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1. D. longicalyx, Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Neerl. i. 127. Fookwing, 



Sanon District near sea. 



2. D. Morrisii, Hance in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 472. 



Lintin Island. 



3. D. superbus, ZzwK. ; DC. Prodr. i. 365. Grassy places, Lantao, 



Hongkong New Territory ; N. River. Fl. pink, June 

 and July. 



2.— STELLARIA. 



Key to species. 



1. Styles 5 1. aquatica. 



Styles 3 2. 



2. Stem with a line of hairs 2. media. 



Stem glabrous, square 3. uliginosa. 



1. S. aquatica, Scop.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 21. In paddy fields 



and cultivated ground, Hongkong ; in paddy fields near 

 Swatow. Fl. white, April. 



2. S. media, Cyr. ; Benth. 1. c. In cultivated ground, Hongkong ; 



Swatow. Fl. white, AprU. 



3. S. uliginosa, Miirr.; Benth. 1. c. 22. In cultivated ground, 



Hongkong ; Taimoshan, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. 

 white, April. 



3.— ARENARIA. 



1. A. serpyllifolia, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 411. On the bank of 

 the Han River, Swatow. Fl. white, April. 



4.— SAGINA. 



1. S. Linnaei, Presl. ; S. sinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, 46. 

 A weed in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong. Fl. white, 

 May. 



5.— DRYMARIA. 



1. D. cordata, Willd.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 22. On roadsides at 

 Little Hongkong and Bowen Rd., Hongkong ; Kwangtung 

 without locality. Fl. green, October. 



6.-P0LYCARP0N. 



1. P. Loefiingiae, Edgew. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 245. Pakhoi 

 and the West River. Fl. white, May. 



7.— POLYOARPAEA. 



1. P. corymbosa, Lam. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 22. Deepwater Bay 

 amongst short grass near the sea ; Ngauchiwan and Quarry 

 Isle, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. white, July. 



