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so successfully introduced into England, indicates that many of them 

 might also be advantageously cultivated here as hardy or half-hardy 

 plants. He then proceeds to the enumeration of the species which 

 have been found in the small island of Hong Kong. 



1. Camellia spectabilis; arborea, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis glabris 

 crenatis subtus reticulatis, floribua solitariis (raagnis albis) axillaribus 

 et snbterminalibus, sepalis coriaceis fructibusque (pomi magnitudine) 

 sericeis. 



Hah. in Insula Sinensi Hong Kong, in sylvis. 



2. Camellia Japonica, L. iSp. PI. 982. 



Of this species Capt. Champion states that but tw^o trees are at 

 present known growing wild in Hong Kong ; they were discovered 

 by Col. Eyre, R.A., and are loaded in October with single pink 

 flowers. The leaves are more elongate than in most cultivated 

 plants. 



3. Camellia salicifolia ; arbuscula, ramulis pubescentibus flexuosis, 

 foliis subsessilibus elongato-ovatis acuminatis serratis pubescentibus, 

 floribus parvulis (albis), sepalis acuminatis pubescentibus, capsulis gla- 

 bris parvis rostratis 1-3- saepius l-spermis. 



Hah. in Insula Sinensi Hong Kong, in sylvis. 



As species this and the next are most nearly allied to C. caudata. 

 Wall. A specimen of the present has recently been introduced by 

 Mr. Braine into Kew Gardens. 



4. Camellia assimilis; frutex, ramulis glabris, foliis subsessilibus lan- 

 ceolatis acuminatis serratis glabris, floribus parvulis pendulis (albis), 

 sepalis sericeis obtusis, capsulis glabris parvis rostratis. 



Hah. in Insula Sinensi Hong Kong, in Monte Victoria et Monte Gough. 



5. Then Bohea, L., is cultivated in Hong Kong, but is not indi- 

 genous. As a genus Capt. Champion does not regard it as distinct 

 from Camellia. 



6. EuRYA Macartneyi; dioica, frutescens, glabra, foliis majusculis cori- 

 aceis subellipticis margine revolutis serrulatis, floribus majusculis; <? 

 staminibus 19-22; $ stylis distinctis revolutis, fructibus (purpureis) 

 circiter 14-spermis. 



Hab. in Insula Sinensi Hong Kong, in sj'lvis rupibusque. Floret et 

 fructus fert Aug.-Nov. 



A shrub from 6 to 8 feet high, and as a species coming near E. 

 elUptica, Gardn. Specimens brought from China by Lord Macartney 

 are in the herbarium of the British Museum. 



