CAPRIFOLIACEAE. LONICERA 133 



Western Szech'uan: woodlands, southeast of Tachien-lu, alt. 

 1800-2400 m., June and September 1908 (No. 831). 



Lonicera Schneideriana Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex erectus metralis ramulis gracilibus, junioribus glabris, anno- 

 tinis pallide flavido-griseis cortice fibroso. Gemmae perulis 6-8 ex- 

 terioribus glabris pallide griseis. Folia decidua, obovata v. oblongo- 

 obovata, apice rotundata v. obtusiuscula, basi sensim in petiolum 

 gracilem glabrum 2 mm. longum attenuata, 1-2.5 cm. longa et 4-7 

 mm. lata, utrinque glabra, supra flavo-viridia, subtus glaucescentia. 

 Flores bini in pedunculis gracilibus pendulis glabris circa 2.5 cm. 

 longis axillaribus in parte inferiore ramulorum; bracteae subulatae, 

 acutae, vix ovaria tota v. fere tota connata dimidia aequantes; brac- 

 teolae nullae; calyx campanulatus, dentibus inaequalibus saepe obso- 

 letis, dimidia ovaria aequans, circa 1 mm. longus; corolla tubulosa, 

 basi leviter gibbosa, 9 mm. longa, flava, extus glabra, intus pubescens, 

 lobis suborbicularibus erectis, 2 mm. longis; filamenta glabra, paullo 

 infra partem trientem superiorem tubi affixa, 2.5 mm. longa, antherae 

 oblongae, 2 mm. longae, paullo limbum superantes; stylus exsertus, 

 pubescens, 12 mm. longus. Bacca subglobosa, rubra, circa 7 mm. 

 diam., calyce persistente coronata; semina pluria, ovoidea, leviter 

 compressa, flavescenti-alba, 2 mm. longa, testa laevi. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands, alt. 1600-2400 m., 

 June and August 1908 (No. 831*, type); alt. 2300 m., June 1908 (Nos. 

 1859, 1860); alt. 2400-2700 m., September 1910 (No. 4214); around 

 Sungpan, upland, rocky places, alt. 3000-3500 m., August 1910 (No. 

 4023). 



Lonicera Schneideriana resembles in foliage L. szechuanica Batalin, which differs 

 in the stamens being shorter than the corolla-lobes, in the longer bracts and in the 

 glabrous style. Lonicera shensiensis Rehder is distinguished chiefly by the shorter 

 stamens and the presence of bractlets, while L. serpyllifolia Rehder differs in the 

 smaller somewhat hairy leaves, the ovate bracts and shorter peduncles. No. 1859 

 differs from the type in the generally oblanceolate leaves, 2-3 cm. long. No. 1860 

 is still more different but hardly sufficiently different to be made the type of another 

 species; it has a shorter distinctly gibbous corolla, shorter calyx and glabrous 

 style, but otherwise, particularly in the foliage, the short bracts and in the slightly 

 exserted anthers, it agrees with the type. 



I take pleasure in associating with this species the name of Mr. C. K. Schneider, 

 whose Illustrierles Handbuch der Laubholzkunde contains many valuable contribu- 

 tions to the knowledge of Chinese trees and shrubs. 



Lonicera saccata Rehder in Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, I. 39, pi. 20 

 (1902). 



