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Tacclae 2801 et 2S02. 



ALEURITES FOIiDII, Ilemsl. 

 EuPiiORniACEAE. Xribus Ckotoxeae. 



A. Fordii, IlemsL (x/?, nov,) ; species adliuc cum A. cordita confusa, 

 a qua tameu satis distincta, scilicet foliorum glandulis niir oriljus liaiul 

 cupuliformibus, petalis latioribus intus basi glabris, stylis i brevissin^.e 

 bifidis^ et fructus superficie Iiaud varicosa. 



ArhoT 3-9~metraIis, ramulis crassiusculis glabris. Folia coriacea, 

 loiige petiolata, tarde glabresceutia, ovata vel cordata, Integra, ab.-xjue 

 pctiolo 7-12 cm. longa, vel in ramis stcrilibus trilobata et interduni 

 usque ad 20 cui. longa, cum pctiolo 45 cm. longo. Flo7*es quam folia 

 praccociores, et cum lis in ramorum apicibus conferti, cyiuoso-pani- 

 culati ; cymae breviter pedunculatae, primum folia supcrantos, pedi- 

 cellis flores aequaiitibus. Calyx irrogulai^iter ruptus, saepius bilobu?;, 

 pubescens, circiter 1 cm, longus. Petala 5, orbicular! obuvata, circiter 

 2*5 cin. longa, glabra. Standnodia sacpissime 5, carnosa, liueari- 

 subulata, circiter 3 mm. longa, in floribus masculiuis extra stamina 

 inscrta. Stavdna 8-10, biseriata, interiora longiora. Ovarium 

 puberulunij saepius 4-loculare, stylis brevibus brevissimc bifidia, 

 Fructus subglobosus vel turbinatus, 4-5 cm. diamctro, apiculatus, 

 baud varicosus. iSemiua obovoidoo-compressa, plus niiuusve verrucosa, 

 funiculo crasso. — A. cordata, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. 2, 

 p. 724j pro maxima parte; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc, voL xxvz. 

 p. 433, praeter Elaeococcam vei'rncosam partim, syn. omn. excl. ; 

 l>retsclin. Europ. Bot. Discov. in China, pp. 492 et 7G9, et auctor alior. 

 plurim., noTi R. Br. Elaeococca verrucosa, A. Juss. Euphorb. Gen. 

 Tent, (1824), t. 11 quoad fructum et semen; Guiboart, Hist. Nat. 

 des Drogues Simples, ed. 4, vol. ii. p. 33S, f. 167, synon, omn, excl. 

 Dryandra olei/cra, Wall. Cut. n, 7958 ; Ilook. f. ¥L Brit, 

 vol. V. p. 384, non Lam. 



CuiNA : Chekiang ; Ningpo, Fcerard, Hancock. Kiangsi ; Luslian^ 

 Maries, Shearer, Bulloch Fokien ; Amoy, Forlane, 33. llvipeli ; 

 Ichang, A. Ilenry^ 878. Yunnan; Mile district, A. Ilcury, 10587, 



Hongkong ; cult., Tidcher. 



Some years ago Mr. Ch. Ford, I.S.O., then Superintendent of the 

 Hongkong Botanic Garden, gent dried specimens to Ktw of ^vhat 



Ind. 



SERIES IV, VOL. IX. FAKT I. 



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