LARDIZABALACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



DECAISNEA Hook. f. & Thorns. 



Decaisnea Fargesii Franchet in Jour, de Bot. VI. 234 (1892). — Bois 

 in Rev. Hort. 1900, 270, fig. 122-124. — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 

 342 (1900). — Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. CXXVIII. t. 7848 (1902).— 

 Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 912, fig. 571 (1912). 



Decaisnea insignis Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 342 (non Hooker f. & Thomson) 

 (1900); in Bot. Jahrb. XXXVI. Beibl. LXXXII. 44 (1905). — Pampanini in 

 Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. s. XVII. 273 (1910). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, moist woodlands 

 and thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m.. May 10 and October 1907 (No. 330; 

 erect growing bush, 2-5 m. tall, flowers greenish-yellow, fruit deep 

 blue); without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5405, 5405^). Western 

 Szech'uan: Wa-shan, alt. 1600-2500 m., October 1908 (No. 330=^). 

 Shensi : Tai-pei-shan, alt. 2300-2600 m., 1910, W. Purdom (No. 501); 

 " M'" Kian-san," August 4, 1897, G. Giraldi. 



A very common shrub in moist woods and thickets in western Hupeh and 

 in Szech'uan between 600 and 2600 m. alt. The deep blue fruit contains a white 

 pulp in which are imbedded the numerous flattened jet black seeds. The pulp is 

 edible, but of insipid flavor. The fruits are commonly eaten by monkeys on 

 Mt. Omei and elsewhere in that region. 



The under surface of the mature leaves is almost glabrous or is clothed with a 

 short curled pubescence. A colloquial name in Hupeh for this plant is "Mao-erh-tzu." 



A picture of this plant will be found under No. 112 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 203. 



STAUNTONIA DC. 



Stauntonia Duclouxii Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LV. 48 

 (1908); in Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris, XIV. 69 (1908). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, ravine, alt. 600 m., only one 

 plant seen. May 10, 1907 (No. 2389; climber 6 m. and more, flowers 

 greenish-yellow, heavily striped with brown, fragrant). 



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