THE FLOEA HONGKONttENSIS. 29 



noticed the two for several years ; and we both think it impossible 

 they can be conspecific. C. longifolice. Lam., has not hitherto 

 been found in Hongkong. See my remarks on these and allied 

 species in the above-quoted periodical. 



*Clerodendron fortunatum, Linn. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 673. (= 

 C. castaueifolium, Hook. andAm.Bot, Beech. 206. — C. lividum, Lindl. 

 Benth. Fl. Hongh. 272.) 

 Dr. Seemann has ascertained, from examination of the LiunaBan 



herbarium, that this is the true 0. forttmatum. Osbeck's figure 



(Eeise nach Ostindien, t. 11) is a very poor one. 



*Vitex Loureiri, Hooh. and Am. 



This is not accurately described in the ' Mora Hongkongensis.' 

 The leaTes are not pubescent beneath, but more or less conspi- 

 cuously studded with brown glands, and otherwise quite smooth ; 

 above they are quite scabrous to the touch, from being covered with 

 smaH whitish points perforated in the centre. The corolla, quite 

 smooth internally, has the lower half of the tube glabrous ; but 

 the upper portion and the limb are densely covered outside with 

 very small peltate yellow glands, which are not shown in Hooker 

 and Arnott's plate (Bot. Beech, t. 48). It is no doubt this pe- 

 culiarity which led Loureiro to describe the flower as " luteo- 

 viridis." It forms an erect tree, about 20 feet high, with a 

 single stout stem, and is very distiact from V. Negundo, Linn., 

 by its habit, its rigid, rough, pergameneous, densely reticulate 

 leaves, abbreviated panicles, larger flowers, longer coroUa-tube, 

 and globular tomentose opaque drupe as large as a pea. The 

 inaccuracy of the description led me, when I first found the 

 plant, to refer it to Y. heterophylla, Eoxb., with Schauer' s cha- 

 racter of which it agrees in every respect, so that I still doubt if 

 it is really distinct. I know of but one locality for it in Hong- 

 kong ; and that is the shady wood fringing and overhang;ing 

 the stream at Heongkong. It flowers and fruits in July and 

 August. 



*Salvia Fortunei, Benth. 



Extends up the Chinese coast at least as far north as 

 Shanghae, whence I have a specimen gathered by the late Dr. 

 Harland. 



29. Rumex chinensis, Campd. ; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 60. 



In waste places, and by roadsides near the sea, not uncommon. 

 Occurs on the adjacent mainland, in Cochinchina, ■ throughout 



