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a portion of the only specimen I ever obtained of this interesting plant, 
examined it himself, and suggested its probable genus, an opinion the 
accuracy of which the character above given will confirm ; he added, 
however, that the flowers are * apparently hermaphrodite,” which is 
not the case. Although the female flowers are not known, it is pro- 
bably a true Xylosma rather than a Hisingera, and I suspect its nearest 
relationship is with X. suaveolens, Forst., A. Gray's plate of which I 
have not seen. The leaves are much smaller than in any of the species 
described by Clos. 
Lit 2. Abelia Davidii, n. sp. ; frutex ramis oppositis subteretibus cortice 
cinereo nigro-punctato obductis novellis pallide brunneis albo-strigosis 
ad ramulorum foliorumque insertionem perularum reliquiis nodoso- 
incrassatis, foliis lanceolato-oblongis acutis margine integerrimo ciliatis 
2-22 poll. longis 2-10 lin. latis basi in petiolum bilinealem attenuatis 
costa utrinque strigosa supra pilis raris brevibus obsitis subtus glabris 
atque grosse reticulato-venosis, floribus geminis ramulos hornos termi- 
nantibus, pedicellis 24-linealibus angulatis tortuosis recurvis corollis ? 
(in spec. delapsis), achæniis incurvis eymbiformibus longitudinaliter 
cire. 5-costatis pilis sparsis basi tuberculatis consitis 3 lineas longis 
laciniis calycis 4-partiti oblongis obtusis uninerviis atque reticulatis 
preter marginem parce strigilloso-ciliatum glaberrimis ipso achzenio 
subduplo longioribus coronatis ob pedicellorum retorsionem pendulis. 
—In montibus altioribus prope Jehol, prov. Chih-li Chine septentrio- 
nalis, collegit Rev. Armandus David, Franco-gallus, missionarius e 
Lazaristarum confraternitate. (Exsice. n. 14543. 
This appears a perfectly distinet species of a genus the members of 
which are in general very well marked by the | inflorescence and the 
number and form of the calyx-lobes. (See, however, Miquel’s remarks 
Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 268.) So far as I am aware, the only species 
hitherto described as having a quadrifid calyx is 4. biflora, Turcz., only 
known to me from the very meagre and insufficient diagnosis copied 
into Walpers’ Repertorium (ii. 446), where, I suppose by oversight, 
the corolla is so described, an error corrected by Zuccarini (Fl. Japon. 
i 77). This species is, however, stated to have lanceolate inciso- 
serrate leaves. 
ulx 3. Symplocos (Hopea) propinqua, n. sp.; frutex 6—8-pedalis, foliis 
coriaceis glaberrimis ovali-oblongis margine revolutis et obsolete denti- 
culatis apice obtusis basi cuneatis venis subtus prominulis 2-4 poll. 
