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sparse pilosi; ovaria glabra stigmatibus 2 pro genere normalibus 
elongatis coronata; pedicelli elongati, villosi. Fructus aurantiaci, 
ovato-globosi, glabri, ad 13 mm. longi et ad 11 mm. lati, obtusi; 
putamina ovato-globosa, hilo acuto-dentata et distincte foveolata, 
ceterum facie tantum indistincte v. vix foveolata et costa mediana 
instructa, circiter 10 mm. longa et 8 mm. crassa; pedicelli fructiferi 
ut ramuli tomentosi, satis crassi, 1.5-2.2 cm. longi. 
Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, woodlands, alt. 900-1100 m., 
November 1907 (No. 635, type; tree 12-27 m. tall, girth 1.2-3 m., 
fruit orange; with ripe fruits); same locality, mountainside, alt. 
1200 m., April 1907 (No. 635%, co-type; tree 27 m. tall, girth 3 m.; 
with 9 flowers); same locality and date (No. 6355, co-type; with c 
flowers); same locality, mountainsides, alt. 900-1100 m., May 1907 
(No. 635°; tree 12-27 m. tall, girth 1.2-3 m.; with very young 
fruits); same locality, alt. 900-1200 m., June 1907 (No. 6353; with 
leaves and unripe fruits); same locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 1941; tree 13 m. tall; sterile); Changyang Hsien, side of streams, 
alt. 900 m., May 1907 (No. 635°; tree 12-13 m. tall, girth 1.2-1.8 m.; 
with very young fruits). 
This is a most distinct species, the nearest relative of which seems to be C. 
Vandervoetiana Schneider. According to Planchon’s description C. mollis Wallich 
apud Planchon (in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 3, X. 297 [1848]) has a similar pubescence, 
but it has much smaller entire leaves and smaller fruits. The type of C. mollis 
was collected by N. Wallich in Upper Burma “ad ripas fluminis Irrawadi ad 
Avam,” and distributed sub No. 7203. There are young plants of C. Julianae 
growing in the Arnold Arboretum. The species is named in compliment to my 
e. 
This Celtis is fairly common in open country and on the margins of woods 
throughout western Hupeh between 600 and 1300 m. altitude. It forms a hand- 
some tree often 26 m. tall, with a clean straight trunk 3 m. in girth. The bark is 
smooth and very pale gray; the branches are stout and spread to form a round- 
topped erown. In winter and early spring the large red-brown flower-buds which 
densely stud the branchlets make the tree quite conspicuous. In autumn the large 
globose orange-colored fruits are very attractive. 
A picture of this tree will be found under No. 521 of the collection of my photo- 
graphs and also in my Vegetation of Western China, No. 158. E. H. W. 
The following variety may be distinguished. 
Celtis Julianae, var. calvescens Schneider, n. var. 
A typo recedit ramulis pedicellisque fructiferis fere v. omnino cal- 
vescentibus distinctius lenticellosis et tenuissime verruculosis. 
Western Szech'uan: Chingchi Hsien, mountainsides, alt. 1200 
m., Oetober 1908 (No. 1305, type; tree 30 m. tall, girth 3 m., fruits 
orange; with ripe fruits). 
