1924] NAKAI, LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF EASTERN ASIA 81 



nudae, fusco-tomentosae. Folia ramorum sterilium 4-7-jugo-impari- 

 pinnata; petioli 5-9 cm. longi axique glabri, teretes; foliola terminalia 

 ovata vel obovata, petiolulis 1.5-2.0 cm. longis, apice mucronatQ-attenuata, 

 basi acuta, crenato-apiculato-serrata, 11-12 cm. longa, supra viridia scab- 

 erula, infra pallida in axillis venarum primarium fuscescenti-tomentosa; 

 foliola lateralia ad petiolum versus magnitudine decrescentia, petiolulis 

 3-5 mm. longis, anguste oblonga vel obovato-oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 

 5-11 cm. longa et 3-4.5 cm. lata, costis sursum curvatis, serrulis et pilis 

 ut in foliolo terminali, folia ramorum floriferorum 2-6-juga imparipinnata; 

 foliola terminalia petiolulis circiter 1 cm. (0.5-1.2) longis, oblonga vel 

 lineari-oblonga, apice subito attenuata, basi acuta, margine grosse crenato- 

 apiculato-serrata, supra viridia parce scaberula, infra pallida in axillis 

 venarum primarium parce pilosa. Panicula ampla terminalis, basi foliosa; 

 axes parce pilosi vel subglabri; calyx 1 mm. longa; petala rotundata con- 

 cava 2 mm. longa, alba; stamina glabra. Bacca nigra, 6-7 mm. longa. 



China. Hupeh: Patung Hsien, E. H. Wilson, no. 3038 (type); 

 Fang-Hsien, E. H. Wilson, nos. 463, 4602; Chang- Yang Hsien, E. H. Wil- 

 son, no. 3038; Chang Lo Hsien, E. H. Wilson, no. 3038 bis; Ma-Pau-Scien, 

 C. Silvestri, no. 3355; sine loco speciali, A. Henry, no. 5863. 



Kiangsi: Kuling, E. H. Wilson, no. 1650. 



This is nearest to Meliosma Oldhami Miq. but is more glabrous in every 

 respect. The hairs of the leaves are very remarkable; in M. Oldhami 

 the lower surface of the leaves are covered by fine hairs throughout and the 

 axils of the veins are glabrous while in this species the upper surface 

 of the leaves has very short scabrous hairs and the lower surface has none 

 except tufts of brownish hairs in the axils of the main veins. Meliosma 

 Oldhami has also been found in China (near Nanking, prov. Kiang-si, 

 F. N. Meyer, no. 1452; Lu Shan, N. K. Ip, no. 1109). Meliosma Wal- 

 lichii was once confused with M . Oldhami by Hemsley, but that species 

 has thick shining leaves; with the lower surface covered by a rusty tomen- 

 tum and a rusty tomentose inflorescence. 



Edgeworthia Meisn. 



Caput pedunculo 9-11 cm. longo. Folia infra pilosa. Perigonii tubus 1.5-2 cm. 



longus, sericeus E. longipes. 



Caput pedunculo 1-2 cm. longo. 

 Flores coetanei. 



Folia subtus plus minus pilosa. Caput magnum; perigonium extus adpresse 



sericeum, intus flavum E. Gardneri. 



Folia subtus glabra. Caput minus; perigonium extus albo-tomentosum, 



intus album E. albiflora. 



Flores praecoces. 



Rami robusti breviter ramosi, cicatricibus foliorum maximis. Foliainfra pilosa. 

 Caput magnum; perigonii tubus argenteo-villosus, 3 mm. latus. 



E. chrysantha. 

 Rami graciles, cicatricibus foliorum parvis. Folia infra plus minus pilosa. 

 Caput minus; perigonii tubus 2 mm. latus, extus sericeo-villosus. 



E. tomentosa. 



