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9. Leaves green, finely reticulate ... 10. variabilis. 



Leaves glaucous, very smooth beneath 6. chinensis. 



\. L. Playfairi, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 384. Pakhoi. Fl.— . 



2. L. pulchella, Meisn. ; i. ceylanica, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 294. 



Victoria Peak, Sheko and Cape d'Aguilar, Hongkong ; 

 Lantao Island, Hongkong New Territory ; Hoifung. 

 Fl. , November. 



3. L. verticillata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, 356. At Yunhatin 



village about 10 miles north of Canton. Fl. yellowish, 

 November. 



4. L. eitrata, Blume ; Tctranthera polyantha, Wall. ; Benth. Fl. 



Hongk. 293. In the Happy Valley woods, Mt. Gough, 

 Taitam Tuk and elsewhere, Hongkong ; Hahang, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; Hoifung ; Wongyu. Fl. white, January. 



5. L. rotundifolia, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 385. Near 



Fanling, and Haihung, Hongkong New Territory ; 

 Yit-hai, Swatow. Fl. yellowish, January. 



6. L. chiueusis, Blume ; Actinodaphne chinensis, Nees ; Benth. 



Fl. Hongk. 293. Common on the hillsides, Hongkong ; 

 Hahang, Hongkong New Territory ; Hoifung. Fl. 

 yellow, August. 



7. L. polyantha, Juss. ; Tetranthera monopetala, Eoxb. ; Benth. 



1. c. 292. Common in Hongkong. Fl. yellow, May. 



8. L. elongata. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 1 65. Victoria Peak, 



Hongkong ; Lienchow River. Fl. August. 



9. L. sebifera, Pers. ; Tetranthera citrifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 



293. Little Hongkong woods, North Point, and West 

 Point, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Swatow ; Macao ; Tai-iushan near Canton. 

 Fl. yellow, June. 

 10. L. variabilis, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 386. Happy Valley 

 woods, Hongkong. Fl. yellowish, June. 



6.— LINDERA. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves 3-nerved ... ... ... 1. strychnifolia. 



Leaves penninerved ... ... ... 2. 



2. Leaves cordate or broadly rounded ... 2. reflexa. 

 Leaves acute or very narrowly rounded 



below ... ... ... ... 3. 



3. Leaves quite glabrous, oblong, over 



6 inches long ; youngest shoots 



glabrous ... ... ... ... :5. iii('(iapliylla. 



Leaves tomentose beneath until old or 

 less than 4 inches long ; youngest 

 shoots downy ... ... ... 4. 



4. Leaves brownish-tomentose until old .. . 4. Mfaria. 

 Leaves soon glabrous ... ... ... 5. 



5. Leaves shining above ... ... ... 6. 



Leaves dull above ... %. glaiica. 



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