260 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
ae, Capparis (Eucapparis) pumila, Champ. sp. n.; inermis, foliis ovali- 
bus v. ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabris, inflorescentia minute pu- 
berula, corymbis pedunculatis ad apices ramorum paniculatis folia 
subsuperantibus, floribus glabris, ovario ovoideo acuminato glabro, 
bacca globosa.—Ramuli tenues, novelli pulveraceo-puberuli, mox 
glabrati. Stipule, saltem in parte superiore ramorum, omnino in- 
conspicue. Folia breviter petiolata, 2-21-pollicaria, basi rotundata, 
consistentia fere laurina, costa media subtus valida prominente, 
cæterum tenuiter penninervia et tenuissime reticulato-venulosa, mar- 
ginibus subrecurvis. Panicule terminales, parce ramosæ, paucifloræ, 
ramis supra medium irregulariter corymbiferis. Pedicelli 2-3 lin. 
longi. Flores quam in C. sepiaria paullo majores. Sepala viridia, 
ovata, concava, 2 lin. longa. Petala alba, sepalis subæquilonga, 
oblonga, obtusa, interdum margine leviter ciliata. Stamina circa 
20. Bacca subglobosa, 3 lin. diametro, abortu monosperma, stipite 
4$ lin. longo. 
Only once seen in a precipitous ravine in the Black Mountain, 
when in company with Mr. Fortune, in J anuary 1850. 
FLACOURTIACER. e 
1. Phoberos Chinensis, Lour.—Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Penins. 
Ind. Or. vol. i. p. 30. 
Very common in the Happy Valley woods, often arboreous, and 
varying in being sometimes thorny, sometimes unarmed. 
VIOLACEZÆ. 
1. Viola Patrinii, 8 Chinensis, DC. Prod. vol. i. p. 293. 
2. Viola tenuis, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 482. 
These two species are both common on the summits of the hills, 
flowering from January till March. The 7. tenuis is a pretty species 
from its light-coloured flowers, but they have no scent. It has a 
great tendency to become stoloniferous. 
3. Viola confusa, Champ., sp. n.; subacaulis, pilosula, stipulis vix 
em dentatis, foliis imis orbiculato- cæteris ovato-cordatis obtusis crenatis, 
calycis laciniis lanceolatis acutiusculis, corollæ calcare obtuso calyci 
subæquilongo, antheris inferioribus appendiculatis, stylo recto hinc 
fisso, stigmate truncato-erostri leviter dilatato.— Habitus et folia 
speciminum minorum X. hirte nostre. Pedunculi florum perfecto- 
