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paucis rufis onusti, et basi perigonii laciniis 4 ovatis cilmtis persis- 

 tentibus fulti, St^U 2, profunde bipartiti, lobis crassis recurvis su- 

 perne fimbriato-stigmatosis. Fericarpmm tenuiter subcarnosum, de- 

 mum induratura. Undocarpimu tenuiter crustaceura^ in coccos 2 intus 



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versus axin villosos divisum, altero vacuo altero biovulato. Semen 

 in specimine examinato unicum (ovulo altero persistente non aucto), 

 ex apice axeos villosi pendulum, ovoideum, testa Crustacea, albumine 

 canioso-subcartilagineo. Cotyledone^ magnce, orbiculatse, Radiciila 

 brevis, ad hilum spectans. 



A common tree in the island, I regret not having seen the female 

 flower, for in the fruit one cell or coccus seemed quite empty and 

 pressed flat, the undeveloped ovule and the seed being collaterally at- 

 tached in the other, I find no arillus in Scepa^ unless the endocarp, 

 which detaches readily from the pericarp, as in many EupJtorbiacete^ be 

 considered as such. In this species it is, according to Major Cham- 

 pion, amber-coloured, with a bitter-sweet flavour. 



2. Antidesma htmius, Spreng. — Tul. in x\nn. Sc. Nat. Par. Ser- 3, 

 vol. XV. p, 186. 



Hongkong. 



3. Antidesma JapGnieum, Sieb. et Zucc. FL Jap. Fam, Nat. p. 88. 

 Happy Valley, where it is subarborescent. The species is excced- 



mgly variable in the shape of its leaves. One female specimen in fruit 

 IS precisely similar to Siebold's, from Japan, communicated to me by 

 Dr. Blume; it has oblong-lanceolate leaves, above 3 inches long; ano- 

 ther, a male, has the leaves very much narrower, almost linear, but 

 most of them have ovate or ovate-oblong leaves, from 1-2 inches in 

 length. They all come near to the A. diandrum^ but the leaves are 

 smoother, almost shining, the racemes very much shorter, and more 

 paniculate, the bracts acuminate and narrower, and the male flowers 

 appear to be constantly triandrous, with a deeply 3-lobed calyx. 



4. KxLiiA^^m^i paniculatum^ Eoxb. — Tul. I.e. p. 228. 



West Point. A shrub. 



UkticevK et affines. 



1. Pouzolsia hispida, J. J. Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. p. QQ. var.? rjlahraia. 

 Byrlanandra Javanica, Miq. PL Jungh. p. 25.? 



Hongkong. There is only a small male 



determine accurately. Miqucl, in establishing his genus Uyrianan- 



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