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same as Seed No. 768%; see also Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Bur. Pl. Industr. No. 127, 
29 [1909] under No. 21969; this number has been distributed as Albizzia chinensis 
Meyer or sp. cf. stipulacea ?); Chifu, garden, September 22, 1903, C. S. Sargent. 
'The specimens before me agree well with the descriptions given by Prain and 
Gagnepain. A.lebbek (Linnaeus) Bentham seems to be entirely absent from central 
and northern China. C. S. 
Cercis chinensis (p. 87). Add the following number: 
Western Hupeh: Ichang, alt. 1000 m., 1907 (No. 730; tree 7-15 m. tall; 
plants only). 
Bauhinia densiflora (p. 88). Add the following number: 
Western Szech'uan: southeast of Tachien-lu, valley of Tung River, alt. 600— 
1300 m., September 1908 (No. 3376; climber 3 m. tall). 
Bauhinia yunnanensis (p. 89). For “Veitch Exped. No. 3378" read “Veitch 
Exped. No. 3401.” 
Bauhinia (p.90). Insert after B. hupehana, var. grandis: 
BAUBINIA spec. 
Western Szech’uan: valley of Min River and regions around Mao-chou, alt. 
1300-2000 m., 1908 (No. 3375; bush 0.3-2 m., flowers white). 
Gleditsia sinensis (p. 91). Add the following numbers: 
Western Szech’uan: near town of Mupin, alt. 1300 m., November 1908 
(No. 1364; tree 10-26 m. tall, girth 1.25—4 m.); southeast of Tachien-lu, valley 
of Tung River, alt. 1300-1500 m., November 1908 (No. 13645; tree 16 m. tall, 
girth 2.6 m.). 
These specimens differ from the others in their larger fruits which are 25-30 cm. 
long and 2.5-3 cm. wide, while those of the other numbers are about 15 cm. long 
and 2 cm. wide. 
Sophora (p. 96). After S. flavescens insert: 
SoPHORA GLAUCA Leschenault, var. ALBESCENS Rehder, var. nov. 
A typo recedit foliolis obtusis v. leviter emarginatis rarius acutiusculis et mucro- 
nulatis, floribus albidis. 
Western Szech’uan: near Wa-shan, side of streams, alt. 600-2000 m., June 
and October 1908 (No. 1179, type; bush 6 ft. tall, flowers white); southeast of 
Tachien-lu, stony places, alt. 1300 m., May 1908 (No. 2562; bush 1-1.3 m. tall, 
flowers white); without precise locality, alt. 2000 m., May 1904 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 3389; bush 1.6 m. tall); without precise locality, 1300-1600 m., July 1903 
(Veitch Exped. No. 3391; decumbent shrub, 0.6 m. tall). 
Wilson’s No. 3391 differs in the acutish mucronulate leaflets and in the less 
dense pubescence of the whole plant. Whether Henry’s No. 10720 from Yunnan 
and the specimens from the same province enumerated by Franchet (Pl. Delavay. 
188 [1889]) belong to this variety or to the typical species, I am unable to state, as 
the color of the flowers is unknown to me. A.R. 
Piptanthus nepalensis (p. 99). The Chinese plant has been separated from typi- 
cal P. nepalensis under the following name: 
inp i CONCOLOR Harrow apud Craib in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, LX. 289 
Cha his apparently refers to A. stipulata Boivin, a tropical species absent from 
