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and Acanthaceae abound, and here and there may be seen the great 
white trumpets of Lilium longiflorum or the blue cups of Platycodon. 
Large areas of such exposed slopes are again not infrequently 
occupied by thickets of dwarf bamboos. Above these slopes, among 
the rocks and gullies of the higher peaks, Thalictrum and other 
genera typical of more temperate conditions show themselves, while 
own the torrent sides may be gathered various species of 
Utricularia, Gesneraceae, Drosera, Ammannia, and Eriocaulon. 
urning now to the wood flora, much remains to be discovered 
survive in the interior in several parts of the province (see B. C. 
Henry’s Lingnam and Cap. Cauquil's L’ Hinterland de Quang-tchéou 
in the Rév. de Géogr. lv. 175). Meanwhile our knowledge of the 
the 
patches of forest preserved by the Chinese around their temples 
and villages for aesthetic or religious purposes. One such wood on 
low ground in Hongkong was carefully examined by Lo Quai, an 
officer of the Botanical and Forestry Department, and the consti- 
tution of this wood may be taken as an isolated example of such 
formations. On an acre were found 31 trees af Aquilaria grandi- 
Hamamelidaceae and Lauraceae. 
Wood borders and hedges in the province frequently contain 
subarborescent Rubiaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, and Saxifragaceae 
and support the smaller climbers such as various Cucurbitaceae, 
Convolvulaceae, Vitis, Smilax and Millettia. 
he general character of the flora of the province is distinctly 
tropical, shrubby and arborescent evergreens predominatin 
Ò the constituents of the flora the most important is that which 
is common to the greater part of South China ; a distinguishable 
element is shared with E. Fokien, Formosa and Japan ; another in 
common with Yunnan and Cochinchina is chiefly Indian, while a 
smaller constituent is Malayan and Australian. 
It is probable that many of the districts of the province contain 
a considerable endemic element in their vegetation. es 
island of Hongkong, for instance, has quite a large number of species 
I ted in the igi I i g parts of China and about 100 that 
are actually endemic." The same character has been noticed to a 
smaller degree in other parts of the province. It is possible that 
the drastic climatic conditions, so largely modified by peculiar local 
* Tutcher in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii (1904) 58. 
