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9.—CUSCUTA. 
Key to species. 
Fruit ovoid, much onp than Men l. japonica. 
Fruit depressed-globula .. 2. chinensis. 
C. japonica, Choisy; Benth. FI. Br 241. On Victoria 
Peak, East Point and Little Hongkong, Hongkong. Fl. 
white, November 
i chinensis, Lam. ; qoem in Hook. £ Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 226. 
sland, Hongkong New Territory ; Canton. 
Fl. white, August. 
SOLANACEAE. 
vm to genera. 
l. Filaments very shor s we l. Solanum. 
Filaments Seated, filiform .. ies i 
2. Corolla less than 1 inch across d 3. 
Tuina more than 2 inches across ... 4. 
3. Shrub ... eo On, UMORE 
Herb 2. Physalis 
4. Flower fannel-shaped .. 4, Datura 
Flower salver-shaped . 5. Nicotiana. 
` 1.-SOLANUM. 
Key to species. 
l. Plant armed with thorns SN “es 2. 
Plant unarmed . an T. 
2. Anthers not more than 2 lines long sd 10. 
Anthers over 7 lines lon ng <i : 
3. Flowers all fertile l. indicum, 
Fertile flowers eae in each raceme 2. incanum. 
4. Corolla lobes broad, Wi dud e) 9. Wrightin. 
Corolla lobes lanceo Ee 5. 
5. Berry glabrous ... tee ioa "d 6. 
Berry hairy 4. ferox. 
6. Cymes much shorter than the leaves ... 5. torvum. 
Cymes much longer than the leaves 6. hainanense. 
7. Flowers axillary, solitary or mens 7. bi 
Flowers in i umbels or cym . 
8. Leaves woo 2. 8. verbascifolium. 
Leaves Feb s or subglabrous . 
9. Leaves cordate ; stem climbing .. 9. Dulcamara. 
Leaves lanceolate ; stem erect .. 10. nigrum 
10. uc nea glabrous ove .. Ll. aculeatissimum. 
Leaves woolly below ... $e id $ 
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pigs Linn.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 242. At East Point, 
in Misit places, Hongkong ; Hoifung. Fl. blue, June. 
2. B. incanum, Linn. ; S. sanctum, Linn. ; Benth. l. c. 243. Hong- 
kong without locality ; Pakho Fl. blue, May. 
