HAMAMELIDACEAE. — HAMAMELIS 431 



SYCOPSIS Oliv. 



Sycopsis sinensis Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XX. t. 1931 (1890). — 

 Diels in BoL Jahrb. XXIX. 381 (1900). — Hemsley in Hooker's Icon. 

 XXIX. sub t. 2834, fig. 1-3 (1907). — Bean in Kew Bull. Misc. 

 Inform. XXII. 356 (1909). 



Sycopsis sinensis, var. integrifolia Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 381 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets in ravines, alt. 

 600-1300 m., April 1907 (No. 2586; bush 2-6 m. tall, anthers red); 

 without locality, April 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1825); without local- 

 ity, A. Hennj (No. Q019). Eastern Szech'uan: north Wushan, 

 A. Henry (No. 7574). 



This evergreen is fairly common in ravines and rocky places near streams in 

 western Hupeh up to 1300 m. alt., where it forms an erect but straggling bush, 

 often over 6 m. tall. It has not been reported from western Szech'uan. Since entire 

 and toothed leaves appear on the same branches there is no reason for separating 

 the var. integrifolia Diels from the type. 



To the type species of the genus S. Griffithiana Oliver, which seems to have 

 not yet been reported from China, we refer Henry's No. 11464 from Mengtze. 

 Here may also be added that through a misprint in the original description of 

 S. laurifolia Hemsley the number of Henry's specimens on which the species 

 was founded is given as 14365 instead of 11365. 



HAMAMELIS L. 



Hamamelis mollis Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XVIII. t. 1742 (1888). — 

 Hooker in Bot. Mag. CXXIX. t. 7884 (1903). — Schneider, III. Handh. 

 Lauhholzk. I. 434 (1905). — Hemsley in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LII. 488, 

 fig. 211 (1912). 



Hamamelis virginiana, var. japonica Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 



b6t. 2, VI. 11 (PI. David. I. 131) (1883). 

 Hamamelis mollis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 290 (nomen nudum) 



(1887). 



Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., August 1907 (No. 

 1602; bush 1-3 m. tall). Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, 

 woods, alt. 1300-2300 m., April and September 1907 (No. 624, in part; 

 bush 2-5 m. tall, flowers golden yellow, base chocolate); Hsing-shan 

 Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2300 m., November 1907 (No. 624, in 

 part; bush 2-5 m. tall) ; Changlo Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1600-2300 m., 



