499 ASPECT, CLIMATE, AND 
Ricinus communis. Linn. 
Ficus pyriformis, Hook. et Arn. 
Ficus variolosa Lindl. I have had specimens of this plant 
for many years, which were dried under that name from the 
Horticultural Society's Garden, but as I cannot find out 
where it has been published, I subjoin the following specific 
character: glaberrima, foliis petiolatis obovato-v. sublanceo- 
lato-oblongis obtusis v. breviter et obtusissime acuminatis 
basi cuneatis coriaceis opacis subtus pallidis eleganter 
ed receptaculis axillaribus solitariis geminisye pedun- 
tis parvis suburceolato-globosis. Folia 2-2 3 poll-longa, 
eg lin. lata, venis subtus rubentibus, petiolis 24 lin. longis. 
Pedunculi 2 lin. longi.  Bracteole parve, ovate, acute. 
Receptacula 91 lin. diametro, forma floribus Arduit non 
dissimilia, extus variolosa. 
Sponia aspera Decaisne Herb. Timor? These specimens 
certainly differ from S. Andaresa by the leaves deeply and 
equally cordate at the base, exceedingly rough on the upper 
side, and thickly hairy on the under, but whether or not it be 
really the plant figured by Ad. Brongniart as Celtis aspera, 1 
have not at present the means of determining. 
Pinus Sinensis Lamb. The leaves are sometimes two, 
sometimes three in a sheath. 
Broughtonia Chinensis (Lindley MS.); caule brevi car- 
noso diphyllo? foliis lanceolatis patentibus carnosis, racemo 
terminali multifloro, pedunculo elongato aphyllo arcté vagi- 
nato, bracteis membranaceis Band leteaclatis pedicellis 
brevioribus, labello obovato cucullato membranaceo venoso : 
venis flabellatis omnibus basi cristatis. (Lindley.) 
ltis perhaps not very surprising that an American genus 
should occur upon one of the most westerly points of Asia; 
yet it is a circumstance so striking as to demand strict in- 
vestigation before it can be accepted as true. It does not, 
however, appear possible to doubt it in the case of this 
Broughtonia, which, although in an indifferent state of 
preservation, indieates all the main features of the genus to 
which I have referred it. It is unquestionably Epidendreous, 
