BtrXACEAE. — BXJXXJS 165 



BUXUS L, 



L 



Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh, Akad. Munch. IV. 

 pt. II, 142 {Fl Jap. Fam. Nat. I. 34) (1843). — Baillon, Monog. 

 Buxac. 64 (1859), 



Buxus sempervirens, j3. microphylla Blume ex Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 

 III. 128 (quasi synon.) (1867) ; Prol Fl. Jap. 292 (1867). — Hayata in Jour. 

 Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XX. art. III. 83, t. 6, fig. C (1904). — Matsumura, Ind. 

 Fl Jap. II. 311 (1912). 



Buxus japonica, /3. microphyllaMneWeT Arg. apud Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.- 

 Bat. III. 128 (1867); Prol. Fl. Jap. 292 (1867). — Mueller Arg. in De Can- 

 dolle, Prodr. XVI. 20 (1869). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PL Jap. 1. 

 428 (1875). 



Buxus sempervirenSj a. angv^tifoUa Siebold & Zuccarini ex Hayata in Jour. 

 Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XX. art. III. 84 (quasi synon.) (1904). 



The type of the species does not occur in China. 



Buxus microphylla, var. sinica Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



Frutex 1-3-nietraIis. ramulis et perulis gemmarum inferioribus 



plus minusve pubescentibus. Folia orbicularia, obovata, elliptico- 



ovata V. elliptico-lanceolata, apice rotundata; plerumque emarginata, 



8-35 mm. longa et 5-18 mm. lata, luteo-viridia, supra lucida et in 



sicco manifeste venulosa, subtus obsolete venulosa; petioli et costa 



media supra in parte inferiore plerumque pubescentia. Flores ut in 

 typo. 



Buxus sempervirens Franchetj PL Delavay. IZQ (non Linnaeus) (1889). — 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 418 (pro parte) (1894). — Diels in 

 BoL Jakrb. XXIX. 431 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot ItaL 

 n. ser. XVIII. 126 (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woods, rocky places, alt. 

 1000-1600 m,, common, May and October 1907 (Nos. 3397; type, 

 3396); Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, cliffs, alt. 1300-2400 m., com- 

 mon, May 14, July 1907 (Nos. 3398, 3396*); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 summit of Wan-tiao-shan, alt. 2600 m., June 5, 1907 (No. 3398*); 

 without locality, May and July 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 433*); with- 

 out locality, A, Henry (Nos. 7159, 6886). Yunnan: Mengtsze, 

 forests, alt. 2800 m., A. Henry (No. 11157). Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, 

 1910, W. Purdom. Kiangsi: Nanking, E. Faber (No. 902). 

 Shantung: without locality, Zimmerman (No. 529). Hong- 

 kong: without locality, C. Wright (No. 422). Formosa: Takow, 



