221 



1. v. ■pvLbernlum, Maxim.; Chavica puberula,'Benth.. Fl.Hongk. S35. 



Hongkong without locality ; Lantao Island, Hongkong 

 New Territory. Fl. green, May. 



2. P. sinense, C. D C. ; Chavica sinensis. Champ. ; Benth. 1. c. 335. 



In ravines of Mt. Davis, Mt. Victoria and Mt. Gough, 

 Hongkong. Fl. green, April. 



3. P. sarmentosum, Roxb. ; Chavica sarmentosa, Miq. ; Benth. 1. c. 



335. Very common at Little Hongkong, covering large 

 patches of ground under trees ; Hoifung near the city ; 

 neglected courtyards of the British Consular yamen, 

 Canton ; Pakhoi ; Lienchow River ; North River. Fl. 

 green, August — October. 



4. P. Matthewii, Dunn in Journ. Bot. 1909, 377. Lienchow 



River. Fl. green, December. 



5. P. Hancei, Maxim. ; Chavica leptostachya, Hance in Journ. 



Bot. 1868, 301. Cape d'Aguilar creeping on rocks, 

 Wongchukhang on a tree, Hongkong ; on old trees and 

 rock faces, but rare, near Canton ; on the trunk of a tree 

 at the White Cloud monastery ; woods at Tingushan, W. 

 River. Fl. green, April-. 



5.— PEPEROMIA. 



Key to species. 



Leaves 3-veined ... ... ... 1. dindigulensis. 



Leaves 5-veined ... ... ... 2. pellucida. 



1. P. dindigulensis, Miq. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 98. 



Taimoshan at 1500 ft., Hongkong New Territory ; 

 Swatow district ; Lofoushan. Fl. green, August. 



2. P. pellucida, H.B.K; DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 402. A weed in 



the Botanic Gardens and elsewhere, Hongkong. Fl. 

 green, January. 



CHLORANTHACEAE. 



CHLORANTHUS. 



Key to species. 



1. Connective ligulate much produced ... 1. Fortunei. 

 Connective not produced beyond 



anthers ... ... ... ••• 2. 



2. Anthers solitary ... ... ... 2. hrachystachys. 



Anthers in threes ... ... ... 3. inconspicuus. 



1. C. Fortunei, Solms in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 476. Kwangtung 



without locality. Fl. . 



2. C. braohystachys, Blume ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 334. Common 



in woods and ravines, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, Hong- 

 kong New Territory ; Lienchow River ; Lofoushan. Fl, 

 green, June. 



3. C. inconspicuus, Swartz ; Benth. 1. c. Hongkong cultivated ; 



Macao. Fl. white. Summer. 



