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CHINA. 
[ Tiliacem. 
1. Reevesia thyrsoidea. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1236. 
This seems to be an abundant plant, if we may judge from the specimens we have received from various 
friends. 
1. Byttneria aspera ; foliis cordato-subi’otundis bx’eviter ac subiter acuminulatis integer- 
rimis nervo medio vei’sus basin subtus glandula lineari oblonga instructo, floribus coi-ymbosis, 
carpellis aculeis brevibus validis echinatis. — Colehr, in Roxh. et. Willd. FL Ind. 2. p. 383. — 
B. grandifolia. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 486. 
The capsule consists of five cocci, which split in an elastic manner, and separate from the central axis, 
very much as in Hura crepitans, to which also in the appearance of the foliage this plant bears considerable 
resemblance. The leaves are described by Dr. Wallich as pubescent beneath, and they are so likewise in 
the specimen from China before us j but those from the Calcutta Garden, distributed by Dr. Wallich, (n, 
114'4' of his List of Indian Plants,) are, as De Candolle says, perfectly glabrous. We scarcely know what is 
meant in the Flora Indica (1. c.) by “ Anthers twin:” probably anthers two-celled, as there is really but one 
anther, although the two cells be slightly distinct. Mr. G. Don, in Miller’s Dictionary, places this species 
in Commersonia, with which it agrees pretty weU in habit, but not in the structure of the fruit, nor in the 
trifid filaments. — With regard to Commersonia, we have at page 60 of this Work inadvertently been led 
into the same mistake as other authors, by referring to Rumph. Amb. .3. 1 19, as a figure of Forster’s C. echinata. 
At first sight the figure agrees well, and is therefore quoted by Forster himself | but on turning to the text, 
Rumphius thus describes the leaves " adulta inferius sunt subrotunda, in medio antem latissirae, sex nempe 
digitos transversales lata sunt iUa, quse palmam longa sunt.” Besides the great size described, they are 
represented strongly serrated. Now the plant we had in view, and which, after a second careful comparison 
with Forster’s plate and description, we still consider to be his species, has rigid coriaceous leaves, glabrous 
above, and covered with a compact white pubescence beneath ; their shape is oblongo-lanceolate, slightly 
and unequally cordate at their base, while their margin is slightly and distantly toothed. There cannot, 
we think, be the smallest doubt but the Commersonia echinata of Blume, now called C. Javensis, by Mr. G. 
Don, in Miller’s Dictionary, (with which again we consider as identical C. platyphylla, (3. De Cand. Prodr. 
v. 1. p. 486, and C. echinata of Roxburgh, figxwed and described by him as n. 1392, at the India House, but 
omitted in his own Indian Flora, although the name is inserted in the Hortus Benghalensis at p. 22,) is the 
plant figured by Rumphius ; and further, we do not see any satisfactory character to distinguish it from C. 
platyphylla, Andi*., figured in the Bot. Magazine, t. 1813. 
1. VenXapQtes phoenicea. Linn. 
1. Pterospermum acerifolium ; foliis cordatis subrotundis dentatis, involucro nullo. — 
Willd. Sp. PL V. 3, p. 729. — Pentapetes acerifolia. Linn. 
Walteria indica of this order is found by Mr. Vachell near Macao. 
Ord. XIL tiliacem. Juss. 
1. Grewia Microcos ; foliis ovato-vel obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis junioribus subtus 
breviter stellato-pilosis adultis glabris basi subcordatis rugidosis seiTulatis, panicula terminali 
pubescenti, floribus binis ternisve involucratis, petalis calyce midto brevioribus apice emar- 
ginatis, ad unguem cavitate annulo pubescenti cincta intusque glandulam adpressam prope 
basin ferente instructis, drupa putamine unico pilosa triloculari, foliis serratis. Linn. Syst. 
ed. 12. V. 2.p. 602. De Cand, Prodr. v. 1. p. 510. Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 679. — G. ubni- 
folia. Roxh. Hort. Bengh, p. 42. FI. Ind. 2. p, 591. F. I. C. Mtis. tab. pict. 1983. — 
