INTO THE FLQRA OF CHINA. 93 
12. Polygala chinensis. Lin. I am not aware whether 
this species is really found in China. Lin. gives only India as 
habitat. 
13. Polygala, ciliata. L. Danes isl. French isl. Osb. 356, 393. 
Known from Ceylon before. Salomonia'? ciliata. D. C. I. 334. 
14. Bianthus chinensis. Lin. Introduced into Europe 
from China about 1702. 
15 Hypericum chinense. L. Danes isl. Osb. 2. 
Hanee. Journ, bofc. 1879. 8. Canton prov. If. monogynum. L. is the same* 
16. On p. 246 and 39 Osb. gives some accounts of the Tea 
shrub. When the ship departed from Whampoa Osbeck’s Tea 
shrub, which stood in a pot fell upon the deck during the 
firing of the canons and was thrown over board. 
17. Camellia japonica. L. sin: fo hai. Osb. 17. 
Known previously in Europe. 
18. Vatica chinensis. Lin. Mant 242. Smith icon. ined. 
Linn. I 36, tab. 36. Benth. Hook. G% P. I 192 however state, 
that this is not a Chinese but an Indian plant. 
19 Althaea rosea. Cav. According to the Bot. mag. 3198 
introduced from China 1758. Bat Linn. {Alcea rosea') says only : 
in Oriente. The plant is very common in China. * 
20. Malva verticillata. L. Malva sinensis erecta floribus 
albis minimis. Boerhave Lugd. (1720). Cultivated in England 
as early as 1683. M. chinensis Mill. Diet. 5 is probably the same, 
21. Sida spinosa L. Canton. Osb. 329. 
Known previously from India, 
22. Urena chinensis, caule erecto, floribus majusculis. 
French isl. Osb. 363, 
This name is not found in botanical works. 
23. Urena lofoata. L. French isl. Osb. 354. 
Known from China before. Urena sinica, Dillenius. 1732. 
24. Urena procumbens. L. a little tree, near Canton. 
Osb. 387. 
25. Hibiscus mutabilis. L. Whampoa. Osb. 198. 
Known from China before. Ketmia sinensis. Tournef. 
26. Hibiscus ficulneus. L. Canton. Osb. 328. 
Known from Ceylon before. 
27. Crossypium herbaceum. L. French , isl. cuifum. 
Osb. 349. 
28. Sterculia platanifolia. Cav. introduced from China 
in 1757, known to Lin. under the name of Hibiscus simplex ., 
Plukenet’si Tetraglottis, 
