301 



2. S. ereetus, Poir. ; S. juncoides, Roxb. ; Benth. 1, c. 395. 



Common in paddy fields, Hongkong and New Territory ; 

 on the bank of the Han River, and in paddy fields, 

 Chaochaufu, Swatow ; Canton ; Macao. Fl. April. 



3. S. triqueter, Linn. ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. L Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 



658. River bank near Chaochaufu ; Canton. Fl. April. 



4. S. mucronatus, Linn. ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 657. Whampoa ; 



common in pools near Canton. Fl. September. 



5. S. ternatensis, Reinw. ; S. chinensis, Munro ; Benth. 1. c. 395. 



Near Kennedy Road, Hongkong ; slopes of the Phoenix 

 Mt., Swatow. Fl. April. 



6. S. Michelianus, Linn. ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 662. Canton. Fl. 



June to September. 



7. S. squarrosus, Linn. ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 663. Fallow fields, 



Whampoa. Fl. July. 



8. S. subeapitatus, Thwaites ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 661. Top of the 



Phoenix Mt., Swatow. Fl. April. 



10.— FUIRENA. 



Key to species. 



Petal-like scales clawed, with sub- 

 quadrate heads ... ... ... 1. glomerata. 



Petal-like scales obovate, subsessile ... 2. umbellata. 



1. F. glomerata, I^am. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 396. Hongkong 



without locality ; Kuntong and Castle Peak, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; Macao ; Pakhoi. Fl. November. 



2. F. umbellata, Rotth. ; Benth. 1. c. 395. Happy Valley and 



Victoria Peak, Hongkong ; Castle Peak, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Macao ; Lienchow River. Fl. August. 



1 1 .— HYPOLYTRUM. 



1. H. latifolium, Rich. ; Benth. 1. c. 389. On a bank above Ice 

 House Road, Robinson Road, and elsewhere, Hongkong ; 

 Swatow ; Canton ; Lienchow River ; Lofoushan. Fl. June. 



12.— LIPOOARPHA. 



Key to species. 



Glumes incurved at tip \. argentea. 



Glumes with reflexed excurrent midrib 2. microcephala. 



1. L. argentea, R. Br. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 388. In wet places in 



the Happy VaUey, Hongkong. Fl. December. 



2. L. microcephala, Kunth ; Benth. 1. c. 388. Hongkong without 



locality. Fl. autumn. 



13.— LEPIRONIA. 



1. L. mucronata, Rich. ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 vi. 684. Hongkong without locality ; Kwangtung without 

 locality, and largely cultivated. Fl. November. 



