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2. A. perius Linn. ; A. gemina, Spreng. ; DC. Prodr. xv. 11. 
866. A weedin cultivated ground, Hongkong; Whampoa ; 
Lienchow River; North ze Fl. May. 
3. A. fallax, Muell-Arg.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 416. 
Kwangtung without locality. .Fl.— 
4, A. indica, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 303. In waste places at 
East Point, Shaukiwan and Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; 
Macao. Fl. J uly—November. 
24.—ALCHORNEA. 
Key to species. 
Leaves softly pubescent above we d. rufescens. 
Leaves glabrescent above  ... .. — 2. trewioides. 
l. A. rufescens, Franch. Pl. David. i. 265. Lienchow River. 
August. 
bo 
ugus 
a t Ue. Muell. Arg. ; Stipellaria trewioides, Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. 305. Low down on Mt. Victoria, Wongneichong, 
and jr paene Hongkong ; ; Lantao Island, Hongkong 
New Territory; hills near Chaochaufu. FI. March— 
June. 
25.—MALLOTUS. 
Key to species. 
IT 
. 
Leaves palmatinerved ... 6 i 3. 
Leaves penninerved zZ 
2, Petioles and young shoots stifly hairy 1. Hookerianus. 
Petioles and young ee subglabrous 2. Furetianus. 
3. Leaves tomentose bene 4, 
Leaves oe or subglabrous beneath T. 
. Leaves peltat n 3. barbatus. 
Leaves not an ds k 
. Leaves with red ds "beneath es 4, philippinensis. 
Leaves eglandular 6. 
. Female "e map : ruit with crowded 
Ov o 
> 
plumose proces 5. Apelta. 
Finis spike 'panioulates ; fruit. processes 
subi 6. cochinchinensis. 
. Leaves x 4-7 pairs of nerves, not 
7 
running into teeth .. 8. 
Leaves with about 9 pairs of nerves oe 
ending in teeth — ... . 7, populifolius. 
8, Fruit smooth  ... M ies .. 8. repandus. 
Fruit echinate ... gm i Se. 9. japonicus. 
l. M. cei t Muell-Arg.; Hancea Hookeriana, Seem. ; 
Benth. Fl. Hongk. 306. In the Happy Valley woods, 
Hongkong ; Ukautin, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. May. 
us, Muell.-Arg. ; Hancea vig Benth. l. c. 306. 
Little H oagkoig, ongkong ; Taipo nea] Hongkong 
New Territory. Fl. May. 
