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6. E. chinensis, R. Br. ; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 285. 



Happy Valley and Victoria Peak, Hongkong ; Swatow. 

 Fl. white, March. 



7. E. amplexifolia, Dunn sp. nov. ; a specie PhiKppina E. am- 



plexicanli, S. Moore, quae sola in genere folia similia habet, 

 stylis alte connatis differt. 



Frutex mediocris, praeter calyces omnino glaber, ramulis.ob 

 foliis anguste decurrentibus bialatis. Folia sessilia, 

 lanceolata, acuminata, profunda cordata rel sagittata, 

 ob auriculas obtegentes foliis basi rotundatis per- 

 foliatis similia, 7'5 cm. longa, per totam longitudinera 

 crebre serrulata, coriacea, costa superne impressa, subtus 

 prominente, venis secundariis patentibus frequentibus mox 

 anastomosantibus. Flores feminei sessiles, in axUlis 3-4- 

 tim fasciculati. Sepala rotundata, 2-3 mm. longa, adpresse 

 sericea. Petala obovata, sepalis paullo longiora. Bacca 

 ovalis, acuminata, 4-6 mm. longa ; stylus brevis, apice 

 breviter tripartita. 



Summit of the Phoenix Mt. near Swatow at about 5000 feet. 

 Dunn's Han Expedition, Hongk. Herb. n. 5832. Fl. 

 whitish, April. 



4.— PENTAPHYLAX. 



1. P. euryoides, Gardn. et Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 28. 

 Common in the woods and on the hillsides, Hongkong. 

 Fl. white, July. 



5.— AOTINIDIA. 

 Key to species. 



1. Peduncles branched, many-flowered ... 1. Championii. I 

 Peduncles 1-3-flowered ... ... 2. 



2. Leaves glabrous 2. callosa. 



Leaves woolly beneath ... ... 3. 



3. Leaves thicMy coriaceous ; veins im- 



pressed above 5. pachyphylla. 



Leaves papery ; veins not impressed... 4. 



4. Sepals and leaves oblong Z. fulvicoma. 



Sepals and leaves ovate 4. lanata. 



1. A. Championi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 26. Common in the island of 



Hongkong; Lantao Island, Hongkong New Territory; 

 Hoifung. Fl. orange-coloured, June. 



2. A. calloBa, Lindl. ; Dyer in Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 286. 



North River. Fl. white, March. 



3. A. fulvicoma, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, 321. Lofoushan 



Fl. , May. 



4. A. lanata, Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. ix. 146. North-west River • 



top of Phoenix Mt., Swatow. Fl. white, April. 



5. A. pachyphylla, Dunn in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxix. 409. 



Phoemx Mt., near Swatow. Fl. white, May to June. 



