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specimens from the neighbourhood of Canton, where Osbeck collected the type, 

 which might represent it. 



Here may be added the description of a new variety from Korea: 



Sageretia theezans, var. tomentosa Schneider, n. var. 



A typo recedit foliis subtus distinctius tomentosis tomento ut videtur tarde 

 deciduo. 



Korea: Quelpaert, " m sepibus, raro," October 28, 1908, Taguet (No. 643). 



Another very glabrous variet^^ or even a distinct species may be represented in 

 Sageretia Chanetii Schneider, comb. nov. (Berchemia Chaneti Leveille in Fedde, Rep. 

 Sp. Nov. X. 433 (1912) from Chihh " montagnes de Ping-Chan, 15 juin 1908," L. 

 Chanet (No. 232). I have seen a small piece of the type specimen with oblong- 

 elliptic leaves, which measure 2,5-4.5 cm. in length and 1-2.2 cm. in width. 



Sageretia subcaudata Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex ad 1.5 m. altus; ramuli annotini plus minusve puberuli, 

 olivaceo-bruimescentes, vetustiores cinerascentes, vix v. valde glabres- 

 centes; folia tenuiter coriacea, opposita v. subopposita, ovata v. 

 ovato-elliptica, basi leviter cordata, apice subito in acumen 1 cm. 

 longum producta, 5-9 cm. longa, 2.5-4.5 cm. lata v. minora elliptico- 

 rotunda, 2-3.5 cm. longa et 2-2.5 cm. lata, supra viridia, sublucida, 

 glabra, nervis incisis, subtus vix pallidiora, nitidula, distincte reticu- 

 lata, tantum ad nervos utrinsecus 6-9 prominentes parce pilosa (an 

 juvenilia distincte pubescentia?), margine calloso-crenulata; petioli 

 3-7 mm. longi, supra sulcati, distincte puberuli; stipulae fiiiformes, 

 puberulae, ad 6 mm. longae. Inflorescentia tantum deflorata visa, 

 ad 7 cm. longa, subspinosa, tomentella, parce ramosa; flores?. Fructus 

 niger; semina late obovata, plana, flava, normalia. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, ravines, alt. 200-400 m., 

 rare, April 3, 1907 (No. 3343, type); without precise locality, banks 

 of Yangtsze River; March 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 42). 



Sageretia Cavaleriei Schneider, n. comb. 



Berchemia Cavaleriei L^veill6 in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. X. 433 (1912). 



Frutex ad 2.5 m. altus v. scandens, vix spinosus; ramuli aimotini 

 glabri, striati, cinerascentes, deinde nigrescentes. Folia subopposita, 

 tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata v. late lanceolata, basi acuta v. obtusa, 

 apice longe acuminata, tantum ea in basi ramulorum ovalia et utrin- 

 que obtusiora, supra intense viridia, sublucida, glabra, tantum costa 

 distincte incisa, subtus pallide viridia, glabra, costa nervisque utrinque 

 5-8 elevatis, utraque facie tenuissime reticulata, margine breviter 

 crenato-serrata dentibus callosis incumbentibus, longiora (lanceolata 

 et acuminata) 8-12 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, minora 5-9 cm. longa, 



