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In Hookeri fil. Fl. Iiid., nescio cur, omissa. 



2. C. Hindsii Benth. in Kew journ. bot. III, 334. 

 Catha monosperma Benth. in Lond.journ. bot.I, 483. 

 Celastrus monosperma Benth. Fl. Hongk. 63, nec 

 Roxb. 



China austrah"s(Hooker!): Macao(Hance!), Hong- 

 kong (Hinds!, Wright!). 



Planta chinensis ab indica [C. monosperma Roxb. 

 fl. Ind. I, 625. Hook. f. fl. Brit. Ind. I, 618), quam 

 vidi e Sikkim a Thomson et Clarke, ex Bengalia 

 orientali a Griffith, ex Assam a Jenkins lectam, 

 praetercharacteresolimaBenthamio indicatos: flores 

 in pedunculis axillaribus capitato-congestos in posteriore 

 et fructus formam, optime distincta reticulo toto folio- 

 rum utrinque prominente , neque tantum trabeculis 

 principalibus inter costas prominulis. Capsula C. Hindsii 

 sessilis subglobosa, illa C. monospermae distinctissime 

 stipitata, stylus prioris brevissimus, posteriorislongius- 

 culus, prior in sicco virens, posterior nigrescit. 



In utraque specie, praeter pedunculos axillares bre- 

 vissimos paucifloros, occurrunt tales longissimi pani- 

 culatim raultiflori, rami aphylli censendi. 



C. Kiusiana Fi-anch. Savat En. II, 314., florens 

 descripta, e Kiusiu prov. Hiiiga a Rein allata, mihi 

 ignota, satis ex descriptione convenire videtur, praeter 

 folia ovata v. oblongoovata, quae in C. Hindsii oblonga 

 V, oblongoobovata esse solent. 



Foliis deciduis. 



3. C. angulata. Glabra, ramis acutissime angulatis 

 castaneis, foliis chartaceis modice petiolatis, late orbi- 

 culato- vel obovato-ellipticis subito obtuse brevissime 



