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CHINA. 



[Ilicinea. 



I. c. — Gonus amarissimus. Lour. Cochin. 2. p. 809. — Ailanthus gracilis. SalisJ) Humph. 



Amb. v. 7. t. 15. 



We believe there can exist no doubt of Salisbury's plant being- identical with that of Roxburgh ; the 

 younger leaves are quite villous on both sides, and the racemes sometimes simple, in which state only Salis- 

 bury and De Candolle appear to have seen it. We possess the plant from Mr. Vachell and Mr. Millett. 



Cymeno&ma pedunculata of this Order, has been communicated by Mr. Vachell from Hong Hong Island. 



Ord. XXIV. CELASTRINEiE. Broivn. 



1. Elaeodendron glaucum; foliis oblongis, paniculis axillaribus dichotomis folio brevioribus, 

 floribus pentandris, germine 2-loculari, drupa globosa ssepius uniloculari submonospermo. — 

 Pers. Syn. 1. p. 241. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 10. — Schrebera albens. Retz. Obs. 6. p. 25. 

 t. 3. — Celastrus glaucus. Vahl. Symb. 2. p. 42. — Mangifera glauca. Eottb. — Senacia glauca. 

 Lam.—Pluhn. Amalth. t. 407. / 1 ? 



Dr. Wallich, in his edition of Roxburgh's Indian Flora, observes how liable the leaves of E. orientate 

 are to vary in shape. The same remark seems applicable to the present species : they are sometimes ovate 

 and obtuse, sometimes oblongo-lanceolate, sometimes perfectly entire, sometimes obtusely serrated, and even 

 some leaves are rather acutely serrated. We have always, however, seen them much longer than the petiole, 

 and not as De Candolle says, " petiolo vix triplo longiora." Thus there does not appear to have been 

 one character given to separate the E. glaucum from E. orientate, until the shape of the fruit was 

 pointed out : in E. orientate, the drupe is oblong. Surely De Candolle must have made some mistake when 

 he says, in the generic character, that the drupe is 5-celled, although sometimes, by abortion, with fewer 

 cells; implying that the ovary is always 5-celled. Roxburgh and Dr. Wallich attribute only two cells to 

 the ovary in their character of the genus; Gsertner, however, appears to have seen (Fruct. 1. t. 57.) 

 three cells in the drupe in E. orientate, but Roxburgh, in his figure, at the India House, n. 73, represents 

 only two, and occasionally one cell. 



Ord. XXV. ILICINE^E. Brovgn. 



1. Ilex pubescens; ramis dense pubescentibus, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis integerrimis 

 supra sparse subtus dense velutino-pubescentibus, umbellis axillaribus subsessilibus glomer- 

 atis, calyce 5-6-fido, corolla 5-6-partita, germine 5-6-loculari. (Tab. XXXV.) 



Caulis lignosus, teres. Hamuli, j uniores prsesertim, dense ac molliter pubescentes. Folia subcoriacea, 

 alterna, breviter petiolata petiolo pubescenti, ovato-oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel etiam elliptico-lanceo- 

 lata, vix acuminata, acuta, basi acutiuscula, supra glabriuscula vel potius pilis raris mollibus brevibus velutina, 

 subtus dense ac molliter pubescentia. Flores hermaphroditi, numero quinario vel senario gandentes, um- 

 bellati; umbellis binis ternisve aggregatis, subsessilibus, axillaribus; pedicelli petiolum duplo triplove 

 superantes, pubescentes. Calyx pubescens : segmentis rotundatis. Corolla petalis vix distinctis, unguibus 

 per filamenta alternantia adglutinatis, laciniis rotundatis calyce triplo longioribus, planis patentibus. Stamina 

 petalis breviora: antherce adnata?, cordato-ovata;. Discus nullus. Germen superum, ovatum, 5-6-loculare : 

 stylus nullus : stigma capitatum, 5-6-lobatum. 



Tab. XXXV. Ilex pubescens. Figs. 1 and 2, Flowers ; fig. 3, Front view of a stamen ; fig. 4, Back view 

 of do.: — magnified. 



1. Prinos asprellus ; foliis deciduis elliptico-lanceolatis attenuatis obtusiusculis, supra 

 tuberculis raris minutis breviter piliferis subasperis subtus glaberrimis denticulato-serratis 



