CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 489 
Evonymus cornuta Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 209.— 
Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 441 (1900); XXX. 458 (1902). 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., No- 
vember 1907 (No. 558; bush 1.50 m.). Western Szech’uan: Mao- 
chou, thickets, alt. 1600 m., May 23, 1908 (No. 558*; bush 1 m.); 
Chin-chi Hsien, thickets, alt. 2600-3000 m., September 15, 1908 
(No. 967%, fruiting specimen only; bush 2-3 m. tall); west and near 
Wén-ch'uan Hsien, thickets and woodlands, alt. 1600-2300 m., July 
and September 1908 (Nos. 1047, 1049; bush 1 m. tall); same locality, 
October 1910 (No. 4183; bush 2-3 m., fruit dull red); Pan-lan-shan, 
west of Kuan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 3105; 
bush 2 m. tall); same locality, October 1910 (No. 4291; bush 2-3 m.); 
west of Kuan-Hsien, thickets and rocky places, alt. 2000-2600 m., 
June 1908 (Nos. 3104, 3106, 3107; bush 1-1.60 m., flowers purple); 
without precise locality, alt. 2800 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 
3333). Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, 1910, W. Purdom (Nos. 6, 432). 
Evonymus subsessilis Sprague in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 34. 
Western Szech’uan: Wa-shan, climbing over rocks, alt. 1600- 
2500 m., August 1908 (No. 1215); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch 
Exped. No. 4784, 4785; bush 2.5 m.). Western Hupeh: Ichang, 
A. Henry (Nos. 3511, 3511, 3511°). 
Evonymus subsessilis, var. latifolia Loesener, n. var. 
A typo differt foliis latioribus ovalibus usque late ovatis rarius 
oblongis, pedunculis tenuioribus, non alatis tantum angulatis, fructu 
aculeis obsoletioribus parcioribus, tamen conspicuis. 
Western Szech’uan: Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 1600-2300 m., 
October 1908 (No. 1216; bush, 2-4 m. tall). 
. The leaves of this variety which attain a length of 11 em. by 5.5 cm. are very 
end to those of E. Bockii Loesener, but their petioles are shorter and the capsules 
Ow a few small prickles, while those of E. Bockii are always quite smooth. 
Evonymus mupinensis Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex 1-2-metralis, sempervirens, glaber; ramuli acute quadrangu- 
ti v. anguste quadrialati. Folia coriacea, ovata v. elliptico-ovata, 
obtusiuscule acuta, basi rotundata, fere a basi ad apicem adpresse 
Serrata dentibus mucrone fusco spinuloso porrecto v. incurvo ter- 
minatis, 3-5 em. longa et 1.5-3.5 cm. lata, supra obscure viridia subtus 
Pallide viridia et saepe fulvescentia, nervis utrinsecus 4-6 subangulo 
