AQUIFOLIACEAE, — ILEX 77 
Ilex Fargesii Franchet in Jour. de Bot. XII. 255 (1898). — Loesener 
in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LX XVIII. 239 (1901). 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 1200-2100 m., 
May and September 1907 (No. 231). Western Szech’uan: Mupin, 
woodlands, alt. 1500-2000 m., June 1908 (No. 3098). 
Ilex Fargesii, var. v. forma, 8 megalophylla Loesener, n. forma. 
Foliis majoribus praecipue latioribus, usque 15 cm. longis et 4.1 em. 
latis, petiolo usque 2.1 em. longo, a typo recedens. 
Western Szech’uan: Wa-ssu country, Wén-chuan Hsien, wood- 
lands, alt. 1500 m., July and September 1908 (No. 1034). 
Ilex Franchetiana Loesener, n. sp. 
Frutex 2-3 metralis, glaber v. glaberrimus. Ramuli i. s. brunneo- 
nigrescentes, vel cinereo-fuscescentes, hornotini i. s. angulati vel 
striato-subsulcati, laeves, 2-6 mm. crassi. Folia interstitiis, 4-18 mm. 
- longis dissita; stipulis 0 vel valde fugacibus, modice v. longiuscule 
(7-19 mm. longe) petiolata; petiolo quam lamina circ. 5-10-plo brevi- 
ore, supra medio profunde longitudinali-suleato; lamina angustissime 
decurrente marginato, marginibus superne conniventibus v. erectis, 
1-2 mm. crasso, obovato-elliptica usque oblanceolata rarius lanceo- 
lato-elliptiea, margine i. s. anguste v. angustissime recurvato, densius 
v. remotius et argute serrulato, iuxta basin saepe integro, basi cuneata 
v. raro cuneato-subobtusa, apice manifeste et acute v. acutiuscule 
acuminata, aeumine usque 19 mm. longo, 7-12.5 cm. longa, 1.7-3.5 
em. lata, chartacea usque coriacea, glabra, i. s. supra nitidula v. vix 
nitidula, cinereo-olivacea usque subatro-brunnea, subtus paullulo 
pallidiora, costa media supra i. s. impressa vel insculpta, subtus ex- 
pressa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-10 sub angulo cire. 30-50° 
obviis, rectis et iuxta marginem ad apicem versus curvatis raro leviter 
et sub-~-formiter arcuatis, tenuibus, supra plane obsoletis v. vix pro- 
minulis, v. sub lente tenuissime et obsolete insculptis, subtus tenuiter 
prominentibus v. prominulis iuxta marginem laxius et saepe obsolete 
reticulatis, reticulo supra inconspicuo. Inflorescentiae in foliorum 
axillis fasciculatae, d 1-florae vel semel dichotomae, 2-3-florae, 9 
1-florae, glabrae, pedunculis in d brevissimis, sub alabastris vix 1 mm. 
longis, bracteis deltoideis vel ovato-deltoideis obtusis vel acutis 1-1.5 
mm. longis, pedicellis in 9 usque 4 mm. longis, prophyllis medio 
v. sub medio pedicello insertis, bracteis similibus integris; flores 
4-meri vel 4-5-meri; calycis lobi late ovato-deltoidei, obtusi v. rotun- 
dati, vix 1 mm. longi et circ. 1 mm. lati, sub lente valida tenuissime 
