FLORA OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG. 3G5 
MALVACE^. 
41. Urena lobata, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. voL i. p. 411, supra, p- 81. Common in tlie Island 
(Champion! Hance! Sccmann!). 
42. Paritium tiliaceum, Adr. Juss., Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p. 311 ; supra, p. 82 I On the sea-beach, 
on hanks and enclosures (Champion ! Hance !). 
43. SiDA rhomhifolia, Linn., De Cand, Prodr, vol. i. p. 4G2, supra, p. 82. Common in waste 
places, on roadsides, etc. (Champion! Hance!). 
44. SiDA cordifoHa, Linn., Dc Caud. Prodr. vol. i. p. 464. On roadsides, etc. (Champion!). 
45. SiDA huinilis, "Willd., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 463. In waste places, etc. (Hance ! ; also 
collected by Hinds, according to Bentham). 
46. Malvastuum carpmifolium, Asa Gray, Wlprs. Ann. vol. ii. p. 152. — M. ruderak^ Hauce in 
"VVlprs. Ann. vol. iii. p. 830. — Sida carpinifolia, L. fil., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 461. In waste 
places (Hance !^ ; also at Macao (Hance!). 
47. Abutilon graveolens, Wight et Am. Prodr. vol. i. p. 56. — Slda yrfweolois, Roxb., De Caud. 
Prodr. vol. i. p. 473. — Abutilon cysticarpum, Hance in Wlprs. Ann. voL ii. p. 157 ! On roadsides 
(Hance !) ; also on the mainland opposite Hongkong (Hance !). 
Several Malvacea, including Hibiscus S,osa- Sinensis, II. mutahilis, H. Manihot, H. trionum, etc., are 
cultivated in the gardens. 
STEKCULIACE^. 
48. Helicteris angnsfifoRa, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 476. Very common in the low 
grounds (Champion ! Hauce! Sccmann!). 
49. Reevesia thyrsoidea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1. 1236. Common in the Happy Valley woods; rare 
on Mount Victoria (Champion !). 
50. Firmiana platanifolia, R. Brown, Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 235. Naturalized about Victoria 
(Champion !}. 
51. Sterculia lanceolate, Cav., Liudl. Bot. Reg. t. 125G. Common in rapines and woods, 
especially about the Buddhist Temple at East Point (Champion ! Hance !). 
BUETTNERIACE^. 
52. Buettneria aspera, Colebr. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Car, et "Wall. vol. ii. p. 383. Creeping 
over rocks in ravines, rather local in Hongkong, but covering much ground in some parts of the Chi- 
nese coast (Champion ! Hance I). 
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53. "VValtuebia Americana, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 492. Common m open grounds 
(Hance I ; also collected by Hinds, according to Bentliam). 
