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P. major, Linn.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 280. Common in waste 
places, Hongkong ; Swatow; Kwaisin, Hoifung. FI. 
green, September. 
NYCTAGINACEAE. 
1.-BOERHAAVIA. 
. B. repens, Linn.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 709. Hongkong 
without locality ; Lantao Island, Hongkon g New Terri- 
tory ; abundant on the city walls, Canton ; Pakko Fl. 
Jun 
red, 
AMARANTACEAE. 
Key to genera. 
. Leaves Ri UU. see T sak x 
Leaves oppos 3: 
. Larger f vel pei thant nies thé length 
of the petiole 3. Amarantus. 
p all ee than twice the length 
e petiole 4. 
S pec bapi deflexed, with spiny 
bracteo e 6. Achyranthes. 
Flowers not deflexed 6. 
. Spikes cylindric or over 4 4 inch thick... 
Spikes globose .. 2, Allmania. 
. Spikes over 4 inch thick, glabrous l. Celosia. 
Spikes 4 I inch thick, wo olly 5. 
. Flowers in sessile clusters 7. Alternanthera. 
Flowers in racemose spikes 4. Cyathula. 
1.—CELOSIA. 
. C. argentea, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 284. At Stanley in 
waste places, Hongkong ; ; Kowloon, Hongkong New Terri- 
tory ; Hoifung ; Lienchow River. Fl. white, November. 
2.—ALLMANIA. 
A. nodiflora, R. Br. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv..716. Pakhoi. 
Fl, white, ——. 
S3.-AMARANTUS. 
Key to species. 
I. Sepals 20r 3  ... BES d e 0 l. spinosus. 
Sepals 5 .. P. » 
2. Bracts equal to sepals c or r longer er -. — 2. mangostanus, 
Bracts mostly hemes than se 3 3. 
3. Sepals ovate-o ues d. Didis: 
Sepals Sonar = os ph. Bitum. 
