278 48. SAXIFRAGACEJE : HYDRANGEA. 



Chihli: near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol {David, 1854 

 and 2219) ; Shingking : Black Bear Valley (Boss !) ; Chekiang : 

 Ningpo (Cooper I); Corea: Chemulpo (Carlesl). Mus. Brit; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



Var. tenuifolius, Maxim. Bevis. Hydrang. As. Or. p. 38 ; 

 Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 382. 



Philadelphia tenuifolius, Rupr. et Maxim, in Rupr. erste hot. Nachr. 

 Amurl. in Bull. Acad. Petersb. 1856, p. 120. 



Shingking: Chienshan (Boss\). Herb. Kew. 



Mandshuria. 



The aggregate species ranges from the South of Europe to 

 Japan. 



[Philadelphus parviflorus and P. rubricaulis, Carriere (Bev. 

 Hort. 1871, p. 460), raised from Chinese seeds, we only know 

 from the short description in the place cited.] 



1. Cardiandra alternifolia, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 121, 

 t. 65 et 66 ; Walp. Bep. ii. p. 377 ; Maxim. Bevis. Hydrang. As. 

 Or. p. 5 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 126. 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Forbes ! David ex Franchet). 



Japan. 



48. SAXIFEAGrACE^l : Escallonieje. 



1. Itea chinensis, Hook, et Am. Dot. Beech. Voy. p. 188, t. 39 ; 

 Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald; p. 379 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 129 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 408 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. 

 p. 459 (var. subserrata). 



South China : without locality (Millettl Potts I Seemannl); 

 Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 108, 109 !), Kelung (Fordl) ; Hong- 

 kong (Champion ! Harlandl Hancel); Luchu Archipelago 

 (Tashiro ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Khasia mountains and Japan. 



2. Itea ilicifolia, Olio, in Hook. Ic. PI. xvi. 1. 1538. 

 Hupeh: Ichang and neighbourhood, and Nanto and moun- 

 tains to the northward (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



[Itea Bosmarinus,~Reem. et Schult. (Syst. Veg. v. p. 408), syn. 

 Cedrela Bosmarinus, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 160), is an obscure 

 plant, but it does not belong to this genus.] 



