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seeds vermilion); without precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 1227). 
This variety resembles, in its climbing habit, E. japonica, var. radi Miquel, 
but is easily distinguished from this as well as from the type by the thinner, acute 
or shortly acuminate leaves distinctly veined beneath. In typical E. japonica 
the leaves are obtuse or obtusish, more coarsely and crenately serrate and of thicker 
texture; the veins are not as distinct as in var. acuta, but more so than in var, 
radicans where they are almost invisible. A picture of this new variety will be 
found under No. 0119 of the collection of Wilson’s photographs climbing on a tree 
Evonymus oblongifolia Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex 3-metralis; ramuli striato-subangulati, glabri, virides, 
tenues, hornotini subteretes, laeves, virides. Folia chartacea, decidua, 
elliptico-oblonga, rarius fere elliptica, aeuminata, basi euneata, serru- 
lata, 6-10 em. longa et 2-3.5 cm. lata, laete flavo-viridia, utrinque glabra 
et subconcoloria, nervis utrinsecus 8-14 sub angulo fere recto diver- 
gentibus utrinque ut costa media elevatis reticuloque venularum 
prominulo; petioli tenues 6-8 mm. longi. Inflorescentiae in parte ramu- 
lorum inferiore aphylla, pedunculo quadrangulari tenui 3-4.5 cm. longo 
rarius breviore insidentes, ter v. quater dichotome furcatae; pedicelli 
1-2 mm. longi; flores 6-7 mm. diam., flavidi; sepala semi-orbicularia, 
circiter 1 mm. longa ; petala suborbicularia, 2-2.5 mm. diam., margine 
undulata et leviter eroso-denticulata; stamina filamentis brevissimis, 
antheris luteis subglobosis; ovarium disco insidenta, breviter conicum. 
Fructus desideratur. 
Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300-1600 
m., May 1907 (No. 3125). 
Evonymus oblongifolia seems closely related to E. flavescens Loesener which 
differs chiefly in its obovate, abruptly and shortly acuminate, smaller and more 
crenately serrate leaves. 
Evonymus kiautschovica Loesener, var. patens Loesener, n. comb. 
Evonymus patens Rehder in Sargent, Trees & Shrubs, I. 127, t. 64 (1903). — 
Schneider, ll. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 174, fig. 112 t, 114 f-i (1907). 
Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, rocks, etc., alt. 
600-1300 m., November 1907 (No. 562, fruit only; climber, 2-4 m., fruit 
white); without locality, A. Henry (No. 3690); Patung Hsien, cliffs, 
alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 557, only flowers; bush 1-3 m. tall). 
No. 557 is doubtfully referred to this variety; the inflorescence has fewer flowers, 
the disk is broader and the leaves are generally narrower, more crenately serrate 
and of thicker texture with the veins indistinct beneath. 
