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CHINA. 
[Ilicinea. 
L c . — Gonus amavissimiis. Lom\ Cochin. 2. p. 809. — Ailanthus gracilis. Salisb — Humph. 
Amh. 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 apjiear to have seen it. We possess the plant from Mr. Vachell and Mr. Millett. 
Cymenosma pedunculata of this Order, has been communicated by Mr. Vachell from Hong Hong Island. 
Ord. XXIV. CELASTRINE^. Broim. 
1. Ela?otlendron glaucum; foliis oblongis, paniculis axillaribus dicbotomis folio brevioribus, 
doribus pentandris, germine 2 -loculari 5 drupa globosa stepius uniloculari siibmonospermo. — 
Pel's. Syn. 1. /j. 241. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 10. — Scbrebera albens. Retz. Ohs. 6. p. 25. 
t. 3. — Celastriis glaucus. Vahl. Symb. 2. p. 42. — Mangifera glauca. Piottb. — Senacia glauca. 
Lam. — Pluhn. Amalth. t. 407. /i 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 triple 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 alv^'ays 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^. Brongn. 
1. Ilex pubescens; ramis dense pubescentibus, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis integerrimis 
supra sparse subtus dense velutino-pubescentibus, nmbellis axillaribus subsessilibus glomer- 
atis, calyce 5-6-fido, corolla 5-6-partita, germine 5-6-loculari. (Tab. XXXV.) 
lignosus, teres. juniores prsesertim, dense ac molliter pubescentes. Folia subcoriacea, 
alterna, breviter petiolata petiolo pubescent!, ovato-oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel etiam eUiptico-lauceo- 
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 triple longioribus, planis patentibus. Stamina 
petalis breviora: antherce adnatse, cordato-ovatie. 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 ininutis breviter piliferis subasperis subtus glaberrimis denticulato-serratis 
