FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 829 
RUTACEX. 
1. Xanthoxylum nitidum, DC. Prod. vol. i. p. 727. 
Rather abundant in ravines. 
2. Xanthoxylum cuspidatum, Champ., sp. n.; aculeis sparsis, foliolis 
15-25 petiolulatis ovatis longe obtuseque cuspidatis coriaceis nitidis, 
paniculis aXillaribus terminalibusque floribundis folio pluries breviori- 
bus, floribus (masculis) tetrameris. 
Less common than the X. nitidum, and rather local. 
Species X. xitido affinis, at pluribus notis distincta. Ramuli petiolique 
parce aculeati, cinerascentes sed glabri. Petioli communes 8 poll. et 
ultra longi. Foliola opposita vel sepius alterna, tria ultima ad 
apicem petioli more generis digitata, omnia longiuscule petiolulata, 
1-2-pollicaria, vix inæquilatera, apice in acumen longum abrupte 
contracta, margine recurva et minute crenulata v. subintegerrima, 
basi angustata v. cuneata, crassiuscula et rigida, supra nitidissima, 
subtus pallida et fusco-punctata, punctis non pellueidis. Panicule 
florum masculorum a basi ramosissimæ, 13—2-pollicares, cinerascentes. 
Sepala minuta. Petala 4, linea paulo longiora, glabra, æstivatione 
imbricata. Stamina 8, glabra, petalis duplo longiora. Ovarii rudi- 
mentum parvum, disco immersum. lores fœmineos non vidi. 
Fructus carpella sepius 4, reticulato-rugosa, 3 lin. diametro. 
3. Xanthoxylum Zentiscifolium, Champ., sp. n.; aculeatum, glabrum, 
foliolis 7-11 oblique obovatis oblongisve obtusis basi acutis, petiolo 
angulato, paniculis fructiferis longe pedunculatis laxe corymbosis 
folia subæquantibus, floribus (fæmineis) pentameris. 
Common on Mount Gough and other localities, flowering in August. 
Frutex erectus. — 4culei ramulorum breves, pauci, sursum incurvi. 
Petiolus communis 3-5-pollicaris. Foliola pleraque opposita, 1-2- 
pollicaria, vix obtusissime acuminata, basi sepius in petiolum  - 
brevem longe et inæqualiter angustata, tenuiter coriacea, nitidula, _ 
pellucido-punctata. Panicule feminee bis terve trichotomze v. um- __ 
bellatim ramosæ, glabræ. Sepala 5, parva, ovata, æstivatione im- 
bricata. Petala lineam longa, æstivatione imbricata. Stamina 
nulla. Ovaria 2, semiobovoidea, singula apice in stylum brevem 
stigmate magno peltato coronatum attenuata.  Ovw/a in quoque 
ovario 2, collateralia. Carpella 2 lin. diametro, tuberculata. Flores 
masculos non vidi. | 
