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34.— LATHYRUS. 



1. L. Aphaca, Linn. ; DC. 1. c. 372. Kowloon in cultivated 

 ground. Fl. yellow, . 



25.— PISUM. 



1. P. sativum, Linn. ; DC. 1. c. 368. Cultivated in Hongkong 

 and Kowloon. Fl. white. Winter. 



26.— ABRUS. 



Key to species. 



1. Diffuse shrub 1-2 ft. high 1. cantoniensis. 



Climbing plant ... ... ... 2. 



2. Plant subglabrous ... ... ... 2. precatorius. 



Petiole fulvo-villous ... ... ... 3. mollis. 



1. A. cantoniensis, Hanee in Journ. Bot. 1868, 112. Hedges, 



Lantao Island, Hongkong New Territory ; White Cloud 

 hills near Canton ; Whampoa. Fl. reddish, August. 



2. A. precatorius, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 92. Stanley, 



Hongkong ; Chinwan, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. 

 pink, white or nearly purple, August. 



3. A. mollis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, 130. Shekmun near 



Canton; White Cloud hUls ; North west Eiver. Fl. rosy- 

 purple, August. 



27.— OLITORIA. 



Key to species. 



Erect herb or small shrub about 1 ft. 



high .. ... ... ... ... 1. Hanceana, 



Climber 2. Ternatea. 



1. C. Hanceana, Hem si. Enum. PI. China, i. 187. Alongside 



path leading up to Lion Rock Pass, behind Kowloon City, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; waste places along the North 

 River. Fl. white, June. 



2. C. Ternatea, Linn. ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 208. 



Victoria Rd., Pokfulam, Hongkong. Fl. blue. Summer. 



28.— GLYCINE. 

 Key to species. 



Leaflets 3-4 inches long, broadly ovate 1. hispida. 

 Leaflets imder 2 inches long, oblong ... 2. tabacina, 



1. G. hispida, Maxim. ; Soja hispida, Moench ; DC. Prodr. ii. 



396. Near Chaochaufu, an escape from cultivation. Fl. 

 blue, Api'U. 



2. G. tabacina, Benth. ; Walp. Ann. vii. 780. Grassy places, 



Whampoa. Fl. purplish, May. 



