xv, 3 Merrill: Notes on the Kwangtung Flora 231 
It is represented by the following Kwangtung' material, Levine 
101 U, 2036, 2072, growing in open grasslands, flowering in April 
and May. The species is one of very wide distribution, extend- 
ing from India to Japan southward to New Zealand. Loureiro’s 
type is preserved in the herbarium of the Paris Museum of 
Natural History. 
MORACEAE 
ANTI AR IS Leschenault 
ANTI ARiS TOXICARI A (Pers.) Lesch. in Ann. Mus. Paris 17 (1810) 478. 
Ipo toxicaria Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 566. 
Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, To Kang P’eng 2755, 
at Koon Shan temple, west of Kochow city, with the local name 
to yiuk. 
Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region, but no repre-’ 
sentative of the genus previously recorded from China. This is 
the “deadly upas tree,” its milky juice being widely used in the 
Indo-Malayan region for the purpose of poisoning spears and 
arrows. 
CUDRANIA Trecul 
CUDRANIA PUBESCENS Tree, in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 3 (1847) 125. 
Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region, Tan Ha Shan, To Kang 
P’eng 284-7, April 25, 1919. 
Yunnan Province, China, Burma, Java; new to Kwangtung. 
FICUS Linnaeus 
FICUS VARIEGATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 459; King- in Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calcutta 1 (1888) 169, t. 212. 
Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Ngau Tsai Wan, To 
Kang P’eng 27 US, February 25, 1919, with the local name tong 
kwo muk. 
This is the typical form of Blume’s species, with broad, undu- 
late-toothed leaves and large fruits. It is certainly specifically 
distinct from Ficus chlorocarpa Benth. which King referred to 
Blume’s species as a variety. Ficus chlorocarpa Benth. is rep- 
resented by Merrill 10262 and Levine 1889 from Kwangtung 
Province. 
FICUS BENJAMIN A Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 129; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calcutta 1 (1887) 43, t. 52. 
Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Tai Shek Ling, To Kang 
P’eng 2663, March 18, 1919, with the local name sai ip yung. 
Wild in various parts of the Malayan region and the Philip- 
