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7. Anthers white ... ... ... •■• °- 



Anthers black ... ... ... .■• 9- 



8. Corolla ciliate I.cinereum. 



Corolla glabrous 8. Sieboldianum. 



9. Sepals of female flowers free 11. 



Sepals of female flowers connate ... 10. 



10. Involucral bracts semiorbicular ... 9. Buergerianum. 

 In volucral bracts ovate 10. alpestre. 



11. Corolla tube of male flowers pilose ... 11. cristatum. 

 Corolla tube of male flowers glabrous... 12. 



12. Receptacle pUose 12. luzulae/oHum. 



Receptacle glabrous 13. Wallichiamim. 



1. E. setaceum, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 383. Hongkong 



without locality ; in psiddy fields near Kuntong, Hong- 

 kong New Territory ; iSanton. Fl. J uly. 



2. E. echinulatum, Mart.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 5; 9. 



Swamps at the foot of the White Cloud hiUs, Canton. 

 Fl. October. 



3. E. australe, R. Br. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 382. Mt. Victoria, 



Taihang valley, and Cape d'Aguilar, Hongkong ; in 

 swamps at Shatin Pass road and Kuntong, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; Kwaisin, Hoifung ; boggy ground on the 

 White Cloud hiUs, Canton. Fl. April— October. 



4. E. Wightianum, Mart. -. Hook. f. 1. c. 576. Pakhoi. Fl. . 



5. E. sinicum, Miq. ; Ruhland in Engl. Pflanzenr. Eriocaul. 116. 



Fookwing near Hongkong on the Canton River. Fl. . 



6. E. truncatum, Ham. ; Benth. 1. c. 382. Pokfulam, Wong- 



neichong, and elsewhere, Hongkong ; White Cloud hUls, 

 Canton ; Lofoushan. Fl. July. 



7. E. cinereum, R. Br. ; E. hetei-anthum, Benth. 1. c. 382. Near 



Pokfulam reservoir ; in paddy fields at Little Hongkong, 

 and Deepwater Bay, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, Hong- 

 kong New Territory ; on the way to the White Cloud 

 hiUs, Canton. Fl. June — December. 



8. E. Sieboldianum, Sieb. et Zucc. : Hook. f. 1. c. 577. Sandy 



places usually near the sea Kowloon, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Canton. Fl. August. 



9. E. Buergerianum, Koern. ; RuMand in Engl. Pflanzenr. 



Eriocaul. 94. Lofoushan. Fl. August. 



10. E. alpestre, Hook. f. et Thorns. ; Hook.f. 1. c. 578. Swatow. 



Fl. April. 



11. E. cristatum, Mart.; Benth. 1. c. 382. In Taihang valley, 



near Aberdeen and in stream east of the Wongneichong- 

 Taitam Road, Hongkong ; Kwaisin, Hoifung. Fi. 

 September. 



12. E. luzulaefolium, Mart. ; Hook. f. 1. c. 582. Swamp at the foot 



of the White Cloud hills. Canton. Fl. October. 



13. E. Wallichianum, Mart. ; Benth. 1. c. 381. Pokfulam, Happy 



Valley, and common in moist situations, Hongkong ; 

 Taimoshan, Kuntong, and near Capsuimun, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; White Cloud hills, Canton : Lofoushan. 

 Fl. February — September. 



