Gironniera.] uetice^. 825 



of 4 or 5 segments, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 4 or 5. Klaments slightly 



incurved. Ovary with 1 pendulous ovule. Styles 2, long and filiform. Drupe 



slightly compressed. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. 

 A small tropical Asiatic gbnus, extending from E. Africa to N. Australia. 



Young branches hairy. Leaves scabrous and prominently reticvdate under- 

 neath 1. G. chinensia. 



Branches and leaves quite glabrous. Leaves not reticulate i. G. nitida. 



1. G. cliinensis, Benih., ».' sp. A shrub of 3 to 8 ft., with a few long 

 hairs on the young branches, petioles, and midribs of the young leaves. Leaves 

 from ovate to oblong, shortly acuminate, serrate towards the top or nearly 

 entire, 4 to 6 in. long, narrowed or rounded at the base, glabrous above, sca- 

 brous underneath. Male cymes loose, longer than the petioles, with few very 

 divaricate branches. Perianth-segments 5, broad, glabrous or strigose, and 

 thickened in the middle. Anthers tipped with a short conical connectivum. 

 Female fruiting peduncles -1^ to 1 in. long, solitary or 2 together, and very di- 

 verging, bearing each 1 to 5 nearly sessile fruits in a perianth of B segments. 



Hongkong, Chamficm, Harland, Hance ; in a ravine of Mount Gough, Wilford. Not 

 known from elsewhere. It is near to G. nervosa. Planch., from Java, and to G. subaqualis. 

 Planch. (Helminthospsrmum scabridum, Thw.), from Java and Ceylon, but has not the soft 

 hairs of the former, and differs from both in the female perianth as well as the male being 

 constantly 5-merous. 



2. G.? nitida^ Benth., n. sp. A tree, the whole specimens perfectly 

 glabrous. Leaves on very short petioles, ovate, shortly acuminate, entire, 

 about 3 in. long, rounded or cordate at the base, coriaceous, smooth and 

 shining, with the primary veins only prominent underneath. Male ilowers in 

 short sessile divaricately branched cymes, quite glabrous. Perianth-segments 

 5. Filaments short, inflected at the top as in other Gironnieras, inserted 

 round a hairy rudiment. Anthers without any prominent connectivum. 



Hongkong, rare. Champion. Not seen in any other collection, and our specimens are all 

 male. The flowers are, however, so exactly those of a Gironniera, that I have little hesita- 

 tion in placing the species in this genus. 



4. ARTOCABl'trS, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious, minute, densely packed on the outside of a globose or 

 oblong succulent receptacle, the males and females in separate heads. Male 

 flowers : Perianth of 2 to 4 segments, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 1. 

 Female flowers : Perianth tubular, entire. Style usually simple and linear, 

 protruding from the perianth. Ovary usually l-ceUed, with 1 pendulous 

 ovule. Fruit compound, consisting of the somewhat enlarged persistent and 

 consolidated perianths, each enclosing a minute nut. Seeds without albu- 

 men. — Trees or shrubs, with milky juice. Leaves alternate, entire or divided. 

 Flower-heads axillary, solitary or 2 together. 



A small genus of several species, dispersed over tropical Asia or the Pacific islands. 



1. A. hypargyrea, Hance, n. sp. A tree, the youn,g- branches and 

 petioles rusty with a minute pubescence. Leaves oblong, narrow-acuminate, 

 3 to 5 in. long, entire or slightly sinuate-toothed, glabrous and shining above, 

 rough with a minute white tomentum underneath; the primary veins and 

 numerous reticulations raised and pubescent, Flowerrheads obovoid, scJitary, 



