FLACOURTIACEAE. — POLIOTHYRSIS 285 
1872, 174, fig. 19, 20. — Ito, Fig. Descr. Pl. Koishik. Bot. Gard. II. 
t. 114, 112 (1883). — Lavallée in Icon. Arb. Segrez. 41, t. 13 (1885). — 
Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. CXI. t. 6794 (1885). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. 
For. Jap. I. t. 76 (1900). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 478 (1900). 
Idesia polycarpa, var. latifolia Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 478 (1900). 
Idesia polycarpa, var. intermedia Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. XVII. 
673 (1910). 
Polycarpa Mazimowiczii Linden ex Carriére in Rev. Hort. 1868, 330, fig. 36. 
Flacourtia japonica Hort. ex Lavallée, 1. c. (synon.). 
Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, woods, alt. 1300- 
2000 m., June and October 1907 (No. 487; tree 8-15 m. tall, about 
1 m. girth, flowers yellow, fruits vermilion, bark very light grey); 
without precise locality, June and October 1900 (Veitch. Exped. 
No. 930). Formosa: Bankinsing, mountains, A. Henry (No. 429). 
Korea: Quelpaert, side of streams, rare, alt. 900 m., E. J. Taquet 
(Nos. 1466, 4096). 
A very common tree in western Hupeh. The foliage varies considerably in size 
and shape, and with the mass of material before me I must consider the above 
named varieties very slight forms not deserving varietal rank. A photograph of 
this tree will be found under No. 560 of Wilson's photographs and also in his 
Vegetation of Western China, No. 254. 
Idesia polycarpa, var. vestita Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 478 (1900). 
Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 1600-2500 m., June 
and September 1908 (No. 962; tree 6-15 m. tall, about 1 m. girth, 
flowers yellow, fruits brick red); without precise locality, woods, rare, 
alt. 2300 m., July 1903 (Veitch. Exped. No. 3226). Kiangsi; Kuling, 
thickets, not common, alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 1612; bush 3 m. 
tall). 
A well-marked variety having the under side of the leaves densely pubescent and 
the upper surface rugose. 
POLIOTHYRSIS Oliv. 
Poliothyrsis sinensis Oliver in Hooker’s Icon. XIX. t. 1885 (1889). — 
Bean in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. XXII. 355 (1909). 
WesternHupeh: north and south of Ichang, woodlands, alt. 300- 
1100 m., July and October 1907 (No. 500, in part; tree 6-13 m. tall, 
about 1 m. girth, flowers yellowish-white); Fang Hsien, alt. 1100 m., 
July 1907 (No. 500, in part); San-yu-tung glen, near Ichang, alt. 300 
m., June 1907 (No. 500, in part; bush 4 m. tall); without precise 
locality, July and November 1900 and 1901 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 1475, 
