404 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



Both the type and variety affect damp mossy hollows, espe- 

 cially where water drips down over vertical rocks, and in such 

 situations the former is common in the island and neighbouring 

 parts of the mainland. 



1*5^ Beilschmiedia Pordii, sp. nov. Arbor 6-7 m. alta, omnino 

 glabra. Folia saspe opposita, lanceolata, integra, margine revoluta, 

 8-12 cm. longa, crasse coriacea, apice obtuse, basi gradatim 

 acuminata, supra lucida, costa impressa, venis secundariis pluribus, 

 obscuris, pinnatis, ascendentibus, petiolis 10-15 mm. longis. 

 Cymae axillares, densas, 2-3 cm. longae, pedunculis crassis 1 cm. 

 longis. Calyx deciduus ; segmenta obovata, 2 mm. longa ; stamina 

 eis aequilonga, antheris 2-locellatis ; ovarium globulare, stylo brevi. 

 Drupa ovalis, 14-18 mm. longa, utrinque rotundata, pedicello 

 paullo incrassato. 



A tree four feet in diameter at base. Happy Valley, Hong- 

 kong, 12. 8. 1881. Ford. 



[l^ Elaeagnus Tutcheri, sp. nov. Frutex praeter foliorum pagi- 



nam superiorem, ovaria, corollaeque pube stellata peltata omnino 



vestitus. Folia suborbicularia vel ovata, 4-8 cm. longa, sub- 



coriacea, saepe bullata, supra nitentia, venis utrinque paullo pro- 



minulis petiolis 6-8 mm. longis. Flores in racemis abbreviatis 



vel fasciculis paucifloris axillaribus dispositi, pedunculis 2-3 mm. 



longis. Calyx supra ovarium campanulatus, 7-8 mm. longus ; 



tubus basi rotundatus, 3 mm. latus, lobis ovatis, erectis, mucro- 



natis paullo longior; ovarium anguste ovatum, apice constrictum, 



3 mm. longum. Drupa oblongo-ovata, utrinque rotundata, endo- 



carpa sericea, utrinque 3-carinata. 



Cape D'Aguillar, Hongkong, W. /. Tutcher. Hongkong Herb. 

 2105. 



This interesting species appropriately bears the name of its 

 discoverer, my friend and colleague Mr. Tutcher, who has for 

 many years, and with marked success, devoted his spare time at 

 the proper seasons to exploring the flora of the British territory. 



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ALABASTEA DIVEBSA.— Part XV. 

 By Spencer le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 334.) 



4. Note on some South American Plants. 



In this Journal for 1904 (pp. 33, 100) an account was given of 

 the gamopetalous plants which M. A. Bobert had recently sent home 

 from Matto Grosso and northern Paraguay, with descriptions of 

 the supposed novelties therein contained. A few omissions which 

 have come under my notice are here supplied, and the opportunity 

 is taken, while doing this, of remarking upon a few plants from 

 my own South American collections. 



