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CHINA. 



[ Caprifoliacece. 



furfuraceo, floribus subfasciculatis decandris, stigmate sessili 10-fido. — Aralia octophylla. 

 var. Cantoniensis. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 233. 



We believe there can be no doubt of this being the plant of which Louriero says : " Nascitur prope Can- 

 tonem in Sinis hujus planta; {Aralia octophylla) varietas, ni velis species, caule, foliis et habitu florum 

 omnino similis; differt autem staminibus decern et stigmate 10-fido;" on which account we have introduced 

 that latter character. The specimens which we possess from Mr. Millett, however, have the flowers unex- 

 panded: that in Capt. Beechey's Collection consists only of a leaf. The " calyx truncatus" and " stigmata 

 sessilia" obviously point out the genus Paratropia, rather than Aralia. As a species, it comes very near 

 to P. pergamacea, De Cand. 



Pranax aculeatam, Ait., we possess from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell. 



Ok i). XLIII. LORANTHACEjE. Don. 

 1. Viscum ovalifolium. Wall. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 278. 



Ord. XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACEjE. Juss. 



1. Viburnum adoratissimmn ; sempervireus, glabrum, foliis coriaceis elliptico-oblongis 

 subintegerrimis, thyrso opposite brachiato, ramulorum pedunculis trichotomo-pedicellatis, 

 stylo simplici brevi, bacca oblonga. Ker, in Bot. Beg. t. 456 ? De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 

 326?— V. Chinense. Zeyh. ? 



Folia petiolata, glabra, 3-8-uncias longa, duas lata, basi acuta, quandoquidem acuminata, apice obtusa vel 

 subiter ac brevi-acuminata, subcoriacea, integerrima vel remote subdentata, costa media nervisque lateralibus 

 subtus prominulis, venis trans versalib us conspicuis. Stipula. nulla?. Calycis tubus oblongus : limbus brevis, 

 obtuse 5-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis: tubus brevis : limbus patens, 5-partitus, lobis rotundato-ovatis : 

 faux intus nuda. Stamina 5, e summo corollse tubo orta : filamentu ejus lobos aequantia, sub apice arete 

 inflexa: antherw oblong*. Stylus crassus, brevissimus, calycis limbum paullo superans. Stigma capitatum, 

 3-lobum. Bacca (immatura) oblonga, apice paullum angustata, dentibus calyciuis coronata, (abortu forsitan) 

 unilocularis, monopyrena. Pyrcna pergamacea, alba, dorso convexa kevissima, intus sulco longitudinali (in- 

 star species Cypram generis Testacearum) notata, secusque sulcum baccse lateri affixa. 



This has scarcely at all the appearance of a Viburnum, from which genus the presence of a style seems 

 essentially to distinguish it. Indeed, were it not that we have been unable to discover any trace of stipules, 

 it would seem to rank nearer the Hubiacem: and it had been previously marked in our Herbaria, under the 

 MSS. name of Coffea monosperma. Hook, et Arn. 



2. Viburnum nervosum; sempervireus, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis basi apice acutis glabris 

 subtus impunctatis serraturis utrinque versus apicem paucis, nervis supra impressis subtus 

 prominulis ad axillas glabris, venis transversalibus numerosis conspicuis, petiolis pedunculisque 

 brevibus glabris, corymbo terminal!. 



This is closely allied to V. premnaceum. Wall.: the leaves have the same kind of nervation ; but in the 

 Indian plant we observe, besides the characters given by De Candolle, (Prodr. v. 4. p. 325,) that the axillae 

 of the nerves are furnished with a tuft of short hairs, which are totally absent in the Chinese plant. 



We possess a third species of Viburnum, as far as we can judge from the very young flowers, from Mr. 

 Millett, which may be thus distinguished: — V? Chinense; foliis membranaceis lato-ellipticis acutis grosse 

 inariqualiter dentatis, supra glabris subtus prsecipue junioribus puberulis impunctatis, corymbis terminalibus 

 pubescentibus. 



1. Lonicera Telfairii; ramis volubilibus glabris junioribus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 



