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8. Celastrm {Gijmnosporia) Wallichiana, Wt. & Arn. Ad Amoy, 

 ipse legi Oct. 1857 : in seinbus ad Pak-slia, ora niaxime australi 

 prov. Cantoiieiisis, iieciion in ins. Hai-nan, m. Nov. 1866, coll. 

 Sampson et Hance : circa Hoi-bau, ejusdem insulae, ^st. 1877, 

 invenit Bullock. Mr. Bentliam named for me the Amoy plant, 

 with which that from Hai-nan is precisely identical. It agrees 

 well with Wight and Arnott's diagnosis, except that the branches 

 are clothed with a ferruginous scurf-like pubescence composed of 

 short thick jointed hairs, instead of having a polished bark, and 

 the fruit is no larger than a pea, instead of equalling a hazel-nut. 

 The arillode, which is white and conspicuous enough in the ripe 

 seed, does not embrace its entire base, and extends somewhat less 

 than half its length. Though restored in the 'Flora of British 

 India,' I do not think Gijmnosporia can be kept apart from 

 Celastrus, on account of the Australian species, to which Mr. 

 Bentham has already called attention. M. Baillon (Hist, des PI., 

 vi., 5) is distinctly of this opinion. 



9. ViTis (Cissus, Monostigma) papillata, sjj. nov. Scandens, 

 ramis tenuibus angulatis sulcatis glabris, stipulis ovatis scariosis, 

 foliis trifoliolatis petiolo l-lj pollicari foliolis tenuiter membranaceis 

 supra costa tantum parce hii'tellis sub lente minute densissimeque 

 squamulosis luci obversis confertissime pellucido-punctatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis basi obtusiusculis apice acutis x^auciserratis tenuiter 

 penniveniis venis supra paulo conspicuis terminali 1-| poll, longo 

 petiolulo 4-lineali lateralibus 15 lin. longis petiolulo 2-lineali, 

 cirrhis simplicibus elongatis, cymis axillaribus pedunculo glabro 

 folia sequante v. superante fultis parvis trichotomis corymbosis 

 dense x)aucifloris, bracteis parvis ovatis scariosis, floribus (in spec, 

 suppetent. nondum expansis) tetrameris |- lin. longis, calyce 

 cupulato explanato margine truncato scarioso ciliato, petalis 

 oblongis extus glanduloso-tomentosis, stylo brevissimo, stigmate 

 simplici. Circa Hoi-hau, ins. Hai-nan, leg. Bullock, a. 1877. 

 (Herb, propr. n. 20297.) 



This appears nearer to V. reticulata, Thw., which I have not 

 seen, than to any other species I can find described. The specimen 

 is too young for any details as to the fruit. 



10. Cardiospermuiii Halicacahum, Linn. Circa Hoi-hau, ins. 

 Hai-nan, aest. 1877, coll. Bullock. This is the first Chinese speci- 

 men I have seen ; all those gathered in Hongkong and Canton 

 province being referable to C. microcarpum, H. B. K. 



11. Smithia sensitiva, Ait. In udis circa Cantoiiem, copiose, m. 

 Nov., 1863, jjrimus detexit Sampson. The specimens are ex- 

 ceedingly fine and luxuriant, the flowers larger than in the Assam 

 I)lant. 



12. Uraria lagopoides, DC. E prov. Fokien misit cl. de Grijs : 

 in agro Cantonensi non infrequens. Found in various parts of 

 the East Indies, the Malay archipelago, Polynesian islands, and 

 Australia. 



13. Loropetahun c/iinense, R. Br. In collinis propc Sai-nam, 

 secus fl. North River, prov. Canton, d. 15 Sept., 1866, coll. Sampson 

 et Hance. 



