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AQUIFOLIACEAE. 

 1.— ILEX. 



Key to species. 



1. Flowers in nearly sessile clusters, 



pedicels equal to or longer than 

 flowers 

 Pedicels longer than flowers, or pedun- 

 cles longer than clusters 



2. Pubescent plant 

 Glabrous plant ... 



3. Leaves caudate... 

 Leaves obtuse or acute 



4. Leaves narrow oblong . . . 

 Leaves ovate or lanceolate 



5. Midrib of leaf impressed 

 Midrib of leaf flat 



6. Umbels pedunculate ... 

 Umbels sessile, or peduncles separate 



7. Leaves quite entire 

 Leaves always obscurely crenate 



8. Leaves coriaceous 

 Leaves papery ... 



9. Corolla divided nearly to the base 

 Corolla divided halfway down 



10. Leaves crenate .. . 

 Leaves quite entire 



11. Leaves coriaceous, bluntly acuminate 

 Leaves thin, sharply acuminate 



12. Leaves 3-4 inches long 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long 



1. I 



2. 



1. pubescens. 



3. 



2. Jicoidea. 



4. 



3. cinerea. 



5. 



4. viridis. 



5. Hanceana. 



7. 

 9. 



6. rotunda. 



8. 



7. myriadenia. 



8. Oldhami. 



10. 

 4. viridis. 

 11. 



9. memecylifolia. 



10. graciliflora. 



12. 



11. macrocarpa. 



12. asprella. 



2. I 



4. I, 



5. I. 



pubescens, Hook, et Am. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 65. Frequent 



in Hongkong ; Hahang, Hongkong New Territory ; 



Swatow ; Hoifung ; Lienchow River. Fl. lilac, April, 

 fieoidea, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, i. 116. Happy Valley 



and south slope of Mt. Gough, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, 



Hongkong New Territory j Kwaisin, near Hoifung. Fl. 



yellowish, March. 

 I. cinerea, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 64. Mt. Victoria and 



Pokfulam, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, Hongkong New 



Territory. Fl. yellowish, AprU. 

 viridis, Champ. ; Benth. 1. c. 65. Mt. Parker South and 



Mt. Gough, Hongkong; Kwaisin, near Hoifung; Ng-tung- 



shan, near Hongkong ; Pakwan, near Canton. Fl. pale 



pink, April. 

 Hanceana, Maxim. ; I. buxijolia, Hance in Journ. Bot., 1876, 



364. Mt. Kellet, on north-west of Mt. Victoria, and 



Wongneichung, Hongkong. Fl. white. May. 

 I. rotunda, Thunb. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 16. Chinwan, Santin, 



Mongkok and Hahang, Hongkong New Territory ; 



Lofoushan ; West River. Fl. , May. 



