4, 
l. 
2. 
i, 
2. 
221 
. P. puberulum, Mazim.; Chavica puberula, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 335. 
Hongkong without locality ; Lantao Island, Hongkong 
New Territory. Fl. reen, May. 
. P. sinense, C. D C. ; Chavica sinensis, Champ. ; Benth. l. c. 335. 
In ravines of Mt. Davis, Mt. Victoria and Mt. Gough, 
Hongkong. FI. Ade A pril. 
P. sarmentosum, Roxb. ; Chavica sarmentosa, Miq. ; Benth. 1. c. 
335. Very common at Little Hongkong, covering large 
patches of ground under trees ; Hoifung near the city ; 
wegen courtyards of the British Consular yamen, 
Canton; Pakhoi ; ee River; North River. Fl 
green, August—Octob 
P. Matthewii, Dunn in Toet nes 1909, 377. Lienchow 
iver. Fl. green, Decem 
. P. Hancei, Maxim.; Chavica icitosia chya, Hance in Journ. 
Bot. 1868, 301. Cape d’Aguilar creeping on rocks, 
Wongchukhang on a tree, Hongkong; on old trees and 
rock faces, but rare, near Canton; on the trunk of a tree 
at the White Cloud monastery ; woods at Tingushan, W. 
River. FI. green, A pril. 
5.—PEPEROMIA. 
Key to species. 
Leaves 3-veined P ies Wee as irc aput 
Leaves 5-veined ids t es ee oe 
P. dindigulensis, Mig.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 98. 
Taimoshan at 1500 ft, Hongkong New Territory ; 
Beatus district ; Lofoushan. Fl. green, August. 
P. pellucida, H.B.K; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1. 402. A weed in 
the Botanic Sarda and elsewhere, Hongkong. FI. 
green; January. 
CHLORANTHACEA E. 
CHLORANTHUS. 
Key to species. 
med ligulate much produced ... 1. Fortunei. 
Connec "not PONENS epa 
Anthers solitary vá is ie a. reip eke 
Anthers in threes se 3. inconspicuus. 
l. C. Fortunei, Solms in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1. 476. Kwangtung 
2. 
without locality. 
C. brachystachys, Blume ; "Benth. Fl. Hongk. 334. Common 
in w and ravines, Hongkong; Lantao Island, Hong- 
kong New Territory ; Lienchow River ; Lótoüshán. Fl. 
een, Jun 
3. C. iis. Swartz; Benth. 1. e. Hongkong cultivated ; 
Macao. Fl. white, Summer 
