I enclose a tracing of the drawing, which will appear in Hooker's 

 ' Icones Plantarum ', and also a few seeds ; and I hope they will reach Japan 

 before the eyes of your aged grandfather are closed. I also append a note 

 respecting the affinity of the genus. 



Trusting you are well, I remain, with kind regards. 



Yours truly, 

 W. Botting Hemsley. 

 • 

 BIXINE-^ FLOCOURTIE^E. 



Itoa, Hemsl. 



Genus novum ex affinitate Poliothyrsi (Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1885), 

 Carrierece (Franch. in Kev. Hort. 1896, p. 498, fig. 170) et Idesice 

 (Maxim. Bot. Mag. t. 6794) ; a primo fioribus vere unisexualibus perianthio 

 3-4-rnero staminibus numerosissimis, a secundo fioribus unisexualibus peri- 

 anthio 3-4-mero seminibus circumalatis, a postremo perianthii lobis valva- 

 tis et fructu capsulari differt ; ab omnibus foliis oppositis vel suboppositis 

 differt. 



I. orientalis, Hemsl. 



China : Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5000 feet. A. Henry, 9408, 10703. 



Notulse ad Plantas Asiaticas Orientales. 



{Continued from p. 147.) 



Auctore 



J. Matsumura. 



Chomelia corymbosa, K. Sch. in Engl, et Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzf. 

 IV. Teil. p. 74. Webera corymbosa, Willd. Sp. PI. I. p. 1224 ; Koxb. 

 Fl. Ind. I. p. 696; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. p. 102; Hance in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot, XIII. p. 105. Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. II. p. 328 W. 

 asiatica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., Anal. Gen. XVI. fig. 2. Cupia corymbosa, DC. 

 Prodr. IV. p. 394 ; Hook, et Arn. Bot, Beech. Toy. p. 192. Stylocoryne 

 Webera, A. Kich.; Wight Ic. t. 309, 584; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. p. 206 ; 

 S. rigida, Wight Ic. t, 1064. Soomoku-zusetsu, Arb. ined. vol. I. XLIII. 



