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4. M. erosa, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 153. In ravines of Mt. 

 Victoria and in the Happy Valley woods, Hongkong ; at 

 Taipo, Hongkong New Territory ; on hill near Chaocha,uf u, 

 Swatow ; Lienchow Kiver ; Tingushan on the West River. 

 Fl. yellow, April. 



1 3.— ADENOS ACME. 

 Key to species. 



Leaves coriaceous ; stipules very short 1. coriacea. 

 Leaves membranous; stipules long, f olia- 



ceous ... ... ... ... 2. longifolia. 



1. A. coriacea, Dunn sp. n. a ceteris generis speciebus foliis 



coriaceis distincta. 



Frutex 1-2 m. altus, ramis nodosis, cortice albido nitente. Folia 

 lanceolata, ad apicem obtusum et in petiolum brevem 

 gradatim angustata, 6-10 cm. longa, integra, coriacea, 

 glabra, venis 8-11-paribus, petiolo 2-4 mm. longo ; stipulae 

 late triangulares, 4 nim. longae, primo ciliolatae. Panicula 

 praeter corollas glabra, terminalis, siccitate nigrescens, 

 ante anthesin rubra, 5-7 cm. longa. Flores 13 mm. longi, 

 minute bracteati ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, graciles. Calyx 

 4 mm. longus, dentibus anguste triangularibus tubo aequi- 

 longis. Corolla alba, cylindrica, 10 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 

 praeter annulum staminalem pubescentem glabra ; segmenta 

 5, aestivatione valvata, tandem erecto-patentia, 2 mm. longa. 

 Stamina 5, in tnbo corollae medio subsessilia. Ovarium 

 biloculare, placentis axillaribus multi-ovulatis. Fructus 

 baccatus ; semina reticulata. 



On the lower hiUs round Chaochaufu in flower in April and at 

 the top of the Phoenix Mountain in bud at about the same 

 date. Dunn's Han Expedition, Hongkong Herb. n. 6210, 



2. A. longifolia, Wall. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 95. Lienchow 



River ; Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, August. 



14.— WEBERA. 



Leaves, stems and corymbs glabrous ... 1. attenuata. 

 Leaves, stems and corymbs softly 



pubescent ... 2. mollissima. 



1. W. attenuata, Hooh. f. ; Stylocoryne JVebera, A. Rich. ; Benth. 



Fl. Hongk. 156. In the Happy Valley woods. Cape 

 d'Aguilar and Aberdeen New Road, Hongkong. Fl. 

 white. May. 



2. W. mollissima, Benth. ; Stylocoryne mollissima, Benth. 1. c. 156. 



In the Happy Valley woods, on Mt. Victoria, near the 

 Buddhist Temple, Causeway Bay, wood above Deepwater 

 Bay and at Taitam Tuk, Hongkong ; on Maonshan, 

 Hongkong New Territory. Fl. white, May. 



