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20. Celastrus Benthamii Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Catha Benthamii Gardner & Champion in Hooker^s Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. 



Misc. I. 310 (1849). 

 Celastrus Championii Bentham in Hooker*s Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. 

 III. 334 (1851); Fl. Hongh. 64 (1861). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. 

 St Pitershourg, ser. 3, XXVII. 455 (1881); in Mel Biol XI. 198 (1881). — 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc, XXIII. 122 (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrh. 

 XXX. 467 (1902). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. 

 ser. X. 61 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). 



The specimens we have seen are all from Hongkong, but Dunn & Tutcher report 

 it from the neighboring island of Lantao and from the mainland opposite Hong- 

 kong. It is very closely related to the Indian C. monosperma Roxburgh, but may be 

 distinguished in herbaria by its more coriaceous leaves which are always rounded 

 at the base. 



SPECIES EXCLUDENDAE. 



Celastrus alatus Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 98 (1784) = Evonymus alata Regel. 



Celastrus Bodinien L^veill^ in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XIII. 263 (1914) = Hex 

 purpurea^ var. Oldhamii Loesener secundum Loesener in Ber. Deutsck. Bot. Ges. 

 XXXII. 541 (1914), 



Celastrus Cavaleriei L6veill6, 1. c- 262 (1914) = Myrsinacea, verisimiliter Rapa- 

 nea spec, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 



Celastrus diversi}olia Hemsley in J&ur. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 123 (1886) = Gymno- 

 sporia diversifolia Maximowicz. 



Celastrus emarginata Roth, Nov. Spec. 155 (1821) = Gymnosporia emarginata 

 Lawson. 



Celastrus Esquirolii L^veilM in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. XIII. 262 (1914) == Sabia 

 parvijlora Wallich v. spec, affinis, secundum Loesener. 1. c. 



Celastrus euonymoidea Ldveille, Fl. Kouy-TcheoUy 419 (pro syn.) (1915) = Grewia 

 parvijlora, var, glabrescens Rehder & Wilson. 



Celastrus Feddei L^veilld, 1. c 263 (1914) = Grewia spec, secundum Loesener, 

 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus if owyicAensis L^veill^, 1. c. 263 (1914) = Euphorbiacea ad Phyllanthoi- 

 deas ducenda, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus Lyi L^veille, I. c. 264 (1914) = Rhamnacea, verisimiliter Sageretia spec, 

 secundum Loesener, 1. c. 



Celastrus Mairei L^veill^, 1. c. 264 (1914) = Sabia yunnanensis, secundum 

 Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus salicifolia L€veill6. 1. c. 263 (1914) = Ilex macrocarpa, var. genuina 

 Loesener, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus Seguinii L6veiU4, 1. c. 262 (1914) = Myrsinacea, verisimiliter Rapanea 

 spec., secundum Loesener, 1. c. 541. 



Celastrus striatus Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 98 (1784) = Evonymus alata Regel. 



Celastrus suaveolens LilveilU in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XIIL 263 (1914) = H^^ 

 suaveolens Loesener, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 541. 



Celastrus tristis L^veill^, 1. c. 263 (1914) = Euphorbiacea, verisimiliter Bridelia 

 spec, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus variabilis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 124 (1886) = Gymno- 

 sporia variabilis Loesener. 



Celastrus Wallichiana Hance in Jour. Bot. XVI. 226 (non Wight & Arnott) 

 (1878) = Gymnosporia diversifolia Maximowicz. 



