334 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS, 
ably illustrated in Gray and Sprague’s Illustrations of the North — 
American Genera, vol. ii. t. 171 ; and the general structure of the flowers, 
especially of the ovary and ovules, is the same. It differs in its tetra- 
merous not pentamerous flowers, the smooth fruit, and some other 
minor particulars. 
4. Celastrus Hindsii, Benth. ; scandens, glaberrima, foliis oblongis 
obtuse acuminatis calloso-serratis rigide coriaceis, cymis subsessilibus 
laxe paucifloris axillaribus v. ad apices ramorum anguste subpani- 
culatis, capsula ovato-globosa basi obtusa trisulca monosperma.— 
Catha monosperma, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 483, excl. 
syn. Roxb. 
À trailing plant, gathered in Hong-Kong, both in flower and fruit, 
Mr. Hinds's specimens previously described having been in fruit only. 
Captain Champion's notes on the precise locality are, however, unfortu- 
nately lost. The species bears considerable resemblance to the C. 
monosperma, Roxb. (a Silhet plant of which I have now good specimens 
both in flower and fruit), but is quite distinct in foliage, inflorescence, 
and fruit. The leaves are stiffer, more narrowed at the base, and the 
crenatures much fewer and more distant. The peduncles are mostly 
axillary, branching nearly from the base, and bearing from three to ten 
flowers of the size of those of C. paniculata, each having a pedicel of 
from 14 to 2 lines long; whilst those of C. monosperma are very much 
smaller and more numerous, crowded together at the top of a peduncle 
near half an inch long. The form, size, and structure of the capsule 
are like those of C. paniculata, without any narrowing of the base, as 
in C. monosperma and C. Championi, although it is always monosper- 
mous (by abortion) as in the two latter, not three-seeded as it usually is 
in C. paniculata. All these species belong to the true Celastri, not to 
Catha, to which I had erroneously referred them in my former paper. 
5. Celastrus Championi, Benth.—Catha Benthamii, Gardn. et Champ. 
in Kew Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 310, excl. syn. Benth. 
The species described by Gardner is different both from Roxburgh's 
.. C. monosperma and from the above C. Hindsii. I have not myself seen 
~ the flowers, but the leaves are broader than in both those species, and 
. the capsule, which is remarkably narrowed at the base, as in C. mono- 
sperma, is, as mentioned by Gardner, very considerably larger. It was 
found ——— over the bare rocks, in a ravine of Victoria Peak. 
(To be continued.) 
