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6. Shoots and leaves, at least before 



maturity, pubescent ... ... 5. communis, 



Wbole plant except inflorescence quite 



glabrous ... ... ... ... 7. Laureola. 



1. L. stryclinifolia, Villar : Daphnidium strychnifolium, ^Nleisn. in 



DC. Prodr. xv. i. 230. Macao. Fl. yellow, April. 



2. L. reflexa, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 391. Xorth River. 



Fl. yellowish, February. 



3. L. megaphylla, Hemsl. 1. c. 389. In a wood between Little 



Hongkong and Middle Grap. Fl. yellowish, April. 



4. L. bifaria, Benth. ; Daphnidium bifarium, Nees ; Benth. Fl. 



Hongk. 294. Victoria Peak and Mt. Nicholson, Hong- 

 kong. Fl. yellowish, September. 



5. L. communis, Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, ii. 387. Lienchow 



River ; North River. Fl. yellow. May. 



6. L. glanca, Blume ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. i. 244. Mt. 



Gough and Mt. Victoria, Hongkong ; Taimoshan, Hong- 

 kong Xew Territory ; Kwangtung without locality ; 

 Chaochaufu. Fl. yellow, February — April. 



7. L. Laoreola, Coll. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Sec. xxviii. 119. 



Near the city of Hoifung. Fl. yeUow, Spring. 



7.— OASSYTHA. 



1. C. filiformis, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 294. Common in 

 Hongkong and Hongkong New Territory ; Sw:!tow 

 district ; Hoifung ; Pakhoi. Fl. white, August. 



PROTEACEAE. 



1.— HELICIA. 



Key to species. 



Fruit i-| inch diameter, ovate ... 1. cochinchinensis. 



Fruit 1-li inch diameter, globose ... 2. en-atica. 



1. H. cochinchinensis, Lour. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 295. In the 



Happy Valley, and on the western spur of Mt. Parker, 

 Hongkong ; Sanning. Fl. brownish, August. 



2. H. eriatica, Hoohf. Fl. Brit. ind. v. 189. Little Hongkong, 



Hongkong ; Lantao Island. Hongkong New Territory ; 

 North River ; Lofoushan ; Xgchungshan. Fl. pale 

 yeUow, June. 



THYMELAEACEAE. 



Key to genera. 



1. Small shrub ... ... ... ... 9. 



Large tree Z. Aquilaria. 



2. Leaves alternate ... ... ... i. Daphne. 



Leaves opposite 2. iVikstroemia. 



