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seeds vermilion); without precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 1227). 



This variety resembles, in its climbing habit, E. japonica, var. radicans Miquel, 

 but is easily distinguished from this as well as from the type by the thinner, acute 

 or shortly acuminate leaves distinctly veined beneath. In typical E. japonica 

 the leaves are obtuse or obtusish, more coarsely and crenately serrate and of thicker 

 texture; the veins are not as distinct as in var. acuta, but more so than in var. 

 radicans where they are almost invisible. A picture of this new variety will be 

 found under No. 0119 of the collection of Wilson's photographs climbing on a tree 

 of Cedrela microcarpa C. De Candolle. 



Evonymus oblongifolia Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 3-metralis; ramuli striato-subangulati, glabri, virides, 

 tenues, hornotini subteretes, laeves, virides. Folia chartacea, decidua, 

 elliptico-oblonga, rarius fere elliptica, acuminata, basi cuneata, serru- 

 lata, 6-10 cm. longa et 2-3.5 cm. lata, laete flavo-viridia, utrinque glabra 

 et subconcoloria, nervis utrinsecus 8-14 sub angulo fere recto diver- 

 gentibus utrinque ut costa media elevatis reticuloque venularum 

 prominulo; petioli tenues 6-8 mm. longi. Inflorescentiae in parte ramu- 

 lorum inferiore aphylla, pedunculo quadrangulari tenui 3-4.5 cm, longo 

 rarius breviore insidentes, ter v. quater dichotome furcatae; pedicelli 

 1-2 mm. longi; fiores 6-7 mm. diam., flavidi; sepala semi-orbicularia, 

 circiter 1 mm. longa; petala suborbicularia, 2-2.5 mm. diam., margine 

 undulata et leviter eroso-denticulata; stamina filamentis brevissimis, 

 antheris luteis subglobosis ; ovarium disco insidenta, breviter conicum. 

 Fructus desideratur. 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300-1600 

 m., May 1907 (No. 3125). 



Evonymus oblongifolia seems closely related to E. flavescens Loesener which 

 differs chiefly in its obovate, abruptly and shortly acuminate, smaller and more 

 crenately serrate leaves. 



Evonymus kiautschovica Loesener, var. patens Loesener, n. comb. 



Evonymus patens Rehder in Sargent, Trees & Shrubs, I. 127, t. 64 (1903). — 

 Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 174, fig. 112 t, 114 f-i (1907). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, rocks, etc., alt. 

 600-1300 m., November 1907 (No. 562, fruit only; climber, 2-4 m., fruit 

 white); without locahty, A. Henry (No. 3690); Patung Hsien, cliffs, 

 alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 557, only flowers; bush 1-3 m. tall). 



No. 557 is doubtfully referred to this variety; the inflorescence has fewer flowers, 

 the disk is broader and the leaves are generally narrower, more crenately serrate 

 and of thicker texture with the veins indistinct beneath. 



