84 85. OLEACEZ: SYRINGES. 
p. 282; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 88; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 384. 
SurwoKrNG: Chienshan (Ross ?). Herb. Kew. 
Eastern Europe. 
The Chinese specimen is recorded as this species without doubt ; 
but we regard it as insufficient for satisfactory determination. 
6. Syringa ($ Sarcocarpion) sempervirens, Franchet in Bull. 
Soc. Linn. Par. 1886, p. 613. 
Yunnan: in the mountains above Tapintze at 2500 metres 
( Delavay ex Franchet). 
85. OLEACEZA: FnaAXINEZX. 
1. Fraxinus (§ Ornus) bracteata, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor 40-pedalis (4. Henry), ramis floriferis gracilibus ruben- 
tibus. Folia persistentia ?, laxe 5—7-foliolata, longiuscule petio- 
lata, usque ad 9 poll. longa; foliola longe graciliterque petio- 
lulata, coriacea, ovato-lanceolata vel interdum fere oblonga, 
inequalia (terminali majore absque petiolulo interdum usque ad 
5 poll. longo), obtusa, basi rotundata vel cuneata (lateralibus 
interdum obliquis), integra vel interdum apicem versus utrinque 
1-3-crenata, supra glaberrima, nitida, costa impressa, subtus pal- 
lidiora, primum secus costam elevatam venasque paucas primarias 
pubescentia, citissimo glabrescentia, petiolulis ssepius curvatis. 
Flores numerosissimi, paniculati, distincte pedicellati, paniculis 
amplis ramulis gracillimis pedicellisque pubescentibus, bracteis 
oblongis persistentibus instructis ; calyx cupularis, persistens; 
petala bene evoluta non visa. Samara (immatura tantum adsunt) 
anguste spatulata, obtusissima, deorsum valde attenuata. 
Hu»EH: Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. 
Henry, 1651, 3937!). Herb. Kew. 
Differs from F. retusa, Champ., in having entire leaflets, less 
capillary pedicels, and obtuse fruits ; and from F. Grifithii, Clarke, 
in the very differently shaped fruit. 
2. Fraxinus Bungeana, DC. Prodr. viii. p. 275; Mazim. Ind. 
Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 474; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xiii. p. 83; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 208. 
Fraxinus floribunda, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 61, non Wall. 
