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brevem attenuatis, supra nitidis subtus pallidioribus opacis, pedunculis axillaribus aggre- 
gatis unifloris petiolo brevioribus, floribus (calycibus precipue) extus sericeis. (Tab. XLL) 
Wall Cat. of E. L PL n. 4147. 
Hab. Macao; Mr. Millett. 
Tab. XLI. Sideroxylon Wightianum. Fip'. 1. Flower ; 7?^. 2. Corolla laid open ; 3. Pistil: — magn. 
Ord. LI. MYRSINE^. Brown. 
1. Aegiceras fragrans. Kobh. — 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 obovato-ellipticis acutiusculis integer- 
rimis subtus glaucescentibus, racemis axillaribus petiolum subsequantibus, pedicellis 
elongatis versus racemi apicem corymboso-aggregatis, germine semibiloculari, stigmatibus 
duobus subdiscretis crenulatis, ovulis paucis pendulis. 
There is only one specimen, destitute of both corolla Kod. stamens. The general appearance, particularly 
of the inflorescence, is that of dcaArdisia, 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. 
OuD. LII. JASMINES. Juss. 
1. Jasminum officinale. Linn. — Lour. Cochin, v. \. 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, (FI. 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. hirsmtum, L. and J. arborescens, Rich, are so 
closely allied as to render it difficult to say to which of them Nyctanthes grandijlora of Loureiro belongs. 
1. Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis. Linn. — Scabrita triflora. Linn. Mant. 
We have from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell several other Jasminece from Canton, among which are Olea 
acuminata, Wall., O. fragrans, Thunb., Jasminum Sambac, L., J. bracteatum, Roxb. (Vachell, n. 273,) 
,T. grandiflorum, L., and J. paniculatum, Roxb. 
Ord. LIII. APOCYNE^. Juss. 
1. Parsonsia? Helicandra; volubilis glabra, foliis lato-ellipticis apice brevi-subiter 
attenuatis, corymbis axillaribus folio subbrevioribus, starainibus contortis. — Apocynum 
reticulatum. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 208 ? 
Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis ovatis. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce tuboque brevi absque squamis denticu- 
lisque: limbus 5-partitus, recurvus, laciniis Eequilateris. Stamina 5 cssexidi.: filamenta juxta basin tubi 
