108 rosacea. [Rkaphiolepis. 



calyx forming a mere rim or line round the top. — R. rubra, R. phaostemon, 

 and R. salicifolia, Lindl. Coll. Bot. and Bot. Keg. t. 652. 



Common in Hongkong, Champion and others, and on the adjacent continent, but probably 

 not extending beyond S. China. It is very variable in the breadth of the leaves, in the pani- 

 cles more or less corymbose, in the bracts and calyx-lobes subulate or lanceolate, long or 

 short, in the ovary tomentose or glabrous, in the flowers larger or smaller, the petals broader 

 or narrow, the stamens longer or shorter, and in the size of the fruit. In one specimen the 

 calyx-lobes are only £ line long and almost obtuse, in others they are 2, 3 or even above 4 

 lines long, and then very acute. I have never seen the petals quite " lanceolate," nor yet 

 "subrotund," but varying between the two, and most frequently as figured in the Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1726. In some specimens the fruit, apparently, but perhaps not really, full-grown, is 

 from 2 to 3 lines diameter, in others all the fruits are between 4 to 5 lines diameter. I have 

 however in vain attempted to sort the numerous specimens before me into distinct varieties 

 showing any concordance in the characters derived from different organs. The R. japonica, 

 Sieb. and Zucc, from Japan and Bouin, and R. integerrima, Hook, and Arn., from Bonin, 

 appear both to be really distinct species. 



7. ERIOBOTRYA, Lindl. 



Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary ; the limb short, persistent, 5-lobed. Pe- 

 tals 5. Ovary inferior, 5 -celled, with 2 erect ovules in each cell. Styles 5. 

 Fruit forming with the calyx a fleshy mass, divided in the centre by thin par- 

 titions into 5 or fewer cells with one thick round seed in each. Testa rather 

 thick. Cotyledons very thick, with scarcely any radicle. — Tall shrubs, without 

 prickles. Leaves simple, evergreen. Flowers in terminal woolly or villous 

 panicles. 



A genus of very few species, from central or eastern Asia, including the common Loquat 

 or E. japonica, Lindl., from continental China and Japan, but only known in Hongkong as 

 cultivated for its fruit. 



1. E. fragrans, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 80. A shrub, like the 

 E. japonica in many respects, but the branches and leaves are glabrous and 

 the inflorescence alone woolly, but with much closer and shorter hairs than 

 in that species. Leaves oblong-elliptical, obtuse, scarcely toothed, 4 to 6 in. 

 long, on a petiole of an inch ; the lateral veins fewer and less prominent than 

 either in E. japonica or E. elliptica. Panicle sessile. Flowers rather smaller 

 than in the Loquat, very fragrant, either single on pedicels of 2 or 3 lines, or 

 clustered on common peduncles of that length. Calyx-lobes broad and rounded. 

 Fruit about f in. diameter. 



In a ravine on Mount Victoria, very scarce, Champion. Not yet received in any other 

 collection. 



Order XXXVIII. ONAGRACEJE. 



Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary, sometimes prolonged above it ; the limb of 

 4, 2, or rarely 5 lobes, valvate in the bud. Petals as many, inserted on the 

 calyx below its lobes, or rarely wanting. Stamens as many or twice as many 

 as the petals and inserted with them. Style single or divided at the top only 

 into 2 or 4 stigmas. Ovary inferior, 2- or 4-celled with several ovules in each. 

 Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds without albumen. Embryo straight. — Herbs, 

 or, in some American species, shrubs. Leaves in the Hongkong genera alter- 



