AQUIFOLIACEAE. — ILEX 79 
cortice sordide griseo dense rimuloso et asperulo obtecti, triennes 4-5 
mm. crassi, hornotini dense et breviter subvillosulo-hirtelli, tarde v. 
non glabrescentes, obsolete longitudinali-striolati. Folia usque quar- 
tum in annum in ramulis remanentia, interstitiis usque 11 mm. longis 
dissita; stipulis e basi crassa subulatis plus minus persistentibus, cal- 
losis vix 1 mm. longis, interdum indumento reconditis, brevissime 
(1-vix 2 mm. longe) petiolata; petiolo quam lamina 15-38-plo breviore, 
supra medio longitudinali-impresso; lamina anguste decurrente mar- 
ginato, sub lente valida saepe pulvereo-puberulo v. subglabro, basi 
usque 1.5 mm. crasso, parvula, ovalia v. ovata usque oblonga, margine 
anguste recurvato, spinose denticulato-serrato, denticulis porrectis 
in spinulas singulas ciliiformes 1-2 mm. longas angustatis, basi obtusa 
v. euneato-obtusa raro subcuneata, apice acuta v. subacuminata et 
plerumque in spinulam angustata, 2.5-3.8 cm. longa, 1-1.8 cm. lata, 
coriacea v. tenaciter et rigidule coriacea, i. s. supra nitidula, brunneo- 
v. subflavo-olivacea, subtus vix pallidiora, glabra, costa media supra 
insculpta, subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 4-7 sub 
angulo 40—60? patentibus, rectis v. plerumque paullulum ad basin versus 
arcuatis v. plus minusve sub-~-formiter curvatis, iuxta marginem laxe 
reticulatis, supra tenuissime insculptis v. plane obsoletis, subtus promi- 
nentibus vel prominulis, retieulo subtus prominulo. Inflorescentiae in 
foliorum axillis fasciculatae, 9 tantum notae, 1-florae, pedicellis sub 
drupa brevissimis, vix 2 mm. longis, sub lente brevissime pulvereo- 
puberulis, prophyllis medio pedicello insertis, crassis v. subscariosis, 
deltoideis et basi utrinque unidenticulatis, sub lente valida parce et 
breviter ciliolatis, 1-1.25 mm. longis; flores ovario bimero ex- 
cepto 4-meri, ipsi ignoti; ealyx sub drupa 4-lobus, 2-3 mm. diam., 
lobis late deltoideis obtusis v. subrotundatis, cire. 1 mm. longis, paene 
2mm. latis. Drupa i. s. ellipsoidea, stigmate discoideo coronata, i. v. 
rubra, i. s. rugosa, circ. 7 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata, exocarpio tuni- 
cato, mesocarpio carnoso, 2-pyrena, pyrenis subsemiovoideis (i. e. 
forma dimidiae ovi medio longitudinaliter persecti parti similibus), 
cire. 5.5 mm. longis, 3-4 mm. latis, lignescentibus et tenacibus, longi- 
tudinaliter a basi ad apicem dorso subpalmatim 5-striolatis, ventre 
circ. 2-striolatis, seminibus non visis. 
Western Szech'uan: Chien-shi Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500 m., 
September 15, 1908 (No. 996); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1500 m., Octo- 
ber 1908 (No. 996°). 
Most nearly related to I. dipyrena Wallich, which differs in the leaves being 
more than twice as large and in its glabrous or at least nearly glabrous branchlets. 
