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566. Ficus (Leiosycea) Championi, Benth. in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vol. vi. p. 76. 
Woods of the Happy Valley (Champion !). 
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567. Ficus (Eriosycea) hibiscifolia, Champ, in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vol. vi. p. 77. 
Common in the ravines (Champion ! Hance ! Secmaim !) . 
568. Ficus (Eriosycea) hirta, Vahl. — Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. vii. p. 456. In ravines 
(Champion! Hance! Seemann!). 
Mcus elastica, Eoxb., is cultivated in Hongkong ; Ficus stipulata, Thunb., though very common on 
walls and rocks at Canton, and other parts of Southern China, haa not yet been gathered in Hongkong. 
CELTIDE^. 
569. Sponia argentea, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. scr. 3. vol. x. p. 323. On the edges of 
woods (Champion ! Hance ! Seemann !) . 
BETULACE^. 
570. Alnus? sp. n., affinis A. Japonkm, Sieb. et Zucc. Hongkong (Champion!) 
MYRICE^. 
571. Myrica ruhra^ Sieb. et Zucc; forma foliis paullo latioribus et obtusioribus.— i?e«/A. 
Hongkong (Champion !). 
CUPULIFER^. 
572. Castanea Chinensis, Sprengl. Syst. vol. iii. p. 856.-0. irihuloides, Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. 
Ear. vol. ii. p. Q\—Fayus castanea, Lour. Fl Cochin, (ed. Ulyssipou.) p. 571 \—Quercus tribuloides, 
Smith in Kees' Encycl. n. 13 !— Q. ferox, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Or. vol. ii. p. 640 1 Wight, Icon. PI. 
t. 218 ! — Q. Eyrei, Champ, in Hook. Journ. of Bot. and Kew Misc. vol. \\. p. 114! Abundant in 
Wang-ny-chuug Wood, on the east side of the Happy Valley (Champion !). 
A very variable species. Leaves sometimes serrated. It is widely diffused in Asia, viz.: — Nepal 
("Wallich! Hooker and Thomson!), Assam (Herb. Hook. I), Kumaon (Strachey and Wiuterbottom ! Thom- 
son !), Surju-Yalley (Madden !), Khaasya (Th. Lobb !, Hooker and Thomson !), Sikkim (Hook, and Thoms. !). 
573. Castanea cottd«tt«j Champ. (Tab. LXXXVL) ; foliis oblongo-Ianccolatis acuminatis.inte- 
gerrimis basi cuneatis coriaceis supra glabris subtus ramulis inflorescentiaque incano-tomentosis, 
araentis subpaniculatis masculis pluribus foemineis brevibus solitariis terminalibus, fructu echinato. — 
C. concinna, Champ, in Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. vi. p. 115. In the Happy Valley woods (See- 
mann ! Champion ! Hance !) . 
A tree about 30 feet high. Leaves 3 inches long, 9 lines broad. Nut about the size of a small hazel- 
nut. 
Plate LXXXYI. Fig. 1, one of the lower leaves ; 2, branch of male flowers ; 3 and 4, male flowers ; 
5, seed. Fig. 3 and 4 are magnified. 
574. QuERCus (Lepidobalanus) cornea, Lour. (Tab. LXXXVII.) ; ramuUs foliisque novellis to- 
