CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 487 



Evonjmius myriantha Hcmsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 

 210. 



Evonymus Rosthornii Locsener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 437, t. 4 b-f (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-lGOO m., 

 November 1907 (No. 557, fruit only; bush 3 m., fruit golden); same 

 locality, May 1907 (No. 3122; bush 3 m., flowers yellow); Fang Hsien, 

 cliffs side of streams, alt. 1000-1600 m., May 19 and 30, 1907 (No. 

 3118, 3123); without precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 995), June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2106); Changyang, June 

 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 576); A. Henry (Nos. 5335, 5540, 5945, 

 6126, 7016, 7823). Western Szech'uan : Mt. Omei, May and July 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 4786, 4787; shrub 3-6 m. high). 



Evonymus Sargentiana Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 3-4-metralis, glaberrima; ramuli hornotini subquadrangu- 

 lares, tenues, luteo-virides, glabri, annotini subteretes obscure virides. 

 Folia coriacea, persistentia, obovata v. oblongo-obovata, subito mani- 

 feste acuminata, basi cuneata, supra trientem infcriorem integrun 

 leviter remote crenato-serrata, 6-9 cm. longa et 2-3.5 cm. lata, supra 

 obscure glauco-viridia, non nitentia, subtus flavo-viridia, nervis 

 utrinsecus 6-7 supra leviter elevatis subtus obscuris, costa media 

 supra manifeste, subtus leviter elevata; petioli satis graciles, 8-10 mm. 

 longi. Inflorescentia fructifera ter v. quater dichotome furcata, laxa, 

 pedunculo angular! circiter 3 cm. longo insidens; pedicelli 5-7 mm. 

 longi; flores non visi; capsula, 4-gona, leviter v. vix lobata, angulis 

 acutis, oblongo-obovoidea, basim versus sensim attenuata, apice 

 subrotundata et acutiuscula circiter 15 mm. longa et 8 mm. diam., 

 lutea; semina immatura arillo pallido inclusa. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 1187). 



This new species is closely related to E. myriantha Hemsley which diflfers chiefly 

 in its broader obovoid and obcordiform fruit more or less impressed at the apex, 

 longer and stouter petioles and broader short-acuminate leaves. 



Evonymus microcarpa Sprague in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 35. 



Evonymus chinensis Lindlcy, var. microcarpa Oliver apud Loesener in Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXX. 456 (1902). 



Western Szech'uan: Tung valley, south-east of Tachicn-lu, alt. 

 1300 m., November 1910 (No. 4165; tree 5-7 m. tall, fruit yellow, axil 



