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A pictiire of this tree will be found under No. 369 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China^ No. 162. 



Cephalotaxus Fortunei, var, concolor Franchet in Jour, de Bot, 

 XIII. 265 (1899). — Pampanini in Nuov, Giorn. BoL ItaL n. ser. XVII. 

 231 (1910). 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets alt. 1300 m., common, July 28, 1907 

 (No. 1741, 9; bush 1-2.5 m,). Eastern Szech^uan; Cheng-kou 

 Ting, P. Farges (type). 



Cephalotaxus Oliveri Masters in Bull, Herb, Boissiere VI. 270 

 (1898); in Jour, Linn, Soc, XXVI. 545 (1902); XXXVII. 413 (1906); 

 m Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXIII. 227, fig. 93 (1903) ; in Jour, BoL XLI. 

 269 (1903). — Pritzel in BoL Jahrb, XXIX. 214 (1900). — Pilger in 

 Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-5. 104 {Taxaceae) (1903). — Patschke in BoL 

 Jahrb. XLVIII. 629 (1913). 



Cephalotaxus Griffithii Oliver in Hooker^ s Icon, XX. t. 1933 (non Hooker f.), 

 (1890), excludendis speciminibus a Griffith et Watt coUectis. 



Western Hupeh: vicinity of Ichang, ravines and glens, alt. 30- 

 600 m., April and October 1907 (No. 418, $ and ? ; bush 2-3 m. tall) ; 

 Changyang Hsien, ravine, alt. 300 m., April 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No, 72, 9 ); without locality, A, Henry, (Nos. 7479, ?, 7832% %). 



This very distinct species is well distinguished by the pectinate arrangement of 

 the leaves which are closely set on the branches; the leaf-base is truncate and the 

 apex abruptly acute. 



This shrub is common in western Hupeh and in Szech'uan up to an altitude of 

 600 m., selecting rocky places. 



Cephalotaxus argotaenia Pilger in Engler, Pflanzenr, IV.-5, 104 

 {Taxaceae) (1903). — Patschke m BoL Jahrb, XLVIII. 629 (1913). 



Podocarpits argotaenia Hance in Jour. Bot. XXI. 357 (1883). — Masters in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 547 (1902); XXXVIII. 414 (1906); in Jour. Bot, 

 XLI. 269 (1903), — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull Misc. Inform. Add. 

 ser. X. 256 (FZ. Kwangtung & Hongkong) (1912). 



Podocarpus insignis Hemsley in Jour. Bot. XXIII. 287, 312 (1885). 



Western Hupeh : Hsing-shan Hsien, chffs of ravines, alt. 300 m., 

 very rare. May 7, 1907 (No. 2107; bush 2 m. tall). Western Sze- 

 ch'uan: without precise locality, ravines, alt. 1100 m., rare, July 

 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3005, 9). 



This is a rare plant of which the ripe fruit is unknown to us. 



