LinruBan Society. 4^1' 



As species this and the next are most nearly allied to C caudata, 

 Wall. A specimen of the present has recently been introduced by 

 Mr. Braine into Kew Gardens. .utfx; icri^ a 



4. Camellia assimilis; frutex, ramuHs glabris, foh'is subsessilibus lan- 

 ceolatis acnminatis serratis glabris, floribus parvulis pendulis (albis), 

 sepalis sericeis obtusis, capsulis glabris parvis rostratis. '' 



Hab. in Insula Sinensi Hong Kong, in Monte Victoria et Monte Goiigh. 



5. Thea Bohea, L., is cultivated in Hong Kong, but is not indi- 

 genous. As a genus Capt. Champion does not regard it as distinct 

 from Camellia. 



G. EuRYA Macaiitneyi; dioica, frntescens, glabra, foliis majusculis cori- 



aceis subellipticis raarginc revolutis serrulatis, floribus majusculis; S 



staminibus 19-22; 9 stylis distiuctis revolutis, fructibus (purpureis) 



circiter 14-spermis. 



Hab in Insula Sinensi Hong Kong, in sylvis rupibusque. Floret et 



fructus fert Aug.-Nov. 



A shrub from 6 to 8 feet high, and as a species coming near E. 

 elllptica, Gardn. Specimens brought from China by Lord Macartney 

 are in the herbarium of the British Museum. 



7. Eurya Japonica, Thunh., and Eurya Chinensis, R. Br. 



These two species Capt. Champion finds mixed up indiscriminately 

 in his collection, and he believes them to be identical. 



8. Pentaphylax euryoides, Gardn. 8^ Champ. 



This new and curious genus is described in Hooker's Journal of 

 Botany. No. 8. p. 244-246. 



9. IxioNANTHES Chinensis ; subarborca, foHis petiolatis alternis glabris 

 integris elongato-ellipticis apice einarginatis reticulatis, corymbis longe 

 pedunculatis axillaribus plurifloris dicbotomis, staminibus 10 longissimis, 

 capsulis supra-uncialibus. 



Hab. in Insult Sinensi Hong Kong, in sj'lvis. 



Seeds of this species, which forms a small tree, sent by Capt. 

 Champion to the Royal Gardens at Kew, have vegetated. The 

 author states that having since compared his specimens with Jack's 

 description of his Sumatran species (Ixionanthes reticulata), he feels 

 some doubt of the distinctness of the plant of Hong Kong. It 

 differs however in the larger size of the leaves (5 in place of 3 inches 

 long), and will probably on comparison be found to do so in other 

 ])articulars. 



The paper was accompanied by drawings of Pentaphylax euryoides 

 and Ixionanthes Chinensis, with details of their fructification. 



Read also " Descriptions of two new species of Paussidee from 

 Australasia in the collection of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris." 

 By J. O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S. &c. 



Genus Cerapterus. 



Subgenus Jrlhropterus, MacLeay. 



Cer, {.Irlhroplerus) parallelocerus; ferrugineus, aniennaruni lateribus 

 parallelis ; articulo penultinio tribus pvaecedentibus simui sumptis Ion- 



