HAMAMELIDACEAE. — CORYLOPSIS 425 



V. rhomboideo-obovata, breviter subito acuminata, basi truncata, 

 saepe obliqua dentata dentibus aristatis, supra glabra, subtus sub- 

 glaucescentia et venis sericeo-pilosis exceptis glabra; petioli sericei et 

 saepe stipitato-glandulosi. Capsulae dense villosae et quam in typo 

 paullo majores. 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., common, July 29, 1907 

 (No. 1554). 



The glabrescent character of the leaves and shoots readily distinguish this variety. 



Corylopsis Veitchiana Bean in Bot. Mag. CXXXVI. t. 8349 

 (1910). — Beckett in Garden LXXVI. 184 (1912). — Schneider, III. 

 Handh. Lauhholzk. II. 955, fig. 587 b, 588 d-g (1912). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 

 m., April and June 1907 (No. 173, in part; bush 2-2.5 m. tall, flowers 

 primrose-yellow, fragrant); Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m. 

 August 1907 (No. 173, in part; bush 1-2 m. tall). 



This pretty species is fairly common in western Hupeh in thickets and margins 

 of woods. The beauty of its fragrant flowers is heightened by the red anthers. 



The fruit, which has not been described before, is sessile and crowded, 7-9 mm. 

 long, 8-10 mm. wide, densely villose, becoming glabrescent when ripe. 



Corylopsis Willmottiae Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-4-metralis ramis gracilibus; ramuli hornotini glabri, anno- 

 tini pallide brunnei, minute lenticellati. Folia ovalia v. obovata, 

 interdum late ovata, subito breviter acuminata, basi cordata v. 

 truncata, sinuato-denticulata dentibus parvis ad mucronem fere re- 

 ductis, 4-10 cm. longa et 2-8 cm. lata, supra atroviridia, nitentia, 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora, leviter glaucescentia, subtus ad nervos initio 

 sericeo-pilosa ceterum glabra, maturitate glabra v. fere glabra, nervis 

 utrinsecus 7-10 subtus elevatis; petioli 6-25 mm.,plerumque 10-15 mm. 

 longi, glabri v. glabrescentes, interdum parce stipitato-glandulosi; 

 stipulae innovationum oblongae v. ovato-oblongae, 1-2.5 cm. longae, 

 acutae, ciliolatae, extus glabrae, intus sericeae, saepe purpurascentes. 

 Racemi 6-7 cm. longi; pedunculus 1.5-2 cm. longus, ut rhachis vil- 

 losus; calyx glaber, tubo brevi late turbinato sepalis late triangularibus 

 V. ovalibus circiter 1 mm. longis subaequilongo; nectaria bifida, sepalis 

 paullo breviora; petala staminaque non visa; ovarium glabrum semi-in- 

 ferum, stylo circiter 4 mm. longo, stigmate recurvo. Capsula 6-9 mm. 

 diam., semi-infera, glabra, pallide brunnea; semina ovoidea, circiter 

 4 mm. longa, obtusa, nigra, hilo albo conspicuo notata. 



