252 SERTULUM CHINENSE TERTIUM : 
marginibus incrassatis recurvis glaberrimis supra lucidis venis tenuissi- 
mis parum elevatis subtus opacis 6-8 lineas longis 14-2 lineas latis, 
floribus dense glomeratis, staminibus calycem paulo superantibus.—In 
collibus theiferis An-koe, versus fines occidentales prov. Fokien, a. 
1861 coll. C. de Grijs. (Exsicc. n. 6683.) 
On receiving this I distributed it to Kew and elsewhere, with a 
query, as B. microphylla, S. and Z. ; it is, however, different from the 
Japanese plant so named by Maximowicz, and I believe has narrower 
and smaller leaves than any known wild Box. Baillon, who gives 
scarcely reliable characters, admits B. microphylla as a good species 
(Monogr. des Buxées, p. 64), whilst J. Mueller, according to Miquel 
(Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. iii. p. 128), regards it as a variety of B. 
Japonica, Muell. Arg., under which name he separates the B. sempervi- 
rens, Thunb., from the plant of Linnzus, with wild specimens of which, 
from the chain of the Atlas, it looks to me identical. I believe, 
however, that the wild Hongkong plant (B. Chinensis, Link?), as 
well as that above described, are of specific rank. It is to be hoped 
that, in his forthcoming monograph, M. Mueller will succeed in cha- 
racterizing and limiting the species in a more satisfactory manner than 
has hitherto been accomplished. 
34% 9. Ulmus (i Oreoptelea) macrocarpa, n. sp.; ramorum cortice griseo, 
foliis petiolo brevi supra pubente suffultis 14-14 poll. longis 1} poll. 
latis basi subinzequali cuneata vel subcordata rhomboideo-subrotundis 
acuminatis grosse inzequaliter duplicato-serratis marginibus incrassatis 
supra punctis* albidis asperis consitis subtus parcius pilosulis atque in 
costularum axillis barbatis, floribus 5—9 fasciculatis, pedicellis perigonio - 
duplo brevioribus, perigonii campanulati ad medium fere 5-fidi lobis 
oblongis obtusissimis haud imbricantibus pilosis ferrugineo-ciliatis, 
staminibus longius exsertis, samarz ovalis vel ovali-oblongee basi ple- 
rumque inzquilaterze undique pilose ac dense ciliate pollicem longze 9 
lineas late disco semiintegro emarginature ale apicibus conniventibus 
vel decussatis oecluse fundo contiguo, stipite perigonio equilongo.— 
In montosis prope Jehol, Chine borealis, Maio fructificantem legit Rev,~ 
A. David. (Exsicc. n. 14538.) 
Closely allied to U. pedunculata, Foug., U. Americana, Willd., and 
* Heece tubercula, a Plancone (Ann. Sc. Nat. 3me sér. 10. p. 249) pro pilorum 
— habita, eum cystolithis Urticacearum typicarum ulterius comparanda 
sunt, 
