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or obtuse or shortly acuminate, green-keeled, margin broad, 

 scabrous. Rachis scaberulous. Utricles 3 mm. long, ovate- 

 elliptical, membranaceous, brown, nerveless, apex produced into 

 a scabrous beak. Nuts trigonous, style-base swollen, stigma 3. 



Very near to "forma 2 major" of Kdekenthal (Pflanzereich 

 IV. 20. p. 590). 



Hab. Chihli: among grasses, near the top of Mt. Po-hua- 

 shan (Jul. 1908); Mt. Siao-wutaishan (Jul. 1906). 



8. Listera Bungeana m. 



Root slender, fibrous. Stem erect, slender, 2-foliate, about 

 20 cm. high. Leaves opposite, sessile, orbiculate-ovate, IY2 cm. 

 long, 1.8 cm. broad, apex obtuse, membranaceous. Raceme 

 pubescent 5-7 flowered, flowers light brown. Dorsal sepal 

 ovate-obtuse, 3.5 mm. long, erect; lateral sepals 2.5 mm. long, 

 broad lanceolate, acute. Petals subequal; labellum oblong. 6 

 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, 2-lobed, lobes entire obtuse, median 

 line thickened. Bracts ovate acute or obtuse, 3 mm. long; pedicels 

 slender, shorter than the bracts. 



Hab. Chihli: near the summit of Mt. Pohuashan, about 

 2500 m. alt. (Jul. 1905). 



Ver3' closely related to L. Eschscholziana Cham. 



9. Pteroceltis Tatarinowi Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX. p. 26 cum. 

 fig., Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 53 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL III. p. 

 354; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 451; 

 Schneider, 111. Laubholzk. I. p. 227. 



Hab. Shan-tung: Lung tung near Chi-nanfu (Fukuyama 

 22. May 1915 fr.). 



It seems rather good to exclude this species from Peking 

 flora. There is no wild plant. 



10. Holosteum umbellatum L. Sp. PI. ed. 1. p. 130; DC. 

 Prodr. I. p. 393; Fenzl. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I. p. 373; Edge- 

 worth et Hook, in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. I. p. 227. 



Hab. Chihli: near the summit of Mt. Siaowutaishan (Jul. 

 1906 fr.) New to Chinese flora. 



11. Clematis Matsumurana m. 



Scandent. Leaves long-petiolate, pinnate ; segments 3-5, 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse, 5-5.5 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. broad, coria- 



