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41.— ONIOUS. 



Key to species. 



Leaves mostly linear, white beneath ... 1. chinensis. 

 Leaves mostly pinnatfid, usually green 2. japonicus. 



1. C. chinensis, Maxim. ; Girsium chinense, Gard. et Champ. ; 



Benth. Fl. Hongk. 168. Mt. Gough and Mt. Victoria, 

 Hongkong ; Lienchow Eiver. Fl. purple, November. 



2. C. japonicus, Maxim. ; Cirsium japonicum, DC. Prodr. vi. 640. 



Mt. Victoria and Cape d'Aguilar, Hongkong ; Lantao 

 Island, Hongkong New Territory ; river banks near 

 Swatow; Canton ; Lofoushan. Fl. purple, April-December. 



43.— SAUSSUREA. 

 Key to species. 



1. Leaves white beneath ... ... ... 1. affinis. 



Leaves green ... ... ... ... 2. 



2. Leaves triangular-cordate ... ... '2. triangulata. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate ... ... 3. japonica. 



1. S. aflSnis, Spreng.; S. cartkamoides, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 168. 



At Chaiwan and Mt. Parker south, Hongkong. Fl. 

 purple, November- April. 



2. S. triangulata, Trautv. et Meyer in Middendorffs Reise, Fl. Ochot. 



58. Lofoushan at 3300 ft. Fl. purple, September. 



3. S. japonica, DC. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 167. Mt. Kellet, Long 



Wave Bay and Repulse Bay, Hongkong ; Centre Isle, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Canton ; Macao. Fl. purple, 

 November. 



43.— AINSLIAEA. 



Key to species. 



Leaves linear ... ... ... ... 1. Walkeri. 



Leaves ovate, cordate ... ... ... 2, fragrans. 



1. A. Walkeri, Hooh.f. in Bet. Mag. t. 6225. Hongkong without 



locality ; hills near Chaochaufu ? Fl. white, April. 



2. A. fragrans, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 192, Victoria Peak 



and Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; Maonshan, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; Swatow. Fl. white, November. 



44.-GERBERA. 



1. G. piloselloides, Cass. ; Benth. 1, c. 191. Mt. Victoria, Mt. 

 Gough, Mt. Kellet and Stanley, Hongkong ; hill near 

 Chaochaufu. Fl. white, March. 



45.— LAPSANA. 



1. L. apogonoides, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. 20. Fields near 

 Chaochaufu. Fl. yellow, April. 



