FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 833 
Cymarum pedunculi communes 3-6 lin. longi. Corolla circa 8 lin. 
diametro. 
Very rare in the Happy Valley woods. The capsule of this species 
is much smaller and slighter than in Z. nitidus. It is reddish-coloured, 
and its segments are narrow obcordate. The flowers are light green. 
3. Evonymus /azifforus, Champ., sp. n.; glaberrimus, foliis petiolatis 
ovali-ellipticis obtuse acuminatis pigi paucicrenatisque basi 
acutis nitidulis pauciveniis, cymis laxis paucifloris folio paulo bre- 
vioribus, floribus majusculis pentameris, petalis margine crenulato- 
de Cun. ovulis erectis.—Rami subteretes; Folia consistentia laurina, 
i—3-pollicaria. Cyme circa 7-floræ, ramulis prices tenuibus. 
Flores roseo-purpurei, 5 lin. diametro. 
Happy Valley woods, rare. 
4. Evonymus hederaceus, Champ., sp. n.; ee vel radicans, gla- 
berrimus, foliis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis rotundatisve paucicrenatis 
basi acutis nitidis subcoriaceis, cymis folio multo brevioribus pauci- 
floris, floribus majusculis tetrameris, petalis integerrimis, ovulis reverso- 
pendulis, capsula subglobosa leviter quadrisulea non muricata.—Ra- 
muli tetragoni, virides, siccitate minute rugulosi. Folia forma valde 
variabilia, pleraque latiuscule ovata, 2-3 poll. longa, 14 poll. lata, 
longiuscule acuminata et basi in petiolum 3—4-linearem angustata ; 
variant tamen nune anguste ovali-elliptica v. fere lanceolata, nune ob- 
tusissima fere orbicularia, omnia paucivenia et consistentia laurina, 
Cyme 3-1-floræ, peduneulo communi semipollicari leviter compresso, 
pedicellis ultimis 2 lin. longis. Flores 5 lin. diametro, albo-vires- 
centes, inodori. Calycis laciniæ 4, breves, latissimæ, margine bre- 
vissime crenulato-laceræ. Petala 4, sessilia, orbiculata, demum 
reflexa, integerrima, glabra. Filamenta ad marginem disci lati 
integri inserta, petalis dimidio breviora, basi dilatata, demum recur- 
va; anthere primum erectæ, mox reflexæ, basifixæ, didymæ, bilocu- _ 
lares. Ovarium disco semi-immersum, depresso-hemisphericum, ; 
4-loculare. Ovula in loculis gemina, collateralia, ex apice anguli | 
interni reverso-pendula. ^ Capsula fere 5 lin. diametro, læviuscula v. n. 
leviter corrugata, glabra; 4-locularis, 4-valvis. Semina arilla coccinea 
involuta. 
Abundant in a ravine of Victoria Peak, climbing over the rocks, and — — 
rooting. Flowers in May. In habit it comes near to the American 
E. obovatum (now considered as a variety of Æ. Americanum) so admir- 
