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Rajania quinata Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 148 (1784). 
Western Hupeh: vicinity of Ichang, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 
May 7, 1907 (No. 2388; climber 3-5 m., flowers chocolate-red) ; with- 
out locality, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 105); without locality, 
A. Henry (No. 3807). Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. 
Macgregor. Korea: Quelpaert, April 1908 and May 1909, Taquet 
(Nos. 4612, 2601). 
This plant is not uncommon at low altitudes in rocky places throughout western 
Hupeh. It shares with the various species of Holboellia and with Akebia lobata in 
the colloquial name of * Pa-yueh-cha." The fruit is eaten locally. 
Akebia lobata Decaisne in Arch. Mus. Paris, I. 196, t. 13 b (1839); in 
Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 2, XII, 107 (1839). — Siebold, Fl. Jap. I. 145, t. 
78 (1840?). — Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 9 (Prol. Fl. Jap. 
197 (1867)). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. Pl. Jap. I. 21 (1875). — 
Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 30 (1886). — Franchet in Nouv. 
Arch. Mus. Paris sér. 2, VIII. 194 (Pl. David. II. 11) (1886). — 
Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 344 (1900). — Gagnepain in Bull. Mus. 
Nat. Hist. Paris, XIV. 69 (1908). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. 
Ital. n. ser. XVII. 272 (1910). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. 
Inform. Add. ser. X. 32 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongkong) (1912). 
Akebia quercifolia Siebold & Zuccarini Fl. Jap. I. 146 (1840?). — Miquel in 
Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 9; Prol. Fl. Jap. 197 (1867). — Franchet & 
Savatier, Enum. Fl. Jap. I. 21 (1875). 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., May 
and September 1907 (No. 171; climber 3 m., flowers maroon red, fruit 
purplish); without locality, A. Henry (No. 7655). Western 
Szech'uan: Wa-shan, alt. 1300-1800 m., September 1908 (No. 925, 
in part; climber 6 m., fruit pale purple). 
Not common in central and western China. Colloquially it is known as “ Pa- 
yueh-cha,” and the fruit is eaten. 
Akebia lobata, var. australis Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 344 
(1900).— Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 273 (1910). 
Akebia Chaffanjoni Léveillé in Bull. Soc. Agric. Sci. Sarthe, LIX. 316 (1904). — 
Fedde, Sp. Rep. Nov. VI. 372 (1909). 
Akebia lobata, var. clematifolia Gagnepain in Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris 
XIV. 69 (pro parte, non Ito) (1908). : 
Kiangsi: Kuling, rocky places, alt. 1100 m., common, July 30, 1907 
(No. 1509; climber 3-5 m.). Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, thick- 
