210 



2. Bracts minute ... ... ... ... 2. confinis. 



Bracts setaceous, branched ... ... 3. chinensis. 



1. C. gracilis, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 232. Common on road- 



sides in the Peak district, Hongkong ; river bank near 

 Chaochaufu ; White Cloud hills. Canton. Fl. white, April. 



2. C. confinis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, 331. Swatow district ; 



Saichushao, near Canton. Fl. rose-coloured, April. 



3. C. chinensis, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 233. Fallow fields along 



the North River. Fl. rose-purple, July. 



16.— SALVIA. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves ovate ... ... ... ... 1. plebeia. 



Leaves cordate or pinnate ... ... 2. 



2. Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, nerves 



pilose beneath 2. Primiitis. 



Leaves cordate or pinnate usually acu- 

 minate and nearly glabrous ... 3. japonica. 



1. S. plebeia, R. Br. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 277. Hongkong with- 



out locality ; Pengchau Island, Hongkong Xew Territory ; 

 Swatow district ; Canton ; West River. Fl. blue, April- 

 December. 



2. S. Prionitis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, 74. Whampoa. Fl. 



violet, JNlay. 



3. S. japonica, Thinih. ; S. Fortunei, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 277. In 



ravines on jMt. Kellet and ]Mt. Nicholson, Hongkong ; 

 Lantao Island, Hongkong New Territory ; Kwaisin, 

 Hoifung: Lofoushan. Fl. white or purple, July-September. 



1 7.— LOPHANTHUS. 



1. L. rugosus, Fisch. et Mey. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 369. 

 Lofoushan. Fl. blue, August. 



18.— NEPETA. 



Key to species. 



Leaves cordate, acute ... ... ... 1. Fordii. 



Leaves reniform ... 2. Glechoma. 



1. N. Fordii, Hcmsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 289. Lienchow River. 



Fl. blue, August-December. 



2. N. Glechoma, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 277. At Sheko, Hongkong. 



Fl. blue, April. 



1 9.— SCUTELLARIA. 

 Key to species. 



1. Upper leaves long-stalked ... ... 4. 



Upper leaves sessile or short-stalked... 2. 



2. Upper leaves sessile 1. rivuhiris. 



Upper leaves .short-stalked 3. 



