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Abundant under Rhododendron bushes on the alpine moorlands near Tachien- 
lu. A picture of this species will be found under No. 205 of the collection of 
Wilson’s photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No.145. 
PIERIS D. Don 
Pieris ovalifolia D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Jour. XVII. 159 (1834). — 
De Candolle, Prodr. VII. 599 (1839). — Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. 
Brit. Ind. III. 460 (1882). — Léveillé in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LIII. 
204 (1906). 
Andromeda ovalifolia Wallich in As. Research. XIII. 391, fig. (1820); Cat. No. 
763 (1828). — D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 148 (1825). — Wight, Icon. IV. 
t. 1199 (1850). 
Lyonia ovalifolia Drude in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV. pt. I. 44 
(1889). 
.— Yunnan: Mengtze, mountains northwards, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry 
~ (Nos. 9091, 9091^, 9091*, 9091', in part); Szemao, mountains, alt. 
1600 m., A. Henry (No. 9091", in part). 
Pieris ovalifolia, var. lanceolata Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 
III. 461 (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 17 (1889). — 
Léveillé in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LIII. 204 (1906). 
Andromeda lanceolata Wallich in As. Research. XIII. 390, fig. (1820). — Wight 
Icon. IV. t. 1198 (1850). 
Andromeda squamulosa D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 149 (1825). 
Pieris lanceolata D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Jour. XVII. 159 (1834). — De Can- 
dolle, Prodr. VII. 599 (1839). — Hance in Jour. Bot. XVI. 12 (1878). 
Western Szech’uan: south-east of Tachien-lu, woods, alt. 2300- 
3000 m., June and October 1908 (No. 1240; bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers 
white); Tung Valley, alt. 1000-1900 m., May and July 1904 (Veitch 
Exped. Nos. 3920, 3921"). Yunnan: vicinity of Mengtze, alt. 1600- 
1800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 9623*, 10510, 10510*, 10510°, 11268). 
This is a common plant in dry woodlands throughout western China. Fe 
large, greenish-colored sepals and the leaves narrowed at the base distinguish 
variety from the type. The same characters and the much more coriaceous leaves 
distinguish it from the more widely distributed var. elliptica. 
Pieris ovalifolia, var. elliptica Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
Andromeda elliptica Siebold & Zuecarini in Abh. Akad. Munch. IV. pt. 1L - 
(Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. YI. 2) (1846). — Schneider, IU. Handb. Laubholzk. 
532, fig. 346 p-r, 347 e-g (1911). 
Andromeda ovalifolia Maximowiez in Bull. Acad. Sci. Pétersbourg XVII. 50 
(non Wallich) (1872); in Mél. Biol. VIIL 620 (1872). 
