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Ilex Fargesii Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XII. 255 (1898). Loesener 

 in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LXXVIII. 239 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 1200-2100 m., 

 May and September 1907 (No. 231). Western Szech'u an: Mupin, 

 woodlands, alt. 1500-2000 m., June 1908 (No. 3098). 



Ilex Fargesii, var. v. forma, ft megalophylla Loesener, n. forma. 



Foliis majoribus praecipue latioribus, usque 15 cm. longis et 4.1 cm. 

 latis, petiolo usque 2.1 cm. longo, a typo recedens. 



Western Szech'u an: Wa-ssu country, W6n-chuan Hsien, wood- 

 lands, alt. 1500 m., July and September 1908 (No. 1034). 



Ilex Franchetiana Loesener, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-3 metralis, glaber v. glaberrimus. Ramuli i. s. brunneo- 

 nigrescentes, vel cinereo-fuscescentes, hornotini i. s. angulati vel 

 striato-subsulcati, laeves, 2-6 mm. crassi. Folia interstitiis, 4-18 mm. 

 longis dissita; stipulis vel valde fugacibus, modice v. longiuscule 

 (7-19 mm. longe) petiolata; petiolo quam lamina circ. 5-10-plo brevi- 

 ore, supra medio profunde longitudinali-sulcato; lamina angustissime 

 decurrente marginato, marginibus superne conniventibus v. erectis, 

 1-2 mm. crasso, obovato-elliptica usque oblanceolata rarius lanceo- 

 lato-elliptica, margine i. s. anguste v. angustissime recurvato, densius 

 v. remotius et argute serrulato, iuxta basin saepe integro, basi cuneata 

 v. raro cuneato-subobtusa, apice manifeste et acute v. acutiuscule 

 acuminata, acumine usque 19 mm. longo, 7-12.5 cm. longa, 1.7-3.5 

 cm. lata, chartacea usque coriacea, glabra, i. s. supra nitidula v. vix 

 nitidula, cinereo-olivacea usque subatro-brunnea, subtus paullulo 

 pallidiora, costa media supra i. s. impressa vel insculpta, subtus ex- 

 pressa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-10 sub angulo circ. 30-50 

 obviis, rectis et iuxta marginem ad apicem versus curvatis raro leviter 

 et sub-~-formiter arcuatis, tenuibus, supra plane obsoletis v. vix pro- 

 minulis, v. sub lente tenuissime et obsolete insculptis, subtus tenuiter 

 prominentibus v. prominulis iuxta marginem laxius et saepe obsolete 

 reticulatis, reticulo supra inconspicuo. Inflorescentiae in foliorum 

 axillis fasciculatae, 3 1-florae vel semel dichotomae, 2-3-florae, 9 

 1-florae, glabrae, pedunculis in $ brevissimis, sub alabastris vix 1 mm. 

 longis, bracteis deltoideis vel ovato-deltoideis obtusis vel acutis 1-1.5 

 mm. longis, pedicellis in 9 usque 4 mm. longis, prophyllis medio 

 v. sub medio pedi cello insertis, bracteis similibus integris; flores 

 4-meri vel 4-5-meri; calycis lobi late ovato-deltoidei, obtusi v. rotun- 

 dati, vix 1 mm. longi et circ. 1 mm. lati, sub lente valida tenuissime 



