SAXIFRAGACEAE. — PHILADELPHUS 5 



conspcrsa, subtus in costa nervis venisque validioribus sat dense, inter 

 venas laxius molliuscule pilosa, fructificationis tempore subglabra, 

 membranacea, nervorum paribus 2 rarius 3. Racemi 13-14 cm. 

 longi, laxi, 9-11-flori, axi glabro v. pilis remotissimis paucissimis con- 

 sperso; florum paria 1-2 infima foliis magnis, sequens foliis parvis, 

 cetera bracteis hypsophylloideis fugacibus suffulta; pedicelli in- 

 feriores 10-15 mm. longi, ceteri subdecrescentes, pilis erecto-patenti- 

 bus subcinerei; ovarium 5 mm. longum, ut sepala ad 7 mm. longa 

 fuscescens pilis mollibus teneris accumbentibus breviusculis sub- 

 cinerea; sepala intus basi excepta albo-tomentosa; corolla alba, 

 circiter 3.3 cm. lata, petala ovali-orbicularia; stamina circ. 28, dimi- 

 diam petalorum partem paullo superantia ad 9 mm. longa; stylus 

 9-11 mm. longus stamina aequans v. paullo superans, basi, ut discus 

 sat planus, molliter pilosus (in fructibus vero pilos non vidi), usque ad 

 stigmata indivisus; stigmata secus marginem exteriorem antheras 

 longitudine aequantia. Capsula 9-12 mm. longa, apice convexo glabro 

 sepalorum insertionem triente fere superans. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-ssu country, Wen-chuan Hsien, alt. 

 1500-2700 m., July 1908 (No. 3041). Western Hupeh: Fang 

 Hsien, alt. 2100 m., November 1907 (No. 581). 



Allied to P. subcanus from which it chiefly differs in the unusually large leaves of 

 the flowering branchlets. No. 581, though differing from the type in the subglabrous 

 leaves and the glabrous apex of the fruit, probably belongs to this species. 



Philadelphus incanus Koehne in Gartenfl. XLV. 562 (excludenda 

 planta Henry No. 8823 quae ad P. subcanum pertinet) (1896). — 

 Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 370 (1905). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200-1800 m., 

 June and October 1907 (No. 574), April 1907 (No. 3048), May 1907 

 (No. 3054), July 1907 (No. 3055); north of Ichang, thickets, alt. 1200- 

 2100 m., July and November 1907 (No. 583) ; north and south of Ichang, 

 thickets, alt. 1200-1800 m., June 1907 (No. 3049); Fang Hsien, thick- 

 ets, alt. 1500-2100 m., July 1907 (No. 3047); Changyang Hsien, alt. 

 1200-1800 m., June 1907 (No. 3050) ; Chang-lo Hsien, alt. 600-1200 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 3051), alt. 1200-1800 m., June 1907 (No. 3052); 

 Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200 m., July 1907 (No. 3053). 



Besides in other characters it differs from P. subcanus in the longer and more 

 rigid hairs which cover the ovary and the sepals. 



Philadelphus brachybotrys Koehne, n. sp. 

 Philadelphus pekinensis, var. brachybotrys Koehne in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 

 XIII. 84 (1904). — Schneider, ///. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 373 (1901). 



