304 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
poll. longa, 3-14 poll. lata, acumine quam in S. caudata breviore, 
subcoriacea, nitidula, petiolo brevissimo. Racemi axillares, sub- 
semipollicares, sepius simplices, rigiduli. Flores in genere parvi, 
sessiles, haud crebri. Bractee orbiculatee v. reniformes, squamæ- 
formes, sæpe ciliolatæ. Calycis tubus brevissimus, laciniæ breviter 
orbieulate, post anthesin inflexæ. Petala vix linea longiora, ob- 
longa, ima basi cum staminibus in annulum brevem connata. Fila- 
menta non manifeste pentadelpha. Ovarium triloculare v. interdum 
biloculare. Stylus corollam æquans, stigmate capitato vix lobato. 
Drupa globosa v. ovoideo-globosa, calycis limbo coronata, vix 2 lin. 
diametro, abortu monosperma. Semina perfecta non vidi. 
Happy Valley woods. 
The Symplocos sinica, Ker., so frequently sent from the adjoining 
continent, does not appear to have been as yet gathered in Hong-Kong. 
9& Styrax suberifolium, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 196. t. 40. 
Rather common, forming a shrub or small tree. The flowers, ap- 
pearing in May, vary, as in other species, in the number of parts, being 
as frequently pentamerous as tetramerous; they are white, and sweet- 
scented. The fruit, about the size of a hazel-nut, splits into three 
valves, from the apex to the base. The seed, usually solitary, is nearly 
globose. 
4. Styrax odoratissimum, Champ., sp. n.; ramulis minute puberulis, 
5? foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis subintegerrimis basi acutiusculis 
glabris, pedunculis 1-2-floris geminisve supra-axillaribus summis 
racemosis, calyce campanulato apice membranaceo integro v. irregu- 
lariter lobato, drupa oblique ovoidea acuminata a basi dehiscente.— 
Folia membranacea, subtripollicaria, iis S. Porteriani simillima nisi 
glabriora. Pedicelli plerique calyce longiores, uti calyces et corollæ 
pilis stellatis canescentes. Flores nutantes iis 8. oficinalis paulo 
minores. Bractee minute. Staminum filamenta complanata, ciliata, 
juniora basi connata, supra medium geniculata. Anthere lineares; 
in flore aperto apice recurve, breviter acuminate, pilis stellatis con- 
sperse. Ovarium ultra medium calyci adnatum ; placenta centralis, 
crassa, a parietibus libera, sed alas 3 emittens cavitatem in loculos 
3 incompletos dividentes. Ovula in loculis spuriis 6, biserialia, om- 
nia certe adscendentia. Drupa 5 lin. longa, basi rotundata et brevis- 
. Sime tantum adnata, apice styli basi oblique acuminata. Semen ob- 
lique ovoideum. 
