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STERCULIACEÆ, 
1. Helicteres angustifolia, Linn. 
One of the commonest plants in the low grounds, flowering all 
summer. : 
2. Reevesia ¢hyrsoidea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1236. 
Common in the Happy Valley woods; rare on Mount Victoria. Its 
flowers are pretty, white, and very sweet-scented, blowing in May. 
3. Firmiana platanifolia, Br. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 235. 
Not indigenous to Hong-Kong, but naturalized and planted all 
about Victoria, having been brought from the opposite coast. 
. 4. Sterculia lanceolata, Cav.—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1256. 
Common in ravines and woods, especially about the Buddhist 
temple at East Point. 
(Waltheria Americana, Linn., a common tropical weed, was gathered 
in Hong-Kong by Mr. Hinds, but is not in Captain Champion's 
collection.) : 
5. Buettneria aspera, Colebr. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Car. et Wall. 
vol. ii. p. 383. 
An extensive creeper over rocks in ravines; rather local in Hong- 
Kong, but covering much ground in some parts of the China coast. | 
6. Pterospermum acerifolium, Willd. — Wight et Arn. Prod. - 
vol. i. p. 69. : | 
. Woods near the Buddhist temple. 
TiLIACEZÆ. 
1. Corchorus acutangulus, Lam. Se 
A weed in rice-grounds. 
2. Corchorus capsularis, Linn. 
Cultivated in fields. 
3. Triumfetta angulata, Lam. 
Road-sides near the town of Victoria. 
4. Triumfetta cana, BL? Bijdr. ex Walp. Rep. vol. i. p. 355. 
Road-sides near the town of Victoria. 
5. Grewia microcos, Linn.—Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 170. 
Rather scarce in Hong-Kong. Found on the hill upon which stands 
the Fever Hospital. 
6. Eleocarpus serratus, Linn.—Wight et Arn. Prod. vol. i. p. 82. 
Woods in the Happy Valley. Flowers in May. 
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