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CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



Key to geuera. 



1. Leaves pinnate 1. Sambucus. 



Leaves simple ... ... ... ... 2. 



2. Corolla rotate 2. Viburnum. 



Corolla tubular or campanulate ... 3. 



'5. Fruit dry with a persistent calyx ... 3. Abelia. 

 Fruit a berry i. Lonicera. 



1.— SAMBUOtrS. 



1. S. javanica, Blume ,-'Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 2. On 

 a bank between Upper and Lower Albert Roads, Hong- 

 kong ; at Maluutong, Hongkong New Territory ; Swatow ; 

 common on brick rubbish, Canton, Fl. white, September. 



3.— VIBURNUM. 



Key to species. 



thinly hairy, corymb 



1 . Veins of leaves running direct into teeth 2. 

 Veins of leaves anastomosing at margin 5. 



2. Inflorescence tomentose, ray flowers 

 wanting 



Inflorescence 

 rayed 



3. Petiole stipulate 

 Petiole exstipulate 



4. Leaves glabrous above 

 Leaves pubescent above 



5. Basal veins ascending more than three- 



quarters of leaf 

 Veins not reaching beyond middle of 

 leaf ... 



6. Flowers paniculate 

 Flowers corymbose 



1. V. erosum, Thunb. ; DC. Prodr. 



Chaochaufu, Fl. white, AprU. 



2. V. Fordiae, Hance in Journ, Bot. 1883, 321. Lantao Island, 



Hongkong New Territory ; on the bank of a stream at 

 Chaochaufu, Swatow ; Tingushan on the West River ; 

 Lofoushan at 400 ft. Fl. white, April. 



3. V. hirtulum, Rehd.'va Sarg. Trees and Shrubs, ii. 115. North 



River. Fl. white, November. 



4. V. Hanceanum, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. x. 662. Swatow ; in a 



shrubby ravine below the monastery. White Cloud hUls, 

 Canton. Fl. white, March. 



5. V. sempervirens, C. Koch ; V. venulosum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 



142. On Mt. Gough and Mt. Victoria, Hongkong; 

 Lantao Island, Maonshan and Hahang, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; near Phoenix Mt., Swatow ; on the Lanfa Mt., 

 Hoifung ; Macao. Fl. white, May. 



4. Hanceanum. 



1. erosum. 



4. 



2. Fordiae. 



3. hirtulum. 



5. sempervirens. 



6. odoratissimum. 



7. lutescens. 



iv. 327. Hills near 



