7. 



1. 

 2. 



3. 



4. 



229 



Peduncles solitary 



Peduncles fascicled 



Old leaves iomentose beneath . . 



Old leaves glabrous beneath .. 



5. Fordii. 



6. bibracteolatus. 



7. Scurrula. 



8. estipitatus. 



L. Sampsoni, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, 133. On trees along 



the river Loting, West River. Fl. red, June. 

 L. pentapetalus, Roxb. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 206. On 

 trees of Machilus Thunbergii near Fanling, Hongkong 

 New Territory. Fl. white, but turning yellowish pink 

 when old, March. 

 L. ampullaeeus, Roxb. ; Hook. f. 1. c. 220. 



greenish yellow, July. 

 L. cMnensis, DC. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 141. 

 different kinds of trees, Hongkong ; 

 Lanfa Mt., Hoifung. Fl. red, August. 

 Fordii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, 38. 



chaufu ; Pakong, N. River. Fl. yellow, April, 

 bibracteolatus, Hance 1. c. 1880. 301. Lienchow River ; 



North River. Fl. red, December. 

 Scurrula, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 208. Hill near 

 Chaochaufu ; Lienchow River. Fl. buff or pink, August. 

 8. L. estipitatus, Staff ; L. scurrula, var. obtecta, Kurz ; Hook, 

 f. 1. c. 209. Lofoushan. Fl. reddish, August. 



5. L 



7. L, 



Lofoushan. Fl. 



Common on many 

 Swatow district ; 



Hill near Chao- 



S.— VISOUM. 

 Key to species. 



Leaves wanting 

 Leaves 3-nerved 



1. japonicum. 



2. orientale. 



1. V. japonicum, Thunb. ; V. articulatum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 141. 



On trees in the Happy Valley, Hongkong ; on a large 

 tree near Yit-hai ; Swatow. Fl. greenish, winter. 



2. V. orientale, Willd. ; Benth. 1. c. 41. Hongkong without 



locality. Fl. greenish, December — P'ebruary. 



Leaves linear 

 Leaves ovate 



SANTALACEAE. 

 Key to genera. 



1. Thesium. 



2. Henslowia. 



Bracts simple . 

 Br.icts 5-foliate 



1.— THESIUM. 

 Key to species. 



1. cMnense. 



2. psilotoides. 



xiv. 649. Pakhoi. 



1. T. chinense, Turcz. ; DC. Prodr. xiv. 649. Pakhoi. Fl. 



yellow. Summer. 



2. T. psilotoides, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, 48. Summit of the 



White Cloud hills, Canton. Fl. yellow, July. 



