61 



3. E. chinensis, Lindl. ; E. nitidus, Benth. 1. c. 62. East Point, 



Mt. Nicholson, Mt. Gough, Bowen Eoad, Hongkong ; 

 Taipo Road, Hahang and Lantao Island, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Swatow. Fl. greenish, May. 



4. E. japonicus, Thunh. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 4. At foot of Phoenix 



Mt., Swatow ; West River. Fl. pale green, August. 



5. E. longifolius, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 62. Happy Valley 



woods, Hongkong ; Ma-onshan, Hongkong New Territory. 

 Fl. pale green, . 



6. E. gibber, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, 77. Cultivated in 



Botanic Gardens, Hongkong. Not known from elsewhere. 

 Fl. pale green, June. 



7. E. laxiflorus, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 63. Happy Valley 



woods, Mt. Nicholson, Deepwater Bay, Mt. Parker and 

 Mt. Gough, Hongkong ; Shalotung, Hongkong New 

 Territory. Fl. pale green, March. 



a.— MIOROTROPIS. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves lanceolate ... ... ... 2. 



Leaves broadly ovate ... ... ... 2. latifolia. 



2. Leaves gradually narrowed to base ... 3. fokienensis. 

 Leaves abruptly acuminate at base ... 1. reticulata. 



1. M. reticulata, Dunn in Journ. Bot. 1909, 375. Lantao on 



exposed rocky slopes at 1000 ft., Hongkong New Terri- 

 tory. Fl. greenish, March. 



2. M. latifolia, Wight; Lawson in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. 613. 



In shady ravines on Mt, Victoria and Mt. Kellet, Hong- 

 kong. Fl. greenish, November. 



3. M. fokienensis, Dunn in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 357. 



Swatow district. Fl, greenish, April. 



1. C. diversifolius, Hemsl. ; Gymnosporia diversifolia, Maxim in 



M.61. Biol. xi. 204. In a wood near the sea, Swatow ; 

 Hoifung. Fl. white, October. 



2. C. articulatus, Thunb. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 7. Hoifung ; Shuikwan 



River. Fl. green, April. 



3. G. Championi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 64. On Victoria Peak and 



Mt. Parker, Hongkong ; Hahang, Ma-onshan and Lantao 

 Island, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. green, May. 



