120 38. CELASTBINE2B. 



ramulis gracilibus viridibus quadrangulatis, internodiis quam folia 

 brevioribus. Folia persistentia ?, breviter petiolata, tenuia, nitida, 

 anguste lanceolata, l|-2 poll, longa, usque ad \ poll, lata, 

 utrinque valde attenuata, sed vix acuta, minute calloso-serrata, 

 venis fere obsoletis. Pedunculi filiformes, vix semipollicares, iu 

 axillis foliorum pauci fasciculati, 1-3-flori. Flores 5-meri, vix 

 lineam diametro, petala sessilia, orbicularia, sinuata ; antherse sub- 

 sessiles ; ovarium 4-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis adscenden- 

 tibus. Fructus non visus. 



China : without locality {Beeves !). Herb. Kew. 



This species is readily distinguished by its extreme slenderness, 

 narrow leaves, and minute flowers on filiform peduncles less than 

 half an inch long. 



8. Euonymus hederaceus, Champ, in Hooh. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 

 p. 333 ; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 426 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 63 ; Maxim, 

 in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 182. 



Hongkong {Champion] Wilford\ Urquhartl). Herb. Kew. 



9. Euonymus japonicus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 100 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 4 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 178 ; Franchet in Mem. Soc. 

 Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 206 ; Mia. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. ii. p. 86 ((3. radicans). 



Shantung: Chefoo ( Fauvel ex Franchet) ; Kiangsu : Shanghai 

 (Maingagl),Kiangna,n (Stauntonl); Kiangsi: Kixikia,ng(Shearerl); 

 Luchu Aechipelago (Wright I Beecheyl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Japan, Bonin Islands. 



10. Euonymus laxifiorus, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 

 p. 333 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 63 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol, xi. p. 183. 



Kwangtung: Lofaushan (Ford I); Hongkong (Champion I 

 Wright ! Wilfordl Fordl Lamont !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Ford's specimen from the mainland has remarkably acuminate, 

 distinctly serrate leaves. 



11. Euonymus longifolius, Champ, in Rook. Kew Journ. Bot. 

 iii. p. 332; Walp. Ann. ix. p. 426; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 62; 

 Maxim, in MH. Biol. xi. p. 183. 



Hongkong (Wilfordl Champion ! Wright I). Herb. Kew. 



12. Euonymus nanus, Bieberst. Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii. p. 160 ; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Boss. i. p. 499 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 195. 



