285 

 JUNCACEAE. 



1— JUNOUS. 



Key to species. 



1, Cymes terminal... 

 Cymes not terminal 



2. Stamens 3 

 Stamens 6 



1. ejfusus. 



2. alatus. 



3. prismatocarpus. 



1. J. effusus, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 392. Near the 



White Cloud monastery, Canton. Fl. whitish, April. 



2. J. alatus, Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. ii. 534. Happy 



Valley, Hongkong ; river bank near Chaochaufu. Fl, 

 whitish, April. 



3. J. prismatocarpus, Jt. Br. ; J. Leschenaultii, J, Gay ; Benth. 



Fl. Hongk. 380. In a ditch in the Happy Valley, Hong- 

 kong ; Pakhoi. Fl. -, April. 



PALMAE. 



Key to genera. 



1. Unarmed plants 

 Plants spiny or thorny 



2. Tree 



Erect shrnb 4-10 ft. high 



3. Leaves simple ... 

 Leaves compound 



4. Leaf segments cuneate... 

 Leaf segments linear . . . 



5. Leaves simple ... 

 Leaves compound 



6. Tree 



Shrub 2-3 ft. high 



7. Stems forming thick trunk, erect 

 Stem slender, erect or climbing 



1.— OARYOTA. 



1. C. ochlandra, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, 176. Cultivated in 

 the west of Kwantung and at Canton. Fl. yellow, July. 



2.— PHOENIX. 



1. P. Hanceana, Naudin ; P. acaulis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 340. Not 

 uncommon on the hillsides in sunny places, Hongkong ; 

 in similar positions on the hills in Hongkong New Terri- 

 tory ; Macao. Fl. yellow, May. 



3.— LIOUALA. 



1. L. Pordiana, Becc. Malesia, iii. 198. Mt. Parker, and by the 

 side of a stream near the Aberdeen New Road, Hongkong; 

 Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, August, 



2. 

 5. 

 3. 



6. Rhapis. 



5. Trachycarpus. 

 4. 



1. Caryota. 

 8. Cocos. 



6. 



7. 

 4. Livistona. 

 3. Licuala. 



2. Phoenix. 



7. Calamus. 



