398 118. THYMELEXACEX. 
membranacea, tenuissima, brevissime petiolata, ovalia, ovata, vel 
oblonga, sepius 1-2 poll. longa, obtusissima, primum parcissime 
strigillosa, cito glabrescentia, subtus pallida, glauca, venis pri- 
mariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 inconspicuis. Flores lutei 
(A. Henry), racemoso-paniculati, brevissime pedicellati, strigillosi, 
angustissimi, vix semipollicares paniculis bisramosis tantum. 
Perianthii segmenta ovalia; stamina 8, biseriata; ovarium gla- 
brum, longe stipitatum, stylo brevissimo, stigmate capitato. 
Fructus ignotus. 
Hurra: Hsingshan, at 4500 ft. (4. Henry, 65401). Herb. 
Kew. 
This is nearest JV. japonica, Meisn., but that has decidedly ovate 
leaves, thicker in texture, and it dries a darker colour. 
7. Wikstremia indica, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. 
Pétersb. 1843, p. 357, et in Ann. Sc. Nat. 29e série, xx. p. 50; 
Meisn. in DO. Prodr. xiv. p. 543; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 
p. 195; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 539; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 
p. 37. 
Wikstremia viridiflora, Meisn. in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Gesellsch. 
iii. p. 286; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 297. 
Wikstroemia alpina, var., Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. p. 195; 
Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 123. 
Daphne cannabina, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 236, non Wall. fide Meisn. 
Daphne indica, Linn.; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. t. 15. 
Wikstroemia Forsteri, Decne. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. p. 145; C. A. Mey. 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2e série, xx. p. 50. 
Curva: without locality (Millett! Parks! Fortune, 147!); 
Foxx: Foochow (Maries!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 
456! Swinhoe!) ; Kwanerune: Pakhoi (Playfair!), Whampoa 
(Hance, 959!) ; Howakowa (Champion! Wright! Hinds!) 5 
Kwanast (Wenyon!); Harnan (Swinhoe! A. Henry, 8129). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
India, Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 
Dr. C. Wenyon notes on the label accompanying his specimen, 
that this shrub is utilized in the province of Kwangsi for making 
paper. 
" 8. Wikstremia linoides, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis vel biennis, glabra, gracilis, habitu foliisque 
Lino usitatissimo similis, caulibus lignescentibus 2—3-pedalibus, 
ramulis lateralibus floriferis gracillimis fere capillaribus. Folia 
