FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 199 
Bacca pedunculo nudo haud incrassato insidens, globosa, in specimine 
immatura jam 4 lin. diametro. 
Near the Waterfall in the Happy Valley. 
7. Tetranthera Rozburghi, N. ab E. Syst. Laurin. p. 515, var. foliis 
obovatis, umbellulis umbellatis villosis. 
In the Happy Valley. 
Tetranthera floribunda, Champ. sp. n.; umbellulis preecocibus infra 
ramulorum apices fasciculatis, foliis annuis oblongis lanceolatis basi 
acutis glaberrimis.—Aréor pulcherrima. Ramuli et folia nascentia 
tomento minutissimo canescentia, mox glabrata. Folia post flores 
nascentia, 2-23 poll. longa, 6-10 lin. lata, juniora membranacea, 
demum tenuiter coriacea, utrinque glabra, subtus seepe glaucescentia. 
Ramuli floridi, omnino aphylli v. rarius folia pauca vetusta gerentes, 
mox innovationibus connecti, dense floribundi. Pedunculi 3—4 lin. 
longi, per 3—4 fasciculati v. brevissime racemosi, glabri v. basi mi- 
nute canescentes. Jnvolucri foliola orbiculata, concava, extus glabra, 
intus sericeo-pubescentia. Flores in umbellula ssepius 6, subsessiles. 
Perigonii foliola 6, subeequalia, obovalia v. subquadrata, crenato- 
crispula. Stamina 9, introrsa, glabra, 3 interiora biglandulosa. 4n- 
there 4-locellate. Ovarii rudimentum ovatum, acuminatum, gla- 
brum. Flores fæmineos fertilesve non vidi. 
Common in the Happy Valley woods. A most beautiful tree. When, 
as at intervals from December to February, the young leaves are just 
coming out, and the naked branches are for several feet loaded with 
blossoms of a pure white, the appearance is superb. The specimens 
gathered are all male, the female flower has therefore not yet been ex- 
amined. Fortune's specimens (n. 178) are in the same state. 
9. Actinodaphne Chinensis, var. oblongifolia, N. ab E. Syst. Laurin. 
p. 600. 
_ Very common on hills and in ravines. 
10. Daphnidium difarium, N. ab E. 1. c. p. 616. 
Gathered by Col. Eyre in a ravine of Victoria Peak, who saw but one 
tree. Major Champion thinks he has seen it also as a shrub. The 
- specimen contains female flowers only. It agrees in every respect with 
Himalayan specimens, except that I find but six or seven flowers in a 
head, and the leaves are shorter without being narrower. - 
QN l. Litsea Ceylanica, N. ab E. l. c. p. 626, var. Chinensis, foliis minori- 
bus subtus glauco-cæsiis apice distinctius acuminatis. 
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