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City Gap, Hongkong New Territory ; Lanfa Mt., Hoifung. 

 Probably in all cases cultivated or a relic of cultivation. 

 Fl. white, November. 



2. 0. salicifolia, Champ.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 30. Common in 



the Happy Valley and Little Hongkong woods. Fl. 

 white, November. 



3. C. assimilis, Champ.; Benth. 1. c. 30. On Victoria Peak, 



Hongkong ; on the Taipo Koad, Hongkong New Territory. 

 Fl. white, February. 



4. C. caudata, Wall. ; Dyer 1. c. 293. On Mt. Parker south, 



Hongkong ; North River ; Lof oushan ; Hoifung. Fl. white, 

 December. 



5. C. drupifera, Lour. ; Dyer 1. c. 293. At Wongmakok, Hong- 



kong ; Hongkong New Territory opposite Cape Collinson ; 

 Lofoushan ; North and Lienchow Rivers ; Fl. white, 

 November. 



6. C. hongkongensis, Seem. ; Benth. 1. c. 30. In the Happy 



Valley and Little Hongkong woods, at Taitam, on Mt. 

 Victoria and on Mt. Kellet, Hongkong. Fl. red, January. 



7. C. Crapnelliana, Tutcher in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxvii. 63. 



On Mt. Parker south, only one tree, Hongkong. Fl. 

 white, November. 



8. C. Sasanqua, Thunb. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5152. Taimoshan and 



Lantao Island, Hongkong New Territory ; North and 

 West Rivers. Fl. white, November. 



MALVACEAE. 



Key to genera. 



1. Carpels united into a capsule ... ... 5. 



Carpels distinct, separating from the 



axis 2. 



2. Carpels covered with barbed bristles... 5. Urena. 

 Carpels not so clothed 3. 



3. Outer bracts of calyx 3. Sida. 



Outer bracts of calyx 1-3 ... ... 4. 



4. Leaves orbicular ... ... ... l. Malva. 



Leaves oblong 2. Malvastrum. 



f>. Leaves digitate ; tree 7. Bombax. 



Leaves simple or stems herbaceous ... 6. 



6. Staminal column bearing anthers at 



summit only 4. Abutilon. 



Staminal column bearing anthers 



throughout 6. Hibiscus. 



1.— MALVA. 



Key to species. 



Flowers nearly sessile 1. verticillata. 



Flowers shorter than pedicels 2. sylvestris. 



1. M. verticillata, Linn. ; Masters in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 320. 

 Roadsides near Causeway Bay, Hongkong. Fl. purple' 

 February, • f f 



