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118 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
v. rarius paucis obscuris. Pedunculi 2-3 lin. longi, 3—5-flori. 
Bractee minute, squamæformes, caducæ. Pedicelli vix lineam longi. 
Alabastra fere 2 lin. diametro, depresso-globosa. Calycis limbus 
latissime et brevissime 4-dentatus. Discus epigynus calycem intus 
vestiens, carnosulus, in alveolas 8 antheras ante anthesin recipientes 
divisus. Petala late orbiculata, calycis tubo subbreviora. Ovarium 
intus nec divisum nec costatum, ovula cirea placentam brevem cen- 
tralem verticillata. Bacca 4-5 lin. diametro. Semen unicum, cavi- 
tatem implens, cotyledonibus carnosis insigniter plicatis. 
Hong-Kong, gathered in flower and fruit in January, 1850. The 
foliage is not unlike that of some varieties of Memecylon edule, but the 
flowers are much fewer in each peduncle, and twice their size. Our 
plant agrees in many respects with Hooker and Arnott's description of 
their M. scutellata, but much less with Loureiro's Scutula scutellata 
(from which the name is taken up), a Cochin-Chinese, not a Canton 
species ; nor ean I find any traces of ribs or divisions withinside of the - 
ovarium. 
MyrTACEz. 
1. Bæckea frutescens, Linn. 
Gregarious, on bare hills. Mount Gough, etc. Many of the Chinese 
hills look as if heath-clad with this species, and such localities afford 
good cover for partridges and pheasants. 
2. Syzygium éwæifolium, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 187. 
A small, much branched, leafy shrub, growing principally on bare 
hills, and flowering in summer. Flowers small, scentless, in a short ter- 
minal panicle. Calye minutely 4-toothed. Petals 4, united by pairs 
in a calyptra falling off as the flower opens. Ovary 2-celled, with 
several pendulous ovules in each cell. Fruit globose, 4—6 lines in dia- 
meter, purplish-black, with one large seed. 
3. Syzygium odoratum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p 187. 
Happy Valley woods, where it grows to be a large tree. 
4. Syzygium nervosum, DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 260. 
Near the Albany barracks, arboreous. 
5. Acmena Championii, Benth., sp. n. ; arborea, foliis ovali-ellipticis ob- 
longisve obtusis v. obtuse acuminatis basi angustatis coriaceis nitidis, 
venulis tenuibus obscure punctatis, racemis brevibus paucifloris, pe- 
dicellis brevissimis,. calyce glabro elongato-clavato repando-4-den- 
