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Limonia oligandra Dalzell in Hooker's Kew, Jour. Bot. II. 258 (1850). 

 Crantzia asiatica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I. 99 (1891). 

 Crantzia nitida Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I. 99 (1891). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, glens, alt. 30-300 m., common, April 

 and July 1907 (No. 2683; semiscandent shrub, 2-6 m. tall); without 

 locality, A. Henry (Nos. 3496, 1306), Szech'uan: *' Shan-tzu- 

 ping," A. von Rosthorn (No. 278). Yunnan : Mi-1^ district, A. Henry 

 (No. 9928); Szemao, alt. 1600 m., A, Henry (No. 9928^); Mengtze, 

 alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 13650). Formosa: South Cape, A. 

 Henry, Hainan: without locality, C. Ford. Fokien: " Sin-kai- 

 kau," alt. 500 m., Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Herb. Bot. Gard. 

 Hongkong, No. 2433), 



This thorny semiscandent shrub is common in the glens and gorges near Ichang 

 and also at low altitudes through Szech'uan. A colloquial name is " Pa-ta- 



wang." 



SKIMMIA Thunb. 



Skimmia melanocarpa Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Limonia laureola Griffith, Posth. Pap. II. {Itin, Notes) 156, No. 783 (non De 



CandoUe) (1848). 

 Skimmia laureola Franchet in Nouv, Arch. Mus. PariSy s^r. 2, VIII. 211 ("*• 



David. II. 29) (non Siebold & Zuecarini) (1886). 

 Skimmia japonica Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 424 (non Thunberg) (1900), 



quoad specimen Mupinense. 

 Skimmia Fortunei Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 424 (non Masters) (1900). 



Frutex 0.3-1 m. altus, ramosus (planta yunnanensis interdum ad 

 5 m. altus secundum cl. Henry) ; ramuli glabri, crassi, juniores pallide 

 flavo-virentes, vetustiores cinerei. Folia persistentia coriacea, sub- 

 verticillata, in apicibus ramulorum congesta, oblanceolata v. oblan- 

 ceolato-oblonga v. lanceolata, rarius anguste elliptica, acuminata v. 

 rarius acuta, basi cuneata, margine leviter recurva, 3.5-9 cm. longa 

 et 1.5-3 cm. lata, interdum ad 15 cm. longa et 4 cm. lata, glabra 

 costa media supra interdum minute villosula excepta, supra saturate 

 luteo-viridia, nitentia, subtus pallidiora, costa media supra leviter 

 subtus magis elevata, nervis obsoletis; petioli crassi, supra plani^ 

 anguste alati, 5-7 mm. longi. Flores albidi, dioeci; panicula ter- 

 minalis sessilis, 2.5-3.5 cm. longa, minute puberula, ramulis in- 

 feriorioribus paucifloris, superioribus unifloris, bracteis bracteolisque 

 ovatis acutiusculis minute ciliolatis circiter 1 mm. longis instructa; 

 pedicelli crassiusculi, 3-8 mm. longi; sepala semiorbicularia v. late 

 ovata, obtusa, ciliolata; petala florum masculonmi natentia, oblanceo- 



