132 iiamamelidea: [Liquidambar. 



1. L. chinensis, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 164; Seem. Bot. Her. 

 t. 94. A tall tree, perfectly glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves oval- 

 oblong, scarcely acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, slightly and obtusely serrated, 

 with minute glands to each serrature, contracted at the base into a petiole of 

 3 to 4 lines, coriaceous and somewhat shining. Eacemes terminal, 2 to 3 in. 

 long, with 8 or 10 male heads ; the upper ones almost sessile, consisting of 

 100 to 200 almost sessile anthers on an oblong-conical receptacle; and one 

 globular female head at the base, on a pedicel 3 or 4 lines long when in flower, 

 above 1 in. when in fruit. Calyxes all concrete with the ovaries in a hard 

 almost woody mass, bearing usually a few apparently sterile anthers mixed in 

 with the styles. 



Mount Gough and Happy Valley woods, Champion and others. Not known from else- 

 where. It is easily distinguished from the Indian and Javanese L. Altingia by the coriaceous 

 leaves narrowed into a short petiole. 



3. EUSTIG-MA, Gardn. and Champ. 



Calyx-tube adnate, the limb 5 -cleft, the lobes imbricate in the bud. Petals 

 replaced by 5 spathulate or cuneate scales, alternating with the calyx-lobes. 

 Stamens 5, opposite the calyx-lobes ; anthers sessile, very obtuse, extrorse ; the 

 two cells opening each with 1 vertical valve. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled, 

 with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell ; the carpels distinct at the top, each ter- 

 minating in a long style, -with a broad flat stigma. Capsule hard, the 2 car- 

 pels separating upwards and opening in 2 short valves. Flower-heads loose. 



The genus consists only of the following species. 



1. IS. oblongifolium, Gard. and Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. i. 312 ; 

 Seem. Bot. Her. tf. 95. A small tree, glabrous, except the inflorescence. Leaves 

 alternate, oblong, acuminate, about 4 in. long, entire, or with a few coarse 

 teeth toward the end, coriaceous and rather shining, on petioles of 4 or 5 lines. 

 Flowers about 2 lines long, on very short pedicels, in small rather loose heads, 

 on short terminal peduncles. Calyx-lobes rounded. Scale-like petals rather 

 shorter than the calyx-lobes, thick, emarginate at the top. Anthers still 

 shorter, as broad as long, the persistent valves opening like doors. Styles 

 3 to 5 lines long, terminating in broad flat irregularly lobed stigmas, very 

 black when dried. 



In the Happy Valley woods, and Mounts Gough and Victoria, Champion and others. Not 

 yet found out of the island. 



4. TETRATHYEIUM, Benth. (n. gen.) 



Calyx-tube adnate, the limb 5 -cleft, the lobes valvate in the bud. Petals 

 replaced by 5 short gland-like scales, alternating with the calyx-lobes. Sta- 

 mens 5, opposite the calyx-lobes ; filaments shortly filiform ; anthers broad, 

 the 2 cells opening each with 2 vertical valves ; the connective produced into 

 a subulate appendage. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule 

 in each cell ; the carpels distinct at the top, each terminating in a subulate 

 style. Capsule hard, the 2 carpels separating upwards, and opening in 2 short 

 valves. — Flower-heads globular. 



The genus consists only of one species. 



