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J). 514. Sm. in Rees' Cycl.— G. Don, in Mill. Diet. 1. p . 551.— M. Mala. Ham. in L in n .
Soc. Trans. 13. p . 549.—M. Stauntoniana. G. Don, in Mill. Diet. I. c.— Arsis rugosa.
Lour. FL Cochin, p . 409.—Burm. FL Zeyl. t. 74.—Plukn. Phyt. t. 2 6 2 . / 3.—Rheede, Hort.
Mai. 1. t 56.
We have been particular about the synonyms of this plant, of which we have numerous specimens from
Mr. MiUett and Mi-. Vachell, because there appears to have been much confusion; the state with leaves
broader upwards having been described by three different Botanists, under as many different names, all considering
it as distinct from the plant of Linnæus. Hamilton, however, appears to have had in view as the
Linnæan plant, another species called Microcos tomentosa by Smith, and which is the Grewia paniculata of
Roxburgh; and it is not improbable that, from the specific name, Roxburgh himself fell into the same
mistake. As to the specific identity of the two forms, we for some time entertained considerable doubts :
the figures in Roxb. Corora. Rheede, aud Plukenet, all representing the Ceylon and Malabar plants and agreeing
with a specimen oî M. paniculata, Sm., preserved in the Linnæan Herbarium, exhibit a leaf thatisovato-
lanceolate, and scarcely cordate at the base; while in the others from China, Ava, and Bengal, the leaves
are usually broader upivards above the middle, and then shortly acuminate. To the first belongs, of
Wallich’s List, n. 1098, C. E. F. G. : and to the second, the other specimens of the same number, excepting
perhaps D, the G. begoniifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. p. 592, about wliich we have uot bad it iu our power to satisfy
oui-selves. Our friends Dr. Wight and Hamilton’s specimeus appear to determine the point that the one is
uot distinct as a species or even as a variety, from the other, tbe former Botanist having found the ovato-
lanceolate leaf mixed with so strong an approach to the obovato-lanceolate kind, as to be scarcely distinguishable
on the same bush, in hilly situations in the Peninsula of India : and although Di-. Hamilton says “ folia
apicem vei-sus latiora,” his own specimen, preserved in the Museiun of the University of Edinburgh, is quite
intermediate between that and the Ceylon plant figured in Burraan.
Of the Order Tiliaceæ, we have Corchorus acutangulus, «Lara., and Triumfetta Lappala, gathered near
Macao, by Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell.
Of the Order Ternstræmiaceæ, Mr. Millett’s Collection contains a very fine plant, which we refer to
Cleyera, though the antheræ be not “ retrorsum setoso-hispidæ,” nor the stigma divided. We tliink the
species well deserving of bearing the name of its discoverer, v-ho has rendered so much service to Botany
during his long residence in China. Its characters we give below.*
Of the Order Camellieæ, Polyspora axillaris, ( Camellia axillaris, Ker,) is sent from Macao by Mr. Millett.
* Cleyera MiUettii; foliis oblongis obtuse acuminatis integerrimis (siccitate) venosis supra nitidis,
pedunculis solitariis unilloris supi-aaxillaribiis cernuis, sepalis petalisque subæqualibus omnibus acutis, stam-
inibus pilis erectis appressis setosis, stigmate simplici. (Tab. XXXIII.)
Frutex (seu arbor) valde ramosus. Rami ffiabri, subnigosi, atro.fusci, nitidiusculi. Folia alterna, 2-3-uncias longa, brevissime
petiolata, coriacea, oblonga, basi attenuata, apice breviter e t obtuse aciuniuato, intcgcrrima, n e n osa, superne præcipue, ubi nitida,
subtus opaca, pallidiora, nervis magis obscuris, jimiora subtus puberula. FeàuncuK paulo supra axìllam inserti, subunciam longi,
cemui, solitarii, uniflori. a|>ico ad basin calycis bibracteati, bracteis cito deciduis. Calyx e sepalis 5, ovatis, acutis, concavis, coriaceis,
lateribus imbricatìs, dorso sublùrsutis, marginibus ciliatis. Pelala 5. ovato-oblonga, acuta concaviuscula, calyco v is longiora. Stavùna
25, hypogyiia, cumbnsi petalorum subaccreta ; Filamenta in mucronem product», pilosa, inferne præcipue, pilis erectis, appressis. Anthercc
loculi oppositì, adnati, lineares, longitudinaliter dehlsceutes. Ocarium subrotundtun, piloso-hispidum, in stylum louguin, simplicem,
glabrum attenuatum. Sliffma obtusuiu, simplex.
From C. Japonica, tbo originai Cleyera of ITiuiiberg, this is known by its veiny always enUro leaves, by the sepals and calyx nearly
equal in size, and remarkably acute, and by the entire stigma. In C. oclinacea, of wliich we possess ftne specimens from Dr. a\ alUch,
the peduncles are clustered, the sepals and petals arc quite rounded at the extremity, the anthers are retrorsely hispid, and the stigma
is bifid: and tho same characters are fouud iu the C. grandijlora of Dr. WalUch.
Tab. XXXIII. Cleyera MiUettii. Fig. 1, Flower; 2, Stamen; ;îg. 3, Petal; Jig. 4, PisÜl:—nmgnfjied.
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