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noticed the two for several years; and we both think it impossible 
they can be conspecific. C. longifolia, Lam., has not hitherto 
been found in Hongkong. See my remarks on these and allied 
speeies in the above-quoted periodical. 
*Clerodendron fortunatum, Linn.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 673. (= 
C. castaneifolium, Hook. and Arn.Bot. Beech. 205.—C. lividum, Lindl. 
Benth. Fl, Hongk. 272.) 
Dr. Seemann has ascertained, from examination of the Linnean 
herbarium, that this is the true C. fortunatum. Osbeck’s figure 
(Reise nach Ostindien, t. 11) is a very poor one. 
*Vitex Loureiri, Hook. and Arn. 
This is not accurately described in the * Flora Hongkongensis.' 
The leaves are not pubescent beneath, but more or less conspi- 
cuously studded with brown glands, and otherwise quite smooth ; 
above they are quite scabrous to the touch, from being covered with 
small whitish points perforated in the centre. The corolla, quite 
smooth internally, has the lower half of the tube glabrous; but 
the upper portion and the limb are densely covered outside with 
very small peltate yellow glands, which are not shown in Hooker 
and Arnott's plate (Bot. Beech. t. 48). It is no doubt this pe- 
culiarity which led Loureiro to describe the flower as “ luteo- 
viridis." It forms an erect tree, about 20 feet high, with a 
single stout stem, and is very distinct from V. Negundo, Linn., 
by its habit, its rigid, rough, pergameneous, densely reticulate 
leaves, abbreviated panicles, larger flowers, longer corolla-tube, 
and globular tomentose opaque drupe as large as a pea. The 
inaccuracy of the description led me, when I first found the 
plant, to refer it to V. heterophylla, Roxb., with Schauer’s cha- 
racter of which it agrees in every respect, so that I still doubt if 
it is really distinct. I know of but one locality for it in Hong- 
kong; and that is the shady wood fringing and overhanging 
the stream at Heongkong. It flowers and fruits in July and 
August. 
*Salvia Fortunei, Benth. 
Extends up the Chinese coast at least as far north as 
Shanghae, whence I have a specimen gathered by the late Dr. 
Harland. 
29. Rumex chinensis, Campd.; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 60. 
In waste places, and by roadsides near the sea, not uncommon. 
Occurs on the adjacent mainland, in Cochinchina, throughout 
