1923] REHDER, THE LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA 173 



Kuan shan, alt. 2000 m., J. Hers, no. 2367, July 3, 1922.— See also Diels, 

 1. c. and Schneider, 1. c. 



Kansu: near Yan pu ko, F. N. Meyer, no. 1641, October 7, 1914; Tchu 

 tsai tze, F. N. Meyer, no. 1643, October 29, 1914. 



Distribution: also Hupeh, Kiangsu, Chekiang. 



Aphananthe aspera Planchon in Ann. Sci. Nat. x. 265 (1848). — Schneider 

 in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 290 (1916). — Loesener in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 

 xxxvn. abt. ii. 109 (1919). 



Shantung: Cape Yatau (ex Loesener, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Kiangsu (Hers, nos. 603, 2284, 2315), Chekiang, 

 Kiangsi, Kwangtung, Hunan (Handel-Mazzetti, no. 11088); Korea, Japan, 

 Formosa. 



MORACEAE 



Morus alba Linnaeus, Spec. 986 (1753). — Bunge in Mem. Div. Sav. 

 Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. n. 134 (Enum. PL Chin. Bor. 60) (1833).— Maximo- 

 wicz in Mem. Div. Sav. Acad. St. Petersb. ix. 477 (Ind. Fl. Pekin.) 

 (1859). — Debeaux in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxxi. 361 (Fl. Tche-fofi, 

 128) (1876).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 455 (1894).— Faber in 

 Denkschr. Entwickel, Kiautschou, 30 (1898). — Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. 

 beibl. lxxv. 29 (1904).— Schneider in Sargent, PL Wilson, in. 294 (1916). 

 Koidzumi in Bull. Imp. Seric. Exp. Sta. Jap. ix. 52, t. 10 (Rev. Gen. 

 Morus) (1917). — Loesener in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. xxxvn. abt. H. 109 

 (1919).— Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 112 (1922); 

 Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 19 (1922). — Cowdry in Jour. N. China Branch 

 R. As. Soc. liii. 174 (PL Peitaiho) (1922). 



? Morus constantinopolitana Bunge in Mem. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 

 ii. 134 (Enum. PL Chin. Bor. 60) (1833).— Maximo wicz in M£m. Div. Sav. 

 Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. ix. 477 (Ind. Fl. Pekin.) (1859).— Vix Poiret. 



Chili: without locality, Fere Chanel, no. 71, 1919 (sterile). — See also 

 Bunge, 1. c, and Hemsley, 1. c. 



Shantung: Tsingtau and Lau shan, 0. Nebel (ex Gilg, 1. c.)-— See also 

 Faber, 1. c, Debeaux, 1. c, and Loesener, 1. c. 



Honan: without locality, J. Hers (probably planted). — See also Hers, 

 1. c. 



Kansu: Tsing chow, alt. 1280 m., J. Hers, no. 2404, July 15, 1922. 



Distribution: also Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan, Yunnan; India, Japan. 



Morus alba seems to occur only as a cultivated plant in northern China; 

 the specimens from near Peking, enumerated by Hemsley (1. c.) probably 

 belong to other species. Pere Chanet's specimen from Chili and J. Hers' 

 specimen from Honan, both without exact locality, are probably from 

 cultivated plants and so are probably NebeLs specimens from Shantung 

 cited by Gilg (1. c.) and by Loesener (1. c.) who also cite for the same 

 localities M . nigra L. w r hich is mentioned by Fauvel (in Mem. Soc. Sci. 

 Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 253 [1884]) as being cultivated near Chi fu. These 



