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3. Leaves cottony or tomentose beneath 

 Leaves strigose on the veins ... 



4. Petiole cylindric 

 Petiole winged ... 



5. Leaves with tufts in nerve exils 

 Leaves nearly or quite glabrous 



6. Leaves thin, reticulate ; drupe large, 



glabrous 

 Drupe small 



7. Drupe flattened, obtuse 

 Drupe contracted into style ... 



Rhus vernicifera. 

 Rhus hypoleuca. 

 Rhus semialata. 

 Poupartia Fordii. 

 6. 



Dracontomelum 

 mangiferum. 

 Rhus suocedanea. 

 Pistacia chinensis. 



RHUS. 



1. R. vernicifera, DC; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. iv. 398. 



Fl. . 



2. R. hypoleuca. Champ.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 69. Common on 



. the hills in Hongkong ; on the Taipo Road and hills 

 above Chinwan, Hongkong New Territory. Fl, cream- 

 coloured, September. 



3. R. semialata, Murr. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 10. Lantao 



Island and Taimoshan, Hongkong New Territory ; 

 Swatow ; Hoifung ; Whampoa. PI. cream-coloured, 

 September. 



4. R. suocedanea, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 69. Common on the 



hills in Hongkong. Fl. green, AprO. 



PISTACIA. 



1. P. chinensis, Bunge ; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. iv. 291. 

 Phoenix Mt., Swatow ; Lienchow River. Fl. , April. 



MANGIFERA. 



1. M. indica, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 13. Naturalised 

 in Hongkong ; hill near Chaochaufu, Swatow. Fl. yellow, 

 March. 



POUPARTIA. 



1. P. Fordii, Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2557. In the Little 

 Hongkong and Happy Valley woods, Hongkong ; in a 

 wood at Taiwai, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. purplish, 

 April. 



DRACONTOMELUM. 



1. D. mangiferum, Blume ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 43. 

 Commonly cultivated along the West River. Fl. greenish- 

 white, May. 



