140 



3. E. melanadenium, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1 885, 325. Lof oushai 



at 1700 ft. Fl. white, August. 



4. E. Reevesii, Wall. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 172. Hongkong 



without locality ; Whampoa ; Macao. Fl. white, October, 



5. E. stoechadosmum, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, xviii. 222, 



"Wild at Tsingyun, North River ; Y eungshui, Lienchow 

 River ; cultivated at Whampoa by the Chioese. Fl 

 whitish, November. 



6.— SOLIDAGO. 



1. S. Virgaurea, Linn, ; Benth. 1. c. 179. On Victoria Peak, 

 Mt. Davis and elsewhere, Hongkong ; Swatow ; Kwaisin. 

 Hoifung ; White Cloud hills, Canton. Fl. yellow, 

 November. 



7.— DIOHROOEPHALA. 



1. D. latifolia, DC. ; Benth. 1. c. 173. Hongkong withoul 

 locality ; Swatow ; Kwaisin, Hoifung. Fl. white, June- 

 September. 



8.— GRANGEA. 



1. G. maderaspatana, Poir. ; Benth. 1. c. 185. In the Happj 

 Valley, Hongkong ; Pakhoi. Fl. yellow, April. 



9.— GYATHOOLINE. 



1. C. lyrata, Cass. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 246. Kwangtung 

 without locality. Fl. rose-purple, February to April. 



1 0.— L AGENOPHORA. 



1. L. Billardieri, Cass.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 17 3. In a lawn at 

 Victoria Peak, Hongkong. Fl. white and yellow, April. 



11.— ASTER. 

 Key to species. 



1. Peduncles longer than the hemispherical 



involucres ... ... ... ... 3, 



Peduncles shorter than the turbinate 



involucres ... ... ... ... 2. 



2. Involucral bracts acute ... ... 1. brevipes. 



Involucral bracts obtuse 2. baccharoides. 



3. Leaves stem-clasping ... ... ... 4. 



Leaves narrowed at base, not clasping 5. 



4. Radical leaves persistent 3. striatus. 



No radical leaves at time of flowering 7. 



0. Leaves (lower) suddenly contracted 



into winged petiole 4. scaber. 



Leaves cuneate or rounded below ... 6. 



