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5040); Nanch^uan, A. von Rosthorn (Nos. 628, 855). Western 

 Hupeh: Ichang, cultivated, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 38); 

 same locality, A, Henry (Nos. 2288, 2497); without precise locality, 

 A. Henry (No. 7722). Yunnan: Yuan-chiang, alt. 2100 m., A. 

 ^ Henry (No. 13213). 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 326 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 323. 



Osmanthus serrulatus Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-4 m. altus (v. arbor ad 12 m. alta), glaber; rami annotini 

 et vetustiores pallide brunneo-cinerei, lenticellati. Folia tenuiter co- 

 riacea, oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, interdum anguste oblongo- 

 obovata, acuminata, basi cuneata, spinuloso-serrulata dentibus utrin- 

 secus ad 30, v. dentibus paucis tantum instituta v. omnino integra, 

 6-14 cm. longa et 1.8-4.5 cm, lata, subtus luteo-viridia lucidula, subtus 

 pallidiora opaca, costa media supra manifeste v. vix elevata, nunquam 

 immersa pallida, subtus elevata, nervis utrinsecus 8-12 supra ut 

 venulae plus minusve elevatis et plerumque pallidis, subtus leviter 

 elevatis, reticulo venulorum obsoleto; petioli canaliculati, 0.6-1 cm. 

 longi. Flores vernales, fragrantes, polygami, 4-9 fasciculati, e gemmis 

 axiliaribus perulatis perulis minute ciliolatis ceterum glabris; pedi- 

 celli graciles 1-2 cm. longi; calycis lobi ovati v. late ovati, apice eroso- 

 denticulati v. acuti, rarius acuminati, 1-1.5 mm. longi, membranacei; 

 corolla fere ad basin 4-partita, lobis late oblongis circiter 5 mm. longis; 

 stamina paullo supra basin inserta lobis corollae paullo breviora, 

 antheris oblongis circiter 2.5 mm. longis quam filamenta paullo longi- 

 oribus stylus brevis tubum corollae superans. Fructus 1-3, graciliter 

 pedicellati, pedicellis 1-2 cm. longis, calyce persistent! suffultus, 

 oblongus, apice stylo v. rudimento styli coronatus, nigro-coeruleus; 

 endocarpium tenue, crustaceum fragile, leviter compressum 1 cm. Ion- 

 gum et 5 mm. latum. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1500-1800 m., Octo- 

 ber 1910 (No. 4216, type; bush 2-4 m. tall, fruit blue-black); without 

 precise locality, alt. 2400-2600 m.. May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4079; 

 tree 3-12 m. tall, flowers white, fragrant; No. 4079^; shrub 2-3 m., 

 flowers white). 



This species seems most nearly related to 0. fragrans Loureiro which differa 

 chiefly in the broad suhsessile anthers not longer than the tube of the corolla which 

 is smaller and less deeply divided, and in the usually entire more coriaceous leaves 

 with the midrib deeply impressed above and with slightly impressed lateral nerves 

 and indistinct veinlets. No. 4079 differs from the type which has the leaves closely 



