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SERTULUM CHINENSE QUARTUM. 167
AVilliams's plant is no doubt tlie one inaccurately taken for P. octandra,
by Bunge, and referred with doubt by Maximowicz, in his ' Index
Flora? Pekinensis,' to Tircunia Latbenia^ Moq. I presume this latter
is the same as Roxburgh's Phytolacca aciuosa, of which he has given
a very meagre diagnosis, but Moquin has entirely overlooked the name
in his monograph of the Order, in the Prodromus.
8. JPolygonitm (Echinocaulon) pUropus, n. sp. ; caule angnlato lineato
crebre retrorsum aculeato ocreis inferioribus membranaceis adpressis
basi dense retrorsum aculeolatis apice truncatis setoso-ciliatis superi-
oribus limbo herbaceo orbiculari patente ciliato munitis, foliis inferi-
oribus e basi truncata hastato-trilobis lobis basalibus abbreviatis hori-
zontaliter divaricatis obtusis petiolo margine herbaceo ciliato distincte
alato ipso limbo 4-plo breviore infra setuligcro suffultis superioribus
sensim sessilibus lobisque lateralibus obsoletis omnibus supra passim
subtus in nervis strigoso-setosis infra pallidioribus, capitulis gerainatis
globosis densis, pedunculis setulosis atque glanduloso-hispidis, floribus
majusculis T-S-andris, achseuio ovato trigono angulis obtusis faciebus
concaviusculis apiculato stramineo opaco oculo armato subtilissirae
ruguloso.—Ad angustias prsecipitis 13 mill. pass, longas, Nankau
dictas, seous viam a Peking in Mongoliam ducentem, coUegit cl. Dr.
S. W. Williams. (Exsicc. n. 14890.)
Closely allied to the Japanese P. hastato-trUohwn, Meissn., from
which it differs by the glandular hairy peduncles, and the winged
petioles. It is possible this may be the species mentioned by Maxi-
mowicz as having been mistaken by Turczaninow for P. arifol'mm, L.
9. Aneilenia melanostictum, n, sp. ; erectum, 2-^-4-pollicare, caudice
brevi crasso squaraato, foliis lanceolatis acutis amplexantibus basi pilis
septatis ciliatis margine cartilagineo albo scabris elevato-nervosis epi-
dermide laxa utrinque rugosissimis atque punctis impressis nigris cre-
berrime notatis, vaginis pilosis, inflorescentia terminal! simplici vel
dichotoma pauciflora, bracteis ovatis acutis persistentibus hyalino-albis
punctis liueolisque badiis conspicue obsitis, floribus parvis cceruleis,
stamiuibus fertilibus 3 filamentis basin versus barbatis, fructu . . . ?
In insula Hcenan, Martio 1868, coUegit clar. Swinhoe. (Exsicc. n.
14412.)
A very remarkable little species, from its densely black- dotted foliage,
something like which is described by Hasskarl (Plant. Juiighuhn. 147)
in A. lineolatum, Kth. It is not half the size of J. nannm, and \vants
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