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et parce ciliolati; corollae fl. 9 petala albida ovata vel ovalia, subli- 

 bera, circ. 3 mm. longa, fl. i tantum alabastra visa; stamina fl. i 

 tantum in alabastra visa; staminodia fl. 9 petalis vix breviora, 

 libera v. sublibera, antheris sterilibus apice intrusis, subcordiformibus, 

 filamento multo brevioribus; ovarium fl. 9 subovoideum obsolete 

 longitudinali-4-sulcatum, stigmate crassiusculo et discoidea obsolete 

 4-lobo eoronatum, circ. 2.75 mm. longum, 4-loculare etc. Drupa 

 globosa, stigmate discoideo coronata, circ. 6 mm. diam., in vivo 

 rubra v. scarlatina, i.s. rugosa et plus minusve striato-sulcata, exocarpio 

 tunicato, mesocarpio carnoso, 4-pyrena, pyrenis subtrigonis, dorso 

 striato-sulc^tis, 5 mm. longis et circ. 3 mm. latis, ligneis valde duris etc. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1200-1800 

 m.. May and September 1907 (No. 148). Western Szech'uan: 

 southeast of Tachien-lu, woods, alt. 2400 m., June and October 1908 

 (No. 1257). 



This species is closely related to /. Fargesii Franchet, which differs in the shape 

 of the leaves. These are entire or mostly entire below the middle, with longer 

 bases gradually narrowed into the petioles, and at the apex are narrowed into a 

 shorter and broader point. It forms a transition between the sections Micro- 

 dontae and Repandae, and might perhaps be better placed in the latter, although 

 I have placed it with the Lemurenses on account of its close relationship with 

 /. Fargesii. 



Ilex Aquifolium Linnaeus, var. c chinensis Loesener in Nov. Act. 

 Leop.-Carol LXXVIII. 263 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, chffs in glens, etc., alt. 300-600 m., 

 March 27, 1907 (No. 3100). 



Ilex Perayi Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, V. 221 (PI. 

 David. I. 69) (1883). — Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XVI. t. 1539 (1886). — 

 Loesener in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LXXVIII. 278 (1901). 



Western Szech'uan: southeast of Tachien-lu, alt. 2100 m., July 

 18, 1908 (No. 119). Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, 

 mountain sides, alt. 1200-1800 m.. May 14 and September 1907 (No. 

 119 in part). 



Ilex comuta Lindley & Paxton, Flow. Gard. I. 43, fig. 27 (1850).— 

 Loesener in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LXXVIII. 280 (1901). 



Kiangsi: Kiu-kiang, abundant, alt. 150 m., August 2, 1907 (No. 

 1608). Western Hupeh: Ichang, ravines and hill-sides, alt. 300- 

 600 m.. May 1907 (No. 3101). 



Ilex ciliospinosa Loesener, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-4-metralis. Hamuli erecti v. patentes, vetustiores teretes. 



