324 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Hakka plant collector named Wu On, who possessed to an 
usual degree, even for a Chinaman, the natural gifts which ae 
for success in his calling. 
RUM OLpHAMI Hemsl. Descriptioni addendum; “om 
6, carnosa, vilvatee exteriora sericea, o ovata, ac acuminata, 15-18 m 
longa, interiora a ciakioble paullo breviora 
Only recorded hitherto from Formosa, but now known in the 
islands of Hongkong and Lantao. 
A VERECUNDA A. Gray. Found by Sampson on the ream 
Eurya mu sp.n. Frutex erecta vel eisai parva, om- 
nino glabra. Tolin. alliptica regulariter et crebre serrulata, 6-7 cm. 
longa, chartacea, nuper evoluta metallice ccerulea, apice obtuse 
acuminata, basi sepius cuneata, petiolis 4 mm. longis. Flores 
2-3-ni, axillares, Desunas brevissimis ; sepala sen na 1- 2mm. 
longa; corolla 2-3 mm. longa, alba; ovarium conicu stylu 
cylindricus in stigmata 3, equilonga vel poms breviora, recurva 
abiens. Bacca pisiformis, 4 mm. longa, brunnea, muricata. 
n the open OSKY slopes of the lower hills round Hongkong, 
as well = in other 5 rts of Eastern Kwangtun 
San-ning, S. Kwantung, Dunn’s Chinese collector, n. 877; 
Mount Tees aay Herb. Hongk. n. 1772; Forestry 
Blo ck 1a, Hongkong, Dunn, March 14th, 1909. 
e species differs from E. Macartneyi Champ. in its united 
styles, and from E. japonica Thunb. in its ee serrate leaves, 
glabrous buds, round twigs, and muricate fruit 
TEPHROSIA VESTITA Vo ogel. Lantao Dlasd August, 1886. A 
Javanese and Philippine species, new to the colonial fora, — 
once found by Vachel near the neighbouring port of Mac 
Psychotria Tutcheri, sp.n. Frutex erectus, 14-2: m. altus, 
corollis exceptis, glaber. Folia ovato- lanceolata, 10-15 cm. longa, 
chartacea, apice basique gradatim acuminata, venis utrinque 
11-18, Soe 5-15 mm - longo; stipule intexpotiolares, Mowe 
a 
oribus; corolla tubulosa athe: tubo 2 mm. — 1 mm. diam., 
fauce lanato, lobis patentibus, lanceolat tis, 1 mm. longis; stamina 
paullo aoset ovarium biloculare; stylus bifidus ; bacca globosa, 
ubra, carnosa, 5 mm. diam., pyrenas 2 plano-conyexas, dorso 
multicostatas includens. 
ady woods in the Happy Valley, Hongkon , Tutcher, May 
12th, 1906, and May 15t phat (fl lower), Oct. th, 1906 (iruit), 
Close y similar in general appearance to P. elliptica Ker, and 
thus tees overlooked. The shapes of the corolla and of the 
| sufficient to distinguish the two species 
a Galion SYNBALANOS Hance. Descriptio ni addendum : Fructus 
a8 “ _ _. crassorum plociiati, involucro depresso, 
