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Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsieiij A. Henry (Nos. 7119, type, 5502, 

 both in Herb. Gray). 



This variety seems to be nearest to D. odora, var. kiusiana Keissler (D. kiusiana 

 Miquel) wliich difiers chiefly in the persistent bracts, the thinner leaves and in the 

 usually paler, often yellowish brown color of the branchlets. The leaves resemble 

 those of the var. kiusiana in their shape and are longer and narrower (about 

 7-11 cm. long and 2-3.5 cm. broad) than those of the type. 



8. Daphne sinensis Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. II. 438 (1791). — Meisner in De 

 Candolle, Prodr. XIV. 537 (1857). — Keissler in Bot. Jahrb. XXV. 91 (1898). 



Daphne odora Loureiro, Fl Cochin. 237 (non Thunbcrg) (1790). — Jacquin, 

 Hort. Schoenhrunn. HI. 54, t. 351 (1798). — Loiseleur, Herb, Amat. II. 105, 

 t. (1817). — Hemsley in Jour, Linn. Sac. XXVl. 395 (pro parte) (1891). 



Daphne indica Loiseleur, Herb, Amat. II. t. 105 (pro synon. et in tab., non 

 Linnaeus) (1817). 



Daphne chinensis Sprengel, Syst. II. 237 (1825). 



China (ex Lamarck) and Cochinchina (ex Loureiro). 



1 have seen no specimens of this plant and it seems doubtful whether it is speci- 

 fically distinct from the preceding species. 



^ 9. Daphne papyracea WalHch apud Steudel, Nomencl. ed. 2, I. 483 (1841). 

 Meisner in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Ges. HI. 282 (1841); in De Candolle, Prodr. 

 XIV. 537 (1857). — Decaisne in Jacquemont, Voy. IV. 143, t. 148 (1844). — Bran- 

 dis, Forest Fl. Brit. Ind. 386 (1874). — Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 

 258 (1912). 



Daphne cannabina Walhch in As. Research. XIII. 315, t. 7, 8 (non Loureiro) 



(1820). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 193 (1890). — Keissler in Bot. Jahrh. 



XXV. 93 (1898). — Collett, Fl. Siml. 435, fig. 140 (1902). — Brandis, Ind. 



Trees, 544 (1906). 

 Daphne papyrifera Hamilton mss. ex D, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 68 (pro 



synon.) (1825). — L^veille, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 416 (1915). 

 Daphne papyracea, f. grandiflora Meisner apud Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. hdin- 



burgh, VII. 290 (1912). 



Yunnan : Feng-chen-lin, mountain woods, alt. 2400 m., A. Henry (No. lQn§; 

 shrub 1-3 m. tall, flowers white, very fragrant) ; Mengtsze, mountains to south, alt. 

 1800 m., A. Henry (No. 10118^ shrub 1 m. tall, flowers white); same locality, east- 

 ern forests, alt. 2100 m.^T^TlIenry (No. 11363; shrub 0.6 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fragrant); Yuan-chiang, alt. 1800 m., A. Henry (No. 13293 ; shrub 2 m., flowers 

 white, fragrant); Mekong Valley, alt. 2100-2400 m., (^Forrest (No. 5024, as u- 

 papyracea L grandiflora)] "sous bois des mont. k Ta-tchai," April 1^^^/^' , * 

 Maire; without precise locality, J. CavaleHe. Also on the Himalayas from Chamoa 

 to Bhotan and on the Khasia Mts. ^ . 



I am not sure that Maire's specimen, which is very fragmentary, belongs ne , 

 the flowers and the bracts are silky pubescent, but the leaves resemble ^^^^^^^^ 

 D. acutiloba Rehder. Another specimen from Yunnan, without locahty, coilec 

 by J. Cavalerie, is very similar. 



Daphne papyracea, var. crassiuscula Kehder, n. var. . ^^Kqa 



A typo recedit ramis junioribus crassiuscuhs purpureo-fuscis glabris, ^ ^^ 

 magis coriaceis et plerumque latioribus, capituhs densifloris, floribus dense vi 

 sericeis. tubo latiore et breviore. lobis ovatis acutiusculis v. obtusiusculis. 



