2 
Hook (Je. Pl. tt. 194-196) has distinct petals ; therefore the geogra- 
phical separation of Sloanea and Echinocarpus fails in two of the 
Eusloanea, apetalous ; Echinocarpus, petaliferous ; and Phe cenicosper- 
_ mum, having arillate seeds. The two last should be united under the 
former name. 
The other Chinese species of fgg tow Bagh S. sinensis, Hemsl. 
(Echinocarpus, Hance) ; 8. rae a Hemsl. (Z. sinensis, kag non 
ance) ; S. dasycarpa, Hemsl. (£. dasy ycarpus, Benth.). The last is 
another species having aillat seeds, and it is prokable Por they all 
have.—W. Borrtine Hems 
Fig. 1, a petal; 2, gyneeceum and one — on the rae bee 8, back view of 
a stamen; 4, vertical section of ovary; 5, cross section of ovary; 6, ‘arillate eae 
, the same in s section showing the embryo; 8, another retion showing the edges 
the cotyledons ; 9, a cross section of the same, Al/ enlar. 
