FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 5 



Wallich's n. 7777 appears to be a sixth species of Stipellaria, witli 

 naiTOwer leaves than any of the foregoing, but my specimen has neither 

 flowers nor fruit. 



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7. Rottlera tindoria^ Eoxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 827. 



Common in ravines and woods of the Happy Yalley. It is a narrow- 

 leaved form, with the spikes usually simple, and is probably the R. au- 

 rmitiaca, Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech, p, 270. I have the same variety 

 from the Himalaya as well as from the Philippine Islands- 



8, Rottlera jt?a/ucwZafo, A. Juss. 



In ravineSj subarboreous- The specimens correspond exactly with 



those from Canton, mentioned in the Botany of Beechey's voyage. 



Major Champion gathered both sexes. 



9. Croton lacJmocarptmy sp. n. ; fruticosum, foliis oblongis acutiusculis 

 subtus ramnlisque stellato-pilosis^ glandulis stipitatis ad serraturas 

 parvas, racemis raasculis androgynisve folio longioribus stellato-to- 

 mentosisj floribns 5-petalis 5-glandulosis, superioribus masculis fas- 

 ciculatis 10-13-andris, inferioribus foemineis distinctis, horum petalis 

 minutis subulatis, capsida villosa. — Frutex v. arbor^ tomento ramn- 

 lorum canescente v. snbrufescente. Stipulce inconspicuse. Folia 

 alterna, I-3— 2| poll, longa, 9-11 lin. lata, nunc acuta et mucronata, 

 nunc fere obtusa, margine obtuse serrulata, basi obtusa, viridia, supra 

 demum fere glabra, subtus pilis stellatis densiuscule vestita ; glan- 

 dulsc pagina3 inferioris par\'se, stipitatse, ad quaraquam serraturara 

 solitarl.Te, ad basin laminse ^eniina?; petiolus tomentosus, 3-5 lin. 

 longus. Racenii subtenninales, 3-4-pollicarc3. Bractece parvsD, su- 

 bulala:. Flores masculi per 3-5 fasciculati, pedicellis lineam longis. 



Calyx ante anthcsin depresso-globosus, cxtus ^n]losus, lineam dia- 

 mctro, demum 5 -partitas, laciniis ovali-oblongis obtusiuscuHs. Petala 



5, oblonga, obtusa, calycem sequantia, margine ciliata. Glandules 

 breves, ovoidesD, integrcc, cum petalis alternantes. Stamina 10-12, 

 disco piloso inserta ; filaraeutis calycem superantibus glabris, anthe- 

 rarum loculis distinctis erectis parallelis conncctivo apice obsolete 

 glaadulifero adnatis. Flores fosminei in parte infeiiore racemi an- 

 drogyni panci, sub quaque bractea solitarii, pedzccUo quam in mari- 

 bus breviore et crassiore. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis angnstis inte- 

 gerrimis crassiusculis linea pauUo longioribus extus villosis, sestiva* 

 tione valvata. Petala minima, subulata, ciliata. Glandulm parvic, 

 emarfdnatse. Otarium birsutissimum. Styli 3, bifidi, lobia subu- 



