190 CHINA. [Caprifoliacece. 



furfuraceo, floribus subfasciculatis decandris, stigmate sessili 10-fido. — Aralia octophylla. 

 var. Cantoniensis. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 233. 



We believe there can be no doubt of this being the plant of which Louriero says : " Nascitur prope Can- 

 tonem in Sinis hujus plants; (Aralia octophyllm) varietas, ni velis species, caule, foliis et habitu florum 

 omnino similis; differt autem staminibus decern et stigmate 10-fido;" on which account we have introduced 

 that latter character. The specimens which we possess from Mr. Millett, however, have the flowers unex- 

 panded: that in Capt. Beechey's Collection consists only of a leaf. The " calyx truncatus" and " stigmata 

 sessilia" obviously point out the genus Paratropia, rather than Aralia. As a species, it comes very near 

 to P. pergarnacea, De Cand. 



Pranax aculeatam, Ait., we possess from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell. 



Ord. XLIII. LORANTHACEvE. Don. 

 1. Viscum ovalifolium. Wall. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 278. 



Ord. XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACE^. Juss. 



1. Viburnum adoratissimum ; sempervireus, glabrum, foliis coriaceis elliptico-oblongis 

 subintegerrimis, thyrso opposite brachiato, ramulorum pedunculis trichotomo-pedicellatis, 

 stylo simplici brevi, bacca oblonga. Ker, in Bot. Reg. t. 456 ? De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 

 326?— V. Chinense. Zeyh.? 



Folia petiolata, glabra, 3-8-uncias longa, duas lata, basi acuta, quandoquidem acuminata, apice obtusa vel 

 subiter ac brevi-acuminata, subcoriacea, integerrima vel remote subdentata, costa media nervisque lateralibus 

 subtus prominulis, venis transversalibus conspicuis. Stipules nulla;. Calycis tubus oblongus : limbus brevis, 

 obtuse 5-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis : tubus brevis : limbus patens, 5-partitus, lobis rotundato-ovatis : 

 faux intus nuda. Stamina 5, e summo corolla; tubo orta : filamenta ejus lobos xquantia, sub apice arete 

 inflexa : anthercn oblonga;. Stylus crassus, brevissimus, calycis limbum paullo superans. Stic/ma capitatum, 

 3-lobum. Bacca (immatura) oblonga, apice paullum angustata, dentibus calycinis coronata, (abortu forsitan) 

 unilocularis, monopyrena. Pyrena pergarnacea, alba, dorso convexa kevissiraa, intus sulco longitudinali (in- 

 star species Cypraim generis Testacearum) notata, secusque sulcum bacca; lateri affixa. 



This has scarcely at all the appearance of a Viburnum, from which genus the presence of a style seems 

 essentially to distinguish it. Indeed, were it not that we have been unable to discover any trace of stipules, 

 it would seem to rank nearer the Rubiacece: and it had been previously marked in our Herbaria, under the 

 MSS. name of Coffea monosperma. Hook, et Arn. 



2. Viburnum nervosum; sempervireus, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis basi apice acutis glabris 

 subtus impunctatis serraturis utrinque versus apicem paucis, nervis supra impressis subtus 

 prominulis ad axillas glabris, venis transversalibus numerosis conspicuis, petiolis pedunculisque 

 brevibus glabris, corymbo terminali. 



This is closely allied to V. premnaceum. Wall.: the leaves have the same kind of nervation ; but in the 

 Indian plant we observe, besides the characters given by De Candolle, (Prodr. v. 4. p. 325,) that the axilla; 

 of the nerves are furnished with a tuft of short hairs, which are totally absent in the Chinese plant. 



We possess a third species of Viburnum, as far as we can judge from the very young flowers, from Mr. 

 Millett, which may be thus distinguished :— V ? Chinense; foliis membranaceis lato-ellipticis acutis grosse 

 ina;qualiter dentatis, supra glabris subtus preecipue junioribus puberulis impunctatis, corymbis terminalibus 

 pubescentibus. 



1. Lonicera Telfairii ; ramis volubilibus glabris junioribus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 



