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TILIACER. 
1. Friesia Chinensis, Gardn. et Champ.; dioica : foliis alternis longè petio- 
latis oblongo-lanceolatis vel oblongis acuminatis basi acutis serrato- 
dentatis, serraturis incurvo-apiculatis, subtus resinoso-punctatis, 
racemis simplicibus lateralibus 6—12-floris pedicellis calycibusque 
usce stigmate 3-lobo. 
Has. Hong-Kon 
PLANTA wo = pita 3-4 poll. longa, 9-12 lin. lata, reticulato~ 
venosa. Stipule deciduæ, 1} lin. longe. Flores in racemos erecto- 
patentes dispositi. Calyx profunde 4-partitus, foliolis lineari-oblongis 
acutis extus pubescenti-hirtis, 2 lin. longis. Petala 4, cuneata, apice 
obtusé 3-5-dentata, utrinque puberula, albida, calyce vix longiora 
Discus glandulosus, hirtus. Stamina 7. Filamenta brevissima. ya 
there erectæ, tetragonæ, muticæ, puberulæ, biloculares, apice rima 
transversa bivalves. Ovaria abortiva. Stylus parvus, apice obscurè 
3-lobus. 
This plant agrees with Friesia in its dicecious character, tetramerous 
flowers, lobed, not laciniated, petals, and lobed stigma. It has, how- 
ever, the anthers of Eleocarpus. The female flowers and fruit I have 
not seen. 
2. Heptaca ? latifolia, Gardn. et Champ. ; foliis latè ovatis vel subrotun- 
datis acutis vel subacuminatis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis margine 
minuté denticulatis supra glabris subtus stellato-tomentosis, cymis 
axillaribus folio per xci floribus compactis, petalis 5. 
Has. Hong-Kong. Flower 
Marz.—JBranches drtil rou p. covered with a smooth pale 
green back, which is thickly studded with small oblong purplish spots. 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, membranaceous,from broadly ovate to sub- 
orbicular, acute, or shortly acuminate, rounded or subcordate at the 
base, minutely denticulate, dark green and glabrous on the upper sur- 
face, ash-coloured, and densely covered with stellate pubescence on the 
under, penniveined, the veins erecto-patent, with numerous simple or 
branched veins connecting them, the interstices finely reticulated, all 
the veins prominent on the under surface only, length, exclusive of the 
petiole, 21—3 inches, breadth 24—28 lines. Petio/e 9 lines long, reflexed, 
and then curved upwards, semiterete, channelled on the upper surface, 
puberulous, but at length glabrous. Stipules none. Peduneles axillary, 
terete, puberulous, shorter than the leaves, cymose at the apex, the 
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