132 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 
Wilson’s specimen differs from the type in the nearly subulate bracts and the 
larger leaves and possibly does not belong here, but without flowers it is difficult 
to place. 
Lonicera flavipes Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex erectus 1-2 m. altus ramulis gracilibus, junioribus glabris et 
plerumque purpurascentibus, annotinis pallide brunneis et nitidulis, 
vetustioribus griseis cortice fibroso. Gemmae perulis exterioribus 
circa 8 ovatis obtusis ciliatis e& pubescentibus. Folia decidua, obovata 
v. obovato-oblonga v. inferiora ovalia, obtusa, basi in petiolum bre- 
vem fere glabrum flavum 2-3 mm. longum attenuata, supra flavo- 
viridia et sparse et adpresse pubescentia, subtus pallide flavo-viridia, 
pilis laxe adpressis obtecta, 24.5 cm. longa et 10-18 mm. lata, utrin- 
secus 5-6 costis conspicuis uti costa media flavidis. Flores bini in 
peduneulis gracilibus glabris 2-2.5 em. longis axillaribus in parte in- 
feriore ramulorum; bracteae lanceolatae, foliaceae, sparse ciliatae, 
calycis dentes superantes; bracteolae nullae; ovaria supra medium 
connata, margine calycis obsolete dentata trientem ovariorum ae- 
quante; corolla tubulosa, gracilis, supra basin leviter gibbosa, 11 mm. 
longa, albida, extus supra medium sparse patentim pilosa, intus pilis 
paucis longis infra insertionem staminum, lobis orbiculari-ovatis 2 
mm. longis suberectis; filamenta paullo supra medium tubum affixa, 
glabra, 3 mm. longa, antherae 2 mm. longae, lobos medios attingentes; 
stylus exsertus, 15 mm. longus, pilis longis patentibus instructus basi 
et apice exceptis. Fructus desiderantur. 
Western Hupeh: Wén-tsao Mts., Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, 
alt. 2300 m., June 5, 1908 (No. 1868). 
Most nearly related to L. tangutica Maxim., which differs chiefly in the smaller 
and narrower acute leaves nearly glabrous on the under surface or only sparingly 
pubescent on the veins, in petioles and veins not being yellow, in the subulate bracts 
not exceeding the ovaries, in the corolla glabrous on the outside, and in the style 
being glabrous or only furnished with a few hairs near the base. 
Lonicera tangutica Maximowiez in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 
XXIV. 48 (1877). — Wolf in Gartenfl. XL. 580, fig. 104-105 (1891). 
Western Szech'uan: Wa-ssu country, Wén-chuan Hsien, common, 
alt. 1800-2400 m., August 1908 (No. 831); Chin-ting-shan, alt. 1800- 
2400 m., May and September 1908 (No. 831^, in part); Wa-shan, 
woods, alt. 2400-3300 m., August 1908 (No. 950). 
Lonicera szechuanica Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. XIV. 172 (1895). 
L. tangutica, var. glabra Batalin, l. c. ; 
