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(1890).— Diels in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 322 (1900); in xxxvi. beibl. lxxxii. 

 39 (1905). 



Shensi: Lean shan, G. Giraldi, no. 6011 (ex Diels, 1. c. [1905]). 



Kansu: P. J. Piasezki (ex Maximowicz, 1. c, and Diels, 1. c. [1900]). 



I have seen no specimens of S. propinqua var. sinensis from Kansu or 

 Shensi and I am not quite sure if Giraldi's specimen from Shensi belongs 

 here or to the preceding species, as the leaves on sterile shoots of S. sphe- 

 nanthera are often ovate-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate and thus resemble 

 those of this variety. Piasezki's specimen, however, certainly belongs to 

 this variety according to Maximowicz's descriotion. 



calycanthaceae 



Meratia 



Bailey, Gent. Herb. i. 24 (1920).— Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. 

 As. Soc. mi. 112 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 19 (1922). 



C It i monanthus fragrans Lindley in Bot. Reg. vi. t. 451 (1820).— Bunge in 

 Mom. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. n. 101 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 27) 

 (1833).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 22 (1886).— Diels in Bot. Jahrb. 

 xxix. 345 (1900). 



Calycanthm praecox Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 718 (1762).— Loesener in Bot. 

 Centralbl. Beih. xxxvn. abt. n. 125 (1919). 



Chili: Tang shan, hot springs, F. N. Meyer, no. 216, October, 1905 — 

 See also Bunge, 1. c, Hemsley, 1. c, and Rehder & Wilson, 1. c. 



Shantung: planted (ex Loesener, 1. c). 



Honan: Hsiao hsien, Huang tsang yu, alt. 200 m., cultivated, J. Hers, 

 no. 1005, April 25, 1919.— See also Bailey, 1. c, and Hers, 1. c. 



Shensi: planted (ex Hemsley, 1. c, and Maximowicz, 1. c). 



Kansu: planted? (ex Maximowicz, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Kiangsu, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan, Hunan, Yun- 

 nan. 



In northern China this species is probably cultivated wherever it has 

 been collected and it is also often planted in other provinces of China as 

 it is in Japan; its real home is apparently the Yangtsze valley from Hupeh 

 to Szechuan. 



Meratia praecox var. grandiflora Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. 

 Wilson, i. 420 (1913).— Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 

 112 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 19 (1922). 



Honan: planted (ex Hers, 1. c). 



This is a garden form, also occurring under cultivation in other provinces 



of China and in Japan. 



LAURACEAE 



Benzoin glaucum Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Muench. iv. pt. 

 in. 205 (Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 81) (1846).— Bailey, Gent. Herb. l. 24 

 (1920).— Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 107 (1922); 

 Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 4 (1922). 



