A more doubtful instance of isolated areas of distribution 
is afforded by another member of the Oleacee, Fontanesia 
phillyreotdes, which is a native of South-Hastern Hurope 
and Asia Minor, and also occurs in China, in several 
distant localities. It was first collected in China by 
Fortune upwards of fifty years ago, and it was described 
under the name of F. Fortunei. Maximowicz, however, 
suggests that it was introduced into China, where, espe- 
cially near Shanghai, it is commonly planted for hedging. 
It is now undoubtedly spontaneous in the maritime pro- 
vinces ; but it has not, we believe, been collected in Central 
or Western China. 
Forsythia europea was raised at Kew from seeds 
obtained from Dr. Baldacci in 1899. It is of more com- 
pact habit than F. viridissima, but as an ornamental 
shrub it is not equal to I’. suspensa (B. M. t. 4995), the 
only other distinct species. 
F. Fortuni, Lindl. (Gard. Chron. 1864, p. 412), and — 
F. Sieboldii, Dippel (Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1. 
p- 109) are varieties of F. suspensa, and F. intermedia, 
Zabel (Gartenflora, 1891, p. 397, f. 82), is described as a 
cross between I’. suspensa and F’, viridissima. | 
Descr.—An erect, densely branched shrub, a few feet 
high, glabrous or glabrescent in all parts. Leaves oppo- 
site, or sometimes in fours, shortly stalked, rather thick, 
at first pubescent, especially beneath, mostly ovate and 
entire, two to three inches long, lower ones of a shoot 
smaller, upper ones sometimes sharply toothed, all obtuse. 
Flowers yellow, appearing before the leaves, solitary, or 
two or three clustered, suberect, about an inch and a half 
across; peduncles shorter than the flowers, clothed with 
small, overlapping scales. Calyw-lobes ovate, about two 
lines long, slightly fringed. Corolla-lobes linear, undulate. 
Stamens two, slightly exceeding the corolla-tube. Capsule 
ovoid, flattened, pointed, six to eight lines long.— 
W. Borrine Hemstey. 
Fig. 1, a toothed leaf from a barren shoot; 2, part of calyx and pistil; 
3, part of corolla and stamens, which are longer than the tube of the corolla :— 
both of the latter enlarged. 
