CAPRIFOLIACEAE. — LONICERA 141 



2400-2700 m., July and August 1908 (No. 8o8): near Wa-shan, thick- 

 ets, alt. 2700 m., September 14, 1908 (No. 8o8^); Mupin, thickets, alt. 

 2400-3000 m., June and September 1908 (No. 856, in part), October 

 1910 (No. 4293); Nin-tou-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 2500 m., June 1907 (No. 1852); Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2400-3000 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4179). 



Lonicera trichosantha Bureau & Franchet in Jour, de Bot. V. 48 

 (1891). 



Lonicera ovalis Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. XIV. 170 (1895). 



Western Szech'uan: around Tachien-lu, alt. 2400-3000 m., 

 June and September 1908 (Nos. 856% 856*^), October 1910 (No. 856, 

 in part) . 



No. SoG** differs in the leaves being slightly pubescent on both surfaces and more 

 densely on the midrib beneath. 



Lonicera prostrata Rehder in Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, II. 50 

 (1907); in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. VI. 275 (1909). 



Western Szech'uan: near Sungpan Ting (type locahty), alt. 

 3000-3500 m., August and October 1910 (No. 4044); Mupin, prostrate 

 over loamy bank, alt. 2700-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4227). 



Sect. 4. NINTOOA DC. 



Subsect. BREViFLORAE Rehd. 



Lonicera crassifolia Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. XII. 172 (1892). 

 Western Szech'uan: near Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1200 m., June 

 1908 (No. 1878). 



Lonicera alseuosmoides Graebner in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 594 (1901). 



Western Szech'uan: near Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1500-1800 m., 

 September 18, 1908 (No. 938); Chito near Tachien-lu, thickets, very 

 rare, alt. 3000 m., July 26, 1908 (No. 1882). 



Lonicera Henryi Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 363 (1888). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, thickets, abundant, 

 alt. 1200-1800 m., July and September 1907 (No. 254, in part); Chang- 

 lo Hsien, common, alt. 1200-1800 m., July 1907 (No. 254, in part); 

 Fang Hsien, common, alt. 1200-1400 m., July 1907 (No. 254, in part); 

 South Wushan, alt. 1200-1800 m., July 1907 (No. 254, in part) ; Pa- 

 tung Hsien, thickets, abundant, alt. 1200-1400 m., June 1907 (No. 

 254, in part); Hsing-shan Hsien, common, alt. 1200-1800 m., July 



