58 MR. W. J. TUTCHER ON NEW SPECIES 
Nelsonia campestris, R. Br. Herb. 
Clerodendron sp. (near neriifolium, Vahl). Shrub. (On termite-hills.) 
Ocimum gracile, Benth. Herb. 
Euphorbia Candelabrum, 7rém. Tree. 
? Fluggea microcarpa, Blume. Shrub. (On termite-hills.) 
Ficus Sycomorus, Zinn. Tree. 
F. capreefolia, Del. Shrub. 
Celtis integrifolia, Zam. Tree. 
Sanseviera guineensis, Willd. Herb. (On termite-hills.) 
Hemanthus multiflorus, Martyn. Herb. (At foot of termite-hills. ) 
Hyphzne thebaica, Mart. Tree. 
BORASSUS FLABELLIFER, Linn., var. HTHIOPICA, Warb. Tree. 
Juncellus alopecuroides, C. B. Clarke. Herb. 
Panicum (cf. $ Brachiaria). 
Deseriptions of some New Species, and, Notes on other 
Chinese Plants. By W. J. Tureen, F.L.S. 
[Read 2nd February, 1905.] 
THE species mentioned in the following paper were found on the 
island of Hongkong, with two exceptions—one from Kowloon, 
and the other from Wei-hai-wei. 
NOTES ON THE FLORA. 
The island of Hongkong lies just within the tropics, about 
22° North latitude and 114° East longitude. It consists of 
irregular granite mountain-ridges, the principal of which lies 
east and west, and is broken up into several peaks—Mt. Victoria 
in the west being the highest, 1800 feet, whilst Mt. Parker in 
the east is not much less. The area of the island is about 29 
square miles. There are two well-marked seasons—the rainy from 
May to October, and the dry from October to May. The average 
rainfall is about 85 inches a year, and most of this falls during 
the south-west monsoon; the dry season corresponds to the 
north-east monsoon. The hills are intersected with numerous 
ravines, and it is in these ravines that the vegetation is richest, 
more especially in the ravines on the north side of the island. 
There are one or two exceptions to this, as the woods of the Happy 
Valley on the north-east and those of Little Hongkong on the 
south side prove. Approaching Hongkong from the south, one 
is struck with the apparent bareness of the place, and it is not 
