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lata, apice rotundata leviter erosa; disci glandulae 5, triangulares 

 acutae, 0.5 mm. longae; stamina 4 mm. longa, filamentis subulatis 

 glabris; flores feminei non visi. Capsulae in cymis axillaribus v. in 

 racemis terminalibus 5-7 cm. longis, luteo-aurantiacae, globosae, 8-10 

 mm. longae, apiculatae, valvis 3, 2-spermis transverse striatis; pedicelli 

 5-8 mm, longi, striati, purpurascentes, lenticellati, apice incrassati; 

 semina oblonga, late reticulata, circiter 5 mm. longa, fusco-brunnea, 



nitidula. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, 



alt. 1600-2000 m., June and October 1908 (No. iio6, type); Mupin, 

 woodlands, alt. 1600-2100 m., June and October 1908 (Nos. 2310, 

 1148) ; same locality, alt. 2500 m., May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3325); 

 Tachien-lu, alt. 2300-2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4117) ; near Sungpan 

 Ting, thickets, alt. 2300-2800 ra., October 1910 (No. 4iS7)- Western 

 Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000 m., September 1907 (No. 



^57)- 



A well-marked species characterized by its bullate, coarsely toothed leaves 

 very prominently veined on the under side and by its axillary cymes and terminal 

 cymose panicles. It is allied to C articulata Thunberg, which has shining smooth 

 leaves in which the principal veins are not raised and the fruits are in axillary' cymes. 



This handsome species is common in western Szech'uan, but is rare in Hupeh. 



Celastrus articulata Thunberg, var. cuneata Rehder & Wilson, 

 n. var. 



A typo recedit petiolis multo brevioribus 2-5 mm. longis, foliis mi- 

 noribus obovatis v. late obovatis basi manifesto cuneatis apice trun- 

 catis V. emarginatis v. brevissime cuspidatis 2-4.5 cm. longis et 1.6-4 

 cm. latis, petiolis 2-5 mm. longis. 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, roadsides and thickets, alt. 30-600 m., 

 April and November 1907 (No. 2308, type); same locality, April 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 181). 



This variety is well distinguished by its rather small, short-petioled obovate 

 leaves which are rounded and truncate, usually short cuspidate but often emarginate 

 at the apex and cuneate at the base. This plant is very abundant at low altitudes 

 round Ichang and on the river-banks westward to Szech^uan. The specimen from 

 Kiukiang alluded to in a note by Hemsley (in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 122) 

 probably belongs here. 



Celastrus Loeseneri Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Celnstrus arfc;?(i(w5 Hemsley in /our. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 122 (pro parte) (non 

 Thunberg) (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 446 (pro parte) (IGOO). 

 Celastrus orbiculata Loesener in Bot, Jahrh. XXX. 468 (pro parte) (non Thun- 

 berg) (1902). M t ^ V 



