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2. A. australis, Linn. ; A. gemina, Spreng. ; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 



866. A weedin cultivated ground, Hongkong; Whampoa ; 

 Lienchow River ; North River. Fl. May. 



3. A. fallax, Muell-Arg. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 416. 



Kwangtung without locality. Fl. . 



4. A. indica, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 303. In waste places at 



East Point, Shauldwan and Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; 

 Macao. Fl. July — November. 



S4.— ALOHORNEA. 



Key to species. 



Leaves softly pubescent above 

 Leaves glabresceut above 



J . rufescens. 

 2. trewioides. 



1. A. rufescens, Franch. PL David, i. 265. Lienchow River. 



Fl. August. 



2. A. trewioides, Muell.-Arg. ; Stipellaria trewioides, Benth. Fl. 



Hongk, 305. Low down on Mt. Victoria, Wongneichong, 

 and elsewhere, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; hills near Chaochaufu. Fl. March — 

 June. 



S5.— MALLOTUS. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves palmatinerved ... 

 Leaves penninerved 



2. Petioles and young shoots stifly hairy 

 Petioles and young shoots subglabrous 



3. Leaves tomentose beneath 



Leaves glabrous or subglabrous beneath 



4. Leaves peltate ... 

 Leaves not peltate 



5. Leaves with red glands beneath 

 Leaves eglandular 



6. Female spike simple; fruit with crowded 



plumose processes ... 

 Female spike paniculate; fruit processes 

 subulate 



7. Leaves with 4-7 pairs of nerves, not 



running into teeth .. . 

 Leaves with about 9 pairs of nerves 

 ending in teeth 



8. Fruit smooth 



Fruit echinate 



3. 

 2. 



1. Hookerianus. 



2. Furetianus. 



4. 

 7. 



3. harhatus. 



5. 



4. philippinensis. 



6. 



5. Apelta. 



6. cocMnchinensis. 



8. 



7. populif alius. 



8. repandus. 



9. japonicus. 



1. M. Hookerianus, Muell.-Arg. ; Uancea Hookeriana, Seem. ; 



Benth. Fl. Hongk. 306. In the Happy VaUey woods, 

 Hongkong ; Ukautin, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. May. 



2. M. Furetianus, Muell.-Arg. ; Haneea muricata, Benth. 1. c. 306. 



Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; Taipo Road, Hongkong 

 New Territory. Fl. May. 



