CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 487 
Evonymus myriantha Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 
210. 
Evonymus Rosthornii Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 437, t. 4 s-r (1900). 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., 
November 1907 (No. 557, fruit only; bush 3 m., fruit golden); same 
locality, May 1907 (No. 3122; bush 3 m., flowers yellow); Fang Hsien, 
cliffs side of streams, alt. 1000-1600 m., May 19 and 30, 1907 (No. 
3118, 3123); without precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 995), June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2106); Changyang, June 
1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 570); A. Henry (Nos. 5335, 5540, 5945, 
6126, 7016, 7823). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, May and July 
1904 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 4786, 4787; shrub 3-6 m. high). 
Evonymus Sargentiana Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex 3-4-metralis, glaberrima; ramuli hornotini subquadrangu- 
lares, tenues, luteo-virides, glabri, annotini subteretes obscure virides. 
Folia coriacea, persistentia, obovata v. oblongo-obovata, subito mani- 
feste acuminata, basi cuneata, supra trientem inferiorem integrun 
leviter remote crenato-serrata, 6-9 em. longa et 2-3.5 cm. lata, supra 
obscure glauco-viridia, non nitentia, subtus flavo-viridia, nervis 
utrinsecus 6-7 supra leviter elevatis subtus obscuris, costa media 
supra manifeste, subtus leviter elevata; petioli satis graciles, 8-10 mm. 
longi. Inflorescentia fructifera ter v. quater dichotome furcata, laxa, 
pedunculo angulari circiter 3 em. longo insidens; pedicelli 5-7 mm. 
longi; flores non visi ; capsula, 4-gona, leviter v. vix lobata, angulis 
acutis, oblongo-obovoidea, basim versus sensim attenuata, apice 
Subrotundata et acutiuscula circiter 15 mm. longa et 8 mm. diam., 
lutea; semina immatura arillo pallido inclusa. 
Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., 
October 1908 (No. 1187). 
. This new species is closely related to E. myriantha Hemsley which differs chiefly 
E its broader obovoid and obcordiform fruit more or less impressed at the apex, 
onger and stouter petioles and broader short-acuminate leaves. 
Evonymus microcarpa Sprague in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 35. 
Evonymus chinensis Lindley, var. microcarpa Oliver apud Loesener in Bot. 
Jahrb. XXX. 456 (1902). 
Western Szech'uan: Tung valley, south-east of Tachien-lu, alt. 
1300 m., November 1910 (No. 4165; tree 5-7 m. tall, fruit yellow, axil 
