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3110, in part, flowering specimens only); Ta-hsiang-ling, Chin-chi 
Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2000-2300 m., May 1908 (No. 3108; bush 
1.60 m., flowers purple); Chin-chi Hsien, thickets, alt. 2600-3000 m., 
June 15, 1908 (No. 9675, in part, flowering specimen; flowers dark 
purple, bush 2-3 m.). 
Evonymus dasydictyon Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex 2-6-metralis, glaber; ramuli teretes, hornotini virescentes, 
annotini purpureo-fusci; gemmae conico-oblongae, 5-7 mm. longae, 
perulis apice purpurascentibus margine angustissime scariosis. Folia 
decidua, chartacea, elliptiea v. oblonga, acuminata et interdum longe 
acuminata, basi cuneata, in petiolum decurrentia, margine dense serru- 
lata denticulis incurvis mucronulatis, 4-10 cm. longa et 2-4 cm. lata, 
supra obscure viridia, non nitida, leviter reticulata, subtus flavo- 
viridia, manifeste reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 4—5 angulo angusto, 
circiter 15-20°, divergentibus, supra ut costa media leviter elevatis et 
colore flavido conspicuis, venulis et nervis sub lente valida rugulosis; 
petioli flavo-virides, plani, margine subalati, 5-10 mm. longi. Inflo- 
rescentia (fructifera tantum visa) bis ad quater furcata, pedunculo 
2.5-3.5 em. longo tereti incluso ad. 7.5 cm. longa; pedicelli breves 
3-5 mm. longi; capsula ambitu subglobosa, (immatura tantum visa) 
circiter 1 cm. alta, 4-mera, manifeste alata, alis deltoideis circiter 
6 mm. longis et basi 7 mm. latis apice obtusis. 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2600 m., July 
1908 (No. 3110, in part, fruiting specimens). 
This species is most closely related to E. sanguinea Loesener which differs 
chiefly in its thinner leaves less strongly, though distinctly, reticulate, with the 
veins and veinlets not rugulose, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base and in the 
fruit which is truncate at the base and rounded at the apex. 
Evonymus elegantissima Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. à 
Frutex 2-metralis, glabra; ramuli hornotini subteretes tenues, pallide 
virides, annotini teretes, purpurascentes v. fuscescentes, vetustiores 
purpureo-fusci; laeves; gemmae conico-ovoideae, 3-4 mm. longae, 
perulis viridibus margine pallide brunneo scarioso, lacero. Folia 
membranacea, oblongo-lanceolata v. anguste lanceolata, acuminata, 
basi cuneata, dense serrulata dentibus minutis aristato-mucronatis 
laxe adpressis, 4-9 em. longa et 1-2 em. lata, supra luteo-viridia, non 
nitentia subtus pallide viridia nervis utrinsecus 5-6 sub angulo acuto, 
circiter 15-20°, divergentibus supra ut costa media leviter elevatis et 
