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at the base, the larger bracts, the larger leaves, hirsute on both sides and grajdsh 

 green beneath, and by the hirsute pubescence of the whole plant. 



Lonicera praecox Rehder, n. comb. 



Caprifolium praecox Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. I. 274 (1891). 

 Lonicera infundibulum Franchet in Jour, de Bot. X. 315 (1896). 



Western Hupeh: Chang-yang Hsien, roadsides, alt., 1000-1500 m., 

 April 1907 (No. 1856); Fang Hsien, rare, alt. 1600-1700 m., June 15, 

 1910 (No. 4006). 



Subsect. ALPiGENAE Rehd. 



Lonicera mupinensis Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex erectus, 1.5-6 m. altus ramulis junioribus sparse stipitato- 

 glandulosis mox glabrescentibus v. fere glabris, ramis vetustioribus 

 cinereis fibrosis. Gemmae circa 1 cm. longae, perulis 8-10 exterioribus 

 scariosis lanceolatis acuminatis, interioribus accrescentibus foliaceis 

 omnibus sub anthesi erectis longe persistentibus instructae. Folia ellip- 

 tico-oblonga v. oblonga v. obovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi late 

 cuneata, inferiora interdum rotundata, 6-12 cm. longa et 2.5-5.5 lata, 

 dense molliter ciliata, supra laete viridia, initio sparse pilosa, demum 

 fere glabra, subtus pallide viridia, ad venas venulasque pilosa, inter- 

 dum glabrescentia, basin versus plerumque sparse glandulosa, utrinse- 

 cus 6-7-costata; petioli 5-8 mm. longi, sparse v. interdum densius 

 glandulosi et sparse breviter pilosi, demum glabrescentia. Flores bini 

 pedunculis stipitato-glandulosis v. fere glabris apice incrassatis 3.5- 

 5 cm. longis insidentes; bracteae subulatae, glanduloso-ciliatae, ovaria 

 disjuncta duplo v. fere duplo superantes; bracteolae liberae v. anteriora 

 basi tantum connata, glanduloso-ciliatae, ovatae, obtusae, ovariis 

 dimidio breviores v. et oblongae ovariis triplo breviores; corolla bila- 

 biata, 1.5 cm. longa, extus glabra, atropurpurea, tubus manifests 

 gibbosus, intus dense pilosus, limbo paullo brevior, labium superius 

 4-lobum lobis ovatis rotundatis brevibus; stamina limbo paullo brevi- 

 ora filamentis basi pilosa excepta glabris quam antherae anguste ob- 

 longae longioribus; stylus stamina subaequans, infra medium pilosus. 

 Baccae rubrae, subglobosae, 8-10 mm. diam., seminibus plerumque 

 2-3, ovoideis leviter compressis flavido-albidis laevibus nitidulis. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1800-2400 m., June 

 and October 1908 (No. 861, in part); alt. 2700-3000 m., October 1910 

 (No. 4225); near Wa-shan, woodlands and thickets, alt. 2100-2700 m., 

 June and September 15, 1908 (No. 861, in part), alt. 2700-3000 m., 

 July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3741). ^ 



