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fiiifuraceo, floribus subfasciculatis decandris, stigmate sessili 10-fido.— Aralia octophylla.
Viu\ Cantoniensis. Lour. Cochin, v. l . j i . 233.
We believe there can be no doubt of this being the plant of which Louriero says : “ Nascitur prope Cantonera
in Sinis hujus plante (A ra lia octophylla) varietas, ni velis species, caule, foliis et habitu florum
omniuo similis; differt autera staminibus decem et stigmate 10-fido;” on which account we h.ive introduced
that latter c h ^ c te r . The specimens which we possess from Mr. Millett, however, have the flowers imex-
panded that m Capt. Beechey’s CoUection consists only of a leaf. The “ calyx truucatus” and “ stigmata
sessilia” obviously point out the genus Paratropia, rather than Aralia. As a species, it comes very near
to P . pergamaçea. De Cand.
Pranax aculeatam. Ait., we possess from Mr. Millett and Mr. VacheU.
O r d . X L I I I . L O R A N T H A C E Æ . Don.
1. Yhcm-a omlifolium. W a ll.~ D e Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 278.
O r d . X L IV . C A P R IF O L IA C E Æ . Juss.
1. Vibumum adoratissimuin ; sempervireiis, glabrum, foliis coriaceis elliptico-oblongis
subintegerrimis, thyrso opposite brachiato, ramulorum pedunculis ti'ichotomo-pedicellatis,
stylo simplici breri, bacca oblonga. Ker, in Bot. Beg. t. 456 ? De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p .
326?—V. Chineuse. Zxyh. ?
Folia petiolata, glabra, 3-8-uncias longa, duas lata, basi acuta, quandoquidem acuminata, apice obtusa vel
subiter ac brevi-acuminata, subcoriacea, integerrima vel remote subdentata, costa media nervisque lateralibus
subtus prominulis, venis transversaUbus conspicuis. Stipula nuUæ. Calycis tubus oblongas : limbus brevis,
obtuse 5-dentatus. Coro7/a infundibuliformis: tubus brevis: limbus patens, 5-partitus, lobis rotundato-ovatis :
faux intus nuda. Stamina 5, e summo corollæ tubo orta : filamenta ejus lobos æquantia, sub apice arcte
inflexa : anthera oblongæ. Stylus crassus, brevissimus, calycis limbum paullo superans. Stigma capitatum,
3-Iobum. Bacca (immatura) oblonga, apice pauUum angustata, dentibus calycinis coronata, (abortuforsitau)
unilocularis, monopyrena. Pyrena pergamacea, alba, dorso convexa loevissima, intus sulco longitudinali (instar
species Cypraa generis Testacearum) notata, secusque sulcum baccæ lateri affixa.
This has scarcely at all the appearance of a Vibumum, from which genus the presence of a style seems
essentially to distìnguish it. Indeed, were it not th at we have been unable to discover any trace of stipules,
it would seem to rank nearer the Rubiacea: and it had been previously marked in our Herbaria, under the
MSS. name of Coffea monosperma. Hook, et Am.
2. M b u rn um nervosum; sempeiwireus, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis basi apice acutis glabris
subtus impunctatis serraturis utrinque versus apicem paucis, nervis supra impressis subtus
prominulis ad axillas glabris, venis transversalibus numerosis conspicuis, petiolis pedunculisque
brevibus glabris, corymbo terminali.
This is closely allied to V. premnaceum. Wall.: the leaves have the same kind of nervation ; but in tbe
Indian p k n t we observe, besides the characters given by De Candolle, (Prodr. v. 4. p. 325,) tbat the axillæ
of the nerves are furnished with a tuft of short hairs, which are totally absent in the Chinese plant.
We possess a third species of Vibumum, as far as we can judge from the very young flowers, from Mr.
Millett, which may be thus distinguished:—V ? Chínense; foliis membranaceis lato-ellipticis acutis grosse
inæqualiter dentatis, supra glabris subtus præcipue junioribus puberulis impunctatis, corymbis terminalibus
pubescentibus.
