224 



Perianth segments I-I5 lines long, 

 ovate, very obtuse, outer ones f of 



inner 



o. breviflora. 

 3. 



6. Phoenix. 



7. salicina. 

 3. Thunhergii. 



inner ... •■■ ... 



5. Perianth segments 2 lines or less long 

 Perianth segments 3-4 lines long 



6. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; panicles few- 



flowered 

 Leaves broader; panicles many-flowered 



1. M. Grijsii, Hance ; Meisn. iu DC. Prodr. xv. i. 504. Near 

 Swatow. Fl. white, April. 



■2. M. velutina, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 291. At Taitam 

 Tuk, Happy Valley, Mt. Parker, Mt. Victoria, and else- 

 where, Hongkong ; below Kowloon catchwater, and on 

 Maonshan, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. white, October. 



3. M. Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc. ; M. rimosa, Blume ; Benth, 1. c. 



291. In the Happy Valley and Little Hongkong woods. 

 Repulse Bay, and elsewhere, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, 

 Aupuiwan, and Hahang, Hongkong New Territory ; near 

 Yit-hai vUlage, Swatow ; Tamsui, Hoifung. Fl. pale 

 yeUow, March. 



4. M. chinensis, Hemsl. ; Alseodaphne chinensis. Champ. ; Benth. 



1. c. 292. In the Happy VaUey woods, Mt. Victoria, and 

 Mt. Nicholson, Hongkong. Fl. white, November. 



5. M. breviflora, Hemsl. ; Alseodaphne breviflora, Benth, 1. c. 292. 



Near Victoria Gap, Hongkong. Fl. white, August. 



6. M. Phoenix, Dunn ia Journ. Bot. 1910, 279. Slopes of the 



Phoeoix Mt., Swatow. Fl. green, April. 



7. M. salicina, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, 327. Below Kowloon 



catchwater, Hongkong New Territory ; below ^Molam on 

 the West River. Fl. whitish, February. 



5.— LITSEA. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves 3-nerved 

 Leaves penninerved 



2. Leaves 1-2 inches long, glabrous 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long, silkv on the 



veins beneath 



3. Leaves verticillate 

 Leaves scattered 



4. Leaves quite glabrous or midrib pube- 



rulous 

 Leaves downy beneath 



5. Leaves coriaceous 

 Leaves membranous 



6. Leaves acute at the base 

 Leaves rounded at the base ... 



7. Leaves cuneate at the base 

 Leaves rounded at the base ... 



8. Umbels solitary 



Umbels corymbose or racemose 



2. 

 3. 



1. Playfairi. 



2. pulchella. 



3. rcrticillata. 



4. 



5. 



7. 

 6. 



4. citrata. 



9. 



5. rotundifolia. 



8. ■ 

 7. poh/antha. 

 fi. elongata. 

 9. sebifera. 



