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2. Shrub with entire leaves ... ... 1- Atoto. 



Herb with serrulate leaves ... ... 3. 



.3. Plant erect with leaves 1 inch long 4. 



Plant prostrate ; leaves less than ^-inch 



long... ... ... •■• ••• '• 



4. Leaves pubescent, stipules minute, 



linear ••• 2. pilulifera. 



Leaves glabrous, stipules deltoid ... 5. 



5. Leaves ovate .'. 3. hypericiplia. 



Leaves linear or oblong ... ... 6. 



6. Cymes subsessile ; leaves linear ... 4. serrulata. 

 Cymes shortly pedunculate ; leaves 



oblong 5. hifida. 



7. Capsule glabrous Q. sanguinea. 



Capsule pubescent 1. tliymifolia. 



8. Tree 9- 



Herb 10. 



9. Stems winged 8. antiquorum. 



Stems cylindric 9. TirucalU. 



10. Annual with obovate leaves ... ... 11. 



Perennial 10. pekinensis. 



11. Leaves entii-e 11. Peplus. 



Leaves serrulate 12. Helioscopia. 



1. E. Atoto, Forst.f.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 248. Seashore 



at Deepwater Bay and Chaiwan, Hongkong ; Lamma 

 Island, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. December. 



2. E. pilulifera, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 302. Common in 



waste places, Hongkong ; on the bank of the Han River, 

 Swatow. Fl. all the year. 



3. S. hypericifolia, LiiiJi. ; Benth. 1. c. 301. Chaiwan and Cause- 



way Bay, Hongkong ; Pengchau Island, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Fatshan and other localities. Fl. September. 



4. E. serrulata, Reinic. ; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 25. Macao. Fl. June. 



5. E. bifida, Hook, et Am. ; DC. 1. c. Sandy shores Lantao 



Island, Hongkong New Territory ; Macao ; Tyloo Island ; 

 Pakhoi. Fl. June. 



6. E. sanguinea, Hochst. et Steud. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 302. 



Common in Hongkong. Fl. August. 



7. E. thymifolia, Linn. ; Benth. 1. c. 302. A common weed, 



Hongkong ; Lofoushan. Fl. June. 



8. E. antiquorum, Linn. ; Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 255. Very 



commonly used for hedges in Hongkong New Territory ; 

 fields near Chaochaufu. Fl. yellow, April. 



9. E. Tirucalli, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 301. Between 



Pokfulam and Aberdeen, and at Shaukiwan, Hongkong ; 

 Lantao Island, Lamma Island, Castle Peak, and Pengchau 

 Island, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. . 



10. E. pekinensis, Rupr. ; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 121. North River. 



Fl. August. 



11. E. Peplus, Linn. ; DC. 1. c. 141. Swatow. Fl. April. 



12. E. Helioscopia, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 301. Cultivated 



and waste places, Hongkong. Fl. summer. 



