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flowered and fruited last year. The species appeared to be new, although closely allied to Musu glauca, Roxb., so I drew up a description and made a sketch of the plant which I sent to the Gardeners' Chronicle where it is described and figured, on pages 450 and 451 respectively of Vol. XXXII, Third Series, of that Journal, under the name of Musa Wilsoni. The native name evidently refers to the inflores- cence which has a striking resemblance to an elephant's head. The two plants were objects of beauty for a considerable time on the lower terrace in the Old Garden, but as the species is monocarpic they died after fruiting. I hope to obtain some young plants from the seeds saved, as it is a most interesting acquisition.
12. Heterostylism in Stachytarpheta indica, Vahl.-In Hongkong there are two forms of this plant, which is a common road-side weed-one with dark blue flowers with leaves having a strongly marked venation, which I take to be the type, and another with light blue flowers having leaves with a much less prominent venation. On an examination of the flowers of these two varieties I found that the pistils in the dark blue flowers protruded beyond the corolla tube, the stigmas being con- siderably above the anthers, but in some of the light blue flowers the stigmas only reached to the top of the corolla tube and just above the anthers, whilst in others the stigmas were below the anthers. I examined the flowers of a large number of plants and found all the styles of any particular plant to be always of the same length.
13. Additions to the Hongkong Flora.-The following plants have not been recorded from Hongkong before, so far as I am aware.
Calanthe curculigoides, Wall.-In March, 1901, I discovered a plant on Mount Parker, but as it was not in flower it could not be named with certainty. It flowered in October last year and proved to be the above,
Ipomea carnosa, R. Br.-Found in flower on the seashore at Chai Wan Tsai last December, growing amongst Ipomoea biloba.
Erythrina indica, Lam.-This plant was also found at Chai Wan Tsai in December, probably naturalized, as it is cultivated in Hongkong.
Senecio vulgaris, Linn.-A specimen of the common groundsel was found in the Gardens in December, probably introduced with European seeds.
Sphenoclea zeylanica, Gærtn.-This plant was discovered at Sookunpo, in a swamp in August last, and later on in the year I found it at Little Hongkong.
Eurya distichophylla, Hemsl.-Male and female plants of this were found on Mount Parker in November last. I take it to be this species as it agrees fairly well with HEMSLEY'S description in the Index Flora Sinensis, Vol. I, p. 77. There is a specimen of this plant in the Herbarium of the Botanic Gardens under the name of Eurya acuminata, found by Mr. FORD on Mount Parker, but apparently it is not that species although closely allied to it, as, besides other differences, it has dark purple (nearly black) flowers, whereas according to Kunz, Eurya acuminata has white flowers.
Fatoua pilosa, Gaudich.-A plant found on rubbish heaps and detected on the bank east of College Gardens, in October last.
Scutellaria indica, Linn., var. insignis. This plant was first found by Mr. FORD on Tai Mo-shan; afterwards it was collected by myself on Lantao Island, and in October of last year I discovered it in Hongkong on a high hill, west of Washer- men's Ravine, Causeway Bay. HEMSLEY in the Index Flora Sinensis, Vol. II, p. 295, says that specimens had been received from Dr. HENRY intermediate in character between this and the ordinary S. indica. As the plant under review evidently maintains its character, having been discovered in three different localities, I have given it a varietal name. It is an exceedingly pretty thing, quite unlike ordinary S. indica, and well worth growing as a foliage plant. There are two or three plants under cultivation in the Botanic Gardens, and I hope to send a living specimen to Kew later on.
Peperomia pellucida, Kunth.--I am not quite sure about this plant, but as it is the species common about Georgetown, Penang, (CURTIS), it might have reach- ed here. It is a common weed in the vicinity of the Gardens during the summer months, but originally a native of the West Indies and Brazil.
Mirabilis Jalapa, Linn.-This American plant is colonized in Hongkong as in other parts of China.