Rutacece.] 



CHINA. 



175 



lateralibus obtusis, pedunculis folio longioribus. De Cand. — Willd. Sp. PL v. 1. p. 659. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 632. 



The specimen in the Collection is very imperfect, and bears rather narrower leaves than in others which 

 we have received also from Mr. Millett: the lateral leaflets, although shorter than the others, are sometimes 

 scarcely obtuse. 



1. Cissus? Cantoniensis ; foliis bipinnatis, foliolis glabris obovato-oblongis basi acutis 

 apice breviter acuminatis supra medium serratis, petalis staminibusque 5. 



Very closely allied to V. orientalis, Lam. : indeed, so much that we should not have separated them as 

 species, were it not for the quinary arrangement of the parts of the flower in the present individual. The 

 stamina are opposite to the petals, and inserted with them at the base of the large cup-shaped torus, which 

 closely surrounds the germen : filaments straight, short, scarcely longer than the torus: anthers two-celled. 

 Style short and thick. Stigma simple. 



Mr. Millett has sent a species of Vitis, from Macao, which we can compare with no species of Vine 

 of the Old Word, but which so closely resembles the V. serotina of N. America, according to specimens 

 we possess from Mr. Nuttall, that we dare hardly venture to consider it distinct. Almost the only difference 

 is, that our plant has the leaves rather less deeply serrated, and somewhat glaucous beneath. 



Ord. XXII. OXALIDEiE. De Cand. 



1 . Averrhoa Carambola ; calycibus glabris, petalorum limbo subrotundo, staminibus 5, 

 fructibus acutangulis, seminibus arillatis. De Cand. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 613. Rumph. Amb. 

 1 . t. 35. Rheede, Mai. 3. t. 43 et 44. 



This appears to be abundant at Macao, whence we have also specimens from Mr. Millett. — Oxalis repens 

 of this Order, is also sent by Mr. Vachell from Lappas Island. 



Ord. XXIII. EUTACEiE. Juss. 



1. Ruta angustifolia. Pers. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 710 R, Chalepensis. Lour. Cochin. 



1. p. 330. 



The petals are certainly ciliated, and not entire, or merely toothed, as in R. graveolens, which one 

 would rather have expected to find in China, than the present species. Loureiro, however, mentions that 

 it is only found in a state of cultivation. 



1. Zauthoxylon nitidum ; ramis petiolis costisque aculeatis, foliis impari-piunatis2-3-jugis, 

 foliolis oblougis lucidis remote glanduloso-crenatis apice elongatis emarginatis, racemis 

 axillaribus fasciculatis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 727. — Fagara nitida. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 

 419 — F. piperita. Lour. Cochin. 1. p. 101. Plukn. Amalth. t. 393./ 2. 



2. Zanthoxylon Avicenncs ; aculeatum, foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis 9-13 lanceolatis sub- 

 integerrimis glabris petiolulatis, racemis paniculatis folio brevioribus. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 

 726. — Z. Clava-Herculis. Lour. Cochin. 2. p. 810. — Fagara Avicenme. Lam. Encycl. Meth. 



2. p. 445. 



Macao. Mr. Millet. — In addition to these two species, there are fragments of two others in the Collec- 

 tion, too imperfect for description. 



1. Brucea Sumatrana ; foliolis serratis subtus villosis racemis sa-pius compositis. — Roxb. 

 FL Ind. 1. p. 439. ed. Wall. 1. p. 469. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 88. B. gracilis. De Cand. 



