1923] REHDER, THE LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA 175 



leaves, from 10-17 cm. long, while those of var. vestita are undivided and 

 only 4-7 cm. long. 



Morus acidosa Griffith, Not. PI. As. iv. 388 (1854). — Schneider in 

 Sargent, PI. Wilson, in. 296 (1916).— Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 



XXXI 



34, t. 4 (1917). 



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



Lign. Honan, 19 (1922). 



Morus bombycis Koidzumi 1. c. 36 (1917); 1. c. 32, t. 2 (1917). 



Chili: Peking, on city wall, F. N. Meyer, no. 1382, April 30, 1913 (stami- 



nate flowers). 



Honan: Sung hsien, San kuan miao, alt. 1200 m., J. Hers, no. 509, 

 May 24, 1919 (pistillate flowers); Sung hsien, Shih tze miao, alt. 1200 m., 

 J. Hers, no. 1250, September 25, 1919 (sterile). 



Formosa, Japan, Himalayas. 



Kwangtung 



Broussonetia papyrifera L'Heritier in Ventenat, Tabl. Regn. Veg. hi. 

 547 (1799).— Bunge in Mem. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. n. 135 

 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 61) (1833). — Turczaninow in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 

 x. no. vn. 157 (1837). — Maximowicz in Mem. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. 

 Petersb. ix. 477 (Ind. Fl. Pekin.) (1859). — Debeaux in Act. Soc. Linn. 

 Bordeaux, xxxni. 63 (Fl. Tien-tsin, 40) (1879). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvi. 455 (1894).— Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 298 (1900).— Schneider 

 in Sargent, PI. Wilson, in. 303 (1916). — Loesener in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 

 xxxvii. abt. II. 109 (1919). — Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. 

 liii. 107 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 5 (1922).— Cowdry in Jour. N. 

 China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 174 (PI. Peitaiho) (1922). 



Chili: Peking, on city wall, F. A 7 . Meyer, nos. 928, 1016, May 20 and 

 July 12, 1913. — See also Bunge, 1. c, Turczaninow, 1. c, Debeaux, 1. c, 



and Schneider, 1. c. 



Shantung: near Chi ning chou, F. N. Meyer, no. 381, August, 1907 

 (/. variegata Ser.; Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric); Cape Jaeschke, 0. Nebel 

 (ex Loesener, 1. c). 



Honan: Tsi yuan hsien, Tien tan shan, J. Hers, no. 1703, September 17, 

 1921. 



Shansi: Hia hsien, Huang lai kow, J. Hers, no. 1829, October 2, 1921. 



Shensi: In kia pu, G. Giraldi (no. 1637, ex Pritzel, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Kiangsu, Hupeh, Szechuan, Yunnan, Hunan, Che- 

 kiang, Kwantung, Hainan; Formosa, Korea, India, Malaysia, Polynesia. 



Probably only planted and naturalized in Chili; also cultivated and 

 naturalized in Japan. 



Broussonetia Kaempferi Siebold in Verb. Bat. Genoot. xn. 28 (Syn. 

 PI. Oecon. Jap.) (1830).— Schneider in Sargent, PI. Wilson, in. 304 



