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brevem attenuatis, supra nitidis subtus paiiidioribus opacis, pedunculis axillaribus aggregatis
unifloris petiolo brevioriljus, floribus (calycibus precipue) extus sericeis. ('I'ab. X L I .)
’wall. Cat. o f E . I . PL n. 4147.
H»i). Macao, Mr. UUlett.
T a » . X L l. Siiloroxylon Wightianum. Fig. J. V lo n a -, f i g . ‘i. Corolla laid open ; Ay. 3- Pistil,—
OiiD. L I . iU y R S IN EÆ . Brown.
1. Aegiceras fra g r am . Koen.— Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 84. Snppl. i. 21.
A. majus. Goertn.—Rhizophora corniculata. L in n .— Vachell, n . ‘¿49.
1. Myrsine? ardisioides ; foliis longe petiolatis obovato-ellipticis acutiusculis integerrimis
subtus glaucescentibus, racemis axillaribus petiolum subæquantibus, pedicellis
elongatis versus racemi apicem coryraboso-aggregatis, germine semibilocuiari, stigmatibus
duobus subdiscretis crenulatis, ovulis paucis pendulis.
There is only one specimen, destitute of both corolla and stamem. The general appearance, particularly
of the inflorescence, is that of an Ardisia, but there is almost nothing that can be termed a style. We have
not been able to see a central free placenta, but on the contrary the ovules hang from the top of the cavity,
which is almost divided into two cells by the introflexed margins of the two carpels of-which the gennen is
composed. Indeed, it is probable not only that tho plant does not belong to Myrsim, but not even to the
same'Natural Order. In some points it approaches Ilicineoe.
From Mr. VacheU (n. 146) we have Ardisia lentigimsa, and from Mr. MUlett another species allied
apparently to A . neriifoUa, Wall.
OiiD. L I I . JA SM IN EÆ . Juss.
1. Jasminum officinale. L in n .—Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p . 32.
2. J . hirsutum. L in n .?
The specimen in the CoUection has the segments of the calyx not much longer than its tube, and many
times shorter than the tube of the corolla. In the figure given by Burmami, (Fl. Ind. t. 3. f. 1.) the calycine
segments are about as long as the tube of the corolla; but in Rheede’s figure (H o rt Mai. 6. t. 54.) they are
much shorter in proportion than in the plant before us. J. hirsutum, L. and J . arborescens. Rich, are so
closely allied as to render it difficult to say to which of them Nyctanthes grandifiara of Loureiro belongs.
1. Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis. L in n .— Scabrita triflora. L in n . Mant.
We have from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell several other Jasmineoe from Canton, among which are Olea
acuminata, Wall., O. fragrans, Thunb., Jasminum Sambac, L., J . bracteatum, Roxb. (VacheU, n. 2/3,)
J . grandifiorum, L., and J . paniculatum, Roxb.
O r d . L I I I . A PO C Y N EÆ . J u s s .
1. Parsonsia? Helicandra; volubilis glabra, foliis lato-ellipticis apice brevi-subiter
attenuatis, corymbis axillaribus folio subbrevioribus, staminibus contortis.— Apocynum
reticulatum. Lour. Cochin, v. l . p . 20S ?
Calyx o-partitus, laciniis ovatis. Corolla infundibuUformis, fauce tuboque brevi absque ^uamis denticu-
lisquc : limbus 5-partitus, recurvas, laciniis æquilateris. Stamina 5 exserta : filamenta juxta badn tuW