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1.— DISTYLIUM. 



1. D. racemosum, Sieb. et Zucc ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 133. In the 

 Happy Valley woods and in a ravine on the north-west 

 slope of Mt. Kellet, Hongkong. Fl. red, February. 



S.-SYCOPSIS. 



1. S. Tutoheri, Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2834. On Victoria 

 Peak in Mountain Lodge grounds ; Lantao Island, Hong- 

 kong New Territory. Fl. red, June. 



3.— LOROPETALUM. 



Key to species. 



Leaves 3-6 inches long, glabrous ... 1. sxibeordatum. 

 Leaves 1-3 inches long, with stellate 



hairs ... ... ... ... 2. chinense. 



1. L. subcordatum, OUv. ; Tetrathyrium suhcordatum, Benth. Fl. 



Hongk. 133. On the Black Mountain, in the Happy 

 Valley woods above Bowen Koad, in the ravine above 

 Pokfulam reservoir, Hongkong. Fl. white, September. 



2. L. chinense, R. Br. ; Hamamelis chinensis, R. Br. ; DC. Prodr. 



iv. 269. North Point, Hongkong ; Swatow ; North 

 River ; Lienchow River ; West River. Fl. white, April. 



4.— EUSTIGMA. 



1. E. oblongifolium, Gardn. et Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 132. 

 In the Happy Valley woods, Mt. Gough, Mt. Victoria 

 and Mt. Kellet, Hongkong. Fl. yellow and black, 

 February. 



5.— RHODOLEIA. 



1. R. Championi, Hooh. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 131. A few trees in 

 the Happy Valley woods, abundant on a hill above Little 

 Hongkong, Hongkong. Fl. rose or claret -coloured, 

 January. 



6.-ALTINGIA. 



1 . A. chinensis, Benth. ; Liquidambar chinensis. Champ. ; Benth. 

 Fl. Hongk. 132. In the Happy Valley woods, Taitam 

 catchwater and Mt. Kellet, Hongkong ; Maonshan, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; hill near Chaochaufu, Swatow. 

 Fl. brownish, March. 



7.-LIQUIDAMBAR. 



1. L. formosana, Hance ; L. acerifolia, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. vi. 

 21. Maonshan and near Sanwai, Hongkong New Terri- 

 tory ; near Chaochaufu ; on hills near Canton. Fl. , 



March. 



