FLACOURTIACE AE . — POLIOTHYRSIS 285 



1872, 174, fig. 19, 20. — Ito, Fig. Descr. PI Koishik. BoL Card. II. 

 t. 11a, 11b (1883). — Lavall^e in Icon. Arb. Segrez. 41, t. 13 (1885). — 

 Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. CXI. t. 6794 (1885). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. 

 For. Jap. I. t. 76 (1900). — Diels in BoL Jahrb. XXIX. 478 (1900). 



Idesia polycarpa, var. latifolia Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 478 (1900). 

 Idesia pobjcarpa, var. intermedia Pampanini in Nnov. Giom. Bot. Ital. XVII. 



673 (1910). 

 Polycarpa Maximowiczii Linden ex Carri^re in Rev. Hort. 1868, 330, fig. 36. 

 Flacourtia japonica Hort. ex Lavallee, 1. c. (synon.). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, woods, alt. 1300- 

 2000 m., June and October 1907 (No. 487; tree 8-15 m. tall, about 

 1 m. girth, flowers yellow, fruits vermiHon, bark very light grey); 

 without precise locality, June and October 1900 (Veitch. Exped. 

 No. 930). Formosa: Bankinsing, mountains, A. Henry (No. 429). 

 Korea: Quelpaert, side of streams, rare, alt. 900 m., E. J. Taquet 

 (Nos. 1466, 4096). 



A very common tree in western Hupeh. The foliage varies considerably in size 

 and shape, and with the mass of material before me I must consider the above 

 named varieties very sUght forms not deserving varietal rank. A photograph of 

 this tree will be found under No. 560 of Wilson's photographs and also in his 

 Vegetation of Western China, No. 254. 



Idesia polycarpa, var. vestita Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 478 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan:Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 1600-2500 m., June 

 and September 1908 (No. 962; tree 6-15 m. tall, about 1 m. girth, 

 flowers yellow, fruits brick red) ; without precise locality, woods, rare, 

 alt. 2300 m., July 1903 (Veitch. Exped. No. 3226). Kiangsi; Ruling, 

 thickets, not common, alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 1612; bush 3 m. 

 tall). 



A well-marked variety having the under side of the leaves densely pubescent and 

 the upper surface rugose. 



POLIOTHYRSIS Oliv. 



Poliothyrsis sinensis Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XIX. t. 1885 (1889). — 

 Bean in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. XXII. 355 (1909). 



WesternHupeh: north and south of Ichang, woodlands, alt. 300- 

 1100 m., July and October 1907 (No. 500, in part; tree 6-13 m. tall, 

 about 1 m. girth, flowers yellowish-white); Fang Hsien, alt. 1100 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 500, in part); San-yu-tung glen, near Ichang, alt. 300 

 m., June 1907 (No. 500, in part; bush 4 m. tall); without precise 

 locahty, July and November 1900 and 1901 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 1475, 



