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4.—LIVISTONA. 
1, L. chinensis, Mart, ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 434. Cultivated 
in Hongkong and Kwangtung. Fl. yellow, March. 
5.—TRACHYCARPUS. 
1. T. excelsus, H. Wendl. ; Hook. f. 1. c. 436. Hills near Chao- 
chaufu. Fl. yellow, April. 
6.—RHAPIS. 
1. R. flabelliformis, Æit. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 340. In the Happy 
Valley woods, Mt. Victoria, Mt. Nicholson, and Mt. 
Parker, Hongkong ; Taimoshan, Hongkong New Territory; 
stream near Yit-hai village, Han valley. Fl. yellow, July. 
7.—CALAMUS. 
Key to species. 
1. Erect plant =. 1. thysanolepis. 
Climbing plant i 2. 
2. Leaves- with whip-like prolongation En 8. 
Leaves without whip-like I DELE 4. 
3. Leaflets more than 1 Sah bro ad 2. latifolius. 
Leaflets under 1 inc 3. Margaritae. 
4. Leaflets in fascicle 4 
: Po we LER 
Leaflets not in PRESS Og 5. Walkeri 
1. C. thysanolepis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, 265. Pokf 
Taitum Tuk, and Mt. Kellet, Hongkong ; hill near Chee’ 
chaufu. ellow, 
C. latifolius, Rozb. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 455. In the 
Hap alley ‘woods, and in a ravine on the south side of 
Wanchai Gap, Hongkong. Fl. yellow 
3. C. Margaritae, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1874, 266. b Hap y Valley 
woods, Mt. Victoria, Mt. Nicholson, Little Hongkong, 
and above rTaihang, Hongkong; Swatow. FI. yell 
4. C. tetradactylus, Hance l. c. 1875, 289. Very common in 
Hangin: : —— Island, and ats Island, Hong- 
m 
kong New Territory. . yellow rch. 
5. C. Walkeri, Hance l. c. 1874, 266. apos "Valley, Hongkong. 
Fl. yellow ul 
8.—COCOS. 
1. C. nucifera, Linn.; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 566. Cultivated in 
Hongkong. Fl. yellow, ——. 
