262 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
PITTOSPORACEÆ. 
1, Pittosporum glabratum, Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. vol. i. p. 230. 
Some specimens have the umbellate inflorescence, and agree in every 
respect with Fortune’s plant described by Lindley ; others have solitary 
flowers with rather longer calyces, coming nearer to P. pauciflorum, 
Hook. et Arn., but with perfectly glabrous fruits. Captain Champion 
is, however, convinced that the Hong-Kong specimens all belong to one 
species, common on hills and in the woods of the Happy Valley. 
Captain Champion adverts to an affinity, not (as far as I am aware) 
hitherto pointed out, between Pittosporacee and Grossularieæ, con- 
sidering that they bear the same relation to each other which Loganiacee 
do to Rubiacee. There is, however, an additional difference of some 
importance in the hypogynal staminal insertion of Pittosporacee. 
CARYOPHYLLEZÆ. 
l. Stellaria uliginosa, Linn. 
In rice-fields. 
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GERANIACEZÆ, 
1. Oxalis corniculata, Linn. 
On road-sides, &c. 
2. Linum wsitatissimum, Linn. 
In a marsh near East Point, not seen elsewhere. 
MALVACEA. 
1. Urena sinuata, Linn. 
Common in the island. 
2. Paritium ¢iliaceum, A. de St. Hil. 
On banks and enclosures. 
3. Abelmoschus, apparently a new species allied to 4. rugosus, Wall. ; 
but unfortunately the single specimen, gathered on the summit of 
Mount Victoria, is insufficient for description. 
4, Sida rhombifolia, Linn. 
5. Sida cordifolia, Linn. 
These two common tropical species are also frequent in Hong-Kong 
on road-sides, &c. A third species, S. humilis, Willd., also a common 
East Indian plant, was gathered in Hong-Kong by Mr. Hinds, but is 
not in Captain Champion’s collection. 
