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country of which then was unknown, had been cultivated for 
20 years in the hot-houses of the bot-garden of St. Petersb. It 
had first flowered in 1772. Lam. l.c. VI. 667 (1804) notices the 
K. paniculata as cultivated in Paris, but says nothing about 
its introduction. In England it was introduced in 1763. I am 
not aware what plant is intended by Sapindus Koelreut,evict. 
Blanco. PI. Philippin. 289. 
11. Zizyphus chmensis- Lam. 1. e. III. 318 states, that 
this tree is cultivated in the Royal Garden, Paris, and that it 
is said to be a native of China. Z. chinensis, the same as’ Z. 
vulgaris. Lam is very common at Peking. 
12. ©aragana Chamlagu. Lam. Pirst described as 
Robinia Chamlagu by 1’ Heritier, Stirpes novae, 1784. p. 161. 
Ex traditione in horto Parisiensi accepta gignitur in China 
eamque dicunt Chamlagu ubi nomen-vulgare Sinarum. I am 
not prepared to explain this name. C. Chamlagu is a common 
plant in the Peking mountains. It has also been gathered at 
Ningpo and Shanghai (Fortune, Forbes.) 
. 13. Gleditschia sinensis. Lam. 1. c. II. 466 (1786) 
states : cultivated in the Royal garden, Paris ; it is said to have 
been raised from seeds received from China. The tree is com¬ 
mon in FT. China. 
14. Vitex inciSSU Lam. 1. c. II. 612 (1786.) said to be a 
native of China, cultivated in the Royal .garden, Paris. Miller 
(Fig. Gard. Diet. tab. 274.) states that seeds of this plant had 
been sent by missionaries from China to Paris. This shrub is 
very common at Peking arid has been observed only in X. 
China, as far as I can conclude from the quotations in D. Q. 
XI. 684. See above Linn. Chin. pi. 185. 
15. Lycium Chinense. L. Miller in his Gard. Diet (1768) . 
Xo. 6 states with respect to L. halimifoHum (L. chinense) that 
Bernh. Jussieu, who had received the seeds of this plant from 
the missionaries in China, transmitted them to Miller. Lam. 
1. c. II. 509 says that L. chinense is cultivated since a long 
time in the Royal Garden. 
It is generally believed that Sophora japonica. L. has 
been first introduced into our gardens by James Gordon in 
1753 (See Acton Hort. Kew. III. 2). But irr a letter which I 
lately received from Mr. J. Decaisrie he kindly informs me 
that Sophora japonica was introduced into the Jardin des 
Plantes by d’lncarville. 
During my last stay in St. Petersburg, in 1878, I fell in 
with a curious memoir by Incarville, an Alphabetic Cata¬ 
logue of Peking Plants and other objects of natural history, 
