157 



1. L. alpestris, Champ, ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 202. Damp places 



in the Happy Valley woods, on Victoria Peak and 

 elsewhere, Hongkong. Fl. yellow, AprU, 



2. L. deeurrens, G. Forst. ; L. javanica, Blume ; Hook. f. Fl. 



Brit. Ind. iii. 502. Swatow ; Sainam on the West River ; 

 Fookwing near Hongkong on the Canton River. Fl. 

 white, May. 



3. L. paludicola, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 54. White Cloud 



lulls, Canton ; Fookwing on the Canton River near 

 Hongkong. Fl. white, June. 



4. L. Candida, Lindl. ; L obovata. Ham. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 



iii. 502. In a swamp at East Point, Hongkong ; Swatow ; 

 in fallow damp or dry rice fields. Canton ; Macao. Fl. 

 white, March. 



5. L. clethroides, Dub^ in DC. Prodr. viii. 61. Canton. Fl. 



white, June. 



6. L. cephalantha, Knuth ; Pax et Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. 



Primul. 284. Macao. Fl. yeUow, . 



7. L. Pordiana, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1983. North River ; 



Lienchow River. Fl. yeUow, May — June. 



8. L. mauritiana, Lam. ; Pax et Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. 



Primul. 273. Swatow. Fl. white or yellowish, July. 



9. L. Fortune!, Maxim, in Mgl. Biol. vi. 270. In shady damp 



situations on the Pokfulam Road, Hongkong; Kwaisin, Hoi- 

 fung ; Lienchow River ; Namkong River. Fl. white, May. 



4.— ANAGALLIS. 



1. A. arvensis, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 506. A weed in the 

 Botanic Gardens, Hongkong ; Swatow. Fl. blue, February. 



5.— SAMOLUS. 



1. S. Valerandi, Linn. ; Hook. f. 1. c. 506. Lienchow River. 

 Fl. white, August. 



MYRSINACEAE. 



Key to genera. 



1. Ovary half adnate to calyx ... ... 1. Maesa. 



Ovary free 2. 



2. Flowers sessile or umbellate at the apex 



of short scaly branches ... ... 2. Rapanea. 



Flowers umbellate or racemose, not on 



special shoots ... ... ... 3. 



3. Anthers multicellular, flowers large 



umbellate ... ... ... ... 5. Aegiceras, 



Anthers bilocular 4. 



4. Corolla large, gamopetalous, contorted 4. Ardisia. 

 Corolla small, polypetalous, imbricate 3. Emhelia 



