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Siebold. It may be the Kwangtung species recorded by Dunn 

 & Tutcher as Loranthiis scurrvla Linn., but is certainly not the 

 Linnean species. 



ELYTRANTHE Blume 

 ELYTRANTHE FORDII (Hance) comb. nov. 



Loranthus fordii Hance in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 38. 



This species is apparently common in Kwangtung Province 

 and is clearly an Elytranthe. It is represented by the following 

 specimens: White Cloud hills, Levine 2076; Ting Woo Monastery, 

 Levine 2025; Honam Island, Levine 1006, and North River, Tseng 

 Uen, Levine 2390. The specimens have the following local 

 names: shui chi kei shaang, koh muk kei shang, and ivo ko. 



VI SCUM Linnaeus 

 VISCUM STIPITATUM Lecomte in Sargent PI. Wils. 3 (1916) 319. 



Kwangtung Province, Lin District, Leung Kong Ngon, Levine 

 3465, October 28, 1918. 



Lecomte's species was based on material from Yunnan Prov- 

 ince, and Levine's excellent specimen exactly matches the de- 

 scription. In leaf characters the species is distinctly similar to 

 Ginalloa. 



VISCUM ANGULATUM Heyne ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 225; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 225. 



Kwangtung Province, Poon Yue District, Levine 3165, No- 

 vember, 1918, with the local name kei shang. 



This species has not previously been recorded from China. 

 The specimen is in fruit but agrees closely with Indian material 

 representing Heyne's species. India to Australia. 



RANUNCULACEAE 



RANUNCULUS Linnaeus 

 RANUNCULUS DIFFUSUS DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 38. 



Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region. Tan Ha Shan, To 

 Kang P'eng 2901, April, 1919, in grassy places. 



India to China, Java, and Sumatra; not previously recorded 

 from Kwangtung Province. 



BERBERIDACEAE 



NAN DIN A Thunberg 

 NANDINA DOMESTICA Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 9. 



Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region, Fan Kwai No Shan, 

 To Kang P'eng 277 S, April 19, 1919, in forests. 



Widely distributed in Japan and China, but not previously 

 found so far south as Kwangtung Province. 



