216 



CHINA. 



[ Conifer cb. 



leaves narrower, (almost cordato-lanceolate) much acuminated, and fulvous on the under side ; a third pre- 

 sents the leaves broader, cordato-ovate, and less acuminated than in the other two, (their length being about 

 twice the breadth,) and also fulvous; but we do not consider these forms sufficiently constant to mark them 

 out as distinct varieties. We had almost referred here Trema Cochinchensis of Loureiro; but now feel 

 disposed, from his account of the seed, to consider it a species of Antidesma. 



1. Ficus piriformis ; erecta ? fruticulosa, foliis breviter petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis versus 

 basin angustatis apice subiter et sublonge acuminatis utrinque glabris la?vibus supra nitidis 

 subtus pallidis, stipulis subulatis deciduis, receptaculis axillaribus solitariis clavato-pyriformi- 

 bus (globosis basi valde angustatis) Isevibus glabris folio subdimidio brevioribus. — F. cla- 

 vata. Wall, List of E. I. Plants, n. 4495 ? 



Dr. Wallich's plant differs in several particulars from this: the fruit in our specimen from him (n. 4495 a.) 

 is considerably smaller, while the leaves are larger and rough to the touch on the under side. 



2. Ficus setosa; arborea? ramis petiolis pedunculis receptaculis foliorumque nervis subtus 

 hirsute flavido-pilosis, foliis breve petiolatis alternis oblongo-obovatis basi subcordatis et 

 fere asqualibus apice acuminatis margine serratis, subtus ad venas piloso-pubescentibus 

 supra hispido-strigosis, receptaculis globosis axillaribus solitariis binisve hispidissimis 

 brevissime pedunculatis. (Tab. XLIX.) 



This is altogether a very remarkable species: the seta? on the young receptacles (which, in the antheriferous 

 state, are about the size of a very large pea) are peculiarly close, stout, and spreading. The shape of the 

 leaves is precisely that of the Chinese form of Grewia Microcos, both sides being almost equal, and very 

 similar to those of F. scabra, Jacq., but there they are opposite, and have much longer petioles; nor is the 

 fruit by any means so setose as in our plant. 



Tab. XLIX. Ficus setosa: — nat. size. 



Ord. LXXIV. CHLORANTHEvE. R. Br. 



1. Chloranthus inconspicuus. Sw. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 . p. 438. — Nigrina spicata. Thunb. — 

 Creodus odorifer. Lour. Fl. Coch. I. p. 112. 



Ord. LXXV. SAURUREJE. Rich. 

 1. Saururus cernuus. Linn. 



We can perceive no difference between the Chinese specimens from Mr. Millett, and those we possess 

 from North America. The description of Spathium Chinense, Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 270, although usually 

 referred to Aponogeton distachyum, agrees in every point with this plant, except that we do not find what 

 he calls a pedicelled one-flowered monophyllous spatha. 



Ord. LXXVL CONIFERS. Juss. 

 1. Juniper us communis. Linn.? — var. Chinensis. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 839. 



" Some few of the little twigs bear opposite imbricated small obtuse leaves" (Roxb.), which is the case in 

 our specimens. Roxburgh likewise describes J. Chinensis, Willd., and three new species from China, whicn 

 we have not seen : these are — 



!. J. aquatica; foliis solitariis (alternis ?) distichis linearibus haud mucronatis. 



