S . ovalifolia of Roxburgh, appears to be very closely allied to this species, but is said to have a compound
umbel ; if, however, as we think highly probable, his plant be a mere form of Rhcedc’s Kari Vilandi, Hort.
Mai. 7. t. 31., it would only be distinguishable by its larger size. We have seen a specimen in Dr. Wight’s
Herbarium exactly agreeing with Rhecde’s figure.
2. Smilax pseudo-China. L in n . ?— S. Indica. Burm. Fl. Ind. p . 213.
Linnæus and most systematic authors mention this as a native of North America only : Loureiro and
Roxburgh, however, introduce it into their respective Floras, and it seems to agree well with Burmann’s
S. Indica. We cannot perceive any diflerence between our Chinese and North American specimens.
3. Smilax glabra ; caule teretiusculo inermi, foliis inermibus anguste lanceolatis acuminatis
basi obtusiusculis utrinque glabris supra lucidis margine integerrimis, umbellis (fl. fern.)
axillaribus sessilibus, pedicellis gracilibus petiolum æquantibus.— S. glabra. Roxb. FL Ind.
3. p . 702. ?— S. lanceolata. Burm. FL Ind. p . 213.—Lour. FL Coch. 2. p. 764.
Roxburgh describes his plant avith leaves-giaucous on the under side, and with the “ calycine leaflets
broad, obcordate, sessile.” We have not seen the perianth ; the leaves in our specimens are not at all
glaucous underneath. Roxburgh mentions that the root of his plant is lai^e and tuberous ; Loureiro says it
is filiform and not tuberous. Notwithstanding these differences in description, we are disposed to consider
Loureiro’s plant to be the same as that of Roxburgh. The true S. lanceolata is a North American species ;
Sprengel places it among those avith a prickly and angled stem ; all other authors describe it as unarmed,
nor have we found any prickles.
1. Ophiopogon Ker. Bot. Reg. t. 593.—Sims, Bot. M a g .t. 1063.—Convallariu
spicata. Thunb. Ja p . p . 141.—Liriope spicata. Lour. FL Coch. l .^ ,2 0 0 .—Fluggeaspicata.
Schult. Syst. 7. p . 309.
O r d . L X X X I . A S P H O D E L E Æ . R . B r .
1. Dianella odorata. Blume.—Schult. Syst. 7. p . 350.—Dra cæna ensifolia. Lour. FL
Cock. 1. p . 243.
Some of our specimens present a nearly simple panicle as described by Blume and figured by Rumphius
(5. t. 73.); but others have it as much branched as in D . ensifolia ; this last form exactly coincides with avhat
we have described as D . Sandioichensis, supr. p. 97, which may therefore be considered as not different
from Blume’s plant. Blume seems to consider it only as a cultivated plant in India, so that it is not improbable
but it may have been originally introduced from the Sandwich Islands. The leaves are perfectly
smooth to the touch along the margins, even when the latter are carefully unrolled, but in the true 2>. ensifo
lia , the serratures are often distant and extremely minute ; so that, as the habit is precisely the same,
there may be a question as to the propriety of keeping them up as distinct species.—We have it from Canton
{Mr. Millett), and from Lappas Island {Mr. VacheU, n. 126.)
1. Barnardia scilloides L in d l. in Bot. Reg. t. 1029.—Schult. Syst. 7. p . 555.— Ornitho-
galum Sinense. Lour. FL Coch. 1. p. 255.
H ab. Macao; Mr. Millett. Lappas Island; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 128.
O r d . L X X X I I . P O N T E D E R IE Æ . Rich. Kunth.
1. Pontederia ovata; foliis ovatis acuminatis basi læviter cordatis multinerviis, racemo
paucifloro laxo breviter pedunculato e medio petioli erumpente, fructífero erecto.
Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett,
This is very closely allied to P. vaginalis Roxb., but that species has the leaves only 5-7-nerved, and the
racemes, after the flowers decay, become recurved. P . ovata, Linn, does not belong to this genus.
O r d . L X X X I I I . R E S T IA C E ^E . R . B r .
1. Eriocaulon Cantoniensis; rhizomate annua? in tra folia parce arachnoidea, scapis
strictis glabris 8-12-pollicaribus quinquangularibus quam folia lineari-acuminata vix duplo
et quam vaginee pilis raris albidis patentibus adspersae quadruplo longioribus, capitulis demum
globosis basi planiusculis glabris, bracteis involucralibus plurimis testaceis rotundato-
obovatis, interioribus cinereo-albis cuneato-rotundatis apice breviter acuminulatis nudis,
perianthio masc. interiore monophyllo tubuloso apice cristato-fimbriato, perianthii fern,
laciniis exterioribus duabus anticis navicularibus interioribus angustis integerrimis multo
latioribus.
In the structure of the capitulum this is very much allied to E . sexangulare, Linn. {Leucocephala spathacea,
Roxb. Fj. Ind. 3. p. 613), but the whole plant is much longer; the leaves are larger and broader, and the
sheaths, and sometimes the leaves also, are sprinkled avith a few spreading hairs. We almost suspect that
this is E . quadrangulare of Loureiro (Fl. Coch. 1. p. 77.), but, at the same time, there are several points of
difference. In our plant the scape, although always 5-angled, has one of the angles often so much smaller
than the others as to appear like a mere nerve along one of the four principal sides; hence Loureiro might
easily have supposed it to be only 4-angled. Loureiro’s plant, however, seems to be smaller than ours, and
may possibly be rather E . quinquanguläre, Linn.—We have received it from the neighbourhood of Macao
from Mr. Millett, and Mr. Vachell, “j .”
O r d . L X X X IV . P A LM yE . J u s s .
1. Plicenix dactylifera. L in n .—Roxb. FL Ind. Z. p . 786.— VacheU,
O r d . L X X X V . C O M M E L IN E jE . R . Br.
1. Commelina L in n .—Lour. FL Coch. \ .p . 49. Roxb. FL I n d . \ . p . \ 7 \ .—
C. nervosa. Burm. FL Ind. p. 7 . f . 3.—C. cuculiata. Linn.
The leaves are sometimes almost round, sometimes lanceolate, but always obtuse at the point.
2. Commelina polygama. Roth.— C. communis. Roxb. {omniumque fo rsa n de re Bot.
Ind. Or. script.)
H a b . Lappas Island; Rev. G. II. Vachell, n. 83.
3. Commoima attenuata. V a h l E n . 2. p . \6%?
4. Commelina R oxb.?—C. tuberosa. Burm. FL Ind. p . 16. (var. L in n .)—
C. paludosa. Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 29. f . 2 ; Moon. Cat. Ceyl. Plaids, p. 5.
H a b . Lappas Island ; Rev. G. IL Vachell, “ s.”
1. 'rvadescaniiapaniculata. Boxb.?
H a b . Lappas Island; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 109.