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 A SIXTH DECADE OF NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 133

6. Loranthns Sampsoni, n. sp. ; ramis teretibus cortice griseo crebre veiTuculoso, iniiovationibus rufo-lepidotis, ibliis oppositis et alteriiis breve pttiolatis ellip'.ico-laiiceolatis obtusiusculis deniuni glabris coiiaceis ob- scure penniveiiiis 12-16 lin. lonois, 8-4 liu. latis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis vel geminis folium dimidium sub?equantibus apice flores 3-2-1 pediccllis brevibus basi articulatis insidentes tetrameros semi-pollicares basi bractea cucullata acuta extus suffidtos gerentibus, alabastris basi tetragoiiis, calycis margiue liaud producto truncato, petalis liberis a basi dilatata liiiearibus sub antliesi a medio arete refraclis rubris sparsim rufo- lepidotis, stamiuum petala aequantiura filameutis superne libcris antheris linearibus, ovario urceolato rufo-furfuraceo, stylo stamina vix superante stigraate capitate.

In arboribus secus amneni Loting, provinciae Cantoniensis, ra. Juuio 1865 invenit cl. T. Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 9013.)

Li the dilated bases of the petals this agrees with De Candolle's Eulo- ranthl ungidciduil, which, however, Professor Oliver has pointed out (Linn. Jonrn. Bot. vii. 101) cannot be separated from the brevijlori of the same author. In inflorescence, except that the pedimcle is much longer, it re- sembles L. memecylifoUus, W. and A. (belonging to quite another section), and would, I suppose, come under Oliver's § 20. This mode of inflores- cence, usually described as umbellate, should rather be called cymose ; and, except tluit the flowers are pedicelled, is similar to that of the Xylos- teous LonicercE. The flowers are usually two only, and the pedicels divaricating.

7. Campanula (Encodon) veronicifoUa, n. sp. ; radice crasse fibrosa, caulibus 1-1^-pedalibus erectis angulosis pilosis superne paniculato-ra- tnosis, foliis tenuibus pilosis oblongis acutis inferioribus in petiolum alatum longe productis reliquis basin versus angustatis sessilibus margine acute serratis 1-2 poll, longis, medio 3-5 lin. latis, bracteis foliis homomorphis sed minoribus, floribus pedunculatis, calycis strigoso-hispidi tubo snbglo- boso laciniis lanceolatis acutis parum breviore, corollse campanulatae pal- lida cserulese extus pilosae ad medium usque 5-fida3 lobis lanceolatis acutis calyce pauIo longioribus, antheris vix ad basin corollae loborura attingenti- bus, ovario triloculari, stylo robusto corolla breviore stigmatibus tribus linearibus crassis recurvis.

In alluviis fluvii North Hiver, ditionis Cantoniensis, versus finem m. Februarii a. 1869, detexit Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 15477.)

Very closely allied to C. colorata, Wall. The leaves are a good deal like those of Conyza japonica. Less. ( = C. veronici folia. Wall.).

8. Linaria (Linariastrum) qnudrifolia, n. sp. ; erecta, simplex, glaber- rima, foliis lanccolato-linearibus acutis trinerviis nervo medio subtus pro- minulo omnibus quaternatim vcrticillatis axillis sippe foliifcris verticillis intervallo foliis ipsis fere ;vquilongo sejunctis, raccmo conferto, pediccllis glaberrimis bractea subbrevioribus calyci circiter sequilongis, laciniis calycinis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, corolhu 8-9 lin. longfe lutesB palato bar- bato crocco calcare tubi longitudine vel eo breviore (capsula seminibusque ignotis).

In ditione Pekinensi rarius vigentem invenit rev. A. David. (Exsicc. n. 15594.)

This plant was taken by its discoverer for L. vulgaris. Mill., from which it is surely distinct by its much smalhu' flowers, smooth pedicels, and especially by the leaves arranged in distant whorls of four. In the ab-

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