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4.— RANUNCULUS. 



Key to species. 



Achenes in oblong heads 1. scehratus. 



Achenes in globose heads 2. penaylvanicus. 



1. R. sceleratus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 34, In swamps, East 



Point, Hongkong ; Canton. Fl. yellow, March. 



2. R. pensylvanicus, Linn. ; DC. I.e. 40. Roadsides, Hongkong; 



fields near Swatow ; near Siukun ; White (^loud monastery, 

 Canton. Fl. yellow, April. 



5.— OOPTIS. 



1. C. Teeta, ff'alL; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 23. East River, 

 Canton. Fl. white. 



6.— DELPHINIUM. 



Key to species. 



Flowers more than one inch long ... 1. anthriscifolium. 

 Flowers about f inch long ... ... 2. Callerii. 



1. D. anthriscifolium, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, 207. West 



River ; Lamchin. Fl. blue, May. 



2. D. Callerii, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1882, 329. 



Macao. Fl. blue, May. 



7.— PAEONIA. 



1. P. albiflora, Pall. ; Bot. Mag. t. 1756. Canton. Fl. white or 

 pink, June. 



DILLENIACEAE. 



1.— TETRAOERA. 



1. T. sarmentosa, Vahl; Trachytella aspera, DC. Prodr. i. 70. 

 Woods and hedges, common. Fl. white, June. 



CALYCANTHACEAE. 



1 .— OHIMON ANTHUS. 



1. C. fragrans, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 451. On the banks of the 

 Han River, Swatow. Fl. white, April. 



MAGNOLIACEAE. 

 Key to genera. 



1. Climber 5. Kadsura. 



Erect herb or shrub 2. 



2. Carpels radiating 1. IlUcium. 



Carpels superposed 3. 



