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 | 
43 lines long. The species of Oleyera are of very difficult discrimination. This ger 
occasionally flowers when the young leaves are coming out. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Tas. XII. 
Fig. 1. Flowering branch of Pentephylas 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. 
Tas. 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 — 
Fig. 6. Fruit burst : :—nearly natural size. 
Fig. 7. Seed :—magnified. 
Fig. 8. Embryo:—magnified. - 
. Ashhurst Lodge, Sunning Hill, 
November 1st, 1850. 
