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Hypericum chinense Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 27, non Linn. 



Hypericmm olympicum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 471, non Linn. 



Hypericum petiolatum Lour. op. cit. 472, non Linn. 



Elodes chinensis Hance in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 472. 



Cratoxylon hiftorum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 36 ' (1863) 580. 



?Elodea pulchella Hort. Chels. ex Loud. Hort. Brit. Suppl. 1 (1832) 



587, nomen nudum. 

 Ancistrolobus hrevipes Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 ' (1852) 383. 

 Cratoxylon polyanthum Korth. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839-42) 



175, t. 36; Gagnep. in Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo-Cbine 1 (1909) 290. 

 Cratoxylon chinense Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 292. 



The earliest description of this species seems to be Hypericum 

 chinense Retz. (1789) , non Linn., this description being the basis 

 of Hypericum biflorum Lam. (1797). Cratoxylon hiftorum 

 Turcz. is typified by Wallich J^820, this binomial being published 

 without reference to Lamarck's earlier name (sub Hypericmn) , 

 although representing the same species. The two forms de- 

 scribed by Loureiro, one from Kwangtung Province, China, and 

 one from Cochinchina, are both safely referable to the form 

 currently known as Cratoxylon polyanthum Korth. The oldest 

 specific name, regarding the validity of which there can be no 

 question, appears to be Cratoxylon ligustrinum (Spach) Blume. 

 Eloclea pulchella Hort. Chels. ex Loud. Hort. Brit. Suppl. 1 

 (1832) 587, currently reduced here, is practically a nomen 

 nudum, the whole description being the statement that it is an 

 evergreen, herbaceous, ornamental plant with rosy flowers. The 

 description of it as herbaceous would exclude this as a synonym 

 of Cratoxylon ligustrinum Blume, and for that matter would 

 exclude the species from the genus Cratoxylon. 



CALOPHYLLUM Linnaeus 

 CALOPHYLLUM CUCULLATUM sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus petiolisque' ferrugineo-hirsu- 

 tis, ramulis tenuibus, teretibus; foliis coriaceis, oblongis, 11 ad 

 20 cm longis, distincte acuminatis, basi late rotundatis et dis- 

 tincte cucullatis, petiolo 7 ad 10 mm longo ; inf ructescentiis axil- 

 laribus, pedunculatis, circiter 5 cm longis, pedicellatis, plerumque 

 3 vel 4 flabellatim dispositis; fructibus ovoideis, laevis, 1 cm 

 longis. 



A small tree, the branchlets more or less ferruginous-hirsute 

 as are the young petioles ; the ultimate branches slender, terete, 

 reddish-brown, 3 to 4 mm in diameter, the intemodes up to 15 

 cm in length. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, smooth, shining, 11 

 to 20 cm long, 4.5 to 8 cm wide, the apex distinctly acuminate, 

 the base broadly rounded and distinctly cucullate; midrib very 



