128 39. EHAMNACILSi. 



p. 16!); Formosa: Tamaui (Oldham I); Hupeh : Ichang (A. 

 Henry !) ; Shensi or Kansuh : Tsuuglin range (Piasezki. ex 

 Maximo wicz MSS.) ; Fokien : Amoy (Swinhoe !) ; Hongkong 

 (Champion ! Seemann ! Wright ! Wilford ! Lamont !). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



3. Berchemia ? sessiliflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 68 ; Waif. 

 Ann. vii. p. 588. 



Hongkong (Wright ex Bentham). 



1. Rhamnus argutus, Maxim, in Mem. Acad. He. Petersb. V 

 serie, x. (reprint, p. 6) ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 131 ; 

 Franchet, Fl. David, p. 72. 



Chihli: Jehol (David, 1820 !), Pohuashan (Bretschneider !), 

 Peking mountains (Kirilow ! Bretschneider !). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



2. Rhamnus crenatus, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 38 ; 

 Maxim, in Mem. Acad. Sc. Petersb. 7 e serie, x. (reprint, p. 18) ; 

 Franchet, PL David, p. 73. 



Frangula crenata, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Iiat. ii. p. 32. 



Rhamnus oreigenes, Hancein Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 116, et 1870, p. 312. 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Hupeh : Ichaug and Patung 

 (A. Henry !) ; Kwangtung : various localities (Sampson ! Ford !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



Dr. A. Henry's copious specimens prove that the Chinese plant 

 is specifically inseparable from the Japanese. 



3. Rhamiius davuricus, Pall. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 24, t. 61 ; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Boss. i. p. 50. 



Rhamnus catharticus, Linn., ft. intermedius et y. davuricus, Maxim, in 

 M4m. Acad. Sc. Petersb. 7* serie, x. (reprint, p. 8) ; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 72. 



Rhamnus utilis, Decne. in Comptes Rendus, xl. p. 1 140, et in Rondot, 

 Vert de Chine, p. 141, t. 1. 



Rhamnus sinensis, Seringe, ex Rondot, op. cit. p. 53. 



Chihli : Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David 1841 !) ; 

 Chekiang-. Hangchow, cult. ( Fortune !) ; Hupeh (A. Henry \) 



Eastern Siberia, Mandshuria. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Authentically named B. davuricus, collected by Turczanino w and 

 others,is quite hke.8. utilis, Decne. ; but it is perhaps better toretaiu 

 davuricus as a species than to unite it with B. catharticus, Linn. 



