116 CAPTAIN CHAMPION ON THE TERNSTR(EMIACEOUS PLANTS OF HONG KONG. 



I have doubts as to this being really different from the last. Their general resem- 

 blance is very striking, and the only specific differences I can perceive are, that here the 

 branchlets are more swollen, ash-coloured, and less compact, the flowers larger, nearly 

 scentless, and the petals less fugacious. The fruit and seeds are much larger ; differences 

 which might also be effected by situation. The fruit is usually 3-celled, and the seeds 

 4J lines long. The species of Cleyera are of very difficult discrimination. This species 

 occasionally flowers when the young leaves are coming out. 



EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES. 



Tab. XII. 



Fig. 1. Flowering branch of Pentaphylax euryoides: — natural size. 



Fig. 2. Fruit : — natural size. 



Fig. 3. Front view of a flower : — magnified. 



Fig. 4. Stamen and two petals : — magnified. 



Fig. 5. Bracteoles, sepals and style: — magnified. 



Fig. 6. Ovary, cross section : — magnified. 



Fig. 7« Fruit: — magnified. 



Fig. 8. Fruit, vertical section : — magnified. 



Fig. 9. Seed : — magnified. 



Fig. 10. Seed, section showing the embryo: — magnified. 



Tab. XIII. 



Fig. 1 . Flowering branch of Ixionanthes Chinensis : — natural size. 



Fig. 2. Flower: — magnified. 



Fig. 3. Young fruit : — slightly magnified. 



Fig. 4. Cross section of ovary : — magnified. 



Fig. 5. Vertical section of ovary, showing the torus. 



Fig. 6. Fruit burst : — nearly natural size. 



Fig. 7. Seed: — magnified. 



Fig. 8. Embryo : — magnified. 



Ashhurst Lodge, Sunning Hill, 

 November 1st, 1850. 



