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and smaller fruits which are apparently not pruinose but shining. See also my 
remarks under C. jessoensis, p. 281. 
Not uncommon in open country, by the side of streams and on the mountains of 
western Hupeh and eastern Szech’uan. It is a slender tree from 10 to 23 m. tall, 
with a trunk from 0.6 to 1.5 m. in girth; the bark is smooth and very pale gray 
(almost white); the branches are thin and rather sparse, forming a narrow crown. 
This species is in cultivation and has proved quite hardy in this Arboretum. 
A picture of this tree will be found under No. 0174 of the collection of my 
photographs. E. H.W: 
Celtis Biondii Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 252, 
fig. 3 (1910). 
Celtis sinensis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 450 (non Persoon) (1894), 
quoad specim. Henryi No. 5276 et probabiliter alia. — E. Pritzel in Bot. 
Jahrb. XXIX. 296 (1900). 
Celtis Bungeana Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 449 (non Blume) (1894), 
quoad specimen Henryi No. 5735. 
?Celtis spec. E. Pritzel, 1. c. (1900). 
Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, roadside, ete., alt. 
100-950 m., April-May 1907 (No. 2321; tree 8-13 m. tall, girth 0.9-1.5 
m.; with young leaves and old 9 flowers); same locality, cliffs, glens in 
gorges, May 1900 and later (Veitch Exped. No. 249; shrub 0.8 m. tall; 
the number consists of young flowering branchlets and branchlets with 
young leaves and young fruits and also with old leaves and ripe fruits); 
same locality, ete., April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1761; shrub 1.2 m. 
tall; with flowers); same locality, A. Henry (No. 3100; with old leaves 
and ripe fruits); same locality?, A. Henry (Nos. 3150, 5276; same as 
No. 3100); * Sian-men-kou, alt. circ. 900 m.,” May 1, December 10, 
1906, C. Silvestri (No. 357, type; ex Pampanini); ** Monte Triora, alt. 
1950 m.,” July 3, 1907, C. Silvestri (Nos. 358, 358°, co-types; ex Pam- 
panini). Eastern Szech’uan: Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (No. 5735; 
with young fruits, leaves up to 10 cm. long and 3.5 em. broad); “ Shan- 
tzu-p’ing,” August 1891, A. von Rosthorn (No. 301; sterile); district 
Cheng-kou-ting, P. Farges (Hort. Vilmorin, No. 681; living plants in 
Arnold Arboretum). Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, not common, alt. 
1200 m., July 31, 1907 (No. 1520; tree 8 m. tall; fruits not yet ripe). 
Kiangsu: Spirit Valley near Nanking, in woods and on rocky places, 
June 4, 1915, F. N. Meyer (No. 1425; tree; with unripe fruits). 
Unfortunately I have not seen a type specimen of Pampanini’s, but the speci- 
mens cited above agree with the author’s description, except that the leaves are 
not so broad as those of Pampanini’s figure, which in their shape more closely 
resemble the leaves of the following variety. A part of Wilson’s No. 249 with young 
fruits has broad young leaves, while in Henry’s No. 5735 the leaves are large but 
narrow. The old leaves are yellowish brown beneath and the finer veins are more 
