710 



SYMPLOCOS sinica. 

 Chinese Symphcos, 



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POLYADELPHIA POtY^NDRM. (POLTAMDMA MONWSri^M. pm.) 



Nia.wd. GtTAlACAT^f/ Jktt^ev jr«n< 1S5. Dm* II. Stamina indefinita. 



SYMPLOCOS. OaL d-fidus, superus. CW. 6-8-petela, petalJB basi 

 in tnbum cohaerentibus. Stamina 4*-{diGi s^ie tubo coroUoe aecreta. Drmm 

 eicca^ fi-locolana. Pmwm fjfn, 2. 74. 



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3. sinica, foliis elliptico-lantieolatis, utrinque pubeBcentibos tobcorrugato- 



Tenosis : f<diolis calycinis acnminatis. 



Frutex pubescenst ramU adfcendentibu* MnutU, FoL aUeni wtd»#aii- 

 HCf wterrallis aiiquatih hngHtra^ pateniia, camHmrentia, eUipHw-iimoeQ- 

 lataf acuta, $erraita dmtibus mucranalis appresris, utrinqne attennata, $Mpi^ 

 immers^ nervosa suhwrrugato-retiaitiata ofpreui villoMa^ subtitM raricoiovckq^ 

 hinutiara: petiolud 1-2 linearis teres kirstUus. Floves jucundissimi odmi, 

 tnramisnowUisfoliosihpameulati: cymulie paucyiara, alternm, exiraaxtt- 

 lari'laterales et terminaUs, foliis supra et extra axtuampUis mimusve approxi^ 

 tnatcB aliquatihque breviareSf subtrichot&mmy peduncuio Arm tereti virenti 

 hirsutoassurgentifiGre vix hngiare, pedicellis l-jhru atbfce brecioribus prtt- 

 ter medham nudum bracteas 2-3? erectas philyraceas lineari-angustas wutas 

 germen remotum mquantes htrsutas deciduas gerentibus. Cal. paUesoens, 6- 

 phyUus, steUatus, coroUm aliquoties bmgiari appressus, germinis cnHmuus, 

 appresg^ kirsutus persisfens, joliolis cum petatu attemis, sub^BquaUbus an- 

 guiari-acuminatiSf MfAi glabris. Cor. etmdida^ opaca, duplici serU imbri- 

 cato-rotata diametr4 «Sv semuncialit vegeta atque Integra md cum tfonilfiit&vt 

 caducat petalis 5 ^fdriAs 4, B, v. 7) obhngis elSpHcis eomcavis apice ro- 

 tundatissimiSy basi^mmtim et cum stami$tibus tmbrtcato^'CStmitis, s wmmi ger- 

 minis ambitu stA eafyce insertis, Stan^* alba, polgadelpha, numerosa, sub- 

 4seriata, radiaio-patentia, imd eoroUA wserta bret^que inter se commta, 

 extericra subexserta divaricaHora, interiora brewra erectiara, fasciculi 6, 

 fit*, acuta bast ^hmgh incrassatas antii"^. su^f^kurem, j^nnUa, st^atundo- 

 didgmm, erectm, bilociUares, Stylus aibus, columeUariSf stamina interiora 

 4Equans, rectus, campressiusnAay bisulcus quasi ex 2 coadunatis conjiatus, 

 JiUoescente germinis disco ad ambitum gUmdMlis 6 huidis cohratiaribus sgm- 

 metrid bM&t&4nsertus: stig". apex Mrupti obtusus virescens secemens, styli 

 diametT^m^tix excedens. Germ- inferum, viridi-canescens, turbinatum, pe- 

 diceUi eOmtinMum, appressi viUosum, calyce paulb Umgius, ^-loculare, disse- 

 pimento medio verticaU utrinque sewdnijero dhnsum^ ovulis inquogue locub 

 pMms, keti viridibus, oblongis, cbaoato-aitenuatis v. subadni/ormibus. 



A small shrub with a delightfully fragrant blossom, jost 

 introduced by Mr. Basington of the Kingsland Nursery, 

 where the drawing was taken in March last. It is said to 

 have come from China in company with the variety of 

 Camellia jtjqtanicay No. 708, in the present fasciculus* 



