190 CHINA. [CaprifoliacecB. 
furfuraceo, floribus subfasciculatis decandris, stigmate sessili 10-fido. — Ai’alia 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 : “ Nascitnr prope Can- 
tonem in Sinis hujus plantae (Aralice octophyllm) 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. 
Ord. XLIII. LORANTHACE^. Don. 
1. Viscum ovalifolium. Wall. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 278. 
Ord. XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. Juss. 
1. Viburnum adoratissimum ; sempervireus, glabrum, foliis coriaceis elliptico-oblongis 
subintegerrimis, tliyrso opposite bracbiato, ramulorum pedunculis trichotomo-pedicellatis, 
stylo simplici brevi, bacca oblonga. Ker, in Bot. Reg. 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 transversalibus conspicuis. Stipulm nullae. 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 corollae tubo orta : Jilamenta ejus lobos sequantia, sub apice arete 
inflexa: antlierce oblongse. Stylus crassus, brevissimus, calycis limbum paullo superans. Stigma capitatum, 
3-lobum. Bacca (immatura) oblonga, apice paullum angustata, dentibus calycinis coronata, (abortu forsitan) 
unilocularis, monopyrena. Pyrena pergamacea, alba, dorso convexa Isevissima, intus sulco longitudinali (in- 
star species Cypreem generis Testacearum) notata, secusque sulcum baccoe 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 Rubiacecc: and it had been previously marked in our Herbaria, under the 
MSS. name of Coffea monosperma. Hook, et Arn. 
2. ^^iburnum 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 terminali. 
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; — FP Chinense; foliis membranaceis lato-ellipticis acutis grosse 
inaequaliter dentatis, supra glabris subtus praecipue junioribus puberulis impunctatis, corymbis terminalibus 
pubescentibus. 
1. Lonicera Telfairii ; ramis volubilibus glabris junioribus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 
