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Droseracea.] CHINA.
Very closely allied to A . odoratissimus. Brown, (which comprehends tbe Unona esculenta and U. uncin-
ata of Dimal, aud Uvaria odoratissima, Roxb. FL Ind. v. 2. p. C66,) but apparently distinct by the shape
of the fi-uit, which in A . odoratissimus is rounded at the a¡)ex. Our friend Dr. Wight, however, informs us
that he has observed the fruit vary so very much on the same plant in India, as to leave considerable doubts
how far both species are not identical. Fine specimens are communicated by Mr. Millett.
1. Guattcria n / a ; foliis ovalibus acmninulatls basi subcordatis subtus ramulLsque nifo-
tomentosis, pedunculis brevissimis lateralibus vel oppositifoliis, petalis æqualibus, baccis
subglobo.sis.—Dunal. Annon. p . 129. t. 29. ,
Lappas Islands. Mr. Vachell. Mr. Millett.
O rd . V. M E N IS P E R M A C EÆ .
1. Cocculus? diantherus; ramis petiolis petluiiculisque subserlceo-villosis, foliis oratis
obtusis mucronulatis basi truncatis nunc subtrilobo-hastatis utrinque pilis raris pubescentibus
demum glabriusculis, floribus masculis paniculatis, staminibus 6, antliera quadriloculari e
duabus conflata.
The panicle is sometimes not much longer than the petiole, but appears also on tho same specimen to be
elongated; in the latter state, however, it seems to he a young branch from which tho leaves have dropped
off from the base of the true panicles. We have only seeu the male flowers : the anthers are as in Menis-
permum, but the flower is divided in a ternary manner, as in Cocculus. We have also received it from
Lappas Island, from Mr. Millett and from Mr, Vachell, from whom we have likewise the very nearly allied
C. ocalifolius.
O r d . V I. C A P P A R ID E Æ . Juss.
i. Caggavhpyrifolia. L am .?
The few leaves we have seen are scarcely acute, although acuminated. The spines are very short. Pedi-
oells a.vill,ary, one-flowered, nsiially solitars". We have received from Mr. Millett specimens of a Capparis
which wo presume may be the C. Cantonensis, Lour. Of this Order too. we possess Polynesia viscosa,
both from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell, g.athered on the Peninsula.
O e d . V II. D R O S E R A C EÆ . I)e Cand.
1. Drosera Lo u reirii; foliis oblougo-spatliuLatis iu petiolum subæque longum pilosum
attenuatis, scapo ascendente elongato p lu ri-(5 -lS)-flo ro folia multo excedente versus apicem
calyceque glanduloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis calycem æqtmiitlbus, seminibus exarilLatis.
(T ad. X X X I .)—D . rotimdlfolla. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p . 233.—D . Biu-manni. De Cand.
Prodr. V. l . p . 318. (quoad specimen Chínense.)
This plant differs widely from all tho forms of D. Burmanni, by the shape of tho leaves and petioles,
and from D. rotundifolia by the want of an arillns to the seed. The leaves are intermediate between
D. brevifolia, Pursh, .and J>. intermedia, Drev. et Hayn. : the petiole, however, is pilose and ciliated, n ith
hairs similar to those on the limb. WiUdenow, in his edition of Loureiro, among tho corrigenda at p. 883,
remarks, “ Drosera rotundifolia, a Bnrmanno depicta, ah Enropma nostra différé videtur. Possideo specimen
hnjus plant.a- siceum, quod alio loco ct tempore fiisius describam.” If Willdcoow has reclaimed his
promise, we have not been able to ascertain the work in which he has done so, and therefore have proposed
tlic above specific name.
Tab. XXXI. Drosera Loureirii. Fig. 1, Calyx, with the fruit aud persistent corolla; Jig. 2, Ripe capsule
burst: the styles (Jig. 3,) having separated from the fruit; Jig. 4, Seeds :—magnijied.
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