FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 3 



ad axillam bracteae miuiuise fasciculati, bracteolis rainutis v. nullis ; 

 focminei solitarii, bractea bracteolisque ad basin pedicelli stipuli- 

 foimibus. 



This genus is certainly allied to the American and West African 

 genus Alchorneay but the male inflorescence is different, being rather 

 that of Trewia and Rottlera^ as also the anthers, the female calyx, etc., 

 besides that the ovarium appears to be constantly 3-4-merous, not di- 

 merous as in Alc7iornea,j\m\ the stipellae at the summit of the petiole 

 are veiy peculiar. 



The following are the species which I find in my lierbarium : 

 (1.) S. irewioides; foliis late cordatis subtus prseter venas glabris, flo- 

 ribus masculis glabris, pedicello calyce longiore, racemo foemineo vix 

 puberulo, stylisperanthesin ovario 3-4-plo longioribus. — Ramuli no- 

 vein pubescentes, mox glabrati, Stipulce parvse, lanceolato-subulat^e, 

 caduca}. . Folia 4-6-pollicaria v. majora, ba^ late cordata, auriculis 

 rotundatis, apice ut in omnibus speciebus cognitis longe acuminata, 

 margine irregulariter calloso-serrata, novella puberula, adulta supra 

 glabra, subtus ad venas hirtella et saepe rubescentia, basi inter costas 

 glandulas plauas gerentia. Stipellm lanceolato-subulatse, 1-2 lin. 

 longa?. Racemi tnasculi solitarii, simplices, subtripollicarcs ; fasci- 

 culi dissiti, 4-8-flori. Calyx inapertus globosus, lineam diaraetro, 

 glaber, laciniis concavis, demum reflexis. Filametita calyce brcviora, 

 coraplanata, basi brcvitcr connata; antherte ad apicem fihimenti 

 eglandulosi insertae et eo longiores, ovoidcic, erects, loculis longi- 

 tudinallter dehiscentibus. Racemi fceminei masculis longiores et 

 firmiores. Flores dissiti, inferiores sajpe ad axillam folii caulinis con- 

 forrais, caeteri ad axillam bracteae parvae lanceolato-subulatce soli- 

 tarii, pedicello crasso 1-2 lin. longo. Calycis lacinire 5-6, lanceo- 

 lato-subulatae, inaequales (1^-2 lin, long^), rigidulae, persistentes. 

 Ovariim globosum, tomentoso-canescens, tetramerum v. rarius tri- 

 merum. Slyli lacinise semipollicares. Fnwtus immaturus tomento 

 brevi canescens, nee tuberculosus. — Honj^konir, 



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(2.) S. mollis; foliis late ovatis basi vix cordatis subtus ramulisque 



foemineis 



vix duple longioribus. — Rotllera moUmhna^ Wall. Cat. n. 7825. 



Differs from 5. treicioides in the leaves scarcely ever cordate nnd more 

 regularly serrate, and almost sessile female flowers with styles not half 

 the length ; from S. villoaa in the very short pubescence, the female 



