Cornus. 



89 



teretibus glabratis brunnescentibus vel brunneo-cinerascentibus usque -nigresccntibus. Folia 

 opposita, petiolo 4 — 6 mm longo perappresse piloso vel subglabro stipitata, chartacea, 

 saturate viridia, pilis supra brevissimis subtus paulo longioribus sparse vel densiuscule 

 praedita, praeterea subtus in nervorum angulis saepius fulvo- usque ferrugineo-barbata, 

 rotundato- usque ovato-elliptica basi rotundata vel rarius paulo in petiolum angustata 

 apice dt longe acuminata, 6 — 10 cm longa et 3 — 5 cm lata, e nervo medio pinnatim 

 4 — 5-nervia, costa nervisque principalibus arcuatim adscendentibus supra vix subtus mani- 

 feste prominulis, secundariis subtus tantum manifestis. Inflorescentiae in summis ramulis, 

 pedunculo ad 5 cm longo glabro vel perappresse piloso praeditae, involucro 4-phyllo in- 

 signes, bracteis involucrantibus ovatis vel ovato-ellipticis 2,5 — 4,5 cm longis, 1,5 — 3 cm 

 latis apice longe acuminatis basi angustatis pallide flavis e basi parallele multinerviis 

 dorso perappresse brevissimeque pilosis vel subglabris, floribus ad 25-nis in receptaculo 

 elongato" sessilibus dense aggregatis ovariisque in capitulum semiglobosum vel ellipsoi- 

 deum quam involucrum multo brevius concretis; ovarium conicum 1,25 — 1,5 mm lon- 

 gum; calyeis limbus 0,75 — 1 mm latus appresse pilosulus truncatus vix manifeste vel 

 omnino non lobatus; petala albida ovato-elliptica apice acutiuscula, 1,5 mm longa, 

 0,75 mm lata; staminum filamenta subulata I mm longa, antherae ellipticae 0,5 mm 

 longae; discus pulviniformis apice late obtusus dz irregulariter sinuatus; Stylus brevis- 

 simus 1 mm longus, pilis longis appressis sat dense praeditus, stigmate truncato. Drupae 

 in syncarpium carnosum areolato-tuberculatum confluentes, putaminibus ellipsoideis vel 

 ovoideis 6 mm longis haud costulatis. — Fig. 1 %B. 



Japan: In Bergwäldern (einh. Name: Jama boosi, Tsuku bani). U. Faurie 

 n. 162, 440, 662, 13258; Oldham n. 468; Pierot n. 77, 469; Rein n. 32; 

 Savatier n. 528; Warburg n. 7693; Zollinger n. 410. — Central-China: 

 Nord-Shensi (Giraldi n. 3285, 3286); Sz-tschwan, Nan-tschwan (v. Rosthorn n. 515, 

 515a, 1677, 1680, 1681, 1690); West-Hupeh (Wilson n. 681, 811); Patung Distr., 

 Ichang (Henry n. 4073); Prov. Sz-tschwan und Hupeh ohne nähere Standortsangabe 

 (Henry n. 5307, 5672, 5672 A et B). — Blüht im Mai bis Juni. 



45. C. hongkongensis Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. (1888) 345. — 

 Bmthamia japonica var. sinensis Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. IV. (1852) 165. — 

 Bentharnia japonica Benth. Fl. hongk. (1861) 138. — Differt a C. kousa foliis coria- 

 ceis, persistentibus, oblongis breviter obtuseque acuminatis, supra nitidis subtus punc- 

 tatis, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 3 conspicuis, involucri bracteis latioribus vix 

 acuminatis. 



Hongkong. 



Nota. Species mihi non visa, diagnosis ex cl. Hemsley 1. c. 



46. C. capitata Wall.! in Roxb. Fl. ind. ed. Carey et Wall. 



I. (1820) 434 et 



Cat. 

 DG. 

 Ind. 



(1828) 467 et PI. as. rar. (1832) t. 214; Don, Prodr. Fl. nepal. (1825) 141; 



Prodi*. IV. (1830) 273; Brandis, For. Fl. 253; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



II. (1879) 745; Forbes et Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. (1888) 245; Harms 

 apud Diels, Fl. Centr. Chin. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1901) 506. — Bentharnia 

 fragifera Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1833) t. 1579; Wight, 111. Ind. Bot. (1841/50) t. 122; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4641. — Arbor vel frutex erectus, ramulis teretibus novellis dense per- 

 appresseque pilosis demum glabratis brunneo-cinerascentibus vel -nigrescentibus. Foliorum 

 oppositorum petiolus canaliculatus perappresse pilosus 4 — 10 mm longus, lamina char- 

 tacea, supra saturate viridis subtus dz canescens, pilis breviusculis appressis supra dz 

 disperse subtus densius obsita scabra, longe elliptica basi in petiolum angustata apice 

 paulo acuminata, 7,5 — 12 cm longa et 5 — 4 cm lata, e nervo medio pinnatim 4-nervia, 

 nervis primariis supra vix dorso manifestius prominulis, secundariis utrinque manifestis. 

 Flores ad 40-ni in capitulum subglobosum 2 — 3 cm longe pedunculatum dense aggre- 

 gati, ovariis concretis in receptaculo leviter convexo sessiles, bracteis 4 albidis vel pallide 

 roseis obovatis apice subtus scabridiusculis breviter acuminatis dorso brevissime appresse- 

 que pilosis e basi parallele multinerviis 4 — 5y 2 cm longis et 3 — 4*/2 cm ^ at * s involucrati; 

 ovarium conicum 1,5 mm longum; sepala ad 2 / 3 longitudinis connata, lobis subrotundatis 



