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umbonata.—Fruter ramosissimus. Folia sæpius 1-1} poll. longa, 
7-11 lin. lata, obtusa v. in acumen breve producta, basi acuta, mar- 
gine recurvo sæpe purpurascente et constanter integerrimo, petiolo 
1-2 lin. longo, costa subtus prominente venis inconspicuis, supra 
viridia, subtus pallida, in sicco ssepe flavicantia. Fasciculi axillares, 
3-6-flori, pedunculo communi subnullo, pedicellis 1-2 lin. longis. 
Calycis dentes breves, lati, non ciliati. Petala alba, lineam longa, 
ad quartam partem connata. Filamenta antheris paulo longiora. 
Bacca coccinea, pisi magnitudine, stylo brevi crasso apiculata. 
A very common shrub on the hills. Besides the form above de- 
scribed, the specimens indicate two distinct varieties: 8. nummularia, 
with small, broadly obovate, and usually retuse leaves, and y. oblongi- 
Jolia, with narrow acuminate leaves, near three inches long, and rather 
longer pedicels, but the leaves are perfectly entire, and of the same 
consistence and colour, and the berries scarlet and apiculate as in the 
more common form. 
4. Tlex viridis, Champ., sp. n.; glabra, ramulis angulato-striatis, foliis 
sÊ petiolatis ovatis denticulatis basi acutis tenuiter coriaceis nitidis, pe- 
dicellis foemineis solitariis petiolo longioribus, floribus tetrameris, 
corollis ad medium divisis, bacca obtusa.—Fruter 2—3-pedalis, ramo- 
sissimus, ramulis foliisque læte virentibus. Folia 1-14 poll. longa, 
6—9 lin. lata, obtusa v. breviter acuminata, rarius acutiuscula, cre- 
naturis parvis subcallosis v. rarius apiculatis. Florum Jemineorum 
pedicelli 3-4 lin. longi, superne incrassati. Calycis lobi brevissimi, 
orbiculati. Corolla subrotata, 3 lin. diametro, lobis latis orbiculatis. 
Filamenta brevissima, antheris ovatis. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, 
disco stigmatoso crassissimo truncato. Bacca purpurea, globosa, 
4—5 lin. diametro, haud apiculata, tetrapyrena. 
On the hills, flowering in April. According to Major Champion, 
the male individuals (which I have not seen) have their flowers several 
together in axillary corymbs. 
gå 5. Ilex asprella, Champ.—Prinos asprellus, Hook. et Arn. Bot. 
Beech. p. 176. t. 36. 
Victoria Peak and Little Hong-Kong. This species is allied to the 
last, but is readily distinguished by the thinner acuminate leaves, slender 
pedicels, triangular lobes of the calyx, etc. The flowers in my speci- 
men are usually tetramerous, but they are occasionally pentamerous and 
even hexamerous. 
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