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at the base, the larger bracts, the larger leaves, hirsute on both sides and grayish 
green beneath, and by the hirsute pubescence of the whole plant. 
Lonicera praecox Rehder, n. comb. 
Caprifolium praecoz Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. I. 274 (1891). 
Lonicera infundibulum Franchet in Jour. de Bot. X. 315 (1896). 
Western Hupeh: Chang-yang Hsien, roadsides, alt.,1000-1500 m., 
April 1907 (No. 1856); Fang Hsien, rare, alt. 1600-1700 m., June 15, 
1910 (No. 4006). 
Subsect. ALPIGENAE Rehd. 
Lonicera mupinensis Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex erectus, 1.5-6 m. altus ramulis junioribus sparse stipitato- 
glandulosis mox glabrescentibus v. fere glabris, ramis vetustioribus 
cinereis fibrosis. Gemmae circa 1 em. longae, perulis 8-10 exterioribus 
scariosis lanceolatis acuminatis, interioribus accrescentibus foliaceis 
omnibus sub anthesi erectis longe persistentibus instructae. Folia ellip- 
tico-oblonga v. oblonga v. obovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi late 
cuneata, inferiora interdum rotundata, 6-12 em. longa et 2.5-5.5 lata, 
dense molliter ciliata, supra laete viridia, initio sparse pilosa, demum 
fere glabra, subtus pallide viridia, ad venas venulasque pilosa, inter- 
dum glabrescentia, basin versus plerumque sparse glandulosa, utrinse- 
cus 6—7-costata; petioli 5-8 mm. longi, sparse v. interdum densius 
glandulosi et sparse breviter pilosi, demum glabrescentia. Flores bini 
pedunculis stipitato-glandulosis v. fere glabris apice incrassatis 3.5- 
5 cm. longis insidentes; bracteae subulatae, glanduloso-ciliatae, ovaria 
disjuncta duplo v. fere duplo superantes; bracteolae liberae v. anteriora 
basi tantum connata, glanduloso-ciliatae, ovatae, obtusae, ovariis 
dimidio breviores v. et oblongae ovariis triplo breviores; corolla bila- 
biata, 1.5 em. longa, extus glabra, atropurpurea, tubus manifeste 
gibbosus, intus dense pilosus, limbo paullo brevior, labium superius 
4-lobum lobis ovatis rotundatis brevibus; stamina limbo paullo, brevi- 
ora filamentis basi pilosa excepta glabris quam antherae anguste ob- 
longae longioribus; stylus stamina subaequans, infra medium pilosus. 
Baccae rubrae, subglobosae, 8-10 mm. diam., seminibus plerumque 
2-3, ovoideis leviter compressis flavido-albidis laevibus nitidulis. 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1800-2400 m., June 
and October 1908 (No. 861, in part); alt. 2700-3000 m., October 1910 
(No. 4225); near Wa-shan, woodlands and thickets, alt. 2100—2700 m., 
June and September 15, 1908 (No. 861, in part), alt. 2700-3000 m., 
July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3741). 
