118. THYMELXACEX. 397 
2. Wikstremia alternifolia, Batal. in Acta Horti Petrop. 
xiii. p. 99. 
KaNsuH and Szecuven (Potanin ex Batalin). 
3. Wikstremia canescens, Meisn. in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. 
Gesellsch. iii. p. 288, et in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 547 ; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. v. p. 195, excl. syn. W. Chamedaphne; Maxim. in 
AMél. Biol. xii. p. 541. 
Wikstroemia virgata, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 547. 
Diplomorpha canescens, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. Pétersb. 
1843, p. 358. 
Diplomorpha virgata, C. A. Mey. l. c. 
Wikstroemia virgata, var. ?, Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 209. 
Wikstroemia pauciflora, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 406, 
et ii. p. 481. 
Kranest: Kiukiang (Forbes!). Herb. Kew. 
Afghanistan eastward to Khasia and Upper Assam, and in 
Japan. 
The North China W. Chamedaphne, Meissn., is reduced to 
this in the ‘ Flora of British India’ ; but that differs so decidedly 
in the venation and texture of the leaves, if in no other cha- 
racters, that we prefer retaining it as an independent species. 
4. Wikstremia Chamedaphne, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 
p. 947 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 260. 
Passerina Chamedaphne, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Ch. Bor. p. 58; Maxim. 
Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 476; Mazim, in Mél. Biol. x. 
p. 540. 
' Diplomorpha Chamedaphne, Meisn. in Bull. Acad. Sec. St. Pétersb. 
1843. 
Cutntt: hills near Peking (Bunge! Williams! Bushell! 
Bretschneider!); KawsvH: south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex 
Maximowicz in litt.). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Mongolia. 
5. Wikstremia chinensis, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 546 ; 
Franchet, Pl. David. p. 260, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- 
bourg, xxiv. p. 250; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 123. 
Suantune: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Kianast (David 
ex Franchet). 
v 6. Wikstremia gracilis, Hemsl., n. sp. l 
Frutex 3-pedalis (4. Henry), ramis gracillimis ultimis floriferis 
fere capillaribus obscure strigilosis. Folia omnia opposita, 
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