2 FLOKULA HONGKONGENSIS 



petioli in pagina superiore ssepe in unara confluentes, et nonnuUse 



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interdum in pagina inferiore laminae sparsee ; hae taoien ssepe omnino 



desunt. 



^hifi 



densior, et in omnibus speciminibus a me visis androgyna est. Brae- 

 tecB parvse, latse, tnincatae v. medio brevissime acaminatce et mai'gine 

 plus minus fimbriatse, glandulis dorsalibus crassis maximam partem 

 bractese obtegentibus, I'lore^ omnes pedicellati, pedicello \-\\ lin. 

 longo, bracteis nonnullis parvis acutis basi fulto ; foeminei solitarii, 

 calyce trifido lobis acutis, ovario glabro, stylo ad medium trifido, 

 lobis rotundatis obtusis. Stamina s^epius 2, rarius solitaria. 

 Gathered with the preceding. I have it also from Griffith's Ma- 

 lacca collection, so that it has a evidently a wide range, but I cannot 

 find it anywhere published. 



4. Stillingia Japonica, Sieb. et Zucc, PL Jap. Tam^ Nat. p. 37. 

 Common in ravines, Col. Eyre, — This differs from Zuccarini's short 



character, in the leaves being less acuminated, and the glands at the top 

 of the petiole being often solitary or wanting. In both these respects, 

 however, the specimens of the original plant communicated to me by 

 Dr. Blame show considerable variations. 



5. Acalypha Indica^ Linn. 

 A common weed. 



6. Stipellaria irewioides, gen. noY . AlcJiornea et Rottlerm affine. 

 In ravines, Hongkong. 



Char. Gen. Stipellakia. Flores dioici, racemosi, apetali. Masculi 

 fascieulati, pedieellati. Calyx globosus, 2-4-partitus, laciniis sesti- 

 vatione valvatis membranaceis latis concavis. Stamina 8, v. abortu 

 pauciora, filamentis basi in annulum connatis, antheris ovoideis ad 

 apicem filamenti affixis, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Fceminei 

 solitarii. Calyx 5-8-phyllus, sepalis angustis acuminatis. Ovarium 

 sessile, globosum, 3-4-loculare, loculis uniovulatis. Styhis fere ad 

 basin 3-4-partitus, laciniis subulatis haud plumosis intus papilloso- 

 stigmatosis. Capsida subglobosa, leviter sexsulca, tricocca, epicarpio 

 subcarnoso. — Frutices vel arbores Asiatic!. Folia longiuscule petio- 

 lata, alterna, ampla, acuminata, serrato-dentata, membranacea, 3-5- 

 costata, penninervia et transversira venosa, petiolo basi bistipulato, 

 apice stipellis 2 erectis reflexisve aucto. Racemi simpliees v. sub- 

 ramosi, masculi ad axillas raniorum annotinorura j foeminei ad apices 

 raraorum hornotinorum basi sa?pe foliati. Flores pedicellati, masculi 



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