FLORA OF THE ISLAND OE HONGKONG. 371 
roadsides (Champion! Hance!); Macao (Millett!); also found at Singapore (G. Thompson!); 
Ceylon (G. Thompson !) ; Java (Zollinger !) ; Malacca (Griffith !) ; Philippine Islands (Cuming, 987 
et 2426 !) . 
STAPHYLEACE^. 
100. TuRPiNiA arguta, Seem.— Or chant he arguta, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1819 (December, 1835). 
— Staphylea simpUcifolia, Gardn. et Champ, in Hook Journ. Bot. and Kew Misc. vol. i. p. 309.— 
Eyrea vernalis, Champ, in Hook. Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 331.— Planch, in Arn. Sc. Nat. vol. iv. Ser. 
Bot. torn. ii. p. 256. In ra\ines on Mount Victoria and Mount Gough (Champion! Hance!). 
101. ToRPiNiA Napalensis, Wall.— Wight et Arn. Prodr. vol. i. p. 156.— Wight, Icon. t. 972, 
Common in ravines (Champion!). 
HIPPOCKATEACE^. 
102. HipPOCRATEA obtusifolia, Roxb. — Var. paucijlora, Bcnth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kcw 
Misc. vol. iii. p. 332. Frequent in ravines on Victoria Peak (Champion !). 
CELASTRINE^. 
103. EvoNYMus nitidus, Benth. (Tab. LXXXIII.) ; foliis ovatis obovatis oblongisve obtuse acu- 
minatis coriaceis nitidis integcrrimis, pedunculis scmel bisvc dichotomis folio dimidio brevioribus, 
floribus tetrameris, capsula 4-loculari apicc breviter lobata, seminibus solitariis, arilla parva tenui. — 
E. nitidus, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 483. Common in ravines (Hinds ! Champion !). 
A shrub ; leaves 3-3^ inches long, and 1-li inches broad ; flowers pea-green ; and capsule of a reddisli 
colour. 
Plate LXXXIII. Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, an open flower; 3, a petal; 4, a stamen; 5, ripe fruit:— 
all magnijied, 
104. EvoNYMUs longifoUus, Champ, in Hook. Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 332. Very rare in the 
Happy Valley woods (Champion!). 
105. EvoNYMus laxiflorus, Champ, in Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kew Misc. vol. iii. p. 333. Happy 
Valley woods^ rare (Champion !) . 
106. EvoNYMUs hederaceus, Champ, in Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kcw Misc. vol. iii. p. 333. In 
a ravine of Victoria Peak, climbing over the rocks and rooting (Champion !). 
107. Celastrus Hindsii, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kcw Misc. vol. iii. p. 334.— Ca/Zia 
monosperma, Roxb. et Benth. ! Trailing over shrubs and trees (Hinds ! Champion ! Hance !). 
Although Mr. Bentham stated in the Kew Journal, toI. iii. p. 334, that he looked upon his Catla mo- 
nospenna as different from Roxburgh's, he is now convinced that they are not different from each other. 
108. Celastbus Championi, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kew Misc. vol. iii. p. 334.— Ca/Aa 
Benthami, Gardn. et Champ, in Hook. I.e. vol. i. p. 310, excl. syn. Benth. Ravine of Victoria Peak 
(Champion I). 
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