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5. Petala et Stamina jam delapsa non vidi. Ovarium ovoideum, in 
stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate multo minore quam in S. Hindsit. 
Ovula ex apice loculorum gemina pendula. Bacca aurantiaca, ea 
S. Hindsii minor. 
. Sclerostylis Hindsii, Champ., sp. n.; glabra, foliis ovali-ellipticis 
oblongisve obtusis tenuiter venosis, bus axillaribus subfasciculatis 
pedicellatis pentameris, staminibus subconnatis, ovario biloculari, 
loculis biovulatis, stylo stigmate breviore.—Aéalantia monophylla, 
Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 483. 
Common on wooded hills in Hong-Kong. 
Ramuli novelli angulati v. compressiusculi, adulti teretes. Spine validæ, 
pleræque semipollicares. Folia 1}-3-pollicaria, basi obtusa, coriacea, 
crebre punctata, venis primariis quam in precedentibus multo pau- 
cioribus, rete venularum parum prominulo. Petiolus brevis, nunc 
teres, nunc marginatus v. in eodem ramo late alatus. Pedicelli per 
anthesin lineam longi, fructiferi paulo longiores. Calyx pedicello 
brevior, laciniis triangularibus acutis. Petala 3 lin. longa. Stamina 
paulo breviora ; filamenta dilatata, ante anthesin connata, per anthesin 
plus minus soluta, apice attenuata; anfheræ ovatæ, loculis parallelis. 
Ovarium disco carnoso concavo impositum, ovoideo-globosum ; 
ovula ex apice loculorum geminatim pendula. Stylus brevissimus, 
stigmate crasso ovoideo. Bacca globosa, majuscula, aurantiaca. 
OZLACINEZX. 
1. Scheepfia Chinensis, Gardn. et Champ. in Kew Journ. Bot. vol. i. 
p. 308. 
At first considered to be rare, but found afterwards abundantly in the 
Happy Valley woods, growing to a tall straggling under-tree, with 
brittle branches, and flowering profusely. The flowers are usually 
light pink, but they vary, being sometimes nearly white: they have a 
delicious perfume of almond paste. 
2. Cansjera lanceolata, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 491. 
À climber, by no means common, flowering in November. Found 
at East Point, in the Happy Valley, and Little Hong-Kong. 
VITACEZ. 
3. Cissus diversifolia, Walp. Pl. Meyen: p. 314. 
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