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EARLY EUROPEAN RESEARCHES 
JIanda.ru is Bauhinia. 3 species of it are known from Southern China 
viz. B, glauca Wall., B. Championi. Benth., B. chinensis Vogel. 
81. Mori facie chusan: folio subtus molli ferrugineo. 
82. Ou turn chn. P. Le Comte. Oou turn shu Herb, nostr. 
Chin. tab. 6.—Grazoph. tab. 27. folio trifido, petalis bacciferis. 
This is a wonderful tree and very particular in the product 
of its berries, which I take to be the fruit. The flowers grow 
separate from the leaves in a large loose or sparse tuft, after 
the manner of Fraxinella or Dittander, from the larger stem 
each little one has many flowers, composed of 5 broad green 
petala or leaves like those of our Adderstongue, everyone 
standing on \ inch pedicle starwise. On both the edges of 
these grow one or more stalkless berries, of the bigness of 
Holy, rugged now dry. I opened one of them. A large white 
cavity and a small decayed substance only remained in it. 
Petiver gives a correct description of Sterculia platani folia. Cav. (see 
above Le Comte) •, only he takes the spreading follicles of the fruit 
for flowers. 
83-. P aliurus Pmuyaca major folio rotundiore. 
This seems to differ from our European sort in having its 
leaves much larger and round. 
Probably Paliurus Aubletii. Shult. which has been observed in South 
China and Japan. 
84. ' Palmae Christi vulgaris facie, forte Chusan. caulibus et 
foliis pubescentibus. 
Very near the basis of the footstalk of each leaf it has 2 
long and very narrow threadlike auricles. 
85. Pimenta Chusan. folio Alaterni. G-azoph. tab. 26. - 
Thea chusan. floribus minoribus, folio Alaterni cuspidato. 
Mus. nostr. 984. 
Its leaves stand on short footstalks, they are pointed, stiff 
and somewhat notched. From the bosom of these and at the 
top of the branches come forth many small flowers, full of 
stamina like the Tea but much less, which made me conclude 
it was of that family. But Mr. Cunningham has since sent it 
me in fruit, which I find a small dry berry of an oval bottled 
shape, coronated somewhat like a clove. 
86. Populi facie chusan. folio subtus molli ferugineo. 
This has the shape, thickness and softness of Abele leaves, 
but instead of white is rusty coloured underneath. 
87. Quercus chusan. Castaneae folio pubescente. 
The stalk and the underside of the leaves are hoary, Its 
catkin or julus round and echinated, as Dr. Cunningham 
says, but its acorn small and smooth. 
