254 



24. 

 25. 



Lantao Island, and Taimoshan, Hongkong New Territoir^. 



Fl. July. 

 , Elizabethae, Tutcher in Journ. Bot. 1911, 273. Mt. Victona, 



Hongkong ; Taiwai, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. . 



. attenuata, Skan ; Q. Eyrei, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, 



229. Happy Valley woods, Hongkong. Fl. ^Tune. 



2.— OASTANOPSIS. 



Key to species. 



Leaves subsessile 1. Fordii. 



Leaves petiolate ... ... ... 2. 



Spines covering the fruit ... ... 3. 



Spines in ridges or tufts 7. 



Leaves glabrous ... ... ... 4. 



Leaves pubescent ... ... j . . 5. 



Leaves ovate, 2-3 incbes long ... 2. Eyrd. 



Leaves lanceolate, 5-6 inches long ... 3. Fabri. 

 Leaves entire or with a few teeth at 



the top ... ... ... ... 6. 



Leaves repand dentate in the upper 



half... ... ... ... ••• 4:. jucunda. 



Leaves broadest at or above the middle 5. cojicinna. 



Leaves broadest below the middle ... 3. Fabri. 



Spines in ridges 8. 



Spines in tufts = 6. chinensis. 



Ridges of spiaes vertical 7. Lamontii. 



Kidges of spines spiral 8. tribuloides. 



Pordii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, 230. Stream at the foot 

 of the Phoenix Mt., Swatow ; Lofoushan. Fl. April. . , . 



Eyrei, Tutcher ; Quercus Eyrei, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 320. In the woods east of Wongneichong, above the 

 Little Hongkong woods, Mt. Cameron north, Mt. Gough, 

 and on the hUls between Taitam Gap and the reservoir, 

 Hongkong. Fl. white, April. 



3. C. Fabri, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, 230. Mt. Parker, Mt. 



Kellet, and Mt. Victoria, Hongkong ; Lantao Island and 

 Shalotung, Hongkong New Territory ; Lofoushan. Fl. 

 April. 



4. C. jueunda, Hance. 1. c. 230. Tanghashan, about 30 miles 



northwest of Shuikwan (Shaochaufu) N. River. Fl. 



'5. C. concinna, A.DC. ; DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 110. Happy VaUey 

 woods, and Aberdeen New Road, Hongkong ; Taimoshan, 

 Smugglers' Pass, and Taiwai, Hongkong New Territory, 

 Fl. . 



6. C. chinensis, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 201. White Cloud 



hiUs, Canton ; Tsingyime Pass, North River. Fl. April. 



7. C. Lamontii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, 368. In the Happy' 



VaUey woods, and on Mt. Parker, Hongkong ; slopes of 

 Phoenix Mt., Swatow ? Fl. white, February — April. 



8. 0. tribuloides, A.DC. ; Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 622. . Mt. 



Kellet, north side, Hongkong. El. . 



