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SO rapidly and spreads over sucli an enormous space, while it 

 twines so as to kill many trees and shrubs. The old stems are so 

 tenacious as to make admirable ropes. The arborescent flora, 

 besides the oaks and fig-trees already enumerated, includes a 

 beautiful chestnut tree, the white - stemmed Liquidamhar, 

 Altingia chinensis, and Styrax odoratissima, with most fragrant 

 racemes of flowers like white lilac. Hong Kong can boast, amongst 

 its trees, of two maples and a small tree of great beauty when' in 

 flower ( Fentaphylax euryoides), having crowded white blossoms 

 like Eurya japonica, which is also found here. The island has 

 also several species of Euonymus, a very handsome Aquilaria 

 having its flowers in short terminal racemes. Scolopia chinensis, 

 a tree allied to that which produces arnatto, is very common in 

 the island ; as well as Schoepfia chinensis, with axillary racemes of 

 sweet-scented pink flowers. 



The coast flora of the island is of the usual tropical marine 

 kind, such as is found on all the islands of the Indian Archi- 

 pelago right down to Australia. This means mangroves. Hibiscus 

 tiliaceus, Sccevola koenigii, Guilandina bonducella, Acanthics 

 ilici/oliios, Morinda, Randia, Vitex, &c. 



Fauna. — The fauna of Hong Kong includes but a few bats, 

 rodents, birds, and reptiles. A monkey has been seen upon one 

 of the neighbouring islands, and probably, when the population 

 was less, used to visit Hong Kong. It is a short-tailed macacus 

 (J/. St. Johanyiis, Swinhoe). I take the following summary from 

 the writings of Mr. Swinhoe in the 'Zoological Proceedings' and 

 the 'Ibis' on the Zoology of China, and the summary of observa- 

 tions on the same subject contained in Dr. Denny's work on the 

 Treaty Ports : — 



There is a fair number of species of Chiroptera or bats, a flying 

 fox, Gynonycteris amjjlexicaudata, Geoff"., a house-bat, Vesperugo 

 abramus, Temm. Also, V. molossus, Temm. ; Scotophilus heathii, 

 Horsf. ; S. temminckii, Hors. ; and S. pumiloides, Tom., and 

 several otheis. The musk-rat (Sorex murinus, L ), scatters its 

 oppressive perfume as plentifully about the basements of buildings 



