BUXACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Kehder and E. H. Wilsojt. 



SARCOCOCCA Lindl. 



Sarcococca ruscifolia Stapf in Kew Bull Misc. Inform, 1910, 

 394.— Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. BoL ltd. n. ser. XVIII. 172 (1911). 



Sarcococca pruniformis Hemsley in Jour, 'idnn. Sac, XXVI. 418 (non Lind- 



ley) (1894), quoad plantamsinensem. — Diels in BoL Jakrb. XXIX. 431 

 (1900). 



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Western Hupeh: Ichang, cliffs in glens and ravines, alt. 300- 

 1200 m,, March 20, December 1907 (Nos. 68i, 2592; bush 1-1.5 m., 

 flowers white, fruit dark scarlet); Patung Hsien, cliffs, alt. 600 m., 

 April 1907 (No. 2591; bush 1-2 m.); Ichang, San-3ru-tung glen, 

 March and November 16, 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 127, seed No. 

 927); Nanto and mountams to northward, A. Henry (Nos. 2993, 

 2588, 3287, 3077*); Ichang and immediate neighborhood, A. Henry 

 (Nos. 2589, 3832, 3077); *' Ou-tan-scian," alt. 2000 m., August 1909, 

 C. Silvestri (No. 3348); " Ou-pan-chan," alt. 600 m., March 1910, 

 C. Silvestri (No. 3349). Western Szech'uan: Chin-ting-shan, on 



rocks by the roadside, alt. 1300 m.. May 22, 1908 (No. 2590; bush 

 0.6-1 m.). 



A very common plant in the limestone region of western Hupeh but rather 

 rare in western Szech'uan. The Nos. 2591, 3077* represent a form with narrow 



leaves. 



Sarcococca ruscifolia, var. chinensis Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Sarcococca aalignay var. chinensis Franchet, PI Delavay. 135 (1889). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 1300 m., No- 

 vember 1908 (No. 1336; bush 1.5-2 m., fruit reddish). Yunnan: ^ 

 Mengtze, cliffs, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 9859»>), 



Thia variety seems to differ from the type only in its narrower leaves more 

 attenuate at the base. 



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