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In the Fungman district, north Kwangtung, Professor R. Mell. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,942. This differs from Hedyotis assimilis in its much denser inflorescence, shorter calyx lobes, hairy calyx and corolla, glabrous filaments and style.
Randia acutidens, Hemsl. and Wils. In a wood near a village near Sun Wang Shek, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,904. Hemsley and Wilson describe the plant from Szechuen as a bush or small tree 3 metres high and the variety laxiflora found in Hong-kong comes under this designation. The North River specimens however were umbrageous trees 30 feet high with trunks a foot in diameter. The corolla in Wilson's No. 4093 from Szechuen in Hongkong Herbarium, in the Hongkong variety laxifloru and in the Kwangtung specimens is 4-lobed.
Psychotria Tutcheri, Dunn.-Not common, in woods at Polohang. North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,755. Not previously found out of Hongkong.
Aster striatus, Champ.-At Kanghau, Hongkong New Territories, and in grass fields at Ying Tak, North River. Hongkong Herb. Nos. 8165 and 10,638. The first records outside of Hong-kong.
23. Gynura bicolor, DC.-At Lien Kong Hou, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,812. Recorded from Yunnan, Szechuen and Formosa but not previously from Kwangtung.
24. Senecio Oldhamianus, Maxim.-On limestone rocks at Ying Tak and Shiu Cheung Sha Tau, North River. Hongkong Herb. Nos. 10,690 and 10,837a. A southern extension of the known specific area.
25. Lactuca polycephala, Benth.-Between Ying Tak and Lien Kong Hou, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,722. A southern extension from Chekiang. It agrees with the description but I have not been able to compare it with authenticated specimens.
Lysimachia cephalantha, Knuth.-At Lien Kong Hou and in bamboo groves at Sun Wang Shek. Hongkong Herb. Nos. 10,810 and 10,901. Previously recorded in Kwangtung from Macao.
26. Ardisia (Crispardisia) dumetosa, sp. n.-Frutex ramosus, 2-3 pedalis, ramulis hirsutis. Folia petiolata, oblanceolata, 2-3 poll. longa, 1-1 poll. lata, obtusa, obscurissime glanduloso-crenulata, papyracea, supra glabra, subtus albido-pilosa, conspicue venosa, petiolis - poll. longis. Inflorescentiæ longe stipitatæ folia superantes, basi foliis sueto 2 instructæ, nunc simplices nunc compositæ umbellatæ, albido-villosæ pedicellis ½ poll. longis. Sepala lacteola, 1¼ lin. longa, ovata, acuta, extus villosa, intus glabra. Petala lacteola, basi purpurea, 2 lin. longa, ovata, acuta. Stamina petalis manifeste breviora, filamentis brevissimis. Ovarium ovoideum, prope apicem pilosum, stylo piloso.