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purple mucilage, which nearly obliterates the cells. Seeds small, triquetrous, wrinkled. 

 Flowers and fruit, October, November and December. The female flowers are one-third 

 less than the male flowers in size, and scentless. The pubescence or smoothness of the 

 ultimate branches I believe to be entirely local. 



I obtained excellent specimens of male and female flowers and ripe fruit, all within 

 a few yards of each other, on December 6th, 1848. 



Genus Pentaphylax, Gardn. & Champ. 



1. P. euryoedes, Gardn. & Champ. (Tab. XII.) 



This new genus is described by Dr. Gardner in Hooker's ' Journal of Botany,' No. 8. 

 p. 244-246. The species grows to an undertree of great beauty when in flower, and is 

 exceedingly common in the Hong Kong woods. The flowers are small and white, and 

 owing to those lowest on the branch expanding first, the pseudo-racemes when coming 

 into flower present a pyramidal form with the leaves at their extremity, and have a very 

 peculiar effect. The tree blossoms most profusely. The seed is dry, and its coating 

 membranaceous ; the embryo conduplicate ; its radicle terete and cotyledons plano- 

 elongate-cylindric. Flowers in summer and fruits in autumn. The definite 5 stamina, 

 anthers opening by terminal pores, and the fruit resembling that of a Gordonia on a small 

 scale (but with the embryo conduplicate), render it a very interesting genus. 



Genus Ixionanthes, Jack. 



1. Ixionanthes Chinensis ; subarborea, foliis petiolatis alternis glabris integris elongato- 

 ellipticis apice emarginatis reticulatis, corymbis longe pedicellatis axillaribus pluri- 

 floris dichotomis, staminibus 10 longissimis, capsulis supra-uncialibus. (Tab. XIII.) 



Hab. in insula Hong Kong, Sinarum, in sylvis. 



A small tree with reddish brown bark ; the leaves nearly 5 inches long by 1^ inch 

 broad, much reticulated and chartaceous. The 5 cells of the ovary are 2-ovuled (pendu- 

 lously arranged by pairs), and in the fruit the seeds are naked, winged, and like those of 

 a Gordonia, to which genus its capsule approaches. The tree was originally referred to 

 CedrelacecB, but is now very properly classed with Ternstrcemiacea?. Its sticky flowers 

 and long filiform stamina are very peculiar. Several of the seeds which I sent to Kew 

 have vegetated. 



Upon referring to Dr. Jack's description of the Sumatran species, Ixionanthes reticulata, 

 Jack, I feel some doubts as to the Hong Kong plant proving a new species. It differs in 

 the increased size of the leaves (5 in place of 3 inches long), and probably on comparison 

 will do so in some other particulars. 



Genus Gordonia, Ellis. 



1. G. ANOMALA. 



Polyspora axillaris, Sweet. 



This highly ornamental tree is very common wild on the hills and in the woods of 

 Hong Kong, and is much cultivated in that colony. Its large, white, sleepy, Cistus-like 



