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comparing my specimens with Roxburgh's detailed description of the 
plant, I find that it differs in several points, besides the nature of the 
inflorescence, which, however, goes for nothing, since the panicles of 
tions exist in the leaves and the fruit ; the fumes in Roxburgh’s plant 
being glossy on both sides, while in this they are only so on the under ; 
and while the fruit in the former is said to be nearly of the size of a 
field-bean, it is here as large as an ordinary cherry. 
HYDRANGEACEJE. 
Adamia Chinensis, Gardn. et Champ. ; foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis 
utrinque acuminatis mucronato-dentatis, cymis depressis compactis. 
Has. Rare in ravines on Mount Victoria, Hong-Kong. 
Frutex ramosus. Rami obscure tetragoni, glabri, ramulis puberulis. 
Folia opposita, petiolata, oblonga, vel ovato-oblonga, utrinque acumi- 
nata, mucronata, serrato-dentata, pennivenia, subtus pallida et grossé 
reticulata, utrinque puberula, 5—74 poll. longa, 14-24 poll. lata: petiolus 
pilosiuseulus, 9-12 lin. longus. — Cyme paniculate, terminales, multi- 
floree, pubescenti-pilosee. Flores pedicellati, pedicellis 4—6 lin. longis. 
Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, pilosus, 2 lin. longus, limbus 5-dentatus, 
dentibus latis, acutis. Petala 5, subcarnosa, oblongo-ovata, acuta, den- 
i : ilata. 4 
basifixee, biloculares, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
inferum, incompleto 5-loculare, placentis semiseptorum marginibus 
adnatis, multiovulatis. Styli 5, patentes : Stigmata clavata, compressa, 
integra, margine stigmatosa. 
Judging from the figure in the Pl. As. Rar., this plant differs from 
Wallich’s 4. cyanea, in having the leaves much broader in proportion 
to their length, very much attenuated towards the base, and finely 
dentate, not coarsely serrated. The cyme is also shorter, flatter, 
and more compact. Decandolle describes the stigmas in Wallich's 
plant as 2-lobed, while in the figure, as in this plant, they are en- 
tire. Cyanitis of Rheinwardt differs in no way from Adamia ; and it is 
very possible that the Nepaul, the Chinese, and the Java plants are 
only varieties of each other. This, however, can only be determined 
by a comparison of specimens. 
RH 
