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Piper FUTOKADSURA, Sieb. & Zuce. Hongkong Herb. 3481. The species 
was previously known from Japan, Liu Chiu Islands, and Formosa. 
CHLORANTHACE. 
CHLORANTHUS OLDHAMI, Solms. Hongkong Herb. 3482. Formerly known 
only from Formosa. 
LAURACEX. 
MACHILUS SuEARERL, Hemsl. Hongkong Herb. 3490. А southern exten- 
sion of the known area from Chekiang and Kiangsi. 
MACHILUS Grissu, Hance. Drupa nigra globosa, 8-10 mm. diam., calyce 
persistente 6 mm. longo, pedunculo crasso carnoso corallino. 
Woods along the Tap Ling Ho, near Shui Kau, 80 miles from Foochow. 
The fruit had not been described. The clustered scarlet peduncles of the 
fruit make the tree in May a beautiful and striking object. 
EUPHORBIACE. 
PuvnLLANTHUs PULCHER, Wall. Hongkong Herb. 3513. Previously 
known only as an Indian species. 
" MauLorvs ROXBURGHIANUS, Muell. Arg., var. GLABRA, Dunn, var. n. 
Frutex omnino glaber. 
Buong Kang village near Yenping. Hongkong Herb. 3427. 
MALLOTUS RETICULATUS, Dunn, вр. n. 
Frutex 5 m. altus, preter paginam foliorum superiorem omnino breviter 
hirsutus et plus minus glandulis rubris sessilibus conspersus. Folia oblongo- 
ovata, serrata, 12-22 сш. longa, chartacea, supra glabra, costa impressa, infra 
dense reticulata, gradatim acuminata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, venis 7-8 
paribus, infimis basalibus, petiolis 3-4 сш. longis. Racemi (feeminei tantum 
visi) terminales, fasciculati, sessiles, multiflori. Flores fceminei 4 mm. longi, 
pedicello longiores, bracteis linearibus, minutis; calyx 5-partitus, lobis 
linearibus 2 mm. longis ; ovarium globosum, 3-loculare, stylo brevi, 
stigmatibus iribus plumosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Hillside at Wong Ka Chi, West Fokien. Hongkong Herb. 3429. 
Resembles M. philippinensis, Muell. Arg., but the leaves are serrate and finely 
reticulate beneath. 
