CAPRIFOLIACEAE. — SYMPHORICARPOS 117 
Triosteum himalayanum Wallich, var. chinense Diels & Graebner 
in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 590 (1901). 
Western Szech’uan: Mupin, uplands, alt. 2400-2700 m., August 
1908 (No. 876); Tachien-lu, uplands, alt. 3000-3600 m., September 
1910 (No. 4161). 
Wilson gives the color of the fruits of No. 876 as red and of No. 4161 as white, 
but I cannot detect the slightest difference in the dried specimens. 
Triosteum Rosthornii Diels & Graebner in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 
591, f. 5, c-e (1901). 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, uplands, alt. 2400-2700 m., Octo- 
ber 1908 (No. 2339). Western Szech'uan: Wa-ssu country, Wén- 
chuan Hsien, uplands, alt. 2400-2800 m., July 1908 (No. 2340). 
SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. 
Symphoricarpos sinensis Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex erectus 1-1.75 m. altus, glaberrimus, ramulis gracilibus, 
hornotinis initio viridibus v. purpurascentibus, demum rubrobrun- 
neis, annotinis peridermate lamellis tenuibus decorticante et corti- 
cem fibrosum detegente. Gemmae parvae, brunneae, perulis pluribus 
exterioribus acutis. Folia ovalia v. rhombico-ovata, acuta v. obtu- 
siuscula, basi late cuneata et sensim in petiolum gracilem attenuata 
integerrima, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa et 1.2-1.8 cm. lata, supra laete viri- 
dia, subtus glaucescentia, utrinsecus 4-6-costata; petioli teretes, 1-2 
mm. longi. Flores sessiles, solitarii in axillis bractearum subulatarum 
ovariis breviorum, bracteis inferioribus interdum foliaceis et longiori- 
bus, spicas terminales 6-12-floras pedunculo 0.5-2 em. longo insidentes 
formantes; ovaria lageniformia, basi bracteolis ovatis quartam partem 
ovarii aequantibus suffulta, quadri-locularia loculis duobus sterilibus; 
calycis dentes ovato-lanceolati, acuti, circa 1 mm. longi; corolla late 
campanulata, alba, 7 mm. longa, intus extusque glabra, lobis ovatis 
tubum leviter ventricosum subaequantibus; stamina filamentis paullo 
infra faucem affixa, corollam subaequantia, antheris oblongis albidis; 
Stylus glaber, stamina aequans, stigmate capitato. Bacca ovoidea, 
7 mm. longa, atrocoerulea, pruinosa, apice in rostrum brevem quin- 
quedentatum subito contracta, disperma, pulpo viridi, seminibus 
ovoideis, 5 mm. longis, dense pilosis, albidis. 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, Ta-pa-shan, thickets, rare, alt. 
2300 m., July 1907 (No. 718).— In cultivation at the Arnold 
Arboretum. 
