ULMACEAE. — CELTIS 2/3 
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or less impressed and not prominent. The pubescence and other characters are the 
same as described in var. heterophylla Schneider on p. 282. C. Biondii seems to be a 
widely distributed and variable species. The two varieties look rather distinct in 
their typical forms and have also a different geographical distribution, but the 
type seems to be connected with var. heterophylla by the specimens from Kiangsi, 
the stones of which are globose and more distinctly pitted and gibbous; on the 
other hand var. Cavaleriei cannot be separated as a species. j 
The type may be briefly characterized as follows: Folia pleraque ovato-oblonga, 
2-214-plo longiora quam lata, margine plus minusve integra v. ultra medium satis 
breviter et acute dentata, adulta utrinque pilis sparsis adpressis instructa v. in facie 
fere glabra. Putamina (an semper?) ovato-elliptica v. ovato-oblonga. Cetera ut 
in var. heterophylla descripta. 
. Celtis Biondii is a common tree at low altitudes in Hupeh and in Szech'uan and 
is known in the vernacular as the P’o shu. In Chinese Herbals and other books 
it is referred to as the Ch’ing-t’an shu. E. H. W. 
Celtis Biondii, var. Cavaleriei Schneider, n. var. 
Celtis Cavaleriei Léveillé in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 440 (1912). 
A typo praecipue differt foliis adultis plerisque late ovatis v. ovato- 
rotundatis paullo v. vix duplo longioribus quam latis 4-9 cm. longis 
et 3-5.5 em. latis ultra medium satis grosse et obtuse dentatis; puta- 
minibus plus minusve globosis tenuiter et anguste sed satis distincte 
foveolato-gibboso-reticulatis. 
Western Szech'uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, val- 
leys, alt. 900-1600 m., September 1908 (No. 972; tree 10-17 m. 
tall, girth 1.2-2.4 m., fruits orange; with ripe fruits); near Wa-shan, 
Tung River valley, rare, alt. 550-650 m., September 21, 1908 (No. 
933; small tree 7 m. tall, girth 0.6 m., fruits orange; with ripe fruits). 
Kweichou: Pin-fa, September 4, 1902, J. Cavalerie (No. 394, type 
of C. Cavaleriei; with ripe fruits). Yunnan: Milé district, Teng- 
tien, old woods, November 1, A. Henry (No. 9938; tree 7 m. tall, fruit 
red; with ripe fruits); Puerh Fu, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 13509; 
tree 7 m. tall; sterile). 
, Through the kindness of Mgr. Léveillé I have received some leaves and fruits of 
his iype. It agrees well with Wilson's specimens. According to Henry the fruit 
ìs "red," but it seems to have the same yellowish or brownish red color as in the 
type the fruits of which are said by Wilson to be “ orange.” Otherwise there is 
y any difference between the specimens from Yunnan and those collected by 
Wilson. _In No. 9938 the old leaves are distinctly reticulate beneath, although the 
finest veinlets are not prominent but almost impressed. The fruits are mostly 
2(-3) on the same pedicel, but I have seen neither flowers, young leaves or branch- 
lets. The stones are hardly distinguishable from those of var. heterophylla Schnei- 
der or from those of Wilson's specimen from Kiangsi. 
