ICACINACEAE. 



irmined bv Alfred 



MAPPIA Jacq. 



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Mappia pittosporoides Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XVIII. t. 1762 

 (1888). — Diels in BoL Jahrb. XXIX. 447 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 600-1000 m., 

 May 9, July 1907 (No. 3296, in part; bush 1.5-2 m., flowers yellow, 



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and July 1907 (No. 3296, in part; bush 1.5-2 m., flowers yellow, fruit 

 dark red); Ichang and immediate neighborhood, A. Henry (Nos. 

 3536, 4118, 3537^. Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 

 1500, June 1908 (No. 3295, in part; bush 0.6-2 m., flowers yellowish); 

 Mupin, thickets, alt. 1300 m., Jime 1908 (No. 3295, in part; bush 1- 

 3 m., flowers yellow); without precise locality, thickets, alt. 500- 

 1000 m., June 1903, May and June 1904 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 3234, 

 4440, 4945). 



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A common shrub in western Hnnph a-nt^ S7:or»T»NioTi ;« +v.;«L-a+o on/l rn*>1rv nlaces. 



HOSIEA Hemsl. & Wils. 



Hosiea sinensis Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull Misc. Inform. 

 1906, 154. 



Natsiatum sinense Oliver in Hooker^s Icon. XIX. t 1900 (1889). — Diels in 

 Boi. Jahrh. XXIX. 447 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, on rocks, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 May and September 1908 (No. 960; climber 2-3 m., flowers whitish, 

 fruit orange). Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A. Henry 

 (Nos. 5598, 5598*^). Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, rocks, alt. 600- 



1300 m., May 19, 1907 (No. 960*); without locality, A. Henry (No, 

 5598*'). 



This plant is not uncommon in rocky places through western Hupeh and 

 bzech uan; the flattened and oval, orange-colored fruit is attractive. 



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