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Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4951*). Northern Shensi: 

 " Ta-sce-tsuen/' September 18, 1897, G. Giraldi (No. 3287). Yunnan : 

 Mengtsze, alt. 2100 m., A. Henry (No. 10747). 



I am unable to follow Koehne and Wangerin in distinguishing C. macrophylla 

 and C. brachypoda as species. There seems to be no reliable character by which to 

 separate them, even the shape of the style upon which much stress is laid by these 

 authors is variable; though in the Japanese and Korean specimens the style is ap- 

 parently always cylindric or ver>' slightly thickened at the apex, it is not uniformly 

 clavate in the Himalayan specimens and varies even in the same inflorescence, while 

 in the Chinese specimens the style is mostly more or less though usually only 

 slightly thickened. The somewhat smaller fruit and the more shrubby habit of the 

 Japanese plant are not sufficient characters for specific separation. The geographi- 

 cal distribution of the species as I understand it is almost exactly that of C. con- 

 troversa Hemsley. 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 574 of the collection of Wilson's 



photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 0170. 



Comus Walteri Wangerin in Fedde, Rep, Spec, Nov, VI. 99 (1908); 

 in Engler, Pflanzenr, IV.-229, 71 (1910). — Schneider, III Handb. 

 Laubholzk. II. 450 (1909). 



Comus Henryi Hemsley apud Wangerin in Engler, Pflanzenr, IV.-229, 90 (1910). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1800 m., 

 June and October 1907 (Nos. 375, in part, 592; tree 12 m. tall, girth 1.2 

 m., flowers white, fruit blue-black) ; same locality, alt. 900-1200 m., June 

 15, 1910 (No. 4744; tree 8 m. tall, girth 0.6 m.); Changyang Hsien, 

 alt. 1500 m., June and October 1907 (No. 375, in part); Fang Hsien, 

 woodlands, alt. 900-1500 m., June and October 1907 (No. 375, in part; 

 tree 6-12 m. tall, flowers white); Patung Hsien, alt. 1400 m., June 

 1907 (No. 375, in part); without precise locality. May 1901 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 764, in part, flowering branch with the flowers partly in 

 bud), A. Henry (Nos. 3891, 6382). Western Szech'uan: west and 

 near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, woods, alt. 1800-2200 m., September 1908 

 (No. 1017, tree 10-15 m. tall, girth 1.2-1.8 m.); Mupin, thickets, alt. 

 1800 m., June 1908 (No, 1842; bush 3-3.5 m. tall, flowers white, 

 " Yu-chin shu ")• 



A picture of this tree wiU be found under No. 017 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photograph a, 



Cornus paucinervis Hance in Jour. Bot. XIX. 217 (1881). — Henj- 

 ley in Jour. Ldnn. Soc. XXIII. 346 (1888). — Koehne in Gartenfl. XLV. 

 287 (1896); in Miiteil. Deuisch. Dendr. Ges. XII. 46 (1903). — Harms 

 in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 506 (1900). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. 

 II. 449, fig. 298 n-o (1909). — Wangerin in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-229, 



