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rie almost a ar a head. e younger trees have a 
greenish. reddish bark, which in older specimens looks quite white 
when seen from a distance The peasants scratch the bark with a 
knife in order to procure the resin. 
“ When I planted one in the grounds of the Legation I was told 
by the Chinese florist from whom I bought it that these trees do 
not exhibit a white bark till they are about fifty years old.” 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
The upper photograph api the a trees of Pinus Bungeana growing 
near Peking described in Sir est Satow’s letter 
In the lower elle tines other white: barked trees of this species are 
shown and on the left is seen the trunk of another Paes es of Pinus. The 
specimens of. eFioms Bungeana differ oe those in the er figure in their less 
came habit. The tru acer in two of the midis have forked near the 
und, This photograph was also fakin near Peking. 
Sarcococca humilis, Stapf | Huphorbiaceae-Buxeae]. 
Species nova a S. Hookeriana, Baill., differt statura humili, foliis 
minoribus et pro ratione latioribus, costa inter sulcas supra magis 
prominente, bracteis obtusis minute spice latius hyalino- 
marginatis, "filamentis brevius ¢ periantho exsertis 
Feutex humilis, ramulis novellis tenuiter siibstboutsbad diu 
viridibus. Folia oftne ceolata we non nulla subovato-lanceolata, 
pluriflori), ante anthesin saepe nutantes; bracteae ovatae, acutae. 
Perianthii 3 sepala 4, late ovata vel interiora late ae 
obtusa, saepe minute apiculata, minutissime ciliolata, 3°5-4 m 
longa, Stamina 4, filamentis 6 mm. longis, antheris primo ‘i 
pureis race flavis minute apiculatis, 0°5 mm. longis. Perianthi Q 
sepala 4 vel 6, ovata, acuta, angustiora quam in , minutissime 
ciliata, 2 mm. longa; stigmata 2 vel 3. Fructus baccatus, globosus, 
niger, 7-8 mm. diametro. 
Cuina. Hupeh: Changyang, Henry, 7834 ; Szechuan, Henry, 
7065. Western China, without precise locality, Wilson (cult. by 
J. Veitch & Sons from seeds, collected by Wilson, 1907). 
An evergreen shrub 1 to 1} feet high, of neat tufted habit, 
sending up new stems from the ground like the butcher’s broom, the 
young stems covered with a minute pube cae Leaves a can 
or sub-opposite, lanceolate or ovate-lanceo » poi 
ends, 1 to 3 inches long, } to ? inch wide, iran, bndhiecy, dork 
lustrous green, — a prominent — nerve ; petiole 3 to } inch 
