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NOTES AND QUERIES
These two examples may serve to emphasize the importance of extending provisions for countryside management throughout rural Hong Kong.
LITERATURE CITED
Allen, P. M. and E. A. Stephens, 1971. Report on the geological survey of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Davis, S. G., 1952. The geology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Grant, C. J., 1960. The soils and agriculture of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Hong Kong Government, 1968. Land utilization in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Thrower, L. B. (Edit). 1975. The vegetation of Hong Kong structure and change. Proceedings of a Week-end Symposium of the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch.
CAPTIONS TO PLATES
(repeated here for readers' convenience)
Plate 1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (✯✯✯(RA))
A-Flower (diameter ca 4.0 cm).
B-Ripe fruit (length ca 1.5 cm.), the sweet contents of which is squeezed out and eaten. The short hairs which give the name "tomentosa" can be seen clearly on the fruits and lower surfaces of the leaves.
Plate 2. Two plants of the scrubland
A-Gordonia axillaris (*)-a member of the tea family, which grows in sites that have long been protected from fire. (diameter of flower up to 7.5 cm.)
B-Dendrotrophe frutescens (syn. Henslowia frutescens) (##) a member of the sandalwood family which parasitizes the roots of other plants. The leaves and stems are yellowish-green.
Plate 3. Cassytha filiformis (A)—a parasite of the aerial parts of scrubland plants.
A-habit of C. filiformis which is here parasitizing R. tomentosa; the flowers and fruits of Cassytha can be seen.
B-enlargement to show haustorial cushions by which the parasite attaches itself to the host.