196 | FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
densus. Calycis tubus globosus; limbus vix tubo brevior, dentibus 
brevibus latis obtusis, Corolla extus pubescens, tubo 15 lin., limbi 
laciniis oblongis 23 lin. longis, supra glabris, fauce villis clausa. 
Stylus longe exsertus, clavatus. Ovarium biloculare, placentis peltatis 
carnosulis, ovulis in quoque loculo cirea 20. Bacca globosa, 3 lin. 
diametro, calycis limbo demum sæpe obliterato coronato. Semina 
angulata, in quoque loculo 13-14. 
Scarce in Hong-Kong; in the Happy Valley woods, on Mount 
Victoria, and at the Buddhist Temple. 
21. Morinda umbellata, Linn, var.? foliis brevibus obovali-oblongis 
brevissime acuminatis, floribus paulo majoribus. — M. versicolor, 
Hortul. 
As common in Hong-Kong as the true M. umbellata (with long 
narrow leaves) is in Ceylon. It was formerly cultivated in the Horti- 
cultural Society’s Garden under the name of M. versicolor, raised, we 
believe, from Chinese seeds, and may possibly prove specifically distinct 
from the common East Indian form. 
. 22. Mephitidia (Lasianthus) Chinensis, Champ., sp. n.; fruticosus, Me 
1 mulis teretibus apiee compressis tomentellis, stipulis latis breviter 
> acuminatis, foliis petiolatis elongatis acuminatis basi acutis supra 
glabris subtus tomentellis, floribus aggregatis subsessilibus, bracteis 
minutis, calycibus ovoideis minute dentatis, corolla extus hirsuta 
ovarioque 4—6-meris.—Ramuli juniores ad nodos valde compressi 
demum teretes. Pubes brevissima, sæpe rufescens. Stipule cum 
acumine latitudine. rami breviores. Pefioli 3-5-lineares. Folia 
6-10 poll. longa, 15-23 poll, lata, subcoriacea, supra nitidula, venis 
utrinque conspicuis. Florum fasciculi axillares, subsessiles, 3-5- 
. flori petiolis breviores. Calyx 1} lin. longus, parte adnata brevis- 
. sima, limbo superue contracto, dentibus brevibus ovatis recurvis 
marginibus incurvis. Corolla sepius 6—6-mera intra calycem tetra- 
Terum, rarissime (ex obs. cl. Championi in vivo) eum calyce iso- 
mera, tubo 2 lin. longo intus superne piloso; laeinim tubo æqui- 
longe, lanceolate, extus villosissimæ, intus glabri, acumine inflexo 
crasso, æstivatione valvata. Ovarium sæpius 5-6-loculare, rarius 
4-loculare, ovulis erectis. Discus epigynus crassus. Styli lobi tot 
quot ovarii loculi, lineares, breves. Drupa recens globosa, pubescens, 
_cærulea, 5-6 lin. diametro, calycis limbo coronata, in bieco sulcato- 
lobata; pyrenis 5-6, rarius 4, ovoideo-triquetris, duris, rugosis. 
