39. RHAMNACEJS. 131 



1. Hovenia dulcis, Thunh. Fl. Jap. p. 101 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 40; 

 Han b. Science Papers, p. 238; Laws, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 i. p. 640 ; Maxim, in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 7 e serie, x. (reprint, 

 p. 20). 



Hovenia acerba, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 501, ex nota edit, ad calcem 

 vol. vii. 



Chihlt: Peking mountains (Bretschneiderl); Fokien : Arooy 

 (Fortune, A 28 !) ; Kwangtung : Canton (Reeves I). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



North India ; Japan. 



Fleshy peduncle edible ; used to diminish the effects of wine. 



1. Sageretia hamosa, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. V serie, z. 

 p. 360 ; Laws, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Lnd. i. p. 641. 



Formosa (Oldham, 82 !). Herb. Kew. 

 Nepal and Western Peninsula of India. 



2. Sageretia rugosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9. 

 Kwangtung : North and Lienchau rivers (Lamont Sf Nevin 



ex Hance). 



3. Sageretia theezans, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. V serie, x. 

 p. 360 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 6S ; Maxim, in Mem. Acad. Sc. 

 Petersb. 7 e serie, x. (reprint, p. 20) ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiii. p. 115. 



China : without locality (Cunningham in herb. Sloane, xciv. 

 p. 216 !) ; Kiangsu : Fengwangshan (hb. Forbes !) ; Chekiang : 

 Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet MSS.) ; Kwangtung : Macao 

 (Millettl), Whampoa (Hance I), Pakhoi (Plagfairl), without 

 locality (Stamton !) ; Formosa (Swinhoe !) ; Hongkong (Cham- 

 pion ! Wilford ! Lamont !) ; Corean Archipelago : Port Ham- 

 ilton (Oldham, 166/1 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in India westward to Beluchistan. 



40. AMPELIDE^. 



1. Vitis cantoniensis. Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald; p. 370 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Hongk. p. 54 ; Laws, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 663. 



Cissus cantoniensis, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 175; Walp. 

 Rep. i. p. 439. 



Cissus diversifolia, Walp. PI. Meyen. p. 314, et Rep. v. p. 377- 



Hedera hypoglauca, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 724. 



Vitis leeoides, Maxim, in Mil. Biol. ix. p. 148. 



Shantung (Maingay !) ; Kwangtung : without locality 



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