolum lamina? 

 sequilongum pilosum ac retrorsumaculeolatum cuneatim decur- 

 rentibus pubescentibus et punctis v. granulis elevatis notatis 

 nervis subtiis sparsim aculeolatis, pedunculis terminalibus sub- 

 simplicibus birsutis aculeolatis superne glandulosis, spicis oblon- 

 gis 3-6-floris, bracteis ovatis hirtellis, floribusglanduloso-punc- 

 tatis 6-8-andris hemidigynis. 



In Japonia collegit D r Babinglon; in provincia Cantoniensi 

 invenit Sampson. (Herb. propr., n° 7497.) 



Folia pollicem longa, basi 8-10 lineas lata. 



Obs. — Prœter species supra memoratas, sequentes etiam in China 

 australi sponte crescunt : Polygonum Roxburghii Meisn., — P. viseo- 

 sum Ham., —P. jucundum Meisn., — P. barbatum L., — P. Donii 

 Meisn., P. hydropiperh., teste Ben thamio, sed a planta europœa aliqua- 

 tenus diversum ; typicam vero ex ins. Formosa habeo stirpem.— P. inter- 

 ruption Bge., ~ P. lapatlnfolium L. (occurrit in vervactis, floribus vel 

 viridulo-albis, vel adhuc clausis rubris sub anthesi pallentibus, foliisque 

 immaculatis v. macula nigra medio notatis; lise formas promiscue vigent. 

 Nollem hoc cum sequente commutare.) — P. glutinosum Wall., — 

 P. orientale L., — P. chinense L., — P . perfoliatwn L. 



EUPHORBIACEJÎ. 



Euphorbia (Tithymalus, Galarrhoei) Sampsonï f : caule 

 siraplici vel ramoso bipedali pilis mollibus crispulis tomentoso 

 demum fere glabrato, foliis confertis firmulis sessilibus lineari- 

 bus integerrimis acutis apiculatis margine recurvis supra opacis 

 subtus glaucis hinc inde pilos laxos cito delapsos gerentibus 

 cseterum glaberrimis costa conspicua excepta enervibus, umbel- 

 laribus ovato - lanceolatis acutis radios aequantibus, floralibus 

 obovoideo-rotundatis acutis, umbellse 5-radiatse corymbosœ 

 radiis bifidis, involucri turbirîato-cainpanulati intus pilosi lobis 

 oblongis apice denticulatis, glandulis substipitatis, lunatis, cap- 

 sula trigono-globosa verrucis brevissimis obtusissimis obsita, 

 stylis basi coalitis crassis divergeutibus semibifidis, senrinibus 

 ovoideis lœvibus plumbeis, caruncula hemisplieeiïco-conica 

 cerina. 



