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western Szechuan. Possibly the latter is really the Indian 

 5. Moorcrojtianum. 



Two very common plants on the cliffs in the glens are 

 Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) and Meratia prcecox. Both flower 

 about Christmas. These are two out of many plants which 

 formerly were erroneously supposed to be natives of Japan. 



Among conglomerate boulders Caryopteris incana is 

 common, but is not nearly so fine as it is farther west. Pyra- 

 cantha crcnulata and Vitex Negundo are exceedingly common, 

 and so also is Ccesalpinia sepiaria. This thorny shrub is semi- 

 scandent in habit, and very like the better known C. japonica. 

 Its handsome foliage and erect thyrsoid racemes of bright 

 yellow flowers make it a very conspicuous object. 



Symplocos cratcpgoides, with its pretty white flowers and 

 bright blue fruits, is abundant. This is a useful and charming 

 shrub, and deserves to be better known. Deutzia Schneideriana, 

 Lagerstrcemia indica,Rhododendron indicumj asminum floridum, 

 Nandina domestica, Ilex cornuta, Viburnum utile, and Buddleia 

 officinalis are all extremely common shrubs. Of other well or 

 lesser known shrubs which are common, I may mention — 



Abelia chinensis, A. parvifolia, Rhus Cotinus, Buddleia 

 asiatica, Ilex pedunculata, I. corallina, Deutzia discolor, Des- 

 modium floribundum, Elceagnus pungens, E. glabra, Spircea 

 chinensis, Eurya japonica, Hypericum chinense. Hydrangea 

 strigosa, Berchemia lineata, Evonymus alata, Polygala Mariesii, 

 Viburnum brachybotryum, V. propinquum, Thea cuspidata, 

 Rubus parvifolius, and many other species. Chaenomeles sinensis 

 with red, and C. cathayensis with white or blush-white flowers, 

 are commonly cultivated. Lengthy as is the list, I am not 

 justified in omitting I tea ilicifolia. This Holly-like shrub, with 

 long, pendent racemes of white flowers, is one of the handsomest 

 of all the Ichang shrubs. Of fluviatile shrubs, the commonest 

 are Distylium chinense, Salix variegata, Ficus impressa, Rhamnus 

 davuricus, Adina globiflora, Myricaria germanica, and a curious 

 Box [Buxus stenophylla) . Climbers are very much in evidence, 

 and include such beautiful plants as Lonicer a japonica, Trachclo- 

 spermum jasminoides, Pueraria Thunbergiana, Clematis Hcnryi, 

 C. Benthamiana, C. Armandi, C. uncinata, Vitis fiexuosa, Par- 

 thenocissus Henryana, P. Thomsonii, and Mucuna sempervirens. 



