GAMOPETAL^. "^^ 



SAPOTACEiE. 



314. Clirysophylluni Cainito, L. 



a. Flowering twigs. 



A large tree, common about Panama; Sutton Hayes, 

 No. 636 ; 25 Sept., 1862. 



315. Isonandra Gutta, Hook. 



a. Leaves and portion of stem, with flower buds. 



From Dr. W. H. De Vriese ; 1857. 



EBENACE^. 



316. Diospyros Lotus, L. 



a. Leafy twig. 



BoUnical Garden, Trieste; 15 Sept., 1860; Dr. J. D. 

 Hooker and D. Hanbiu-y. 



STYRACEi*;. 



317. Styrai Benzoin, Dryander. 



a. Flowering branchlets. 



Java; received 1868. Also fruits (for which see the 

 Hanbury Collection of Materia Medica). 



318. Styrai officinale, L. 



a. Branchlets, bearing flowers. 



(1) Sochia, Asia Minor; May, 1860; A. 0. Clarke. 

 (2) Syria, grows in the Lebanon (Afga), woods on 

 Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, about Nazareth, .Jenin, 

 &c., &c. ; Dr. J. D. Hooker and D. Hanbury ; 1860. 



b. Branches bearing flowers, and detached fruits. 

 Sollifes-Farlede, near Toulon ; 17 May, 1854. 



SERIES III. BICARPELLATiE. 

 OLEACE^. 



319. Fraiinus Bungeana, D. C. 



a. Twig, with the Pe-la insect on it, and deteched leaves. 



Keceived from Dr. Bretschneider, through Dr. Hance ; 



16 Nov., 1874. On this specimen is attached an 



extract of a letter from Dr. Bretschneider, Pekin, 



to Dr. H. F. Hance, British Vice-consul, WTiampoa : 



"... Vousi trouverez quelques speeimens de Varbrisseau qui nouiTit 



rinsfecte" .^ cire et dont on tire la cire vegetale (Pe-la). Ces brandies 



malheureusement sans lieurs ou fruits, m'ont €te apportfies par un 



paysan des montagnes. L'arbrissean se trouve ^ I'etat sauvage dans les 



