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Stillingia sebifera. Mchx. Sin : HfS u lean. 
228. Humulus lupulus. L. Canton. Osb. 336. 
This is H. japonicus. S. et Z. common throughout China. 
229. Ficus indica. L. with round figs. Canton wall. Osb. 
381,215. 
This is probably Ficus retusa. L. the Bastard Banyan, very common in 
S. phina; also in India. 
230. Ficus pumila. Linn. China (Forster FI. sin.) known 
also from Japan, introduced in Europe 1759. Loureiro mentions 
it only for Cochinchina. It is not found in the FI. hongk. 
But Dr. Hanee has seen specimens of it from Formosa. 
231. Morus alba. Linn. China. 
232. Urtica nivea. L. on the walls of Canton. Osb. 215, 381. 
Known from India before. Boehmeria nivea. Hook, and Arn. Flora 
hgk. 331. 
233. Thuja orientaiis. L. Canton. Osb. 209. 
Known to Linn, from China before, described in the Hort. Cliff (1737) 
Seeds received from China. Biota orientalis. Endl. 
234. Juniperus chi nensis. Linn. Mant. (1767). China. 
235. Lattfa is the Chinese name of a little tree (Canton), 
which looks like the Yew tree, but the leaves are ornamented 
on the inferior side with white strips, running length-ways as 
in Pinus balsamea, or the Phalaris picta. It seems to be 
Taxus nucifera. L. or the Fi of Kaempf. Amoen. 814. 
The Japanese tree alluded to by Osb. is Torreya nucifera. S. et Z. 
not found in China, as far as I know. But Torreya grandis has been 
observed by Fortuue in Chekiang. D. C. XYI. 2. 505. 
236. Abies chinensis. Chinese pine. French isl. Osb. 348. 
The timber of which their ships are built is called saao mock-. 
Osb. 196. Shau pann is the Chinese name of that sort of wood, 
from which they make coffins. Osb. 228. 
All these names refer it seems to Cunningbamia sinensis. R. Br. D. C. 
XVI. 2. 432. Sin : /fC sha mule. Boards of that timber are called 
1 «e sha pan. 
MONOCOTYLEDONS. 
237. Musa paradisiaca* L. Plantain tree, called Tseu 
by the Chinese. Canton. Osb. 308. In a note Forster states, 
that the plantain tree has flowered for the first time in the 
IJpsal garden, and has also brought forth ripe fruits. 
The Chinese name of the Plantain, which is cultivated in S. China, is 
tsiu. 
238. Musa Gliffortiana. L. Canton. Osb. 341. 
There is no difference between this and M. paradisiaca. 
