90. THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xxv. No. 290. 



Hah. Hu-nan. (No. 9). 



This vSpecimen is of the typical form of the sp., and is said 

 to be found extensively in China. Knuth's subsp y. samolina 

 (Max.) is recorded from Nagasaki, Japan. It is described as 

 having fl. and fr. % as large as those of a. eucandida. 



He retains L. leucantha Miq. as a sp., which is also re- 

 corded from Kiusiu, This ma}' prove the same as y. samolina. 

 T. Makino combined L. leucantha with L. Candida Lindl., 

 thus : L. Candida Lindl. var. leucantha (Miq.) Makino in Bot. 

 Mag. Tokyo XXI. 160 ; linuma Somoku-Zusetsu [revised by 

 Makino] Vol. III. PI. 63. 



Lysimachia Fortimei Maxim, in Mel. Biol. VI. 270 ; Fr. 

 et vSav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. 301 ; Forb. et Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVI. 52 ; Knuth in Engl. Pfl.-Reich Primulac. 

 290 ; = L. harystachys Klatt ; Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXIX. 523. 



Hah. Hu-nan. (No. 21). 



Nom. Jap. Numa-toranoo. 



Lysimachia involucrata Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXIX. 315 t. 31 ; Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 525 ; 

 Pax et Knuth, Engler-Pfl.-Reich. Primulac. 284-. 



Hah. Hu-nan. 



L. ruhiginosa Hemsl. is closely allied to the present sp. 



Primula sinensis Lindl., Bot. Mag. t. 2561, 7559 ; Gar- 

 tenflora (1861) t. 346, (1876) 150 ; Forb. et Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVL 42 ; Gard. Chron. (1887) I. 115, f. 16 ; 

 (1902) I. 269. f. 84. 85 ; (1892) L 13. f. 2 ; Diels in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 520; Knuth, Engl., Pfl.-Reich. Pri- 

 mulac. 21. 



Hah. Hu-peh. : I-chang. (No. 162). 



Nom. Jap. Kan-sakuraso M^M- 



Primula sp. 



Hah. Hupeh : Taye. It grows, on the calcareous rock ; 

 flowers in March. 



Cynanchimi amplexicaule (Sieb. et Zucc) Hemsl in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVL 104^ = Vincctoxicum amplexicaule, Sieb. ct 

 Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 162 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. 



