CAPRIFOLIACEAE. ABELIA 121 



Abelia Schumannii Rehder, n. comb. 

 Linnaea Schumannii Graebner in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 130 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-ssu country, Wn-chuan Hsien, thick- 

 ets, alt. 1200-1800 m., July and November 1908 (No. 1230); Min 

 Valley, near Mao-chou, dry region, alt. 1200-1800 m., May 25, 1908 

 (No. 2019) ; Lungan Fu, sunny places, alt. 1200-1800 m., August 1910 

 CNo. 4494); Tachien-lu, alt. 2700-3600 m., A. E. Pratt (No. 271, 

 type!); Chinlin, Nanch'uan, river banks, August 15, 1891, A. von 

 Rosthorn (No. 459). 



Abelia parvifolia Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 358 (1888). 

 Linnaea parvifolia Graebner in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 129 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: hills around Ichang, common, alt. 30-300 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 747); Ichang, A. Henry (No. 4225). Western 

 Szech'uan: Lungan Fu, rocky places, alt. 1200-1500 m., August 

 1910 (No. 4493). 



Abelia chinensis R. Brown in Abel, Narrat. Jour. China, 376, tab. 

 (1818). 



Linnaea chinensis A. Braun & Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zdtschr. XXII. 291 



(1872). 

 Abelia Hanceana Martens apud Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. se*r. 5, V. 216 (1866). 



Western Hupeh: around Ichang, common, alt. 600 m., July 

 1907 (No. 2024); no locality, July 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1420); no 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 35); Nant'o, A. Henry (No. 2688). Kwang- 

 tung: no locality, C. Ford (No. 94); Lienchow River, August 19, 1887, 

 C. Ford (No. 1795). 



Abelia Zander! Rehder, n. comb. 

 Linnaea Zanderi Graebner in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 142 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: dry regions near Mong-kong-ting, thickets, 

 alt. 1800-2400 m., June 1908 (No. 2021); Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 2100-2400, June 1908 (No. 2022); no locality, 

 June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3721). Shensi: Han-cheng-sien, 1909, 

 Wm. Purdom (No. 320) . WesternHupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 1500-2000 m., June 16, 1910 (No. 4492). 



I have not seen the type of this species, but at least one part of the specimens 

 quoted here of this apparently very variable species agrees well with Graebner's 

 description. The length and shape of the sepals varies considerably; hi No. 3721 

 they are as long or slightly longer than the corolla-tube, linear-oblong and acutish, 

 while hi Nos. 2021 and 2022, they are about two thirds as long, oblanceolate and 



