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CHINA. 



[MalvacecB. 



Ord. VIII. PITTOSPOREiE. Brown. 



1. Pittosporum Tobira; foliis obovatis obtusis coriaceis senioribus glaberrimis, pedunculis 

 unifloris aggregato-umbellatis calyceque dense pubescentibus. — Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. 

 p. 27. Bot. Mag. t. 1396. 



The flowers in the wild state are not half the size of those represented in the Botanical Magazine. 



2. Pittosporum pauciflorum ; foliis obovatis subiter attenuatis basi cuneatis planis 

 petiolisque glaberrimis, pedunculis terminalibus unifloris subsolitariis glabris sepalis dorso 

 glabris margine ciliatis oblongis acutis corolla subtriplo brevioribus, petalis linearibus obtusis. 

 (Tab XXXII.) 



Frutex glaber, ramosus. Rami oppositi vel verticillati, teretes, versus apices foliosi. Folia alterna, 

 opposita, vel verticillata, obovata vel elliptica, vel oblonga, basi plus minusve cuneata, apice in acumen 

 breve acutum subiter attenuata margine exsiccatione subrecurvia, utrinque glaberrima, venis supra impressis 

 subtus subinconspicuis, nervo medio subtus prominulo. Pedunculi terminates uniflori, plerumque solitarii, 

 rarius biniternive, e squamis paucis minutis lanceolato-subulatis, bracteteformibus orti, glabris vel potius sub 

 lente pilis paucis brevibus adpressis hinc inde adspersi, folio multo breviores. Calyx 5-sepalus : sepala dorso 

 glabra, margine ciliata, oblonga, acuta, corolla duplo triplove breviora, post anthesin decidua. Petala 

 5 glabra linearia, nullum discrimen inter limbum unguemque exhibentia, interne in tubum conniventia, 

 superne patula, obtusa. Capsula lignosa, velutina, unilocularis, bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina 

 plurima, secus septa utrinque superposita. 



This species is considerably allied to P. undulatum, Andr., and still more to P. nilgherrense and P. tetra- 

 spermum of Wight and Arnott's Prodromus Flora Peninsula? India; Orientalis, in the course of publication. 



Tab. XXXII. Pittosporum pauciflorum. Fig. 1, Flower: — magnified. 



Ord. IX. MALVACEiE. Juss. 

 1. Malva tricuspidata ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subduplicato-serratis, floribus axillari- 

 bus solitariis brevi-pedicellatis vel terminalibus subspicatis, carpellis 10-12 dorso superne 

 bicuspidatis apice styli basi persistente aristulatis. — Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 210. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 430. — M. Coromandeliana. Linn. Sp. PL p. 967 . Hort. Upsal.p. 201. 

 (excl. syn. Plukn.) — M. Americana. Cav. Diss. 2. t. 22. f. 2. — M. carpinifolia. Desr. in 

 Encycl. Meth. 3. p. 754. — Sida carpinoides. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 461. 



Of this species, common to both the Old and New World, our synonyms are taken from notes made by Mr. 

 Arnott, in De Candolle's Herbarium, in 1825. To them ought probably to be added S. mucronulata, De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 461, which is also a Malva, having a three-leaved involucre, and tricuspidate fruit ; but 

 De Candolle's specimen differs slightly in the more glabrous leaves. It may be added, that Sprengel 

 has most erroneously united Sida carpinoides with S. ulmifolia, Willd., to S. spirceafolia, Link. The 

 axillary flowers are always, we believe, solitary, but they are sometimes, though rarely, accompanied by a 

 short branch, on which there are other flowers forming a kind of spike : this has given rise to the character 

 sometimes given, of the axillary flowers being numerous and densely clustered, " floribus axillaribus 

 glomeratis." DC. 



1. Hibiscus tiliaceus. Linn. — H. elatus. Swartz. — Paritium tiliaceum. St. Hi/. 



There appears to be no difference whatever between the Eastern plant, and that from the West Indies. 

 Both have the leaves more or less distinctly crenated, with from one to three linear pores beneath on the 

 nerves. The same is sent us also by Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell, from the Island of Lintin. 



