Apocynece.] 



CHINA. 



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brevem attenuatis, supra nitidis subtus pallidioribus opacis, pedunculis axillaribus aggre- 

 gatis unifloris petiolo brevioribus, floribus (calycibus precipue) extus sericeis. (Tab. XLI.) 

 Wall Cat. ofE. I. PI. n. 4147. 



Hab. Macao; Mr. Millett. 

 Tab. XLI. Sideroxylon Wightianum. Fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla laid open ; fig. 3. Pistil: — magn. 



Ord. LI. MYRSINEiE. Brown. 



1. Aegiceras fragrans. Keen. — Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 84. Suppl. t. 21. — 

 A. majus. Gcertn. — Rhizophora corniculata. Linn. — Vachell, n. 249. 



1. Myrsine? ardisioides ; foliis longe petiolatis obovatoellipticis acutiusculis integer- 

 rimis subtus glaucescentibus, racemis axillaribus petiolum subsequantibus, pedicellis 

 elongatis versus l-acemi apicem corymboso-aggregatis, germine semibiloculari, stigmatibus 

 duobus subdiscretis crenulatis, ovulis paucis pendulis. 



There is only one specimen, destitute of both corolla and stamens. The general appearance, particularly 

 of the inflorescence, is that of an Ardisia, but there is almost nothing that can be termed a style. We have 

 not been able to see a central free placenta, but on the contrary the ovules hang from the top of the cavity, 

 which is almost divided into two cells by the introflexed margins of the two carpels of which the germen is 

 composed. Indeed, it is probable not only that the plant does not belong to Myrsine, but not even to the 

 same Natural Order. In some points it approaches Ilicinea. 



From Mr. Vachell (n. 146) we have Ardisia lentiginosa, and from Mr. Millett another species allied 

 apparently to A. neriifolia, Wall. 

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Ord. LII. JASMINE/E. Juss. 



1. Jasminum officinale. Linn. — Lour. Cochin, v. I. p. 32. 



2. J. hirsutum. Linn.? 



The specimen in the Collection has the segments of the calyx not much longer than its tube, and many 

 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. In the figure given by Burmann, (Fl. Ind. t. 3. f. 1.) the calycine 

 segments are about as long as the tube of the corolla; but in Rheede's figure (Hort. Mai. 6. t. 54.) they are 

 much shorter in proportion than in the plant before us. J. hirsutum, L. and J. arborescens, Rich, are so 

 closely allied as to render it difficult to say to which of them Nyctanthes grandifiora of Loureiro belongs. 



1. Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis. Linn. — Scabrita triflora. Linn. Mant. 



We have from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell several other Jasminea from Canton, among which are Olea 

 acuminata, Wall., O. fragrans, Thunb., Jasminum Sambac, L., J. bracteatum, Roxb. ("Vachell, n. 273,) 

 grandiflorum, L., and J. paniculatum, Roxb. 



Ord. LIII. APOCYNE^l. Juss. 



1. Parsonsia? Helicandra; volubilis glabra, foliis lato-ellipticis apice brevi-subiter 

 attenuatis, corymbis axillaribus folio subbrevioribus, staminibus contortis. — Apocynum 

 reticulatum. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 208? 



Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis ovatis. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce tuboque brcvi absque squamis denticu- 

 lisque : limbus 5-partitus, recurvus, laciniis a;quilateris. Stamina 5 exserta : filamcnta juxta basin tubi 



