ON SOME NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 471 
strictis cæterum subsessilibus, apice subattenuato bracteis exiguis 
clauso, puberulis glabrescentibus. 
Has. Java (Lobb! in Hb. Hook.) 
Caulis digitum minorem crassus angulosus cortice pallido levigato. 
Rami elongati graciles, ramuli breves fere pinnatim dispositi, pefío- ` 
lique (breves 1-2 mm. longi) ferrugineo-puberulo-hirtelli. Folia 21 
—3+ cent. longa, latere uno convexo, altero concavo vel recto, basi 
bi- vel sub-trinervia et venulis 2-4 utrinque subprominulis in- 
structa, 6-10 mm. supra medium lata, nitida. Stipule geminæ 
parvæ fuscæ glabræ lanceolate.  Receptacula (florentia) 4-5 cent. 
longa, ovata apice subattenuata, in stipitem 2-23 cent. longum 
basi óracteatum constricta, pedunculo genuino fere nullo. Flores 
quam maxime densi, prorsus nudi, parieti levissimo et glaber- 
rimo inserti, pistilla scil. et stamina mixta, quorum dispositionis 
norma erui nequit. Plura stamina ad unum pistillum pertinere, 
e majori illorum numero concluderem. Filamenta brevissima — 
plana, anthere lineares longe fuscæ glabræ, connectivo angusto, 
loculis tenuissimis antice subconfluentibus. Ovarium sessile par- 
vum dimidiato-ovatum compressum uniovulatum, s/7/o longo, stig- 
mate albido filiformi, uni- vel inæqualiter bicruri. 
Thunbergii descriptio bene quadrat. Vahdius autem (Enum. 
IL. p. 189) caules glabros dicit, quare ejus synonymon dubium 
videri posset. 
Varietas glabrior ; foliis brevioribus paulo latioribus basique 
extrorsum magis productis. Ficus stipulata, Thunb? Wallich n. 
4574. 
Has. Penang. 
Tas. XI. Synæcia falcata, Mig. n. m. 
(To be continued.) 
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On some new Chinese Plants; By H. E. Hance, Eso. 
Dr. Lindley has obligingly handed to us the following notes 
on some new or little known Chinese Plants, from the pen of a 
gentleman resident at Hong-Kong, and who we trust will do 
much to advance our knowledge of Chinese Botany. 
