199 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
Scarce in Hong-Kong. 
2. Paratropia Cantonienis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 189. 
This fine species is common in Hong-Kong as well as in China. It 
grows to a moderate-sized tree, flowering in December and fruiting in 
the course of the winter. 
uw 3. Hedera parviflora, Champ., sp. n.; inermis, foliis integris ovali-el- 
wir 
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lipticis oblongisve acuminatis trinerviis divaricato-penniveniis nitidis, 
peduneulo petiolis longioribus breviore, umbella simplici globosa, 
floribus parvis, stylis concretis, fructu globoso.— Frutex glaberrimus. 
Folia versus apices ramorum sepe subopposita v. in verticillos 
spurios approximata, nunc brevissime nunc longe petiolata, majora 
5 poll. longa, 2 poll. lata, apice breviter acuminata, basi obtusiuscula, - 
consistentia laurina, supra nitidula, costa media subtus valde pro- 
minente, lateralibus minus conspicuis margini approximatis; vens a 
costa divergentes paucæ, tenues. Pedunculi in specimine solitarii, 
terminales, semipollicares v. paulo longiores, apice in receptaculum 
disciformem dilatati.  Umbella florens 8 lin. diametro. Pedicelli 
numerosissimi, 2lin.longi. Flores vix linea longiores. Calycis margo 
brevis, minute 5-dentatus. Petala 5, apice leviter inflexo-incrassata. 
Stamina petiolis alterna, filamenta iis paulo breviora. Styli in unum 
petalis breviorem coaliti. Bacca globosa, 5-locularis, ea H. helicis 
paulo minor. - 
Hong-Kong, the precise station not recorded. 
. Hedera protea, Champ., sp. n.; fruticosa, inermis, foliis integris 
uninerviis v. profunde 2-3-fidis 2-3-nerviis divaricato-penniveniis 
ellipticis oblongis lanceolatisve coriaceis, pedunculis petiolo longiore 
brevioribus, umbella simplici globosa multiflora, stylis concretis, 
fructu globoso.— Frutez erectus, glaberrimus. Folia valde variabilia. 
_ Petiolus nune brevissimus, nunc fere bipollicaris; lamina integra 
ovali-oblonga sesquipollicaris, v. lanceolata 4-5-pollicaris, v. fere 
?-3-partita lobis lanceolatis; costa media folii v. loborum valde pro- 
minens, margo anguste revoluta, venæ a costa angulo fere recto di- 
vergentes tenues, consistentia coriacea. Pedunculi terminales, soli- 
tarii v. 2-3-ni, 6-9 lin. longi. Umõella et flores fere H. parviflore, 
nisi flores pauciores et dimidio majores. Petala evidentius inflexo- 
mucronata. Stylus brevior. Bacca globosa, 5-locularis, magnitu- 
dine fere H. helicis. 
A handsome shrub, in ravines of Mount Gough and Mount Victoria. 
