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. A. spinosus, Linn.: Benth. Fl. Hongk. 284. A common 
roadside weed in Hongkong; Lantao Island, Hongkong 
New B wc. fields near Swatow ; Macao. Fl. pink, 
Apr -e 
A. mangostanus, Linn.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 720. At 
Wuling near Chaochaufu. FI. white, April. 
A. viridis, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 284. A common weed 
in Hongkong ; Canton. Fi. greenish, August. 
A. Blitum, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 721. At Wuling 
Village, near Chaochaufu. Fl. greenish, April. 
4.—CY ATHULA. 
. C. prostrata, Blume; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 285. Little Hong- 
kong, East Point, and under trees in the Botanic Gardens, 
Hongkong ; Lofoushan. Fl. green, October. 
5.—AERUA. 
A. scandens, Wall. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 727. Lienchow 
River; near r the village of Sainam on the North River. 
Fl. white, December. 
6.-ACHYRANTHES. 
Key to species. 
Bracteoles ovate, mucronate ... 
Bracteoles acicular ; a: ... 2, bidentata, 
A. aspera, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 285. Common in waste 
places, Hongkong ; ; Pakhoi and elsewhere in Kwangtung. 
green, October. 
. A. bidentata, Blume ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 730. Hill 
il. 
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near Chaochaufu, : Fl. greenish, Apri 
7.—ALTERNANTHERA. 
Key to species. 
Sepals thin and eee es ar — l. nodiflora. 
Sepals firm, rigid Au 2 - sends. 
. A. nodiflora, R. Br. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 732. Swa 
tow 
district ; Cape Syngmoon, (Capsuimun), Hongkong New 
Territory. Fl. whit 
. A. sessilis, AK. Br.; Benth. F L Hongk. 286. On roadsides 
and waste places, to gg river bank near Chaochaufu. 
Fl. white, August. 
CHENOPODIACEAE. 
md to genera. 
Stems climbing .. i so 3, Darlia. 
Stems erect or prostrate iss 2 
Leaves cylindric or stem shrubby usc 4. unes. 
Leaves flat ; stem herbaceous s.l. Chenopodium, 
