2oa 



3. J. ventricosa, fVall. ; Benth. 1. c. 264. At Wongneichong, 



Hongkong ; West River. Fl, white spotted with red. 

 May. 



4. J. procumbens, Linn. ; Rostellaria procumbens, Nees ; Benth. 



1. c. 265. Mt. Gough and elsewhere on roadsides and 

 waste places, Hongkong ; Lanfa Mt., Hoifung ; common 

 weed, Canton. Fl. purple, August — October. 



5. J. Gendarussa, Linn.f. ; Benth. 1. c. 264. Hongkong without 



locality ; in a ravine above Taipo Road, and at Santin, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Whampoa ; Pakhoi. Fl. 

 greenish-white, March. 



6. J. leptostachya, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 245. Lienchow 



River. Fl. , August. 



7. J. glauca, Rottb. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 529. Mang- 



chaihap-han, North River. Fl. , August. 



14.— RUNGIA. 

 Key to species. 



Bracts obtuse ... ... .-. ... 1. chinensis. 



Bracts acute ... ... ... ... 2. parviflora. 



1. R. chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 266. On Mt. Parker, Hong- 



kong ; Kwangtung without locality. Fl. . 



2. R. parviflora, Nees ; Clarke in Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 550. 



French Island, Whampoa ; Fatshan ; White Cloud hiUs ; 

 North River. Fl. blue or whitish, March. 



15.— DIOLIPTERA. 



1. D. chinensis, Nees ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 266. On roadsides at 

 Wongneichong and Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; road- 

 sides at Canton ; Macao ; Lienchow River. Fl. pale 

 pink, September — January. 



16.-PERISTR0PHE. 



L P. tinctoria, iVee« ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 556. 

 Damp shady places, Pakhoi. Fl. rose or purple, . 



17.— HYPOESTES. 



1. H. purpurea, R. Br. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 265. Pokfulam, 

 Little Hongkong, Repulse Bay, East Point and Mt. 

 Nicholson, Hongkong; Lantao Island, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Macao ; Lienchow River. Fl. purple, 

 November. 



MYOPORACEAE. 



1.— MYOPORUM. 



L M. bentioides, ^. Gray; Polycoelium chinense, A.DC. in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 706. At Shatin in a saltwater marsh, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; on the river bank near Swatow ; Pakhoi. 

 Fl. pink, April. 



