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Behind the village of Kow Wang Shek were some very fine specimens of Ficus retusa, about 50 feet high with trunks 14 feet in diameter. In bamboo groves at this place Lysimachia cephalantha was carpeting the ground and on shady banks Schizocapsa plantaginea was quite common.
We remained at Kow Wang Shek for the night and as it was raining and blowing hard the next morning we crossed the river and took the train back to Canton.
To one who had not seen this part of the country before it was an interesting trip but owing to the constant cutting down of nearly all shrubs and trees for fuel it was not so rich botanically as it otherwise would have been.
The hills farther away from the river would no doubt have yielded many novelties but our time was so limited that we had no opportunity of examining them. Altogether over 270 species were collected in the 21 days, representing 200 genera and 79 natural orders.
The following is a list of additions to the Flora of Kwangtung since the publication of Dunn and Tutcher's "Flora of Kwangtung". The collectors' names are given in every case for the first record except for plants discovered by myself. The list also contains a few notes on other plants which have been found previously in the province. Those recorded for the first time are numbered, the others are not.
1. Ranunculus acris, Linn.—In grass fields at Ying Tak, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,642. A southern extension of the known specific area of this plant in China.
2. Xylosma longifolium, Clos.—In a wood near Fanling, Hongkong New Territories. Hongkong Herb. Nos. 9,131, 9,150. An eastern extension from Yunnan of the known specific area.
Arenaria serpyllifolia, Linn.—At Ying Tak, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,624. Previously recorded in the province by Dunn from the Han River, Swatow.
3. Polygala leptalea, DC.—In grass fields but not common. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,706. The only previous record for China, so far as known, is Yunnan.
4. Thespesia populnea, Corr.—On the seashore at Cheung Chau, Hongkong, growing with Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,946. Recorded from the Loochoos and Formosa but not previously from the mainland of China.
Reevesia thyrsoidea, Lindl. Trees 40 feet high in a wood behind a village near Kow Wang Shek, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,909. A slightly northern extension of the known specific area.
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Behind the village of Kow Wang Shek were some very fine specimens of flex rotunda, about 50 feet high with trunks 14 feet in diameter. In bamboo groves at this place Lysimachia cephalantha was carpeting the ground and on shady banks Schizocapsa planta- ginea was quite common.
We remained at Kou Wang Shek for the night and as it was raining and blowing hard the next morning we crossed the river and took the train back to Canton.
To one who had not seen this part of the country before it was an interesting trip but owing to the constant cutting down of nearly all shrubs and trees for fuel it was not so rich botanically as it otherwise would have been.
The hills farther away from the river would no doubt have yielded many novelties but our time was so limited that we had no opportunity of examining them. Altogether over 270 species were collected in the 21 days, representing 200 genera and 79 natural orders.
The following is a list of additions to the Flora of Kwangtung since the publication of Dunn and Tutcher's "Flora of Kwangtung". The collectors' names are given in every case for the first record except for plants discovered by myself. The list also contains a few notes on other plants which have been found previously in the province. Those recorded for the first time are numbered, the others are not.
1. Ranunculus acris, Linn.-In grass fields at Ying Tak, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,642. A southern extension of the known specific area of this plant in China.
2. Xylosma longifolium, Clos.—In a wood near Fanling, Hong- kong New Territories. Hongkong Herb. Nos. 9,131, 9,150. An eastern extension from Yunnan of the known specific area.
Arenaria serpyllifolia, Linn.—At Ying Tak, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,624. Previously recorded in the province by Dunn from the Han River, Swatow.
3. Polygala leptalea, DC.-In grass fields but not common. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,706. The only previous record for China, so far as known, is Yunnan.
4. Thespesia populnea, Corr.-On the seashore at Cheung Mi, Hongkong New Territories, growing with Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. Yongkong Herb. No. 10,946. Recorded from the Loochoos and Formosa but not previously from the mainland of China.
Reeresia thyrsoidea, Lindl. Trees 40 feet high in a wood behind a village near Kow Wang Shek, North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,909. A slightly northern extension of the known specific area.
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