324 URTiCEiE. [Celtis. 



than the perianth. Ovary inserted on a hairy disk. Stigmas 2, oblong or 

 linear, recurved, not plumose. Drupe ovoid or globose. Cotyledons folded. — 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually 3-nerved. Cymes usually loose 

 and few-flowered. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the temperate and subtropical regions of the New and 

 the Old World, with a few tropical species limited to mountainous districts. 



Leaves serrate in the upper half. Stigmas linear, acute 1. C sinensis. 



Leaves quite entire. Stigmas rather thick, obtuse or notched . . . 2. (7. philippensis. 



1. C. sinensis, Pers. ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 3, x. 286. 

 A large tree, with slender much divided branches. Leaves obliquely ovate, 

 acuminate, 1^ to 2 in. long, serrate in the upper half, glabrous or with a mi- 

 nute rusty pubescence underneath. Flowers in little almost sessile cymes on 

 the nascent branches, those at the base all males, the axillary ones mostly her- 

 maphrodite. Stigmas linear, entire. Fraits usually solitary, on axillary pe- 

 dicels shorter than the petioles in these and some Japanese specimens, much 

 longer in other Japanese and N. Chinese specimens. — C. WilldenoiDlana, Eoem. 

 and Schidt. ; Planch. 1. c. 287 ? 



About Victoria, but perhaps only where planted for shade, Hance, Wilford, Harland. A 

 native of China and Japan. 



2. C. philippensis, Blanco ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 3, x. 

 306. A tree, either quite glabrous or the young shoots and inflorescence 

 slightly pubescent. Leaves ovate or oval-oblong, acuminate, quite entire, 2 

 to 3 in. long, 3-nerved, smooth and somewhat shining above, pale under- 

 neath, on petioles of 2 or 3 lines. Pruits 2 to 5, in loose irregular racemes 

 of about 1 in., on pedicels of very unequal length, nearly globular, about 3 

 lines diameter. Styles linear, thick, apparently obtuse. 



In the Happy Valley woods, Wilford, Hance. Common in the Philippine Islands. The 

 leaves in the Hongkong specimens are not so large nor so coriaceous as in Cuming's, de- 

 scribed by Planchon, but the old ones are already fallen off. 



2. SPONIA, Lam. 



Mowers polygamous, in axillary cymes. Perianth persistent, of 5 segments, 

 nearly valvate in the bud. Stamens longer than the perianth. Stigmas 2, 

 short and plumose, the other characters as in Celtis. — Trees. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Flowers small, usually numerous. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. 



1. S. velutina. Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 3, x. 327; Tf^iffht, 

 Ic. 1. 1990. A tree, the young branches densely and softly pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, long-acuminate, serrate, obliquely cordate at the base, 3 to 4 

 in. long, very rough above, veiy soft underneath with silky haii's, silvery when 

 young, velvety when full-grown. Cymes broad, usually rather longer than 

 the petioles, many-flowered. Drupes scarcely 1^ lines long, either glabrous 

 or very hairy. — S. argentea, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 75. 



On the edges of woods, Hinds, Champion, and others. Common in India, from the Penin- 

 sula to the Archipelago, and northward to Sikkim, S. China, and the Philippines. 



3. GIRONNIERA, Gaud. 

 (Helmiuthospermum, Thwaites.) 

 Flowers small, dioecious, in axillary cymes or branched racemes. Perianth 



