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Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsley. See p. 110. 



Callicarpa vastifoUa Diela in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 547 (1900). 



Callicarpa vastifoUa, based upon branches without flowers or fruits, is nothing but 

 V. rhytidophyllum. The foHage agrees exactly and even the bud of the inflorescence 

 for the following year can be discerned between the terminal pair of leaves, while 

 in Callicarpa the corymbs are axillary and their buds are not formed the year 

 before. 



Viburniun brevipes Rehder. See p. 113. 



Descriptioni 1. c. adder Folia . . . oblongo-ovata v. rhombico- 

 elliptica. . . . Corymbus 3.5-5 cm. diam., pedunculo 1-1.5 cm. longo 

 fasciculato-piloso insidens, radiis plerumque 5 fasciculato-pilosis, 

 bracteis caducis 3-4 mm. longis extus sparse pilosis; flores breviter 

 pedicellati, in radiis plerumque tertii ordinis; calyx dense fasciculato- 

 pilosus, tube oblongo-ovoideo circiter 1 mm. longo,^ dentibus ovatis 

 quadrantem tubi aequantibus; corolla rotata, 4 mm. diam., alba, 

 extus pilosa, lobis rotundatis minute glanduloso-ciliatis tubo paullo 

 longioribus; stamina corollam aequantia, antheris ovalibus, in sicco 

 fusco-flavis; stylus crassus, calycis dentes superans, stigmate leviter 

 trilobato. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1700 m., June 

 1907 (No. 447*). 



The flowering specimens of V. brevipes had been misplaced and were found after 

 the description drawn up from the fruiting specimens had been published. The 

 leaves of the flowering specimen differ slightly in being generally rhombic-elliptic 

 and only 4-5 cm. long, also the glands on the lower surface of the leaves are not 

 as copious. Wilson's No. 944, referred provisionally to this species, does not belong 

 here, but is very near V. dilatatum Thunberg and probably referable to that species. 



I take the opportunity to add here the descriptions of two new Chinese species 

 and a new variety. 



Viburnum calvum Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-metralis, glaberrimus; ramuli homotini ut videtur purpurascentes, 

 vetustiores flavescentes; gemmae ut videtur perulis 2 exterioribus. Folia coriacea 

 persistentia, ovalia v. ovata v. oblongo-ovata, apice obtusa mucronata, basi late 

 cuneata, margine Integra v. interdum denticulis paucis instructa, 3-6 cm. longa 

 et 1.5-2.8 cm. lata, supra atro-viridia, subnitentia, subtus pallidiora, nervis utrin- 

 secus 6-8 anastomosantibus ut costa supra impressis subtus elevatis, venulorum 

 reticulo supra impresso subtus obsoleto; petioli 6-12 mm. longi, lutescentes ut 

 costa subtus. Inflorescentia umbellata, circiter 3 cm. diam., glabra, pedunculo 

 circiter 1.5 cm. longo insidens, 5-radiata; flores in radiis primi v. secundi ordinis, 

 brevissime pedicellati; calyx 1.5 mm. altus, 2 mm. diam., tubo turbinato, dentibus 

 late triangularibus latioribus quam longis; corolla rotata 5 mm. diam., alba, lobis 

 ovalibus tubo paullo longioribus ; stamina lobis corollae breviora, antheris ovalibua ; 

 stylus brevis, crassus, globoso-pyramidalis. Fructus desideratur. 



Yunnan: Mengtze, northern mountains, forests, alt. 2700 m., A. Henry (No. 

 10564 in Herb. Arnold Arboretum). 



