OLEACEAE. — LIGUSTRUM GOl 



V. obovato-oblonga ad obovata, acuminata, basi cuneata, 6-12 cm. 

 longe et 2-3.5 cm. late v. latiora 7-12 cm. longa et 4,5-5.5 cm. lata, 

 supra glabra, subtus tota facie plus minusve villosa, interdum glabres- 

 centia et tantum basin versus et secus nervos villosa, nervis utrinse- 

 cus 6-8 subtus vix v. leviter elevatis; petioli 0.5-1.2 cm. longi, sparse 

 pilosi V, glabri. Inflorescentia paniculata, ampla et laxa, 10-18 cm. 

 longa et 12-16 cm. lata, in parte inferiore saepe bracteis foliaceis in- 

 structa, rhachi et ramulis teretibus breviter plerumque biseriatim 

 pilosis; floras in axibus tertii et secundi ordinis solitarii v. basin versus 

 2-3-fasciculati, breviter pedicellati v. fere sessiles; pedicelli glabri; ca- 

 lyx truncatus v. indistincte dentatus, glaberrimus; corolla hypocrateri- 

 morpha, 8-9 mm. longa, tube lobis ovatis 3-4 mm. longis demum re- 

 flexis plerumque duplo longiore; stamina exserta, filamentis dimidios 

 lobos superantes v. interdum lobos fere aequantes, antheris oblongis 

 exsertis et demum saepe subhorizontalibus. Fructus ignotus. 



Western Hupeh: without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 5908, 

 type, 5908^); Hsing-shan Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300 m., June 

 1907 (No. 3504). 



This is a very distinct species and resembles in general appearance L. rohustum 

 Hooker f . & Thomson which, however, is easily distinguished by the glabrous leaves 

 and the smaller corolla with a short tube. It also suggests a species of Syringa, 

 particularly of the section Villosae, but none of the species with elongated corolla- 

 tube have exserted stamens. 



Ligustrmn Henryi Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc, XXVI. 90 (1889). 

 Koehne in Festschr. Siebzig. GeburtsL Ascherson, 203, fig. 4* (1904). 

 Schneider, III Handb. Laubholzk. II. 808, fig. 509 f-i, 510 a (1911), 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, ravines, alt. 300-1000 m., 

 August and December 1907 (No. 699; bush 2-4 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fruit black); near Ichang, A, Henry (Nos. 3124, 3310, 3575). 



I-igustrum Delavayanum Hariot in Jour, de Bot. XIV. 172 (1900). 

 Boucher in Rev. HorL 1901, 495, fig. 221. — Schneider, UL Handb. 

 Laubholzk. II. 799 (1911). 



Ligustrum Prattii Koehne in Festsckr. Siebzig. Geburtst. Asckersorij 203, ^g. 

 4> (1904); in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov, I. 11, fig. 4 (1905). — Schneider, III. 

 Handb. Laubholzk. II. 808, fig. 509 k-I, 510 b (1911). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., June and 

 October 1908 (No. 1075*; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers white, fruit blue- 

 black); samelocality, October 1908 (No. 3732; bush 2-3 m. tall; fruit 

 blue-black); north of Tachien-lu, side of streams, alt. 2G00 m., October 

 1910 (No. 4592; bush 2 m. tall); Mupin, thickets, alt. 1300 m., October 



