HAMAMELIDACEAE. — FORTUNEARIA 427 
stamina petalis multo breviora, ineurva, filamentis apicem versus dila- 
tatis glabris, antheris globosis; ovarium glabrum; styli recti, staminibus 
breviores, glabri, stigmate obliquo paullo inerassato. Capsula glabra, 
7-9 mm. longa et 6-8 mm. diam.; semina ovalia, leviter compressa, 
4-5 mm. longa, obtusa, nigra, hilo albido. 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, margins of woods, alt. 1600- 
2300 m., May, June and August 1907 (No. 184). 
From all other species C. platypetala is easily distinguished by the very broad 
hatchet-shaped petals. It is perhaps nearest to C. himalayana Griffith, which has, 
however, differently shaped petals, a villose ovary and curved divergent styles; 
the leaves, too, of the two species are very different. 
This new species is à common shrub in the thickets and margins of woods 
throughout north-western Hupeh. 
Corylopsis platypetala, var. levis Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
A typo recedit glandularum defectu, ramulis annotinis brunneis 
v. fusco-brunneis, capsulis paullo minoribus leviter glaucescentibus. 
Flores ignoti. 
Western Szech’uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, thickets, 
alt. 1300-2500 m., July and October 1908 (No. 1020, type); near 
Mao-chou, Chiu-ting-shan, thickets, alt. 1600 m., May 22, 1908 
(No. 2272); Ching-chi Hsien, Ta-hsiang-ling, alt. 1300-2600 m., May 
1908 (2273); Mupin, thickets, 2000-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 2274). 
In the absence of flowers the characters which separate this variety from the 
type are comparatively slight, but it occupies a different geographical range and 
considering the fact that all species and varieties of this genus are rather local we 
have thought it advisable to separate the Szech’uan plant from the type which 
has been collected only in Hupeh. This plant is in cultivation, and when it flowers 
its taxonomic rank can be more accurately determined. None of the Herbarium 
Specimens have any trace of glands, but the seedlings have a few stipitate glands on 
the young shoots and petioles; glands probably occur more or less frequently on 
all the species. : 
FORTUNEARIA Rehd. & Wils. 
Fortunearia Rehder & Wilson, n. gen. 
Calyx tubo turbinato brevi, lobis 5 triangularibus brevibus deciduis; 
petala 5, subulata, sepalis subaequilonga; stamina 5, filamentis brevis- 
simis, antheris basifixis fere sessilibus ovoideis valvis 2 lateralibus 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus; ovarium semi-inferum, biloculare, ovulis 
mM quoque loculo solitariis pendulis; styli 2, liberi, elongati, filiformes, 
revoluti, stigmatibus simplicibus. Capsula lignescens, semi-supera, 
bivalvis, ultra medium loculicide dehiscens valvis apice bifidis; endo- 
