CELASTRACEAE. 



EVONYMUS L. 



Determined by Th. Loesener and Alfred Rehder. 



Evonymus Aquifolium Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 3-metralis, glaberrimus; ramuli hornotini quadrangulati 

 angulis subalatis, virides v. basim versus purpurascentes, annotmi 

 bmnnei subangulati, vetustiores grisei plus minusve rimosi. Folia 

 persistentia, coriacea, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, subsessilia, basi leviter 

 cordata et fere amplexicaulia acuta v. breviter acuminata, inae- 

 qualiter sinuato-dentata dentibus manifeste spinosis, margine undulata, 

 4-7 cm. longa et 2.5-4.5 cm. lata, supra obscure luteo-viridia, subtus 

 pallidiora, nervis utrinque 6-10 arcuatis ut costa utrinque leviter 

 elevatis. Flores non visi. Capsulae solitariae in axillis foliorum superi- 

 orum; pedunculus angulatus, 2 cm. longus, v. interdum subnullus; 

 pedicellus 3-7 mm. longus, subteres, bracteis rigidis subulatis 2-3 mm. 

 longis suffultus; capsula depresso-globosa, apice impressa, 4-loba lobis 

 dorso rotundatis, viridis, 8-10 mm. alta et 12-15 mm. diam.; semina 

 purpurea, 1-2 in quoque loculo, arillo aurantiaco partim tantum in- 

 voluta, circiter 10 mm. longa. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, clififs, rare, alt. 2200 m., Novem- 

 ber 1908 (No. 1366). 



A very distinct species on account of its holly-like leaves. It is most nearly 

 related to E. ilicifolia Franchet from Yunnan which, according to Franchet'a 

 description, differs in its terete branches, narrower, reticulate and thicker leaves 

 slightly and remotely dentate, narrower at the base and borne on petioles 3-5 mm. 

 long. 



Evonymus grandiflora Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey II. 

 404 (1824); Tent Fl. Nepal 41, t. 30 (1824); PI. As. Rar. III. 35, t. 

 254 (1832).— Lawson in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 608 (1875).— 

 Franchet m Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXIII. 454 (1886) ; PI. Delavay. 

 130 (1889). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 439 (1900); XXX. 

 452 (1902). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. II. 175, fig. 112 u, 

 114 k (1907). 



Lophopetalum grandijiorum Amott in Ann. Nat. Hist. III. 151 (1839). 

 484 



