2T8 

 2.-SMILAX. 



1. Filaments longer than the anthers ... 2. 

 Filaments shorter than the anthers ... 5. 



2. Leaves 2 inches long ... ... ... 1- China. 



Leaves over 3 inches long ... .. 3. 



3. Leaves lanceolate, 3-4 inches long ... 4. 

 Leaves nearly orbicular or cordate, 5-8 



inches long 2. ovalifolia. 



4. Base of the petiole sheathing 2>. riparia. 



Base of the petiole not sheathing ... 4. lancaefolia. 



5. Leaves thin, papery 5. herlacea. 



Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous ... 6. 



6. Leaves acuminate ... ... ... 6. glabra. 



Leaves acute, not acuminate ... ... 7. hypoglauca. 



1. T. China, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 370. Common in ravines, 



Hongkong ; in the Kanghau Valley, and Kov.loon, Hong- 

 kong New Territory ; White Cloud hiUs, Canton ; JNlacao ; 

 Lienchow Kiver. Fl. greenish, March. 



2. S. ovalifolia, Ro.vb. ; Benth. 1. c. 370. ]Mt. Gough, Hongkong ; 



Lienchow Siver. Fl. greenish yellow, April. 



3. S. riparia, A. DC. Monogr. Phan. i. 55. Canton. Fl. . 



4. S. lancaefolia, Seem. ; Benth. 1. c. 370. Common in ravines, 



Hongkong ; Swatow district ; Kwaisin, Hoifung. Fl. 

 yellowisli-green, September. 



5. S. herbaeea, Linn. Sp. PI. 1030. Lienchow Eiver. Fl. — , April. 



6. S. glabra, Roxb. ; Benth. 1. c. 369. Victoria Peak; Hongkong ; 



Lantao Island, Tin-tso-ngam, and Kanghau, Hongkong 

 Xew Territory ; slopes of the Phoenix Mt., and hills near 

 Chaochaufu ; Canton. FL green, April. 

 T. S. hypoglauca, Benth. 1. c. 369. Happy Valley woods, and ]Mt. 

 KeUet, Hongkong. Fl. , August. 



3.— ASPARAGUS. 



Key to species. 



Flowers polygamous ... ... ... 1. lucidus. 



Flowers hermaphrodite ... ... 2. sinicus. 



1. A. lucidus, Lindl. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 371. Very common in 



Hongkong ; stream near Chaochaufu ; ^Nlacao. Fl. white, 

 May. 



2. A. sinicus, C. H. Wright ; Asyaragopsis sinica, Miq. in Journ. 



Bot. Neerl. i. 90. Hongkong without precise locality. 

 Fl. ^hite, Avitumn. 



4.— POLYGONATUM. 



P. multiflorum, Allioni -. Baker in Journ. Linn. Sol-, xiv. 555. 

 Top of the Phoenix Mt., and near Chaochaufu. Fl. white, 

 April. 



