106 



10. Shrub ... ... ... 10. Anphctrum. 



Herb ... ... ... ... ... 11. 



11. Stem glabrous ... ... ... ... 11. Sarcopyramis. 



Stem hairy ... ... ... ... 12. Sonerila. 



l.-OSBEOKIA. 



Key to species. 



Calyx densely tomentose ... ... 1. crinita. 



Calyx with a few tufts of hairs ... 2. chinensis. 



1. 0. crinita, BentJi. ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 517. 



Lienchow River ; North Kiver ; Lofoushan. Fl. purple 

 or white, August. 



2. 0. chinensis, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 114. On grassy slopes 



of Mt. Gough, Mt. Parker, and Mt. Victoria, Hongkong ; 

 Lantao Island, and very abundant near Sheungshui, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Lienchow River ; Pakhoi. 

 Fl. mauve or white, August. 



2.— OTANTHERA. 



0. Pordii, Hance in Joum. Bot. 1881, 47. On hill east of 

 Happy Valley, Hongkong. Fl. rose-coloured, July. 



3.— MELASTOMA. 



Key to species. 



1. Creeping undershrub 1. repens. 



Erect herb 2. 



2. Leaves 1;^ to 2 inches long 3. intermedium. 



Leaves 3 inches or more long ... 3. 



3. Calyx with closely adpressed scales ... 2. candidum. 

 Calyx with spreading bristles i. sanffuineum. 



1. M. repens, Desr. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 113. Common on the 



summit of hills, Hongkong ; near Lowu, Hongkong New 

 Territory; hill near Chaochaufu, Swatow; Lofoushan. 

 Fl. rose-purple, May. 



2. M. candidum, Don; M. macrocarpm, Don; Benth. 1. c. 113. 



Common on the hiUs, Hongkong ; on hiU north of King's 

 Park, Kowloon, Hongkong New Territory ; river bank 

 near Chaochaufu; Macao; Pakhoi; Lofoushan. Fl. 

 rose-purple, July. 



3. M. intermedium, Dunn in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 360. 



Lantao Island and Sheklipui, Hongkong New Territory ; 

 Fl. rose-purple. May. 



4. M. sanguineum, Sims ; M, decemfidum, Roxb. ; Benth. 1. c. 



}^^- , ^^J common on the hiUs, Hongkong ; Lantao 

 Island, Hongkong New Tei^itory ; Macao. Fl. rose- 

 purple, May. 



