1923] REHDER, THE LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA 177 



Honan; Mien chih, alt. 800 m., J. Hers, nos. 61, 62, August 20, 1919; 

 Lu shih r Lung shui, alt. 1100 m., J. Hers, no. 124, October 4, 1918; Lushih, 

 Lao khin shan, alt. 2000 m., «/. Hers, September 21, 1919; Teng feng hsien, 

 alt. 600 m., J, Hers, no. 227, April 23, 1919; Sung hsien, San kuan miao, 

 alt. 1400 m., «/. Hers, no. 528, May 24, 1919; Sung hsien, Shi tze miao, 

 J. Hers, nos. 576, 577 and 1247, May 26 and September 25, 1919.— See 

 also Hers, 1. c. 



Shensi: Tai pei shan, W. Purdom, no. 982, 1910. — See also Diels, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan, Hunan (Handel-Maz- 

 zetti, nos. 11782, 12225, 12228), Yunnan {Simeon Ten, no. 398), Fokien 

 {Warburg, no. 5901; Hongkong Herb., no. 3448); Liukiu Islands (Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co.). 



This species with deciduous leaves is the only Ficus which has a wider 

 distribution in northern China; the two preceding species which are 

 evergreen just reach the southern border of Honan and the following 

 species extends from Hupeh only to southern Shensi. 



Ficus tikoua Bureau in Jour, de Bot. n. 213, t. 7 (1888). — Diels in 



Bot. Jahrb. xxxvi. beibl. lxxxii. 34 (1905). 



Shensi: G. Giraldi, no. 44 (ex Diels, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Hupeh, Hunan (Handel-Mazzetti, no. 12588), 



Yunnan. 



URTICACEAE 



Boehmeria platanifolia Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PL Jap. i. 440 

 (1875). — Loesener in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. xxxvu. abt. n. 110 (1919). 

 Shantung: Lau shan (ex Loesener, 1. c). 

 Distribution: also Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan; Japan. 



Boehmeria spicata Thunberg in Trans. Linn. Soc. n. 330 (1794). 

 Maximowicz in Bull. Sci. Acad. St. Petersb. xxn. 2 (1876); in Mel. Biol. 



ix. 645 (1877).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 488 (1899). 



Boehmeria spec. Maximowicz in M('m. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. ix. 



477 (Ind. Fl. Pekin.) (1859). 

 Boehmeria platyphylla var. japonica Weddell in De Candolle, Prodr. xvi. pt. 



i. 213 (1869).— Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 304 (1900).— Loesener in 



Beih. Bot. Centralbl. xxxvn. abt. n. 110 (1919). 



Chili: Peking, E. Bretschneider, Tatarinow (ex Maximowicz, 1. c. and 

 ex Hemsley, 1. c). 



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



Shensi: G. Giraldi (ex Pritzel, 1. c). 



Distribution: also* Japan. 



I have seen no specimens of Boehmeria from Chili or from Shensi, 

 but assume that the specimens from these two provinces belong to the 

 same species. 



Boehmeria platyphylla D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 60 (1825).— Gilg in 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. beibl. lxxv. 29 (1904). — Loesener in Beih. Bot. 

 Centralbl. xxxvn. abt. n, 110 (1919).— Bailey, Gent. Herb. i. 20 (1920). 



