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9. B. hongkongensis, Vaniot in Bull. Acad. G^ogr. Bot. xii, 22. 

 In a wood at Pokfulam, Hongkong ; Lantao Island ; 

 Sanniug. Fl. yellow, August. 

 10. B. hieraclfolia, DC. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 178. Hongkong 

 without locality ; near Chaochaufu ; Whampoa. Fl. 

 yellow, April. 



16.— LAGGERA. 



1. L. alata, Sehultz-Bip. ; Blumea alata, DC. ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. 1 ■ 7. Victoria Road, Hongkong ; in King's Park, 

 Kowloon ; on the bank of the River Han, Swatow. Fl. 

 yellow, April. 



17.-PLU0HEA. 



Key to species. 



Heads in large compound panicles or 



c'orymhs ... ... ... ... 1. indica. 



Heads few, scattered ... ... ... 2. pteropoda. 



1. P. indica, Less. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 179. Bushy places near 



the sea ; Hongkong without locality ; Lantao Island, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Ookaisa ; Whampoa. Fl. 

 pink, June. 



2. P. pteropoda, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China i. 422. Bushy places 



near the sea ; Cape d'Aguilar, Hongkong ; Lo Fou Ferry, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Hoifung ; Pakhoi. Fl. 

 purple, October. 



18.— EPALTES. 



1, E. australis, Less. ; DC. Prodr. y>. 462. Marshes, Wanchai 

 Gap,Hongkong ; Pa,khoi. Fl. purple. May to June. 



19.— SPHAERANTHUS. 



1. S. africanus, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 276. Whampoa. 

 Fl. white, March. 



20.— ANAPHALIS. 



1. A. adnata, DC; Hook, f . 1. c. 282. Swatow; Kwaisin, 

 Hoifung ; Lofoushan at 3100 ft. Fl. white, August. 



2 1 .— GNAPH ALIUM. 



Key to species. 



1. Flower heads in terminal corymbs ... 2, 

 Flower heads in axillary clusters or in 



a terminal spike ... ... ... 3. 



2. Leaves linear, glabrous above... ... 1. hypoleucum. 



Leaves linear, spathulate, white on 



both sides 2. muUiceps. 



