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Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets 1600-2000 m., May and 

 September 1907 (No. 318; climber 4 m., flowers flesh-pink, fruit red); 

 Hsing-shan Hsien, Wen-tsao-shan, alt. 2000 m., May 31, 1907 (No. 263, 

 flowering specimens only; climber 3-4 m., flowers deep, fleshy pink); 

 bomidary of Fang and Hsing-shan Hsiens, woodlands, alt. 2300-2600 

 m., Jmie 13, 1910 (No. 4574; climber 3-6 m., flowers flesh-pink); 

 without locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2085). 



Not common in western Hupeh and we have seen no specimens from western 

 Szech'uan. 



Schisandra rubriflora Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Schizandra chinensis, var. rubriflora Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, 



VIII. 192 (PI. David. II. 10) (1886). 

 Schizandra grandiflora Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LII. M6m. 



IV. 48 (pro parte, non Hooker f . & Thompson) (1905) ; Contrib. Ft. As. Or. 



II. 48 (1907). 



Frutex scandens, 3-6 m. altus; ramuli hornotini glabri, annotini 

 lenticellati, satis robusti, fusco-purpurei v. fusco-cinerei ; gemmae 

 ovoideae, acutae, perulis paucis rotundatis acuminulatis sparse cili- 

 olatis. Folia decidua, obovata v. oblongo-obovata, acuminata, saepius 

 subito, basi in petiolum attenuata, sinuato-denticulata, interdum fere 

 integra, dentibus minutis calloso-mucronatis, 6-15 cm., plerumque 

 8-12 cm. longa et 3-7 cm., plerumque 4-6 cm. lata, supra atroviridia, 

 subtus pallide viridia, nervis utrinsecus 5-8 subtus leviter elevatis; 

 petioli supra canaliculati glabri, 2-4 cm. longi. Flores axillares, 

 solitarii, fusco-rubri, 2-3 cm. diam., in axillis perularum baseos inno- 

 vationum rarius in axillis foliorum inferiorum; pedicelli graciles, 2-5 

 cm. longi, glabri; sepala in floribus masculis plerumque 5-7, exteriora 

 anguste obovata, obtusa, basi cuneata, 10 mm. longa et 5 mm. lata, 

 interiora late obovata, 10-12 mm. longa et 7-9 mm. lata, rotundata, 

 basi subito angustata; sepala in floribus femineis 5, late obovata v. 

 suborbicularia, 10-12 mm. longa et 8-12 mm. lata; androecium 8-10 

 mm. longum; stamina 10 v. plura, 4.5-6 mm. longa, filamentis dis- 

 tinctis complanatis 3-4.5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, antherae loculis 

 marginalibus connectivo lato separatis apice obtuso conniventibus ; 

 gynaeceum conico-ovoideum, 9-10 mm. longum; carpella numerosa, 

 distincta, obovoidea, circiter 2 cm. longa, glabra, stigmate sessili 

 lato ciliato. Fructus cylindricus, pendulus, 10-15 cm. longus, ker- 

 mesinus; pedicellus 6-8 cm. longus; rhachis carnosa, rubescens; car- 

 pella subglobosa, 10-12 mm. diam.; semina 2 in quoque carpello, 



