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superne sericeo-villosi; stipulae parvae, semi-ovatae, acutae v. nullae, — 
Amenta ¢ pedunculis 5-10 mm. longis folia 2-3 parva sericea gerenti- : | 
bus suffulta, 2-6 cm. longa, 0.8-1 cm. crassa, rhachi sericeo-villosa; - 
flores diandri, filamentis fere ad apicem villosis, antheris ovato-oblongis 
flavis; bracteae late obovatae, intus plus minusve glabrae, filamentis 4 
fere duplo breviores; glandulae duae, ventralis ovata v. ovato-rectan- . 
gularis, dorsalis minor, saepe angustior. Amenta 9 pedunculis villosis — 
foliis 3-4 normalibus instructis 1-2.5 em. longis suffulta, 3-11 em. a 
longa, ad 1 em. (fructifera ad 1.5 em.) crassa, rhachi villosa, densiflora. — 
Flores sessiles v. subsessiles; ovaria ovato-oblonga, breviter villosa, i 
stylis satis longis fere ad basim partitis ramis divergentibus pur- - 
pureis coronatis; stigmata stylis breviora, angusta, bifida, divergentia; - 
bracteae obovato-oblongae, apice rotundae, ovariis juvenilibus aequi- 
longae, flavo-brunneae, utrinque sericeo-villosae v. pleraeque int 
glabrae; glandulae 1-2, ventralis late ovata v. ovato-elongata, api 
saepe truncata v. lobulata, ovario 3-4plo brevior, dorsalis minim: 
satis difficile recognoscenda v. nulla. Fructus laxe villosi, circiter 6 mm. : 
longi, ovariis similes, sed breviter pedicellati, pedicello glandula ventrali : 
breviora; bracteae fructibus paullo v. duplo breviores. 
Western Szech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, near summit of Ni 
tou-shan, alt. 3000-3300 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 2151, type; &; No 
2151*, 9; No. 2153; old 9 flowers; shrub 2.5-6 m.; No. 2132; d 
No. 21325; 9); west of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 4000 m., July 25, 1908 
(No. 2149; with fruits; No. 2149*; à); southwest of Tachien-lu, al 
3300-4200 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4520; shrub 1.2-1.8 mJ; 
Tachien-lu, alt. 2600-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2152; shrub 1.5-3.6 m., 
9; forma foliis intensius molliter sericeo-villosis, basi saepe sub- 
auritis); Wa-shan, 2600-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2159; shrub 1.5-3. 
m.; #; forma glabriuscula floribus abnormalibus staminibus 3-4, 1-2 
minoribus, instructis); Mupin, thickets, alt. 2600-3000 m., June 1908, 
No. 1406; shrub 2.4-3 m.; 9); same locality, woodlands, alt. 2600- 
3300 m., October 1910 (No. 4371; shrub 2.4-3.6 m.; sterile); with- 
out locality, side of streams, alt. 3300 m., June 1904 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 4521; shrub 3 m.; 9). 
A very distinct species apparently nearly related to S. Fargesii Franchet (se 
above) but well distinguished from it by its nearly entire, more pubescent leaves, 
its hairy ovaries and fruits, its larger bracts and by its more pilose filaments. The 
dorsal gland does not always seem to be present, and it would be a very artificial 
arrangement to place this species in another section on account only of the develop- 
ment of a second gland. 
The species is named in compliment to Mr. Ernest H. Wilson. 
