Additional determinations, 
Metcalf, Fukien Province, 
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' / Aster baccharoides Steetz, 5610, 6771,, 566k,, 5765,, 5 hAA 
- T 547? / 
/ Aster indica Ii. 
./Artemis 
.culty in 
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referred tp.the.latter Bay belong here, y 
'/Chrysanthemum morifoliuij Bam. 5890, 5890, 58o9, 670o 
/Ainsliaea fragrans Ohanp. 5788 S' . 
yGnaphaliun hypoleucui^DC?^notXypioal 
/Blum'ea glonerata Bl. ? <$&& 7075f very different looking but 
probably forms of the same species. One needs in this diiiicult 
tonno n irm-fl ptnrifie of po ocl soeckiens showing the whole plant,not 
Ie?elv pa?tl?such as tinaTT branches etc. I cannot build up a good 
study*"series-from the f^gnentary,poorly selected material,you send 
as 90 percent of tiie specimens go into the waste basket as^ not 
showing sufficient characters to warrant putting into tne Herbarium, 
This statement applies to the collections generally,not to specim¬ 
ens in any particular group: were the specimens ample,anu showed 
/ the parts one needs for critical study they would be preserves. 
*/Trema sampsoni ( Hance) 6947 "g, y 
/Smilax opaca Morton .7174, 7036, 7M65, ^ ✓ 
./Smilax cnina L.^ var^or forma ? 5593, 55o5 5345. 50^o, 5101, 
6081^6837,6794* 6671^0. leaves) ,7076.* x .What one needs here 
is not an enormous series of small. specimens all in the same 
stage of development, buy few,critically prepared,ample 
specimens if necessary from marked plants.snowing flowers 
and fruits,thus indicating at least two different periods 
of collection; again one needs both male and female ils. 
which may occur on separate plants. 
/ 5042 Lycoris radiata Ai erb. a cultivated plant . no; attention 
whatever is given to indicating whether a plant is cultivated 
or not. The man who studies a collection is not in a 
position to know this. 
y 7293 lauraceae,prob Litsea or hindera; one can’t tell witnout 
ils.* and in this case there are only young b uds, 
possible collectors should wait ior _o.pen „fls..^ 
before""preparing specimens; tiiis can usually be done wnen 
field work is prosecuted in places near ones base. 
y Adenophora verticillata Fisch. 5015* 7 
^Po do carp us macrophylla Thunb. 6613 
y Forsythia sp. 7267 *6 
✓ Jsnanthus marginatus Benth._ 7269 ^ 
✓ Ardisia quinquegona Bl. 7051 ^ 
✓ ” crenata A.1)0. 7260 
/Llaesa iaponica Mor. var. .6783 y 
Hiaesa sinensis A.1)0. 702657029; t oo young , buds only 
^Dichondra repens Forst. , 8672*7 _ _ r .^ nr _ / n , 
yYaceinium carlesii Dunn ( prob.) 5743, 8043,,5977,,5815( out of. 
iteophyHum lice) 
_ Thea sasanqua Thunb. ? Why couldn't an open.fl. have oeen secured 
This is probably not an indigenous species,but cultivated 
y Thea fraterna. Q.Ktze. 574955783 here belongs probably most of the 
. specimens I referred to T. assimilis,m prev. lists. 
/ Thea griisii ( nance ) ? 6767^ 
/gSchefilera octophylla Baums. 73035 7037^ 
pHedera nepalensis var. sinensis ( Tobl.) Behd. 6765,6804 ^ 
i/ Symplocos caudata Wall ? 5951 
