41. SAPINBACEJ!. 148 



G-enerally dispersed in warm countries, including South China. 

 Herb. Kew. 



1. Euscaphis staphyleoides, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 124, 

 t. 67 ; Ranee in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260, et 1882, p. 4 ; Franchet, 

 PI. David, p. 78. 



Chekiang: Ningpo {Carles !) ; Kiangsu : Fengwangshan (hb. 

 Forbes I); Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Maries ! Shearer !); Hupeh : 

 Ichang and Patung ; " seed used as a drug " (A. Henry !). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan 



1. Turpinia arguta, Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald,' p. 371 ; Benth. 

 Fl. HongJc. p. 48. 



Ochranthe arguta, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1819. 



Eyrea vernalis. Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 331. 



Staphylea simplicifolia, Gardn. et Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. 

 p. 309. 



Fokien : Amoy (Fortune, A 124!); Formosa: Tamsui (Old- 

 ham, 81?); Hongkong (Champion ! Wilfordl Lamontl). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



The specimens from Formosa have much smaller flowers, and 

 present other trifling differences from typical T. arguta ; more 

 complete material may prove the Formosa plant to be a distinct 

 species, or, perhaps, a simple-leaved state of T. pomifera. 



2. Turpinia pomifera, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 3 ; Hiern in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 698. 



Turpinia nepalensis, Wall. ; Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 

 i. p. 156 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 972 ; Benth. Fl. Hongh. p. 48. 



Kiangsu : Fengwangshan (hb. Forbesl); Yunnak (Ander- 

 son !) ; Hongkong (Wright ! Champion !) ; Luohtt Abchipelago 

 (Wright I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Very common and widely spread in tropical Asia. 



42. SABIACE^. 



1. Sabia japonica, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. vi. p. 202, et Fl. As, 

 Or. Fragm. p. 7. 



Sabia Bullockii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9, et 1883, p. 2.96. 



China, without locality (Fortune, 7 !) ; Chekianq : Ningpo 

 (Fverard !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Kwangtung : 



