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2.— PLUMBAGO. 



1. P. zeylanica, Linn. ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 480. 

 In hedges near Stanley, Hongkong; near Santin and 

 Lamma Island, Hongkong New Territorf ; Hoifung ; 

 Pakhoi ; Lienchow Kiver. Fl. white, September. 



2. 



3. 



1.— ANDROSACE. 



1. A. sazifragaefolia, Bunge ; DC. Prodr. viii. 53. 

 Lienchow Eiver. Fl. white, March. 



Swatow 



3.— STIMPSONIA. 



1. S. ehamaedryoides, C. Wright in Mem. Amer. Acad. ser. 2, vi. 

 401. Swatow. Fl. white, April. 



3.— LYSIMACHIA. 

 Key to species. 



1. Flowers solitary, axiUary ; stem from a 



basal rosette ... ... ... 1. alpestris. 



Flowers racemose or umbellate ... 2. 



2. Flowers racemose ... ... ... 3. 



Flowers in crowded leafy umbel ... 7. 



3. Stamens longer than coroUa ... ... 2. decurrens. 



Stamens shorter than coroUa ... ... 4. 



4. Leaves auriculate, sessile ... ... 3. paludicola. 



Leaves narrowed at the base ... ... 5. 



5. Pedicels more than thrice as long as 



the fruit ... ... ... ... 4. Candida. 



Pedicels less than twice as long as the 



fruit ... ... ... ... 6. 



6. Plant glabrous ... ... ... ... 8. 



Plant puberulous ... ... ... 5. clethroides. 



7. Floral leaves similar to cauline ... 6. cephalantha. 

 Floral leaves bractiform ... ... 7. Fordiana. 



8. Corolla lobes thrice longer than tube 8. mauritiana. 

 Corolla lobes thrice shorter than tube 9. Fortunei. 



