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MONDAY, MAY 19, 1975.

REVISED CHECK LIST OF HONG KONG PLANTS

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A REVISED CHECK LIST OF HONG KONG PLANTS, WHICH WILL SERVE BOTANISTS AS A VALUABLE REFERENCE ON THE FLORA OF KONG KONG, HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED DY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

THE LIST BRINGS UP TO DATE THE NAMES OF ALL. TUS VASCULAR PLANTS OCCUDDING IN HONG KONG VITICU ARG RECORDED IN THE HONG KONG HERBARIUM. THESE TOTAL CODE 225 FAMILIES, 1,179 GENERA, 2,420 SPECIES AND 07 VARIETIES.

THE CRIGINAL CYCLOSTYLED EDITION OF THE CHECK LIST OF HONG KONG PLANTS WAS PRODUCED BY THE URDAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 1967, IT HAS SINCE PROVED TO DE AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE WORK FOR ALL CONCERNED WITH HORTICULTURE AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AS WELL AS FOR RESEARCH KONKERS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND BOTANISTS DOT! IN HONG KONG AND ABROAD.

WORK ON THE REVISION OF THE CHECK LIST DEGAN HUEN TUE HONG KONG HERBARIUM WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE URDAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTHEUT IN MAY 1971.

AFTER LONG HOURS OF WORK IN SEARCHING AND EVALUATING BOTANICAL REFERENCE WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL BOTANISTS, 162 ADDITIONS AND 114 CORRECTIONS OF NOMENCLATURE HAVE DEEN INCLUDED IN THE REVISED CHECK LIST.

TWO INDICES, ONE IN ENGLISH AND THE OTHER IN CHINESE GIVE THE COMMON NAMES OF MOST OF THE LOCAL PLANTS. THESE WILL BE OF CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE PARTICULARLY TO YOUNGER STUDENTS AND TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT AQUAINTED WITH FORMAL DOTANICAL NAMES.

A SPOKESMAN SAID ÷BY ITS NATURE A CHECK LIST CAN NEVER BE COMPLETE AS NEW PLANTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY TO BE DISCOVERED AND RECORDED. SIMILARLY, EXISTING NAMES MAY DE GUANGED AS A RESULT OF TAXONOMIC STUDIES,

*A CHECK LIST IS UNDER CONTINUAL REVISION AND THEREFORE ASSISTANCE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN RESPECT TO NEW PLANT DISCOVERIES ETC. IS INVALUABLE. INDEED, WE ARE INDEDTED TO SEVERAL EMINENT LOCAL DOTANISTS FOR IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS NEW PUBLICATION) MIE ADDED.

THE REVISED CHECK LIST OF HONG KONG PLANTS IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE AT TUE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG AT $9.00 EACH.