168 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
molli, in pagina inferiore pallescente. Bractee sub pedicellis foliaceæ, - 
petiolate, 2-4 lin. longæ, sub floribus ovario breviores, bracteolas - 
paulo excedentes. Calycis laciniæ anguste, villosule, tubo suo 
pariter villoso æquilongæ. Corolle tubus 8-9 lin. longus. 
From Mr. Cay's garden at Victoria, and according to him indigenous - 
to the island. This species comes the nearest to the true Z. Japonica, — 
to which Zuccarini has with reason reunited the L. confusa and L. 
. Chinensis of De Candolle, or D. flexuosa of our gardens. In that plant, 
— however, the peduncles in cultivated as well as wild specimens are 
constantly short and simple, bearing only one pair of flowers; whilst 
in L. multiflora, besides differences in the shape of the leaves and in 
~ Pubescenee, the axillary peduncles are from 5-1 inch long, bearing at 
: their summit a head or short thyrsus of from six to eight, or even. 
.. more, pairs of flowers. ; LS 
RUBIACEA, 
- 1. Adina globiflora, Salisb.—DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 349. 
=  Ravines towards West Point; at the waterfall in the Happy Valley, 
and other localities ; an erect shrub. 
\ 2. Thysanospermum diffusum, Champ., gen. nov. e tribu Cinchonearum. 
— Gen. Char. THYSANOSPERMUM. Calycis limbus 5-lobus, persistens. - 
—— Corolla hypocraterimorpha, laciniis 5 æstivatione imbricatis. Stamina — 
ad faucem inserta, filamentis brevibus, antheris linearibus. Stigma - 
 exsertum, oblongo-clavatum, integrum. Ovarium biloculare. Pla- - 
: cente i in loculis solitarize, ovate, peltatim dissepimento affixze. Ovula - 
plurima, peltata, sursum imbricata. Capsula subglobosa, bisulea, - 
ævis, calycis dentibus coronata, loculicide bivalvis, valvulis septicide - 
s placentis integris. Semina ala lata fimbriato-lacera cincta.— - 
ies unica T. diffusum. — Fruticulus ramosissimus, super saxa dif- 
, Tamulis tenuibus, novellis strigoso-pilosis. Stipule utrinque - 
Xato-s ubulate, 1-2 lin. longe. Folia breviter petio- 
: ia, ovato-lanceolata v. ovata, acute acuminata, - 
 subcoriacea, nitidula, supra glabra, subtus ad costam margineque | 
ciliata, Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, uniflori, 2-3 lin. longi, birsuti, - 
- lineam. longus, lobis ovatis virentibus tubo globoso subbrevioribus. = 
: duas basi glaber, scs breviter puberalus ; laciniss ovatæ, fere 2 lin. 
supra medium bracteolis 2 minutis caducis instructi. Calyx VX — 
Corolle albidæ tubus 5 lin. longus, rectus, æqualis, extus pubescens, pos 
