HAMAMELIACE^. CORNACEiE LORANTHACEiE. 53 



ORDER XXVIII.— HAMAMELIACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 48. 



THE WITCH-HAZEL TRIBE. 



Shrubs, seldomer trees, of seven genera, containing nine species : 2 

 N, American; 1 S. African; 1 from Madagascar ; 1 Persian ; 1 Chinese; 

 1 Japanese ; and 2 from the Khassj'a Mountains and Upper Assam. 

 The latter Bucklandia populnea, R. Br. and Liquidambar cerasi/olia. 

 Griff. (Sedgwickia cerasifolia, Wall, et- Griff.) Properties unknown, 

 Bucklandia, R. Br. {JVall. Cat. ;—W. Griffith, As. Res. \9,pt. \,p. 94.) 



1. populnea, R. B. (L. c. Griff. I. c.) L. b Khassya Mountains, from 

 Cherra Poonjee to Surureem, Fl. small, greenish. Has been in- 

 troduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



* Hanmmelis chineiisis, R. Br. B Nankin, Chusan. — Dicoryphe stipula- 

 cea, Jaum. B Madagascar. 



ORDER XXIX.— CORNACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 49. 



THE DOGWOOD TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, seldom herbs, of 6 genera and 28 species : 8 from 

 N. America; 3 from Europe and N. Asia ; 4 from Mexico ; 2 from Japan ; 1 

 from Guiana ; 2 unknown, as to their native place ; 3 from Nepal ; and 5 

 from Java. Of the E. Indian forms, 2 belong to Cornus, 1 to Benthamia, and 

 2 to Mastixia. Properties of little importance. 

 AuKUBA, Kjimpf. {DC. pr. 4, p. 274.) 



\. japonica, Thunb. (DC. I. c. ;—B. M. 30, t. 1197.) B.Japan.— 

 Has not fi. 



* Votomita guienensis, Aubl. B. French Guiana. 



ORDER XXX.— LORANTHACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 49. 



Parasitical undershrubs, arranged, according to Lindl., under 12 genera, 

 and, as far as we can judge from DC. (Pr. 4. p. 277, S^c. with add.), W. and 

 A. (Pr. I, p. 379, &c.) and Wight. (III. p. 67,) containing 338 species (up- 

 wards of 400, Wight.), — all referred by DC. to four genera. 186 species 

 have been found in S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 103 in the E. 

 Indies; 15 in S. Africa, (Harvey); 3 in Mauritius and Bourbon; 9 in 

 New Holland and the South Sea Islands ; 7 in Guinea and Senegal ; 4 

 in N. America ; 3 in Abyssinia ; 2 in Europe ; 2 in Japan ; 1 in Madagas- 

 car ; 1 near Tiflis ; 1 in China ; and 1 in Cararaania. Of the Indian forms, 

 22 belong to Viscum ; 78 to Loranthus ; and 2 to Schopfia, chiefly inha- 



