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6. V. Andersoni, Clarke ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 241. On 

 Vi(. toria Peak and at Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; Junk 

 Island, Hongkopg New Territory ; hill near Chaochaufu. 

 Fl. purple, February. 



3.— ELEPHANTOPUS. 



Key to species. 



1. Flower heads subtended by cordate or 



ovate bracts 1. scaber. 



Flower heads subtended by linear bracts 2. spicatus. 



1. B. scaber, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 170 ; mollis, H. B. K. 



Common in waste places, Hongkong ; near Sanwai, Hong- 

 kong New Territory ; Swatow ; Pakhoi. Fl. purple, April. 



2. E. spicatus, Aubl. ; Distreptus spicatus, Cass, et Less. ; DC. 



Prodr. V. 87. On a bank on May Eoad, Hongkong ; 

 on the river bank near Chaochaufu. Fl. white, April. 



3.— ADENOSTEMMA. 



I. A. viscosum, Forst. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 171. At Little Hong- 

 Kong, Hongkong ; by the side of a stream east of the 

 Kowloon Catchwater, Hongkong New Territory ; wet 

 places near the foot of the White Cloud hills. Canton. 

 Fl. white, October. 



4.— AGERATUM. 



1. A. conyzoides, Linn. ; Benth. 1. c. 171. A common weed on 

 waste ground, Hongkong ; cultivated ground, Chaochaufu ; 

 Fatshan, near Canton. Fl. blue or white, all the year. 



5.— EUPATORIUM. 



1. 



1. E. Lindleyanum, DC. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 172. Mt. Victoria, 



and Mt. Davis, Hongkong ; Fatshan ; Lienchow River. 

 Fl. white, July. 



2. E. japonicum, Thunh. ; E. Wallichii, DC. ; Benth. 1. c. 172. 



Mt. Gough, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, and near Sanwai 

 Hongkong New Territory ; on the Lanfa Mt., Hoifung , 

 Canton; Lienchow River; North River. Fl. white, October. 



