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acuto divergentibus et ad apicem versus arcuatis supra et subtus 
elevatis v. subtus minus elevatis quam supra, venulis obsoletis v. fere 
obsoletis. Inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum mediorum, plerumque ter 
dichotomae, densae, circiter 2 cm. diam.; pedunculi alati, 2-3 em. longi; 
pedicelli verruculosi, 2-4 mm. longi, basi bracteis minutis acuminatis 
fuscis suffulti; flores 4-meri, 6-7 mm. diam., albi; sepala lata, rotun- 
data; petala late obovata, margine inflexa, 2.5 mm. longa; discus 
crassiusculus, explanatus, leviter 4-lobus; stamina in margine disci 
inserta, filamentis subulatis, 1.5 mm. longis, antheris suborbieularibus 
flavidis; ovarium 4-lobum, dense papillosum, stylo 1 mm. longo fere 
cylindrico coronatum, in floribus masculis vix elevatum, estylosum. 
Fructus desideratur. 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, cliffs, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 1908 
(No. 3115). 
This species is closely related to E. subsessilis Sprague which differs chiefly in 
the narrower leaves usually broadly euneate at the base, and more or less impressed 
along the veins. 
Evonymus aculeatus Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 
209. — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 459 (1902). — Sprague in Kew 
Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 33. 
Eastern Szech'uan: South Wushan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., Octo- 
ber 1910 (No. 459; bush 3 m. tall); same locality, A. Henry (No. 
5335»). 
Evonymus acanthocarpa Franchet, Pl. Delavay. 129 (1889).— 
Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 439 (1900); XXX. 459 (1902).— 
Sprague in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 32. 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300- 
1600 m., June 1909 (No. 3117; bush 2-3 m., flowers greenish). 
Western Szech’uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, alt. 1300- 
1600 m., October 1908 (No. 1089; bush 2-3 m.). 
Evonymus acanthocarpa, var. sutchuenensis Franchet apud Loe- 
sener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 439 (1900); XXX. 459 (1902). 
Western Hupeh: south of Ichang, rocky places, alt. 1300 x 
July and October 1907 (No. 504; bush 0.30-3 m., flowers yellowish?s 
Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., July 1907 (No. 31 
bush 3 m., flowers greenish); Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., 
1907 (No. 3120; bush 3 m., flowers yellowish) ; Patung Hsien, thickets, 
