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 A SIXTH DECADE OF NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 131

size and shape of its leaflets and in inflorescence not unlike A. temoflorus, Spruce ; and I believe it is closely allied to that, and probably also to A. melanospermns, Hassk., to jud<^e from the description. The presence of stipellae in this 2;enus, which I had supposed myself the first to indi- cate (Seem. Journ. Eot. Yol. VI. p. 113) had, I find, already been detected bv my acute friend Dr. Thwaites (Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 91) in A. pulchellus. Wall.

3. Comhretum (Eucomhretum) Alfredi, n. sp. ; frutescens, erecta ?, in- novationibus dense flavo-glanduloso-lepidotis, ramis ferrugineo-tomentosis subquadrangulis, foliis petiolo 3-lineali suft'ultis coriaceis oblongo-lanceo- latis acuminatis minute calloso-apiculatis integerrimis opacis flaventi- viridibus 4|— 6 poll, longis 1^-2^ poll, latis utrinqne punctis minutis elevatis asperiusculis albidis densissime obsitis subtusque praeterea gra- nulis glandulosis flavo-brnnneis conspersis luci obversis sub lente creber- rime pellucido-punctatis costulato-penninerviis costulis utrinque circ. 7-8 axillis obscure barbatis costa venisque subtus prominulis hirtellis, spicis axillaribus et terminalibus paniculatis laxis folio parum brevioribus, raclii ferrugineo-tomentosa, bracteis foliis homomorphis sed multo luinoribus, bracteolis setaceis, calycis extus flavido-lepidoti tubo ovario duplo longiore limbo ad medium usque 4-fido laciniis triangulatis acutis erectis fauce annulo densisairao pilorum flavorum exsertorum corouata, petalis flavis unguiculatis obovatis acutiusculis lacinias calycinas parum superantibus, fructu. . . ?

Juxta viam a ripa fl. West Kiver ad ingentem rupem calcaream Kai- kun-sfiek, i.e. 'petra cristas galli ' ducentem, 120 mill. pass, a Cantoue occasum versus, de 15 Julii 1870 detexit filius meus Alfredus. (Exsicc. n. 1C694.)

Allied somewhat to C. WifjJdianum, Wall., and probably still more to C. neurophyllum, Miq., and C. sarcopterum, Thw., and several Moluccau species, none of which, however, I have seen.

4. Angelica citriodora, n. sp. ; caule simplici erecto glaberrimo tereti elevato-striato striis infra inflorescentiam minute serrulatis 2-4-pedali, foliis paucis distantibus petiolo basi vaginante suft'ultis inferioribus bipin- natis 2-3-jugis foliolis 2-1-jugis superioribus pinnatis vel trisectis summis abortivis foliolis sessilibus vel brevissime petiolulatis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis acutis opacis infra pallidioribus luci obversis pellucido- venulosis margine cartilagineo minute serrulato cinctis costa venisque asperis 8-14 lin. longis 3-4 lin. latis, umbellis 7-11-radiis, umbellulis 12-14 radiolatis, involucri involucellicpie phyllis 7-8 linearibus reflexis radiis radiolisque litiea elevata minute denticnlata notatis duplo triplove brevioribus, calycis dentibus ovato-triangulatis prominulis, petalis albis distincte et abrupte unguiculatis orbiculato-ovatis acumine rigido inflexo, fructu elliptico compresso glaberrimo, mericarpiorum jugis priraariis lateralibus in alas latas expansis dorsali et intermediis elevatis in fructu iramaturo tantum fistulosis omnibus cum valleculis univittatis, commissura lata bivittata, stylopodia conspicuo, stylis rectis vel deraum recurvis, carpophoro bipartite, semine facile a peiicarpio secedente vittis tanjcii pericarpio adhserentibus.

Ad cacumina montiura Pakwan, supra Cantonem, d. 8 Octobris, 1869, sparsim obviam invenerunt Sampson et Hance. (Exsicc. n. 16393.)

The plant itself is quite scentless, but the fruit — fresh or dried, ripe or unripe — when cut across, exhales a powerful and most delicious odour,

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