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Ilex corallina Franchet in Bull. Soc. BoL France, XXXIII. 452 

 (1886); PI. Delavay. II. 127 (1889). — Loesener in Nov. Act. Leop.- 

 Carol. LXXVIII. 327 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, ravines, alt. 300-600 m., March 20 and 

 June 1907 (No. 6). Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 

 1200-1800 m., November 1908 (No 1269) 



Ilex szechwanensis Loesener in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LXXVIII. 

 347 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 1200 m., October 

 1907 (No. 461). 



Ilex Wilsonii Loesener in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LXXXIX. No. I. 

 287 (1908). 

 Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., July 31, 1907 (No. 1610). 



Ilex subrugosa Loesener, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.5-2 m. altus. Ramuli recti, erecti v. patentes, vetus- 

 tiores demum subteretes, iuniores i. s. longitudinaliter striato-suban- 

 gulati, biennes circ. 3.5 mm. crassi, hornotini 2-2.5 mm. crassi, sub 

 lente dense sed brevissime pulvereo-puberuli. Folia usque tertium 

 in annum (etiam diutius?) in ramulis remanentia, interstitiis usque 

 13 mm. longis dissita, stipulis minutis, triangularibus, callosis, per- 

 sistentibus sed postea oblitteratis, breviuscule (4-8 mm. longe) peti- 

 olatis, petiolo quam lamina circ. 7-9-plo breviore, sub lente valida 

 minute et brevissime pulvereo-puberulo, supra acute sulcato; lamina 

 angustissime decurrente marginato, circ. 1 mm. crasso, lanceolata vel 

 ovato- vel oblongo-lanceolata, raro suboblanceolata, margine i. s. 

 anguste recurvato, dense serrulato, basi cuneata v. acuta, apice sen- 

 sim et obtusiuscule v. subacute acuminata, acumine usque 13 mm. 

 longo, 4.5-8 cm. longa, 1.2-2.1 cm. lata, coriacea, supra nitida v. 

 nitidissima, brunneo-olivacea, subtus pallidiora, non v. vix nitidula, 

 costa media supra insculpta, subtus prominula v. vix prominente, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 5-7, sub angulo 45-65° patentibus, 

 subrectis v. obsolete ad basin versus curvatis, supra plane obsoletis v. 

 rarius conspicuis et sub lente tenuissime insculptis, subtus vix promi- 

 nulis vel obsoletis, iuxta marginem laxe reticulatis, reticulo subtus vix 

 prominulo v. plerumque plane inconspicuo, epidermide subtus saepius 

 plicato-rugulosa. Inflorescentiae 9 tantum notae, in foliorum axillis 

 pauci fasciculatae, v., si maris, axi communi evoluto brevi usque circ. 

 5 mm. longo in pseudoracemum brevissimum dispositae, singulae uni- 



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