CAPRIFOLIACEAE . — SYMPHORICARPOS 1 1 7 



Triosteum himalayanum Wallich, var. chinense Diels & Graebner 

 in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 590 (1901). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, uplands, alt. 2400-2700 m., August 

 1908 (No. 876); Tachien-lu, uplands, alt. 3000-3600 m., September 

 1910 (No. 4161). 



Wilson gives the color of the fruits of No. 876 as red and of No. 4161 as white, 

 but I cannot detect the slightest difference in the dried specimens. 



Triosteum Rosthomii Diels & Graebner in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 

 591, f. 5, c-e (1901). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, uplands, alt. 2400-2700 rh., Octo- 

 ber 1908 (No. 2339). Western Szech'uan: Wa-ssu country, Wen- 

 chuan Hsien, uplands, alt. 2400-2800 m., July 1908 (No. 2340). 



SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. 



Sjrmphoricarpos sinensis Rehder, n. sp. 



Fmtex erectus 1-1.75 m. altus, glaberrimus, ramulis gracilibus, 

 hornotinis initio viridibus v. purpurascentibus, demum rubrobrun-- 

 neis, annotinis peridermate lamellis tenuibus decorticante et corti- 

 cem fibrosum detegente. Gemmae parvae, brunneae, perulis pluribus 

 exterioribus acutis. Folia ovalia v. rhombico-ovata, acuta v. obtu- 

 siuscula, basi late cuneata et sensim in petiolum gracilem attenuata 

 integerrima, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa et 1.2-1.8 cm. lata, supra laete viri- 

 dia, subtus glaucescentia, utrinsecus 4-6-costata; petioli teretes, 1-2 

 mm. longi. Flores sessiles, solitarii in axillis bractearum subulatarum 

 ovariis breviorum, bracteis inferioribus interdum foliaceis et longiori- 

 bus, spicas terminales 6-12-floras pedunculo 0.5-2 cm. longo insidentes 

 formantes; ovaria lageniformia, basi bracteolis ovatis quartam partem 

 ovarii aequantibus suffulta, quadri-locularia loculis duobus sterilibus; 

 calycis dentes ovato-lanceolati, acuti, circa 1 mm. longi; corolla late 

 campanulata, alba, 7 mm. longa, intus extusque glabra, lobis ovatis 

 tubura leviter ventricosum subaequantibus; stamina filamentis paullo 

 infra faucem affixa, corollam subaequantia, antheris oblongis albidis; 

 stylus glaber, stamina aequans, stigmate capitato. Bacca ovoidea, 

 7 mm. longa, atrocoerulea, pruinosa, apice in rostrum brevem quin- 

 quedentatum subito contracta, disperma, pulpo viridi, seminibus 

 ovoideis, 5 mm. longis, dense pilosis, albidis. 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, Ta-pa-shan, thickets, rare, alt. 

 2300 m., July 1907 (No. 718). — In cultivation at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. 



