CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 485 



Kiangsi : Kuling, side of streams, rare, alt. 1300 m., July 29, 1907 

 (No. 1581). Western Szech'uan : Chengtu plain, near Chcngtu, alt. 

 600 m., June 4, 1908 (No. 3128; small tree, 4 m. high, flowers nearly 

 white); Mao-chou, Min valley, cliffs, alt. 1000-1300 m., June 1 and 

 September 1908 (No. 1022; bush 1.3-3 m. tall, flowers greenish 

 white); west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, alt. 1300-1600 m., Oct. 

 1910 (No. 4201; bush or small tree, 5-8 m. tall, fruit salmon-red). 



Evonymus japonica Thunberg, Fl Jap. 100 (1784). — Hooker & 

 Arnott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 261 t. 54 (1836?). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. 

 XXX. t. 6 (1844). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, 

 XXVI. 441 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XI. 178 (1883). — Franchet m Mem. 

 Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XXIV. 206 (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. XXIII. 120 (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 441 

 (1900); XXX. 453. — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 173, fig. 

 Ill k-p (1907). 



According to Wilson the typical upright growing form of E. japonica apparently 

 does not occur in western China. 



Evonymus japonica, var. radicans Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 

 II. 86 (Frol. Fl. Jap. 18) (1865). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sd. 

 St. Petersbourg, XXVII. 441 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XI. 178 (1883). 



Evonymus radicans Siebold apud Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 202; 

 Prol. Fl. Jap. 366 (1867). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 1000 m., June 

 and October 1907 (No. 396; climber, 2-5 m., flowers white, fruit white) ; 

 without localtiy, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1520). 



Evonjnoius japonica, var. acuta Rehder, n. var. 



Differt a typo habitu scandente, foliis tenuioribus acutis v. breviter 

 acuminatis subtus nervis leviter elevatis et venulis distinctis con- 

 junctis. Folia elliptica v. ovato-elliptica, rarius elUptico-obovata, 

 serrulata dentibus parvis adpressis acutis mucronulatis, 4-6 cm. longa 

 et 1.5-3 cm. lata. Flores et fructus ut in typo. 



Western Hupeh : north and south of Ichang, rocks, alt. 600-1300 

 m., June 1907 (No. 562, only flowers; climber 2-4 m.); Fang Hsien, 

 rocks, alt. 1200 m., November 1907 (No. 562''; climber 2 m., fruit 

 white); South Wushan, cliffs, 600-1200 m., October 1907 (No. 478; 

 climber, 3-4 m., fruit white); Changyang Hsien, alt. 1000-1300 m., 

 October 1907 (No. 505; prostrate over rocks, 30-60 cm., fruit white, 



