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FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS: an Enumeration of the Plants collected 
in the Island of Hong-Kong, by Major J. G. Champion, 95th Reg., 
the determinations revised and the new species described by GRORGE 
BENTHAM, Esa. i 
^ ( Continued from p. 172.) 
RUBIACEA (continued). 
10. Mussænda pubescens, Ait:—DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 371. 
Common in ravines, flowering in April and May. 
11. Mussænda erosa, Champ., sp. n.; foliis ovatis acuminatis glabris, 
0% stipulis profunde bifidis, corymbo laxe multifloro, lobis calycinis 
linearibus tubo vix æqualibus uno hinc inde maximo petiolato, co- — 
rollæ pilosulæ tubo elongato lobis latis acuminatis.—Caules et folia —— 
glabra; hæc fere M. pubescentis, margine tamen ssepe eroso-crispula. 
Stipuie latiores et sæpius minus divisæ, caducæ. Corymbi ampli, 
trichotomi, terminales, ramis primariis elongatis, ultimis abbreviatis, : 
floribus sessilibus. Calyx glaber, lobis vix linea longioribus; lobi —— — 
bracteæformes (v. bracteæ adnatæ) in corymbo pauci, ovato-orbieu- : 
lares, 2-3-pollicares. Corolle tubus 9-10 lin. longus, basi glaber 
et tenuis, superne dilatatus et pilis paucis adpresse pubescens, intus — 
superne parce pilosus, fauce villis fere clausa ; lobi 2 lin. lati, bre- 
viter acuminati, supra papillosi. Stamina supra medium tubi in- 
serta, inclusa, filamentis brevibus, antheris linearibus. Placente sti- 
pitatæ, ovulis numerosissimis. 
Happy Valley. Readily distinguished from M. pubescens by the size 
of the corolla and the shape of its divisions. a 
12. Gardenia florida, Linn. ios: 
Abundant in a ravine on Mount Gough, also Mount Victoria, and - 
other localities. : 
13. Randia dumetorum, Lam.—DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 385.—var.? 
parviflora. d mor 
A single specimen from Little Hong-Kong. 
14. Randia Sinensis, Roem. et Schult. ?—Hook. et Arn. 
p. 191. E "depen 
Little Hong-Kong. The specimen is a small one, with the flowers. 
scarcely open, and is most probably the same species as the one con- 
sidered by Hooker and Arnott to be the Ozyeeros Sinensis e case 
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