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abled to compare the two ; and, having done so, have no hesitation in re- 

 garding the Chinese plant as quite distinct. The true A. Bluviei (for 

 it is obvious the name should be applied to the Java species) is distin- 

 guished by a pale, dull cinnamon-coloured bark, much narrower, truly 

 oblong leaves, less coriaceous in texture, sometimes attaining as much 

 as 6 inches in length, and with the midrib smooth beneath, rather 

 larger flowers, the sepals broader in regard to their length (transversely 

 oblong), the petals uniformly rufously velvety or pannose, the outer 

 ones nearly twice as wide, and with the upper margin of the excavated 

 portion bounded by an even raised line. In A. Honghongensis, the 

 protuberance of this margin is so remarkable, coupled with the much 

 greater width, deeper tint, and comparative smoothness of the lamina, 

 as to cause the latter to look like an appendage on the back of the con- 

 cave portion. Although Hooker and Thomson describe the outer petals 

 of Champion's plant as double the width of the inner ones, Mr. Benthara 

 calls the two verticils very similar ; and so I find them in my specimen. 

 3. Pygeum pjidpostictum, n. sp. ; arbuscula 15-20-pedaIis, ramis ni- 

 gricantibus lenticellosis, foliis breviter petiolatis membranaceis oblongis 

 integerrimis basi cuneatis apice abrupte caudato-acuminatis acuraine 

 ipso apice obtuso tenuiter reticulato-venulosis glaberrimis basi utrinque 

 glandula oblonga impressa notatis supra lucidis subtus lucidulis vel 

 opacis punctisque fuscis crebris consitis 3-4 poll, longis 9-13 lin. 

 latis, racemis axillaribus solitariis folium dimidium vix sequantibus 

 glaberrimis laxiusculis, pedicellis calyce duplo longioribus, calycis 

 glabri lobis rotundatis denticulatis, petalis calyce duplo longioribus 

 obovoideis obtusis albis margine parce ciliato excepto glabris, ovario 

 piloso, achsenio* pisi mole sphserico coriaceo glaberrimo ruguloso. — 

 Specimen a seipso in insula Hongkong lectum, jam pluribus elapsis 

 annis mecura communicavit cl. J. C. Bowring ; stirpem floriferam in 

 silvula infra verticem montiura Pakwan, exeunte Aprili, fructiferamque 

 initio Junii, 1869, iterum detexit cl. Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 6015.) 



* The fruit in this geuus is called by nearly all writers drupa sicca ; in my 

 opinion a most objectionable term. In the use of this designation, botanists 

 have probably been half unconsciously swayed by the affinity of Pygeum to 

 Pruniis and the other members of the tribe, all of which have true drupes. 

 But, whilst in the majority of Ruhi, the etcerio is composed of an assemblage 

 of drupes, in those species sometimes separated under the name of Daliharda, 

 it is an aggregate of achcenia. In Pygeum the fruit answers in every respect to 

 tlie ordinary definition of an achsenium, and is unquestionably as much entitled 

 to that name as those of Fragaria or Anacardium. 



