127. CUPULIFERE: BETULEX®. 497 
Var. Tauschii, Regel in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 195 ; Palibin in 
Act. Hort. Petrop. xiv. p. 140. 
CargLr: Lantsikala (Palibin). 
Var. verrucosa, Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 281. 
Betula verrucosa, Ehrh. Beitr. vi. p. 98. 
Curr: Siwan, Pohuashan (David ex Franchet). 
Var. vulgaris, Regel. Monogr. Bet. p. 17; Franchet in Journ. 
de Bot. 1899, p. 206. 
SZECHUEN: Tongolo and Tachienlu (Soulié, 566!). Mus. Paris. 
This polymorphous species is widely distributed in North 
Temperate Regions. Fauvel, in Mém. Soe. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, 
xxii. p. 200, records that Betula alba is cultivated iu Chekiang at 
Ningpo. 
2. Betula albo-sinensis Burkill, n. sp. 
Betula Bhojpattra, var. sinensis, Franchet in Journ. de Bot. 1899, p. 207. 
Rami nitentes, glabri, juniores colore iis B. albæ consimiles 
nec B. utilis dissimiles, lenticellis albidis conspersi. Folia ovata, 
acuminata, glabra, basi rotundata, margine argute serrata, nervis 
lateralibus. utrinque 9-10 (i. e. folia foliis B. utilis simillima) ; 
petiolus 3-6 lin. longus, glaber. Amenta 1-2 (sepissime 2) ad 
apices ramorum brevium enata, 11-13 poll. longa, fructu maturo 
4-5 lin. crassa; pedunculus 2 lin. longus; bractez glabra, ad 
nuces delapsas decidus, 2-24 lin. longe, ad lobos laterales 13 lin. 
late, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, lobo terminali lineari-lanceolato 
apice acuto. Samara nitens, alata, alis utrinque tertiam partem 
totius latitudinis formantibus, 1-1} lin. lata, nucleo ovato e 
medio apicem versus conspicue angustato, iis B. utilis minor. 
SzECHUEN : Tehenkeoutin (Farges!). Mus. Paris. 
The leaves certainly suggest B. utilis (B. Bhojpattra), but 
never, it seems, are the fruits of this species so small as in the 
specimens here described. 
3. Betula alnoides, Ham. in D. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 58; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 599. 
Betula acuminata, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. p. 7, t. 109; Franchet in Journ. 
de Bot. 1899, p. 207. 
SZECHUEN: Tehenkeoutin (Farges !); Yunnan: Mengtze (A. 
Henry, 10437). Herb. Kew; Mus. Paris. 
Var. pyrifolia, Franchet in Journ. de Dot. 1899, p. 207. 
Hvurku: Patung (4. Henry, 1414, 1443 !), Chienshih (A. 
