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Acanthopanax Hondae var. inerme Nakai, comb. nov. 



Acanthopanax spinosum f. xnerme Matsuda in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xxvi. 281 



Frutex; cnulis arcuatus, cinereus, inermis. Petioli foliorum turionum 3-5 cm 

 longi ramuJorum brevium 1-4 cm. longi, supra anguste canaliculati, apice cum 

 folions articulati ubi villosuli; fohola digitatim 5, media longiora 1.5-5.0 cm longa 

 supra glabra costis conspicuis, infra pallida in axillis venarum secundarium rufo- 

 Cliiata, margine minute subduplicato-spinuloso-serrulata, late oblanceolata vel 



oblanceolata, basi cuneata; pedunculi 2.5-4.5 cm. longi, foliis breviores, glabri- 

 pedice li bracteis paryis setulosis suffulti, glaberrimi, 6-7 mm. longi; calycis dentes 

 deltoidei, yix 1 mm. long i; petala reflexa; styli 2, basi connati, recurvi. Fructus 

 maturus niger, 5-0 mm. longus. 



China: Siao-Hsien, Huang-Tsang-Yii, prov. Honan, J. Hers, no. 1052; Teng-ka- 

 san, prov. Chekiang, A. Honda. Kansu, Li-Hwang-Ping. 



Acanthopanax Hondae var. armatum Nakai, var. nov. 



Acanthopanax spiiwsum Harms & Render in Sargent, PI. Wilson, n 562 

 (1916), pro parte.— Harms in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr Ges. xxvn 23 (1918) 

 pro parte.— Non Miquel. 

 Caulis sub foliis armatus. 



. C .hina: prov. Chekiang, Ningpo, Chang-chi-myong; circa Xingpo, D. Macgregor; 

 in fru ticetis prope oppidum Tsching-dschen, prov. Kwei-tschou, //. Handel- 

 Mazzeth no. 2044; circa Hangchow, prov. Chekiang, F. N. Meyer, no. 1473; 

 Lushih, Hiung-Lul-shan, 1400 m, prov. Honan, /. Hers, no. 941; prov. Kiangsu 

 kiangyin, A. Allison. ' ' 



(19i7t Canth ° P * nai EradUstylum W - W - Smith in Notes Bot - Gar d- Edinb. x. 6 



Acanthopanax spinosum Hance in Jour. Bot. XVIII. 261 (1SS0) —Forbes & 

 Hemsley m Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 341 (1887).— Dunn & Tutcher in Kew 



2, ul UJf ,8C ' Inform - Add - ser - x - n $ (1912).— Harms & Render in Sargent, 

 PI. Wilson, ii. 562 (1916), pro parte.— Harms in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. 

 Ges. XXVII. 23 (1918), pro parte.— Non Miquel. 

 - *°. Aeanthopanace spinoso quocum adhuc confusum est perdistinctum nam 



folioli mciso-serrulati, pedunculi brevissimi, umbellae pauciflorae. 



.^'"f. 1 Chang-lo-hsien, Ilupeh, E. II. Wilson, no. 1973, A. Henry, no. 3406A, 

 1224; Ichang, A. Henry, no. 3406; Yunnan, A. Henry, no. 10639, G. Forrest; in 

 dumetis circa pagum Lantien inter Londi et Ksinkwa, prov. Hunan, H. Handel- 

 Mazzetti; Yenan fu, prov. Shensi, W. Purdom, no. 350; Yu-tai-shan, prov. Honan, 



J. tiers no. _'90; circa Ningpo, prov. Chekiang, D. Macgregor; Huang-Tsang-Yii, 

 prov. Kiangsu, J. Hers, no. 1052; Shung hsien, prov. Honan, J. Hers, no. 1241. 



Acanthopanax commixtum Nakai, sp. nov. 



Acanthopanax japonicum Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. n. 2, 417 (1912)- non 

 Franchet & Savatier. 



Frutex glaber, e basi caespitosus; rami arcuati, cinerei vel cinereo- 

 fusceseentes, sub foliis subreeurve v. recte uniaculeati, lenticellis pimctu- 

 latis. Petioli 1-10 em. longi ; foliola digitatim 5, rhombea v. late obovata, 

 grosse mueronato-serrata, supra lucida. Flores polygamo-dioioi; calyx 

 breviter 5-dentatus; petala ovata, decidua, 2-2.5 mm. longa; stamina in 

 planta feminea evoluta, petalis longiora; styli apice bifidi. Bacca nigra, 

 5-6 mm. longa, stylis bifidis coronata. 



Hondo: Deyu, prov. Echigo, J. Matsumura; Aidzu, prov. Iwashiro, 

 R. Yatabe, J. Matsumura; Nikko, prov. Shimotsuke, J. Matsumura, T. 

 Nakai; Hakone, prov. Sagami, R. Yatabe. 



Subsect. 3. Ionostachyae Nakai. 



