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basi libera, obovato-oblonga, calycis foliolis alterna. Stamina 5, 
hypogyna, libera. Filamenta crassa, complanata, infra medium 
dilatata. _Anthere introrse, biloculares, basi inserte, loculis dis» 
cretis, ovatis, compressis, poro apice dehiscentibus. arium 
liberum, quinqueloculare. Ovula in loculis gemina, collateralia, 
angulo centrali inserta, pendula. Stylus filiformis, apice quinque- 
fidus. Capsula ovata, quinguangularis, loculicidè quinquevalvis 
valvis lignosis, medio septiferis. Semina in loculis gemina, colla- 
teralia, pendula, superne in alam membranaceam, oblongam, 
obtusam producta. Embryo ignotus.—Arbuscula liis 
alternis, petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, inte egerrimis, pen- 
niveniis, floribus parvis, m etis infra folia hornotina 
ortis, igitur in pseudo-racemos 
l. Pentaphylax euryoides, Gardn. $ pipes 
Has. Hong-Kong. 
Descr. drbuscula valdé ramosa. Rami teretes, cortice cinereo 
vestiti. Ramuli angulosi, puberuli. Folia alterna, petiolata, ovata, 
vel ovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi obtusa, integerrima, glabra, pen- 
nivenia, 24 poll. longa, 10-15 lin. lata. Stipule nulle. Flores her- 
waphrodiés infra folia hornotina in pseudo-racemos dispositi, parvi, 
albi, 2-lin. longi, pedicellati. Pedicelli 14 lin. longi, basi unibracteati, 
bracteis parvis, deciduis, apice bibracteolati, bracteolis late ovatis, api- 
culatis, ciliatis, ealycem stipantibus. Calyæ persistens, pentaphyllus, 
foliolis imbricatis, ovatis, obtusis, insqualibus, glabris, margine 
ice obscure 
dilatata. . Anthere introrse, basi affixee, biloculares, loculis discretis, 
ovatis subeompressis, per dudes pendulis, demum erectis, poro 
apice dehiscentibus.  Ovariwm liberum, 5-loeulare. Ovuda in loculis 
gemina, collateralia, anguli centralo don dus. Stylus filiformis, 
apice 5-fidus. Capsula ovata, quinquangularis 3 lin. longa, loculicide 
5-valvis, valvis lignosis, medio septiferis. Semina in loculis gemina, 
collateralia, pendula, superne in alam membranaceam, oblongam, ob- 
tusam producta. Embryo ignotus : 
Though an undoubted Taember of the order Ternstrómiacez, this 
plant cannot be referred to any of the tribes into which it is at present 
divided, having almost equal claims to several of them. Thus it has 
