DILLENIACEAE. — CLEMATOCLETHRA 387 



Western Szech'uan: southeastofTachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2100- 

 2400 m., October 1910 (No, 4168; climber 7 m., fruit black); west of 

 Kuan Hsien, alt. 2100-2700 m., June and September 1908 (No. 1030; 

 climber 7 m., flowers white, fruit black); west and near Wen-ch^uan 

 Hsien, alt. 1800-2400 m., October 1910 (No. 4193; climber 7 m., fruit 

 black); same locality, alt. 1500-2700 m., July 1908 (No. 886; climber 

 4-7 m., fruit black), 



This variety appears to differ from the type only in its larger leaves ; the pubes- 

 cence on the veins beneath, considered a distinctive character by Komarov, can be 

 found also on specimens of the small-leaved forms. 



Clematoclethra Faberi Franchet in Jour, de BoL VIII. 280 (1894). 

 Komarov in Act Hort. Petrop. XXIX. 93 (1908). 



Clethra (§ Clematoclethra, Francb.) sp. ? Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 



34 (1889). 

 Clematoclethra Hemsleyi Baillon in Bull. Soc. Linn. PariSy II. 873 (1890), 



quoad cit. " Hemsley & Forbes." 

 Clematoclethra Hemsleyana Baillon ex Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XXIX. 



93 (prosynon.) (1908). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 2100m., October 1910 

 (No. 4292; climber 5-7 m., fruit black); Mt. Omei, July 1904 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4766). 



Clematoclethra scandens Maximowicz in Act. Hort. Petrop. XI. 38 

 (1890). — Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 471 (1900). —Komarov in 

 Act. Hort. Petrop. XXIX. 92 (1908). 



Clethra scandens Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^. 2, X. 53, t. 10 {PL 



Datdd. II. 91, t. 10) (1887). 

 Clematoclethra Maximovnczii Baillon in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, II. 873 (1890). 



Western Szech'uan: Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, alt. 

 2100-2700 m., June 19, 1908 (No. 895, in part; clunber 5-8 m., flowers 

 white) ; Yung-ching Hsien, Wa-wu-shan, alt. 1500-2100 m., September 

 17, 1908 (No. 895, in part; fruit scarlet); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1500- 

 2100 m., June 1908 (No. 895, in part; climber 5-8 m., flowers white); 

 Mupin, thickets, alt. 1200-1800 m., September 1908 (No. 895, in part, 

 895^ climber 3-5 m., fruit red); same locality, June 1908 (No. 895^; 

 cUmber 3-7 m., flowers white); same locality, alt. 1500-2200 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4206; climber 3-7 m., fruit red); Mt. Omei, June 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4763). 



This species varies much in its pubescence and in the shape of its leaves. No. 

 895 from Mupin differs in its broader leaves from the typical form, which is repre- 

 sented by the specimens from Yung-ching Hsien, Pan-lan-shan and Wa-shan. 



