88 Walther Wangerin. — Cornaceac. 



valde appresse pilosis rubescentibus dcmum glabratis brunnescenlibus usquc fusccscen- 

 tibus. Folia opposita petiolo supra leviter canaliculato dense appresseque sericeo-piloso 

 ad 1 5 mm longo stipitata, chartacea, laete viridia subtus =fc manifeste albida, juvencula 

 utrinque dense atque zb appresse pilosa, adulta supra pilis brevissimis appressis sparse 

 usque subdense obsita subtus pilis paulo longioribus saepius subcrispidulis valde dense 

 obtecta, late ovato-elliptica usque manifeste obovata basi in petiolum constricta apice 

 nunc acuta nunc breviter acuminata, ad 1 2 cm longa atque 1,5 cm lata, e nervo medio 

 pinnatim 5( — 6)-nervia, costa nervisque lateralibus primariis arcuatim adscendenübus 

 supra sueto leviter immersis subtus prominentibus, nervillis utrinque manifestis. Flores 

 permulti in capitulum globosum pedunculo 2 — 2,5 cm longo perappresse piloso praedilum, 

 bracteis 4 vel saepissime 6 albis vel pallide roseis oblongis usque late obovatis apice 

 acutis vel breviter acuminatis e basi palmatim multinerviis dorso brevissime appresseque 

 pilosis demum glabratis 3,5 — 7 cm longis 2 — 4,5 cm latis involucratum, diainHro 

 1,4 — 2 cm metiens conferti, sessiles quam involucrum multo breviores; ovarium conicum 

 interdum leviter costatum dense appresseque pilosum 3 — 4 mm longum; sepala ultra 

 ovarium ad medium connata lobis late triangularibus apice acutiusculis 1 — 1,5 mm 

 longis; petala oblonga apice acuminata 5 mm longa et 1,5 mm lata dorso appresse 

 pilosula albo-viridescentia intus apicem versus saepissime macula atropurpurea praedita; 

 stamina petala fere aequantia, filamentis crassiusculis cylindricis apicem versus paulo 

 constrictis, antheris ellipticis 1,5 mm longis; discus conspicuus pulvinaris apice obtusus 

 integerrimus ; Stylus columnaris staminibus brevior appresse pilosus, stigmate subcapi- 

 tato. Fructus drupaceus purpurascens leviter appresse pilosus ellipsoideus usque ovoideus 

 10 mm longus, diametro 6 — 7 mm metiens, apice sepalis styloque persistentibus coronaius, 

 putamine 8 — 9 mm longo, diametro 5 mm metiente, haud costulato longitudinaliter paulo 

 immerse lineato. 



Pazifisches Nordamerika: Vom südlichen British Columbia und Vancouver 

 Island durch Washington und Oregon bis zum südlichen Galifornien, gern als Unterholz 

 unter Coniferen. 



Numerierte Sammlungen: Allen, Flora of the Cascade Mountains n. 208; 

 Anderson, Herb. Dept. of agriculture Br. Columbia n. 459; Bolander n. 3966J 

 H. E. Brown, California Plants n. 108, 315; Copeland, Plants of the Pacific Coast 

 n. 3850; Hall and Chandler, Plants of the Sierra Nevada Mts. n. 216; G. Hansen, 

 Flora of the Sequoia gigantea Region n. 191, 1303, 1370; Hartweg n. 1763; Heller, 

 Plants of California n. 5940; M. E. Jones, Flora of California n. 3304; Kellogg 

 and Harford n. 321; F. H. Lamb, Plants of Western Washington n. 1130; Macoun, 

 Flora Canadensis n. 764; Macoun, Herb. Geol. Survey of Canada n. 54019; Parish, 

 PI. of southern California n. 143; Parry and Lemmon, Flora of Southern California 

 ii. 150; Wawra n. 84 (Reise d. Prinzen Phil, und Aug. von S. -Coburg um die Welt). 



Subgen. VII. Benthamia „Lindl. 



Benthamia Lindl. (pro genere) Bot. Regist. XIX. (1833) t. 1579 et Veg. kingd. 

 (18 47) 783; Spach in Hist. veg. phan. VIII. (1839) 108; Endl. Gen. (1839) 79 

 Ench. bot. (1841) 397; Benin. Fl. hongk. (1861) 138; C. B. Clarke- in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit Ind. II. (1879) 745; Koehne, Dendrol. (1893) 438; Harms in Engl. u. PranÜ, 

 Pfl/iam. III. 8. (1898) 267. — Caulis arboreus vel frutescens. Flores sessiles capilali; 

 bracteae involucrantes insignes petaloideae. Drupae in syncarpium carnosum areolato- 

 tuberculatum confluentes. 



44. C. kousa Buerger ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. bot. lugd.-bat. II. (186"')) 159; 

 Miq. ProL 11. jap. (1865/67) 91; Franch. et Sav. Enum. pl. Jap. I. (1875) 1!)).: Yabe, 

 i-usim. in Bot Mag. Tokyo XVII. et XVIII. (1904) 30; Hanns apud Diels, II. 

 Cent*. Chin« in Bngler'i Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1901) 506. — C. japonica (non Thunb.J 

 Koehne, Dendrol. (1893) 43H. — Benthamia japonica Sieb, et Zucc. Fl. Jap. 

 (1835)38, t. 16; Benth. Fl. hongk. (1861) 138. — Arbor ?el fruiex erectus, pamulil 



