CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 485 
Kiangsi: Kuling, side of streams, rare, alt. 1300 m., July 29, 1907 
(No. 1581). Western Szech’uan: Chengtu plain, near Chengtu, alt. 
600 m., June 4, 1908 (No. 3128; small tree, 4 m. high, flowers nearly 
white); Mao-chou, Min valley, cliffs, alt. 1000-1300 m., June 1 and 
September 1908 (No. 1022; bush 1.3-3 m. tall, flowers greenish 
white); west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, alt. 1300-1600 m., Oct. 
1910 (No. 4201; bush or small tree, 5-8 m. tall, fruit salmon-red). 
Evonymus japonica Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 100 (1784). — Hooker & 
Arnott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 261 t. 54 (1836?). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. 
XXX. t. 6 (1844). — Maximowiez in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 
XXVI. 441 (1881); in Mél. Biol. XI. 178 (1883). — Franchet in Mém. 
Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XXIV. 206 (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. 
Linn. Soc. XXIII. 120 (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 441 
(1900); XXX. 453. — Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 173, fig. 
111 k-p (1907). 
According to Wilson the typical upright growing form of E. japonica apparently 
does not occur in western China. 
Evonymus japonica, var. radicans Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 
II. 86 (Prol. FI. Jap. 18) (1865). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. 
St. Pétersbourg, XXVII. 441 (1881); in Mél. Biol. XI. 178 (1883). 
Evonymus radicans Siebold apud Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 202; 
Prol. Fl. Jap. 366 (1867). 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 1000 m., June 
and October 1907 (No. 396; climber, 2-5 m., flowers white, fruit white); 
without localtiy, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1520). 
Evonymus japonica, var. acuta Rehder, n. var. 
Differt a typo habitu scandente, foliis tenuioribus acutis v. breviter 
acuminatis subtus nervis leviter elevatis et venulis distinctis con- 
junctis. Folia elliptica v. ovato-elliptica, rarius elliptico-obovata, 
serrulata dentibus parvis adpressis acutis mueronulatis, 4-6 cm. longa 
et 1.5-3 em. lata. Flores et fructus ut in typo. 
Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, rocks, alt. 600-1300 
m., June 1907 (No. 562, only flowers; climber 2-4 m.); Fang Hsien, 
rocks, alt. 1200 m., November 1907 (No. 562*; climber 2 m., fruit 
white); South Wushan, cliffs, 600-1200 m., October 1907 (No. 478; 
climber, 3-4 m., fruit white); Changyang Hsien, alt. 1000-1300 m., 
October 1907 (No. sos; prostrate over rocks, 30-60 cm., fruit white, 
