Droseracem.] 



CHINA. 



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Very closely allied to A. odoratissimiis, Brown, (which comprehends the Unona esculenta and U. uncin- 

 ata of Dunal, and Uvaria odoratissima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 666,) but apparently distinct by the shape 

 of the fruit, which in A. odoratissimiis is rounded at the apex. Our friend Dr. Wight, however, informs us 

 that he has observed the fruit vary so very much on the same plant in India, as to leave considerable doubts 

 how tar both species are not identical. Fine specimens are communicated by Mr. Millett. 



1. Guatteria rufa; foliis ovalibus acuminulatis basi subcordatis subtus ramulisque ruf'o- 

 tomentosis, pedunculis brevissimis lateralibus vel oppositifoliis, petalis sequalibus, baccis 

 subglobosis. — Dunal. Annon. p. 129. t. 29. 



Lappas Islands. Mr. Vachell. Mr. Millett. 



Ord. V. MENISPERMACEiE. 



1. Cocculus ? diantherus; ramis petiolis pedunculisque subsericeo-villosis, foliis ovatis 

 obtusis mucronulatis basi truncatis nunc subtrilobo-hastatis utrinque pilis raris pubescentibus 

 demum glabriusculis, floribus inasculis paniculatis, staminibus 6, anthera quadriloculari e 

 duabus conflata. 



The panicle is sometimes not much longer than the petiole, hut appears also on the same specimen to be 

 elongated; in the latter state, however, it seems to be a young branch from which the leaves have dropped 

 off from the base of the true panicles. We have only seen the male flowers : the anthers are as in Menis- 

 permum, but the flower is divided in a ternary manner, as in Cocculus. We have also received it from 

 Lappas Island, from Mr. Millett and from Mr. Vachell, from whom we have likewise the very nearly allied 



C. ovalifolius. 



Ord. VI. CAPPARIDE^L Juss. 

 1. Capparis pyr ifolia. Lam.? 



The few leaves we have seen are scarcely acute, although acuminated. The spines are very short. Pedi- 

 cells axillary, one-flowered, usually solitary. We have received from Mr. Millett specimens of a Capjmrts 

 which we presume may be the C. Cantonensis, Lour. Of this Order too, we possess Polynesia viscosa, 

 both from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell, gathered on the Peninsula. 



Ord. VII. DROSERACE^E. Be Cand. 



1. Drosera Loureirii; foliis oblongo-spathulatis in petiolum suba^que longum pilosum 

 attenuatis, scapo ascendente elongate pluri-(5-15)-floro folia multo excedente versus apicem 

 calyceque glanduloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis calycem a?quantibus, seminibus exarillatis. 

 (Tab. XXXI.) — D. rotundifolia. Lour. Cochin. v. 1. p. 233. — D. Burmanni. Be Cand. 

 Prodr. v. 1. p. 318. (quoad specimen Chinense.) 



This plant differs widely from all the forms of D. Burmanni, by the shape of the leaves and petioles, 

 and from D. rotundifolia by the want of an arillus to the seed. The leaves are intermediate between 



D. brevifolia, Pursh, and D. intermedia, Drev. et Hayn.: the petiole, however, is pilose and ciliated, with 

 hairs similar to those on the limb. Willdenow, in his edition of Loureiro, among the corrigenda at p. 888, 

 remarks, " Drosera rotundifolia, a Burmanno depicta, ab Europsea nostra differe videtur. Possideo specimen 

 hujus plantse siccum, quod alio loco et tempore fusius describam." If Willdenow has reclaimed his 

 promise, we have not been able to ascertain the work in which he has done so, and therefore have proposed 

 the above specific name. 



Tab. XXXI. Drosera Loureirii. Fig. 1, Calyx, with the fruit and persistent corolla; fig. 2, liipe capsule 

 burst: the styles {fig. 3,) having separated from the fruit; fig. 4, Seeds: — magnified. 



