330 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
4. Xanthoxylum péeleæfolium, Champ., sp. n.; inerme, glabrum, foliis 
oppositis, foliolis ternis oblongis acuminatis basi longe angustatis, 
paniculis axillaribus laxifloris petiolum paulo superantibus, floribus 
(masculis) 3-4-meris. 
On Mount Gough, rare, flowers in August (Champ.). Also in the 
Philippines (Cuming, ». 1819). : 
Frutex erectus, speciminibus siccitate pallescentibus. Ramuli ad nodos 
compressi. Pefioli communes circa 14 poll. longi. Foliola majora 
3—4-pollicaria, tenuia, integerrima v. obsolete crenata, ereberrime 
pellucido-punctata.  Znflorescentiæ siccitate flavicantes, graciles, flori- | 
bus numerosis parvis. Petala 3 lin. longa, æstivatione imbricata. 
Stamina glabra, duplo longiora. Flores fæmineos non vidi. Carpella 
Jructus sæpius 4, haud rugosa, 2-23 lin. lata. 
5. Boymia glabrifolia, Champ., sp. n.; foliis pinnatis glabris, foliolis 
3-7 ovatis acuminatis supra nitidis, corymbi ramis puberulis. 
Scarce in Hong-Kong, but abundant on the Chinese coast. It flowers 
in September, and is often blighted when coming into flower by the 
typhoons of that season (Champ.). It was also gathered in China by 
Mr. Parkes, collector to the Horticultural Society. 
Arbor, ramis teretiusculis glabris. Folia opposita, inferiora sæpe tri- 
foliolata, pleraque 5- rarius 7-foliolata. Foliola opposita, longiuscule 
petiolulata, terminalia 2—3-pollicaria, inferiora sæpius minora, omnia 
longiuscule acuminata, basi acuta, lateralia sspe basi inæqualia, 
penninervia, parce pellucido-punctata, subtus pallida. Panicula 
trichotoma, corymbosa, ampla, floribunda, ad ramificationes articulata 
et minute bracteata, ramulis compressis adpresse puberulis. Flores 
in specimine omnes masculi, pedicello lineam longo fulti. Calyx 
minutus, apertus, 5-dentatus. Corolla 14 lin. longa, glabra, petalis 
5 oblongis æstivatione valvatis. Stamina 5, hypogyna, petalis 
alternantia et iis paulo longiora. Filamenta basi incrassata et longe 
ciliata. Anthere magne, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 
Ovarii rudimentum disco tenui impositum, carnosum, oblongum, 
apice in lobos 5 breves lineares parce ciliatos v. glabros divisum. 
Ovula nulla detexi. Adest etiam pars paniculæ fructiferæ absque foliis 
separatim lectæ. Huic inflorescentia omnino maris, carpella 5, 
 juniora approximata, demum radiatim divaricata, fere 2 lin. lata, 
dorso biangulata convexa et rugulosa, endocarpio cartilagineo demum 
soluto. Semina solitaria cum vestigiis ovuli alterius abortivi, sub- 
