THEACEAE, — TERNSTROEMIA 397 



The Chinese Sievxirtia is very common in bush form on the deforested Lushan 

 range around Kuling. It ig a small and rare tree in the forests of western Hupeh 

 and has not been reported from western Szech'uan. Stewartia sinensis is now in 

 cultivation, having been raised from seeds Wilson Bent to England in the late 

 autumn of 1901. 



TERNSTROEMIA Mutis. 



Temstroemia japonica Thunberg in Trans. lAnn. Soc. II. 335 

 (1794). — Siebold & Zuccarini, FL Jap, I. 148, t. 80 (1840-41). 

 Bentham, FL Hough. 27 (1861). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 

 75 (1886). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. sen 

 X. 43 {FL Kwangtung & HongJc.) (1912), 



Cleyera japonica Thunberg, Nov. Gen. PL 69 (1783); FL Jap, 224 (1784). 



Cleyera fragrans Champion in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXI. 115 (1855). 



Cleyera dubia Champion in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXI. 115 (1855). 



Ternstroemia fragrans Choisy in MSm. Soc. Phys. Geneve^ XIV. 109 (1855). 



Temstroemia duhia Choisy, 1. c. (1855). 



Temstroemia japonicaj f. parvifolia Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat, III. 



14 (1867). 

 Ternstroemia japonica, var. parvifolia Dyer in Hooker f., FL Brit. Ind. I. 281 



(1874). 

 Taonaho japonica Szyszylowicz in Engler & Prantl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 



Abteil. 6, 188 (1895). — Matsumura, Ind. PL Jap. II. 2, 360 (1912).— 



Diela in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 42 (1912). 



Kiangsi: Kuling, side of streams, ait. 1300 m., July 28, 1907 

 (No. 1537; bush 2-2.5 m.). Korea: Quelpaert, woods, July 1910, 

 October 1909, Taquet (Nos. 4235, 2931). 



This plant is very rare in Kiangsi and apparently does not reach western Hupeh. 

 The leaves on the Kiangsi specimen are acute or even short acuminate and agree 

 closely with others from Hongkong. In size they show some approach to the var. 

 Wightii Dyer. 



Temstroemia japonica, var. Wightii Dyer in Hooker f., FL BriL Ind. 

 I. 281 (1874). 



Cleyera gymnanthera Wight & Arnott, Prodr. 87 (1834). — Wight, Icon. t. 47 

 (1840). — Thwaites, Enum. PL Zeylan. 40 (1864). — Beddome, FL Sylv. 

 S. Ind. I. t. 91 (1869). 



Cleyera Wightii Choisy in Mim. Soc. Phys. Genhve, XIV. 109 (1855). 



Temstroemia aneura Miquel, FL Ind. Bat, Suppl. I. 477 (1860). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, cliffs, alt. 1000 m., August 1907 

 (No. 2219; bush 3 m., flowers white); without locahty, May and 

 October 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1921*); Ichang and immediate 

 neighborhood, A. Henry (Nos. 3301, 5987). Yunnan; Szemao, 

 woods, alt. 1500-1800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12108^ 12108°, 12108^ 



