XV. 3 Merrill: Notes on the Kwayigtung Flora 231 



It is represented by the following Kwangtimg material, Levine 

 101 J^, 2036, 2072, growing in open grasslands, flowering in April 

 and May. The species is one of very wide distribution, extend- 

 ing from India to Japan southward to New Zealand. Loureiro's 

 type is preserved in the herbarium of the Paris Museum of 

 Natural History. 



MORACEAE 



ANTIARIS Leschenault 



ANTIARIS TOXICARIA (Pers.) Lesch. in Ann. Mus. Paris 17 (1810) 478. 

 Ipo toxicaria Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 566. 



Kwangtung Province, Kochow region. To Kang P'eng 2755, 

 at Koon Shan temple, west of Kochow city, with the local name 

 to yiuk. 



Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region, but no repre- 

 sentative of the genus previously recorded from China. This is 

 the "deadly upas tree," its milky juice being widely used in the 

 Indo-Malayan region for the purpose of poisoning spears and 

 arrows. 



CUDRANIA Trecul 

 CUDRANIA PUBESCENS Tree, in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 8 (1847) 126. 



Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region. Tan Ha Shan, To Kang 

 P'eng 28^7, April 25, 1919. 



Yunnan Province, China, Burma, Java; new to Kwangtung. 



FICUS Linnaeus . 



FICUS VARIEGATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 459; King in Ann. Bot. Card. 

 Calcutta 1 (1888) 169, t. 212. 



Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Ngau Tsai Wan, To 

 Kang P'eng 27U3, February 25, 1919, with the local name tong 

 kwo muk. 



This is the typical form of Blume's species, with broad, undu- 

 late-toothed leaves and large fruits. It is certainly specifically 

 distinct from Ficus chlorocarpa Benth. which King referred to 

 Blume's species as a variety. Ficus chlorocarpa Benth. is rep- 

 resented by Merrill 10262 and Levine 1889 from Kwangtung 

 Province. 



FICUS BENJAMINA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 129; King in Ann. Bot. Card. 

 Calcutta 1 (1887) 43, t. 52. 



Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Tai Shek Ling, To Kang 

 P'eng 2663, March 18, 1919, with the local name sai ip yung. 

 Wild in various parts of the Malayan region and the Philip- 



