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A DECADE OF NEW HONG-KONG PLANTS. 



By Henry F. Hance, Ph.D., F.L.S., Member of the Imperial 

 Academy Naturae Curiosorum, &c. 



1. UvARiA [Xarum) calamistrata, sp. nov. — Scandens, hinova- 

 tionibiis fulvo-tomeutosis, cortice cinereo rimuloso, ramiiHs ferru- 

 gineo-stellato-j)ilosis, foUis subcoriaceis oblongo-ellipticis acutis v. 

 acuminatis supra parum hicidis junioribus stellato-tomentelHs 

 adultis glabratis penninerviis costa impressa costuhs inconspicuis 

 venuhs iuconspicue reticulatis subtus dense pallide stellato tomen- 

 tosis costa costuhs venularumque rete elevatis, peduncuhs extra- 

 axiUaribus 3-1 floris, bracteis bracteohsque ovatis deciduis, floribus 

 diametro 9-hiieahbus, sepahs ovatis obtusis ferrugineo-tomentosis 

 3 hn. longis, petahs subasquahbus oblongis acutiuscuhs fiavidis 

 utrinque tomenteUis 4 hn. longis exterioribus planis interioribus 

 subcarinatis, carpellis circ. 6-spermis ellipsoideis processubus 

 numerosissimis fulvo-tomentosis 3-4 linealibus lamellatis e basi 

 lata attenuatis varie tortis tectis, seminibus compresso-trigonis 

 dorso rotundatis castaneis semipollicaribus. 



In silva densa ad Heong-Kong, ins. Hong-Kong, fructiferam 

 primo detexi m. Augusto 1861 ; elapsis iam viginti annis flores 

 tandem eodem loco carpsit cl. C. Ford, in ingressu m. Maii, 1881. 

 (Herb, propr. n. 7436.) 



This is the plant referred to in the ' Supplement to the ' Flora 

 Hongkongensis ' as a doubtful species of Melodorum. It is satis- 

 factory, after so lengthened a period of fruitless search, to have 

 found the flowers, and determined its true position. It appears 

 exceedingly distmct fi-om any Asiatic species hitherto discovered. 



2. EuoNYMUs GIBBER, sp. uov. — Glaberrimus, ramis teretibus 

 pm-pureis, foliis oblongis basi cuneatis apice rotundatis emarginatis 

 integerrimis margine leviter revolutis coriaceis pallentibus supra 

 lucidulis subtus opacis remotiuscule penninerviis nervis utrinque 

 leviter elevatis 2^-3| poll, longis 11-16 lin. latis petiolo 4-lineali, 

 cymis axillaribus laxe dichotomis pedunculo communi 2-2-| poll, 

 longo rigido compresso divaricato fultis plusquam 20-floris, pedun- 

 cuhs rigidis compressis divaricatis 8 lin. longis, pedicellis bilinea- 

 libus, floribus pentameris 4 lin. diametro, sepalis suborbiculatis 

 2 exterioribus minoribus omnibus margine minute ciliato-denti- 

 culatis, petalis flavidulis breviter unguiculatis obovato-rotundatis 

 calyce triplo longioribus margine ElcBocarporum more eleganter 

 multifimbriatis, staminum discum lobulatum duplo superantium 

 filamentis recurvis antheris purpurascentibus, stjdo subulato 

 staminibus breviore, stigmate inconspicuo, capsula 4 lin. alta 

 breviter turbinata subtrigona valde gibba loculis duobus scilicet 

 sursum oblique productis indeque germano vertice complanato ad 

 latus detruso loculisque tribus reliquis imminutis, semine unico 

 maturato castaneo arillo pallido margine lobulato ad medium usque 

 cincto. 



In horto Hongkongensi cultus, illuc, ut videtur, ab insulae 

 montosis olim delatus, m. Junio floret. (Herb, propr. n. 21780.) 



