328 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
cordatisve coriaceis, floribus subsessilibus glomeratis tetrameris, pe-. 
talis subdistinctis. — Frutex, ramulis crassiusculis, cortice cinerea. 
Folia majora 4 poll. longa, 13—2 poll. lata, obtusa v. in acumen breve 
obtusum producta, margine breviter et remotiuscule calloso-dentata, 
subtus pallentia, supra non nitentia, petiolo crasso 1-2 lin. longo, 
omnia basi quam in affinibus multo latiora; minora sæpe obovata. 
Flores per 8-15 in glomerulos globosos collecti, pedunculo communi 
subnullo, pedicellis raro lineam longis. Bractee squamæformes, 
parve. Flores quam in I. Aguifolio paulo minores. Calycis dentes 
lati, brevissimi, minute ciliolati. Stamina petala æquantia, fila- 
mentis erassiusculis. Ovarium subglobosum, disco stigmatoso supe- 
ratum, 4-loculare. Bacca 3 lin. diametro, haud apiculata. 
In a ravine of Mount Victoria. The very short petiole and the 
blunt base of the leaves readily distinguish this species from all others 
known to me. 
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Ilex graciliflora, Champ., sp. n.; glabra, ramulis teretibus, foliis 
elliptico- v. obovali-oblongis bius paucidentatis basi in petiolum 
longiusculum angustatis coriaceis nitidis, umbellis subsessilibus, pe- 
dicellis gracilibus, floribus tetrameris, corollis profunde fissis, bacca 
mutica.—Arbor, ramulis in vivo purpurascentibus, siccitate fuscis, 
apice vix sub folia angulatis mox teretibus. Folia majora 3-33 poll. 
longa, 12-15 lin. lata, acumine obtuso vix distincto, dentibus paucis 
brevibus subcallosis, petiolo 6-7 lin. longo; minora 1-2-pollicaria, 
obtusiora, integriora; inferiora fere obovata; omnia consistentia lau- 
rina, supra nitida, subtus pallida, costa subtus elevata, venis diver- 
gentibus ramosis parum prominentibus. Florum fasciculi axillares, 
pedunculo communi subnullo v, hine inde semilineam longo. Pe- 
dicelli marium 15-20, graciles, 3-4 lin. longi, hermaphroditorum 
= paulo breviores et sæpius pauciores. Calycis dentes breves, orbi- 
 eulati, ciliolati. Petala basi breviter connata, 14 lin. longa, orbicu- 
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-~ lata, per anthesin reflexa, exteriora leviter ciliata. Filamenta petalis 
subæquilonga, antheris parvis. Ovarium depresso-globosum, stig- 
. mate disciformi. Bacca purpurea, globosa, magnitudine pisi. 
Common in the Happy Valley woods. 
8. Ilex memecylifolia, Champ., sp. n.; glabra, ramulis subteretibus, fo- 
lis breviter petiolatis ovatis obovatis v. rarius oblongis integerrimis 
coriaceis nitidulis subaveniis, umbellis sessilibus, pedicellis rigidulis 
flore vix longioribus, floribus tetrameris, corollis profunde fissis, bacca 