1. Lonicera T e lfa ir ii; ramis volubilibus glabris junioribus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis
oblongis acutis basi obtusis cordatisve adultis supra glabris subtus dense velutino-pubescentibus,
pedunculis apice bibracteatis bifloris axillaribus solitariis petiolo demidio brevioribus,
terlim ilib u s subcapitatis, calycis vfllosi dentibus minutis ovatis acutis, corollæ tubo elongato
oequali villoso.—L . Periclymenum. Lo n r. Cochin, v. \ . p . 185.
We first became acquamtefi with this species by specimens sent from the Mauritius by Mr. Telfair to Dr.
Hooker; but it is only there probably in a state of cultivation. It is closely aUiod on the one hand to L .
confusa De Cand, from which it differs by the leaves being smooth above, and the short peduncles; and
on the other to L. Leschmaultii, Wall., which, however, is said to have ovate subcordate ciUated leaves, and
villous branches. This, with many others in the section “ Nintooa” of Dc C.andolle, might with justice be
referred to the old L . Japonica, a species which has been perhaps too much dismembered.
O r d . X L V . R U B IA C E Æ . Juss.
1. Adina gloUflora; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, pedunculis folio brevioribus.—Saf. P a r .
Lond. t. 116. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 349.—Nauclea Adina. Sm. Bot. Mag. t. 2613.
The specimen before ns has the leaves considerably broader than is figured in the Bot. Magazine, which
makes ns suspect that A . peduncttlaris. Do Cand., or Nauclea adinoida. Lindi., is a mere variety.
1 M^issænda pubescens ; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis in nervis pubescentibus, stipulis
utrinque geminis subulatis, corymbo terminali, lobis calycinis subidatis, uno petiolato ovato
acuto, corollæ tubo gracUi calycem plus duplo superante, lobis acutis. A it. Hort. Kew. ed 2.
v . l . p . 372. Bot. Mag. t. 2099. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 3 7 1 . -M . frondosa. Lour. Cochm.
V. 1. p . 188. Rumph. Amb. v. 4 . t. 5 \ .
Notwithslandinv such high anthoritics, we can scarcely consider this ns distinct from M. frondosa : indeed
the principal point of difference appears to be that, in the latter, the leaves and panielc are described as villous.
Some Authors add that in M. frondosa the tube of the corolla is scarcely longer than the calycmc segments,
while in M. pubescens it is more than twice as long ; and this may he true if the figure in Burman, Zeyl
t 76, where it is so represented, be considered the type of the species and where the fiowers are described
as red; but then if tho Belilla of Eheedc, Hort. Mai. v. 2. t. 18, (not 17. as quoted by Eoxburgh WMhch
and De Candolle,) be the same, the calycine segments are remarkably short in eompanson with the tube ot
tbe corolla. The Belilla of Rheede is, however, probably distinct, and the same may he said of ® . Suma-
trana, Roth., although we suspect there is a mistake regarding the red coloured corolla in both the plant of
Rheede and of Burman. After a careful comparison of Rumphius’ figure, lu the Herb. Amb. v. 4, t. o l, and ot
his description of his Folium Principissx angustifolium, we feel inclined to refer it here rather than to M.
glabra, under which it is quoted hy Vahl aud De Caudolle. Perhaps also M. frondosa, Roxb Hort. Bengh.
m d F l lud. V. 2. p. 557, as well as ot Roxb. ct Wall. Fl. Iud.v. 2. p. 227, Wall. List of E . I. Plants, n. 62o0
,a-e and M. Dovinia, Ham, in Linn, Trans, v. 1*. p. 203, who refers to the figure in Rumphius, as identical
with M. pubescens, which, in cultivation in this country, has frequently the whole underside of the leaves
pubescent.
1, Gardemn flo r id a ; inermis fruticosa erecüi, foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis, floribus
solitariis subterminalibus sessüibus subbjipocratcrimoi-pliis, calycis laciniis verticalibus
lanceolato-subulatis tubum corolla; æquantibus, baccis eloiigato-turbinatis cosuitis. De
Cand.— Lirm. Sp. PI. p . 305. Ker, in Bot. Beg. t. 449. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 37 9—
Pluku. Amalth. t. 448. f . 4.
1. Ranclia Sinensis ; spinis brevibus oppositis subrecurvis, foliis (lanceolatis L o u r.) superioribus
ovatis lævibus glabris, corymbis terminalibus parvis paucffloris, calycis limbo tubuloso