80 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
RosAcEz. 
a, Eriobotrya fragrans, Champ., sp. n.; foliis longe petiolatis oblongo- 
ellipticis obtusis vix dentatis glabris nitidis, thyrsis laxis ferrugineo- 
tomentosis.—Fruter, ramulis glabris v. apice leviter tomentellis. 
Folia laurina, 4-6-pollicaria, sæpe integerrima, angustata, petiolo 
ultrapollicari, venis lateralibus multo minus conspicuis et paucioribus 
quam in Æ. Japonica et in E. elliptica. Thyrsi in corymbum termina- 
lem sessilem foliis breviorem dispositi, tomento multo breviore quam 
in E. Japonica. Flores nune pedicello 2-3-lineari fulti, nune ad 
apicem ramuli 2—4-linearis gemini v. terni subsessiles, iis Z. Japonicæ 
paulo minores, fragrantissimi. Calyx ferrugineo-tomentosus, basi 
turbinatus, limbo explanato, lobis brevibus rotundatis. Petala late 4 
ovata, glabra. Stamina 30-40. Styli 5, villosi, basi subcoaliti. Ova- 1 
rium 5-loculare, ovulis in quoque loculo geminis adscendentibus. — 
Fructus % poll. diametro. 4 
Very scarce, in a ravine on Mount Victoria, The very fragrant 3 
flowers are the abode of a remarkable new genus of Longic , at 
first sight resembling an ant, and approaching to the curious Mexican 3 
Ephophorus spinicornis. The Eriobotrya Japonica is commonly cultivated — 
in Hong-Kong, but not indigenous. 
2. Photinia pruzifolia, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1956. 
Common in the Happy Valley woods; flowers in April. E 
3. Raphiolepis rubra, Lindl. Collect. t. 3.— A. phæostemon, Lindl.l.c.* E 2 
A common shrub, all over the island, flowering in winter, varying | 3 
in size and number of the flowers. Young plants on bare hills and — 
flowering early, üsually produce a very scanty inflorescence; about — 
-March the spring fogs bring them forward in great luxuriance. There 2 
does not appear to be any good specific difference to distinguish the — ' 
R. pheostemon ; at any rate, but one species has been observed in 
Hong-Kong. | 
4. Rosa multiflora, Thunb.—DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 598. 
Observed by Major Champion only on the opposite China m but - 
Mr. Hinds gathered it wild in the island itself. : 
5. Rubus reffezus, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 566. 
| 6. Rubus parvifolius, Linn. 
KA 5 — glaberrimus, Champ., sp. n.; fruticosus, sarmentosus, acu- 
leatus, glaberrimus, foliis trisectis v. summis integris, vM. 
