MAGNOLIACEAE. — TETRACENTRON 417 



The extreme forma of this variety with Hnear-lanceolate leaves look very differ- 

 ent from the type, but intermediate forms are common. 



This variety is very common in rocky places up to 1000 m. alt. in central and 

 western China where it is known as the " Hsuch-hu-teng." The marbled leaves and 

 scarlet fruit render this cUmber particularly attractive. 



ILLICIUM L. 



lUicium Henryi Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 323 (1900). — Finet & 

 Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LIT. Mem. IV. 28 (1905) ; Contrib. 

 Fl. As. Or. II. 28 (1907). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. 

 XVII. 274 (1910). 



nudum Silvestrii Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 403 (1908). — 

 in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. IX. 317 (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 300-600 m., 

 May 7, 1907 (No. 3086; bush 0.5-2 m. tall, flowers reddish-crimson); 

 same locality, June 1910 (No. soSd"*); same locality, May 1907 (No. 

 3087, in part; bush 1-2 m., flowers dark red) ; Ichang, chffs in glens, 300- 

 600 m.. May 1907 (No. 3087, in part; bush 1-2 m., flowers dark red); 

 without locality, April and May 1900 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 431, 603, 

 682); Ichang and immediate neighborhood, A. Henry (Nos. 3848, 

 3388, type). Western Szech'uan : Mupin, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 

 m., June 1908 (No. 3085; bush 1.5-2 m., flowers dark crimson). 

 Fokien: without locality, Dunn's Exped., 1905 (Herb. Bot. Gard. 

 Hongkong, No. 2440). 



This shrub is common on the cliffs in the glens near Ichang, where it is known 

 as the " Pa-kou-wei-shu." It is very floriferous and a very handsome shrub. The 

 specimens from Mupin and Fokien differ in their 10-12 carpels, but this is hardly 

 sufficient to warrant their separation as species or even as a variety. 



TETRACENTRON Oliv. 



Tetracentron sinense Oliver in Hooker's Icon.XlX. 1. 1892 (1889).— 

 Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 323 (1900). — Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. France, LII. Mem. IV. 26 (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. II. 26 

 (1907). —Bean in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1909, 356, fig. 



Western Hupeh : Fang Hsien, woods, alt. 1600-2300 m., Novem- 

 ber 1907 (No. 659; tree 13-26 m. tall, girth 2-5 m.); without locality, 

 Jjjjie and October 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2156); without locality, 



