FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 197 
gis obovatisve obtusis supra viridibus subtus ramulis floribusque ferru- 
ginco-lepidotis, pedicellis elongatis, perigonii tubo supra ovarium con- 
strieto dein pyramidato-tetragono, lobis amplis patentibus. — From 
China, Parkes, communicated by Dr. Lindley.— Leaves longer than in 
E. latifolia, and more blunt. Flowers much larger, especially the lobes, 
and borne on much longer pedicels; the tube is a little more than one 
line below the constriction, then about 2 lines in the square part, and 
the lobes, which spread horizontally, are nearly 3 lines long. 
Mr. Fortune has sent home specimens of two other species, the one 
(A. 77) from North China, appears to be identical with the Himalayan 
E. parvifolia ; the other is new, with the leaves nearly of E. latifolia, 
but remarkable for the slender tube of the perigon, not contracted - 
above the ovary, and but little enlarged from thence to the base of the 
divisions. It may be thus characterized:—Z. tenuiflora, Benth.; foliis 
ovatis ellipticisve acuminatis supra viridibus subtus ramulis floribus- - 
que ferrugineo-lepidotis, perigonii hypocraterimorphi tubo tenui supra 
ovarium vix constricto nec sub lobis patentibus contracto.—From China, 
Fortune, n. 114.—Racemes short, with longish pedicels. Flowers nod- 
ding. Tube of the perigon 14 line to the top of the ovary, thence 
to the top three lines, lobes about two lines.  Ferruginous scales on 
the flowers nearly concealing a substratum of much smaller silvery 
white scales. 
LAURINEE. 
1. Cinnamomum dulce, N. ab E. Syst. Laurin. p. 62. 
Near the Buddhist Temple; woods at East Point. 
From Mr. Hinds I had a specimen also of C. Zeylanicum, Breyn., pro- 
bably cultivated. i 
990 2. Phebe Jatifolia, Champ., sp. n. ; glaberrima, foliis ovatis obovatisve 
abrupte acuminatis, corymbis glabris paucifloris, perigonii laciniis intus 
staminibusque hirsutis.—Aflinis P. lanceolate, N. ab E., sed folio- - 
rum forma primo intuitu distincta. Arbor est, partibus interioribus 
floris exceptis, glaberrima. Folia sparsa, 2-3 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. 
lata, apice sæpius rotundata, acumine longiusculo obtuso terminata, 
rarius in acumen breve desinentia, basi rotundata v. subcuneata, 
penninervia ; petiolo semipollicari. Corymbi axillares, pauciflori, folio 
breviores, pedunculo (ineunte anthesi) j-1-pollicarj Bracteole in- 
