90 



55.— BAUHINIA. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves almost iindiYided \. Championi. 



Leaves divided half or deeper ... 2. 



2. Leaves almost bipartite 2. corymhosa. 



Leaves divided not more than half way 



to base .•■ ••• ••• ••• ^" 



3- Fertile stamens 3-5 



Fertile stamens 10 Z. racemosa. 



4. Branches cirrhose 4. glauca. 



Branches ecirrhose 5. variegata. 



1. B. Championi, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 99. Common in ravines in 



various parts of Hongkong Island ; on the banks of the 

 Han Eiver and at Chaochaufu, Swatow ; Lienchow 

 Eiver ; Lofoushan. Fl. white, October. 



2. B. corymbosa, Roxh. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 515. Hongkong; 



Kwangtung without locality. Flowers rose-coloured, 



May. 



3. B. racemosa, Lam. ; Baker in Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 276. 



Macao. Fl. yeUow, August. , 



4. B. glauca, Wall ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 99. At East Point and 



in the Happy Valley woods, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Yit-hai, Swatow. Fl. pale 

 rose, May. 



5. B. variegata, Linn. ; Baker in Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 284. 



Naturalised in Hongkong. Fl. pink variegated with red 

 and yellow, March. 



56.— OERGIS. 



1. 0. chinensis, Bunqe ; Walp. Rep. i. 808. Lienchow River. 

 Fl. pink, '-. 



57.— TAMARINDUS. 



1. T. indica, Linn.; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 273. 

 Cultivated in Hongkong. Fl. yellow striped with red, . 



58.— LYSIDIOE. 



1. L. rhodostegia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1867, 299. On steep 

 rocky banks of the West River, North River. Fl. violet, 

 June. 



59.— ERYTHROPHLOEUM. 



1. E. Pordii, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1409. Near Lintan on 

 the Loting River (branch of W. River). Fl. , May. 



60.— ADENANTHERA. 



1. A. pavonina, Linn.; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 287. 

 In the Happy Valley woods and on Mt. Davis, Hong- 

 kong ; Maonshan, Hongkong New Territory ; Lienchow 

 River ; Tingushan, W. River ; Tungkun District (Delta 

 of E. River). Fl. cream-cok)ured, June. 



