94 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
This species is very variable in the pubescence and also 
in the size and shape of its leaves and flowers. The fol- 
lowing varieties have been distinguished: — 
A. Ovaries glandular or glabrous, 
B. Leaves nearly glabrous on both sides or only setulose on the 
veins beneath, generally oval or ovate. 
var. TYPICA, Regel, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 401: 3 (1867); 
Act. Hort. Petrop. 6 : 303 (1880). 
BB. Leaves more or less hirsute or hispid on both sides, generally 
ovate-oblong. 
C. Leaves hirsute on both sides, usually rounded at the base. 
var. HIRSUTIOR, Regel, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 40! : 4 (1867). 
? Xylosteum hispidum maximum, Ruprecht, Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pé- 
tersb. VII. 14*3 50 (1869), nom. nud. 
L. hispida hirta, Regel & Winkler, Act. Hort. Petrop. 6: 303 (1880). 
Turkestan: (Regel, Fetissow). Tibet (Ladygin, no. 
293). 
CC. Leaves hispid on both sides, subcordate at the base. 
var. SETOSA, Hooker f. & Thomson, Jour. Bot. Linn. Soc. 
2: 166 (1858). 
Himalayas: Sikkim (Hooker!). 
AA. Ovaries glandular and setulose; leaves hirsute on both sides. 
var. chaetocarpa, Batalin, in herb. 
China: Kansu (Przewalski!). 
53. L. STEPHANOCARPA, Franchet, Jour. de Bot. 10:316 
(1896). — Bois, Jour. Soc. Hort. France IV. 1: 210. 
f. 22 (1900). 
China: Szechuen (Farges, no. 485!); Shensi (Giraldi, 
nos. 122%, 1750). 
