488 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



scarlet) ; banks of the Yangtze river, April 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 3329; tree, 4 m. tall); without precise locality, May 1904 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 3332; tree, 7 m. tall). Western Hupeh: A. Henry 

 (Nos. 1397, 1650, 3073, 3099, 3580). Shensi: Temple garden, foot 

 of Tai-pei-shan, 1910, Wm. Purdom (No. 12) ; Mt. " Huan-tou-san," 

 July 1899, J. Giraldi. 



Evonymus Dielsiana Loesener in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 440, t. 4 l 

 (1900); XXX. 455 (1902). 



Western Hupeh : Changyang Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1500 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 3119; shrub 2 m. high, flowers white); Nanto, June 

 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1204); Patung Hsien, June 1901 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 1414). 



Evonymus Rehderiana Loesener, n. sp. 



Frutex 3-metralis, glaberrimus; ramuli homotini subangulati, luteo- 

 virides, annotini subteretes, purpurascentes, vetustiores fuscescentes; 

 gemmae ovoideae, acutae, 4-5 mm. longae, pallidae, perulis circiter 

 9 exterioribus. Folia coriacea persistentia, oblonga, breviter acumi- 

 nata, basi late cuneata, supra medium minute adpresse serrulata v. 

 fere Integra, laete luteo-viridia, concolora, nervis utrinsecus 6-8 supra 

 obscuris subtus elevatis sub angulo acuto, circiter 25°, divergentibus 

 arcuatis, costa media utrinque elevata, reticulo venularum subtus 

 prominulo; petioli subteretes, 5-7 mm. longi. Flores desunt. Infiore- 

 scentiae fructiferae in parti inferiore aphylla ramulorum, pedunculo 

 tereti gracili circiter 5 cm. longo, in speciminibus paucis suppetentibus 

 fructu solitario praeditae, pedicello circiter 6 mm. longo; capsula 

 5-mera, depresso-globosa, vix lobata, 12-14 mm. diam., valvis dorso 

 alatis, alls medio 3-4 mm. longis; semina nondum matura. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, alt. 1600-2300 m., October 1908 



(No. 1132). 



Evonymus Rehderiana somewhat resembles in its leaves E. laxiflora Champion 

 which differs, however, in its turbinate or obcordate fruit. 



Evonymus venosa Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 210. — 

 Loesener in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 441 (1900); XXX. 458 (1902). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, rocks, side of streams, alt. 

 3000-3600 m., May and November 1907 (No. 559; bush, 1 m. tall, 

 flowers greenish) ; without precise locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5778, 7019). 

 Shensi : " Kin-san," July 23, 1897, G. Giraldi. 



