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Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets 1600-2000 m., May and 
September 1907 (No. 318; climber 4 m., flowers flesh-pink, fruit red); 
Hsing-shan Hsien, Wén-tsao-shan, alt. 2000 m., May 31, 1907 (No. 263, 
flowering specimens only; climber 3-4 m., flowers deep, fleshy pink); 
boundary of Fang and Hsing-shan Hsiens, woodlands, alt. 2300-2600 
m., June 13, 1910 (No. 4574; climber 3-6 m., flowers flesh-pink); 
without locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2085). 
Not common in western Hupeh and we have seen no specimens from western 
Szech’uan. 
Schisandra rubriflora Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 
Schizandra chinensis, var. rubriflora Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, 
VIII. 192 (Pl. David. II. 10) (1886). 
Schizandra grandiflora Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LII. Mém. 
IV.48 (pro parte, non Hooker f. & Thompson) (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. 
II. 48 (1907). 
Frutex scandens, 3-6 m. altus; ramuli hornotini glabri, annotini 
lenticellati, satis robusti, fusco-purpurei v. fusco-cinerei; gemmae 
ovoideae, acutae, perulis paucis rotundatis acuminulatis sparse cili- 
olatis. Folia decidua, obovata v. oblongo-obovata, acuminata, saepius 
subito, basi in petiolum attenuata, sinuato-denticulata, interdum fere 
integra, dentibus minutis calloso-mucronatis, 6-15 cm., plerumque 
8-12 cm. longa et 3-7 cm., plerumque 4-6 cm. lata, supra atroviridia, 
subtus pallide viridia, nervis utrinsecus 5-8 subtus leviter elevatis; 
petioli supra canaliculati glabri, 2-4 cm. longi. Flores axillares, 
solitarii, fusco-rubri, 2-3 em. diam., in axillis perularum baseos inno- 
vationum rarius in axillis foliorum inferiorum; pedicelli graciles, 2-5 
em. longi, glabri; sepala in floribus masculis plerumque 5-7, exteriora 
anguste obovata, obtusa, basi cuneata, 10 mm. longa et 5 mm. lata, 
interiora late obovata, 10-12 mm. longa et 7-9 mm. lata, rotundata, 
basi subito angustata; sepala in floribus femineis 5, late obovata v. 
suborbicularia, 10-12 mm. longa et 8-12 mm. lata; androecium 8-10 
mm. longum; stamina 10 v. plura, 4.5-6 mm. longa, filamentis dis- 
tinctis complanatis 3-4.5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, antherae loculis 
marginalibus connectivo lato separatis apice obtuso conniventibus; 
gynaeceum conico-ovoideum, 9-10 mm. longum; carpella numerosa, 
distineta, obovoidea, circiter 2 cm. longa, glabra, stigmate 
lato ciliato. Fructus cylindricus, pendulus, 10-15 em. longus, ker- 
mesinus; pedicellus 6-8 cm. longus; rhachis carnosa, rubescens; Car- 
pella subglobosa, 10-12 mm. diam.; semina 2 in quoque carpello, 
