C APRIFOLIACE AE . — S AMBUCUS 307 



pedicelli breviter hispidulis; pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi. Fructus salmoneo 

 ruber, subglobosus, calycis dentibus erectis persistentibus coronatus, 

 circiter 3 mm. diam., trispermus; semina late ovoidea, leviter com- 

 pressa, 1.7 mm. longa et 1.5 mm. lata, laevia, luteo-albida. 



Western Szech'uan: Sungpan, alt. 2300-2700 m., August 1910 

 (No. 4020). 



This species is most closely related to S. Wightiana Wallich, which is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the ovoid fruits, the trigonous oblong-ovoid, rugose seeds, scarcely 

 1 mm. in diameter, and by the larger leaflets. In the smooth roundish light-colored 

 seeds S. Schweriniana differs from all the other allied species. 



The two preceding Sambucus belong to a group of apparently much confused 

 species. As the conclusions I arrived at after a study of copious material differ in 

 several respects from the treatment of these species by other writers, I add here a 

 complete account of the three other species of this group with remarks on their rela- 

 tionship and affinities. 



Sambucus javanica Reinwardt apud Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 

 657 (1825).— De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 322 (1830). — G. Don, Gen. 

 Syst. III. 437 (1834). — Hasskarl in Flora, XXVIII. 1, 243 (1845).— 

 Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 124 (1856). — Hooker f. & Thomson in Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. II. 180 (pro parte) (1858). — Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. III. 2 (pro parte) (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 

 348 (1888). — Schwerin in Mitt. Deutsch Dendr. Ges. XVIII. 41 (pro 

 parte) (1909). 



Sambucus canadensis Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 126 (non Linnaeus) (1784). 

 Sambucus chinensis Lindley in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. VI. 297 (1826). — 



De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 322 (1830). — Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, 



V. 217 (1866); in Jour. Bot. VII. 295 (1869); XII. 260 (1874). 

 Sambucus Thunbergii G. Don, Gen. Syst. III. 438 (1834). 

 Sambucus Thunbergiana Blume apud Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bot. II. 



265 (1865-66); Prol. Fl. Jap. 153 (1866-67). — Kurz, Forest Fl. But. 



Burma, II. 3 (1877). 

 Sambucus racemosa Tanaka, Useful PI. Jap. 115, fig. 433 (non Linnaeus) (1895). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., 

 August 1907 (No. 2520; sub-shrub 1.20-2 m. high, flowers white, fruits 

 red); without precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1261*); 

 Ichang, A. Henry (No. 1694); Nan-t'o and mountains to northward, 

 A. Henry (No. 2007); Patung district, A. Henry (Nos. 2537, 2388). 

 Kiangsi: Kuling, abundant, alt. 1000 m., July 29, 1907 (No. 1730; 

 sub-shrub, (1.20-2 m. high; flowers white). Chekiang: Ningpo, 

 1908, D. Macgregor. Kwangtung; Canton, 1869, H. F. Hance. 

 Yunnan: Mi-le district, A. Henry (No. 9924); Szemao, southern 

 mts., alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12809, 12340). Formosa: Kelung 

 and Hainan, C. Ford; without locality, U. Oldham (No. 202); Tamsui, 



