198 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
conspicuz. lores extus glabri, magnitudine et forma iis P. /anceo- 
late similis; conveniunt quoque structura et genitalibus. 
In the Happy Valley woods. 
3. Machilus Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zuec.—Blume, Mus. Bot. p. 331? 
Hong-Kong. The specimen is in fruit only. 
«4,2 4. Machilus velutinus, Champ. sp. n.; perulis velutinis, foliis elliptico- 
: oblongis acuminatis basi étgoiidbia coriaceis nitidis subtus ramulis 
petiolis inflorescentiaque ferrugineo-velutinis, corymbis terminalibus 
sessilibus confertifloris.— Folia breviter petiolata, 3-5 poll. longa, 
1-1} poll. lata, margine revoluta, supra glaberrima, subtus pilis fer- 
rugineis densis velutino-sericea. Corymbi fere capitati, dense multi- 
flori, foliis breviores, sericeo-velutini. Bractee squameeformes, fere 
3 lin. longze, ovate, concavee, extus sericeæ, primum imbricate sed 
jam ante anthesin deciduz. Pedicelli 1 lin. longi. Perigonium fere 
3 lin. longum, molliter villosum, sexpartitum, laciniis interioribus 
paullo minoribus. Stamina et pistillum omnino cum charactere ge- 
nerico a Neesio, vel forte melius a Blumeo (Mus. Bot. vol. i. p. 329) | 
exposito conveniunt. Bacca perigonio persistenti immutato laxo ~ 
imposita, ipsum paullo excedens, depresso-globosa, purpurea. 
At the Buddhist temple, on Victoria Peak, Mount Parker, etc., 
rather common in these localities. Flowers in December, of a straw- 
colour, pinkish at the base, with pink pedicels, Berry purple. 
5. Machilus? sp. 
A. single specimen, with one fruit only, and insufficient to determine 
the genus with certainty. 
51v 6. Alseodaphne Chinensis, Champ. sp. n.; foliis oblongis v. oblongo- 
lanceolatis basi longe angustatis glabris, paniculis terminalibus folia 
vix superantibus divaricato-ramosis, perigonii laciniis oblongis, exte- 
rioribus minoribus.—<rbor. Folia majora fere Lauri nobilis, 3-4 
poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata, breviter acuminata, basi acuta, petiolo 
semipollicari, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, costato-penninervia et 
reticulato-venulosa ; superiora seepe multo minora et interdum in ob- 
ovatam formam abeuntia. Panicule fere A. semecarpifolia, sed mi- 
nores et paucifloree. Pedicelli 2 lin. longi. Perigonium 2 lin. lon- 
gum, laciniis oblongis chartaceis cum staminibus cito deciduis glabris, 
exterioribus quarta parte brevioribus et paullo angustioribus. Stamina 
et staminodia generis. Stylus apice discoideus, cum flore deciduus. 
