290 51. HAMAMELIDE.2E. 



Hongkong (Champion \ Wright I Wilfordl Ford?); Ltjchtt 

 Auchipelago (Beechey\ Wright?). Mus. Brit.; Herb, Kew. 



Japan. 



Var. chinense, Franchet in litt. " Arbuscula vix tripedalis ; folia 

 parva pollicaria vel minora, elliptica integra vel ssepius oblongo- 

 lanceolata, apice nunc obscure nunc acute paucidentata." 



Hupeii : Ichang (A. Henry !) ; Szeciiuen : rocks on the banks 

 of the Blue river, at Kouimen (Belavayl). Herb. Kew. 



This variety is very different from the typical species (a tree 

 twenty-five feet high) ; but we believe that Mr. Franchet is right 

 in his estimate of its rank. 



1. Corylopsis multiflora, Ranee in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 me serie, xv. 

 p. 224 ; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 936. 



Fokien : Ankoe, near the western limits of the province (De 

 Grijs, hb. Ranee, 6684 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



2. Corylopsis spicata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 47, t. 19. 

 Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer ! Maries I). Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



The Chinese specimens have oblong-obovate leaves. 



1. Hamamelis japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. math.-phys. 

 XI. baier. Akad. iv. 2. p. 193 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 

 i. p. 163, et ii. p. 368 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6659. 



Hamamelis virginiana, Linn., var. japonica, Franchet, PI. David, p. 131. 

 Hamamelis arborea, Mast, in Gard. Chron. n. s. xv (1881), p. 205, 

 fig. 38, et p. 216. 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (David, 877, ex Franchet). 

 Japan. 



2. Hamamelis mollis, Oliv. in Rook. Ic. Fl. xviii. ined. 

 KiANGsr : Kiukiang (Maries !) ; Hfpeh : Patung District 



(A. Renry !). Herb. Kew. 



1. Loropetalum chinense, B. Br. in AbeVs Voy. to China, App. 

 B, p. 375 in nota ; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 138 ; Ranee 

 in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 22. 



Hamamelis chinensis, R. Br. loc. cit. cum tab. ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 269. 



Chekiang : Tabu lake ( Carles !), Ningpo (Everardl Cooper \ 

 Hancockl); Chtjsan Aechipelago (hb. Griffith?); Kiangsi : 

 Kiukiang (Maries ! Shearer 1); Fokien : Amoy (Fortune, 74! 

 Swinhoel); Hupeh : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. Henry I); 



