144 



3. Flower heads about 2 lines long ... 3. purpureum. 

 Flower heads about 1 line long ... 4. indicum. 



1. G. hypoleucum, DC; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 187. Hongkong 



without locality. Fl. yellow, December. 



2. G. multiceps, IVall. ; Benth. 1. c. 188. A weed in gardens, 



Hongkong ; Swatow ; Kwaisin, Hoifung ; Maisaon; Lofou- 

 shan. Fl. yellow, March. 



3. G. purpureum, Linn. ; Benth. 1. c. 188. A garden weed, 



Hongkong ; on the banks of streams near Chaochaufu. 

 Fl. white?, April. 



4. G. indicum, Linn. ; Benth. 1. c. 188. In waste places at 



Chaiwan, Hongkong ; in fields near Chaochaufu ; abundant 

 at Canton. Fl. white, March. 



22.— INULA. 



Key to species. 



Flowers radiate... ... ... ... 1. bintannica. 



Flowers discoid 2. Cappa. 



1. I. britannica, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. v. 467. Lienchow B-iver. 



Fl. yellow, December. 



2. I. Cappa, DC. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 180. Common in Hong- 



kong on the hills ; on hill s near Chaochaufu. Fl. 

 yellow, November. 



23.— OARPESIUM. 



Key to species. 



Heads in leafy racemes ... ... 1. ahrotanoides. 



Heads solitary on long leafy branches 2. Atkinsonianum. 



1. C. abrotanoides, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 301. On 



the city walls and^ on brick rubbish, Canton ; Lienchow 

 River. Fl. yellow, December. 



2. C. Atkinsonianum, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1893, 157. Kwaisin, 



Hoifung ; Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, September. 



24.— ANISOPAPPUS. 



1. A. chinensis. Hook, et Am. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 180. On the 

 hills near Stanley,^ Hongkong ; in Fungun valley, and 

 near Sanwai, Hongkong New Territory ; Hoifung ; White 

 Cloud hUls, Canton ; Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, October. 



25.— XANTHIUM. 



1. X. strumarium, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 181. Common in 

 waste places, Hongkong ; on the river bank Chaochaufu ; 

 North River. Fl. yellowish, summer. 



