CELASTRACEAE. — CELASTRUS 347 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000 m., September 

 and November 1907 (No. 362^ climber 3-5 m., fruit orange-yellow); 

 north and south of Ichang, mountains, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 1063); without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 2837, 6811). Eastern 

 Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A, Henry (No. 5887). Shensi: 

 *' Qua-in-san," ''Thae-pei-san," '^Kin-qua-san," July 1897, G. GiraUi. 



This species is common on the mountains of northwest Hupeh, and in the autumn 

 its long terminal pendant cymose racemes of long-stalked orange-yellow fruits are 

 strikingly beautiful. The leaves vary much in the degree of glaucescence of their 

 under surface and in degree of serration, but these characters are inconstant and we 

 do not consider that they have taxonomic value. The leaves are deciduous, not 

 persistent as stated by Loesener. Henry's No. 2837 was distributed from Kew under 

 the manuscript name of " C. latifolius, var. glaucescens," 



Celastrus glaucophylla Rehder & Wilson, n. sp, 



Frutex scandens, 3-6-metraIis, glaber; ramuli hornotini glabri, initio 

 pallide brunnei, mox fusco-purpurei, sparse lenticellati; gemmae parvae, 

 ovoideae, obtusae v. acutiusculae, fusco-bninneae. Folia decidua, 

 subcoriacea, ovato-elliptica v. obovata, rarius elliptica, subito breviter 

 acuminata, basi rotundata v. late cuneata, crenato-serrulata, interdum 

 remote et obsolete serrulata dentibus incurvis glanduloso-mucronu- 

 latis, 4-13, plermnque 6-10 cm. longa et 2.5-6.5 cm. lata, supra laete 

 viridia v. glaucescentia, subtus glauca, nervis utrinsecus 4-6 curvatis, 

 subtus ut venulae leviter elevatis; petioli supra canaliculati, 8-12 mm. 

 longi. Flores virescentes in cymis paucifloris breviter pedunculatis 

 V. subsessilibus axillaribus v. rarius racemos terminales 3-6 cm. longos 

 formantibus; bracteae et bracteolae fuscae, subulatae, 1-2 mm. longae; 

 pedicelli medio articulati, 3-4 mm. longi; sepala ovata, rotundata, 

 glanduloso-ciliolata; petala oblonga, apice rotundata, leviter erosa, 

 5 mm. longa et 1-1.5 mm. lata; disci glandulae parvae, ovatae, obtusae; 

 stamina petala subaequantia, filamentis subulatis glabris; floris feminei 

 sepala acutiora; stamina sterilia sepalis breviora; stylus crassus, 2.5 

 mm. longus; stigma leviter lobatum, lobis patentibus. Capsula lutea, 

 ovoidea, 8-11 mm. longa, 6-8 mm. diam., apiculata, 3-locularis, loculis 

 2-spermis; arillus scarlatinus; pedicelli crassi 0-10 mm. longi, supra 

 articulationem incrassati; semina ellipsoidea, utrinque attenuata, 

 minute punctulata, 4 mm. longa. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 

 and October 1908 (No. 952, type); Wa-shan, alt. 1600-2500 m., Sep- 

 tember 1908 (No. 952-); near Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2000-2500 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4122); west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, thickets, 



