MAGNOLIACEAE. — SCHISANDRA 413 



suborbiculari-reniformia, leviter comprcssa, 3-3.5 mm. lata, testa 

 flavo-brunnea laevi nitente. 



Western Szech'uan : west of Kuan Hsien, Niu-tou-shan, thickets, 

 alt. 2000-2600 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 921'', type); south-east of Ta- 

 chien-lu, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., June 1908 (No. 921, in part); 

 near Mao-chou, Chiu-ting-shan, thickets, alt. 2100 m., May 22, 1908 

 (No. 921, in part); Wa-shan, alt. 2000-2500 m., September 18, 1908 

 (No. 921, in part) ; west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 921''); west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, alt. 

 2300-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4289). 



This species is most closely related to Schisandra grandiflora Hooker f . & Thom- 

 son, which has oblong-lanceolate leaves, very pale, often sub-glaucescent below, 

 9-12 white sepals and petals, obtuse or acutish stamens, rarely rounded at the 

 summit and beaked carpels. A picture of this plant will be found under No. 356 

 of the collection of Wilson's photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western 

 China, No. 473. 



Schisandra Henryi Clarke in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXVIII. 162, 

 fig. 55 (1905).— Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. II, 928, fig. 580 

 (1912). 



Schizandra hypoglauca L6veill4 in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. IX. 459 (1911). 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 



4722) . Western Hupeh: without locality, A . Henry (No. 6226) . 



This is a rather rare species, easily recognized by its prominently winged shoots, 

 by the glaucescent under surface of the leaves and by the creamy-yellow flowers 

 on long and slender pedicels. 



Schisandra glaucescens Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 323 (1900). 



Western Hupeh : Hsing-shan Hsien, margins of woods and thick- 

 ets, alt. 1300-2300 m., May 25 and September 1907 (No. 164, in part; 

 cUmber 3-6 m., flowers orange-red, fruit scarlet); Fang Hsien, thickets, 

 alt. 1600-2300 m., June 2, 1907 (No. 164, in part; climber 3-6 m., 

 flowers orange-red); same locality and altitude, October 1907 (No. 

 164*; climber 2-3 m., fruit scarlet); without locahty. May 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 883); without locahty, A. Henry (Nos. 5478, 

 5931, 6383). Szech'uan: without locality, A. Henry (No. 5725). 



Exceedingly common in rocky places everywhere in western Hupeh, but not 

 reported from western Szech'uan. 



Schisandra pubescens Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. 

 Inform. 1906, 150. 



