CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 489 



Evonymus corauta Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 209. — 

 Loosener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 441 (1900); XXX. 458 (1902). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., No- 

 vember 1907 (No. 558; bush 1.50 m.). Western Szech'uan: Mao- 

 chou, thickets, alt. 1600 m., May 23, 1908 (No. 558^ bush 1 m.); 

 Chin-chi Hsien, thickets, alt. 2600-3000 m., September 15, 1908 

 (No. 967% fruiting specimen only; bush 2-3 m. tall); west and near 

 Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets and woodlands, alt. 1600-2300 m., July 

 and September 1908 (Nos. 1047, 1049; bush 1 m. tall); same locality, 

 October 1910 (No. 4183; bush 2-3 m., fruit dull red); Pan-lan-shan, 

 west of Kuan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 3105; 

 bush 2 m. tall); same locality, October 1910 (No. 4291; bush 2-3 m.); 

 west of Kuan-Hsien, thickets and rocky places, alt. 2000-2600 m., 

 June 1908 (Nos. 3104, 3106, 3107; bush 1-1.60 m., flowers purple); 

 without precise locality, alt. 2800 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 3333). Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, 1910, W. Purdom (Nos. 6, 432). 



Evonymus subsessilis Sprague in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 34. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, climbing over rocks, alt. 1600- 

 2500 m., August 1908 (No. 1215); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4784, 4785; bush 2.5 m.). Western Hupeh: Ichang, 

 A. Henry (Nos. 3511, 3511% 3511'^). 



Evonymus subsessilis, var. latifolia Loesener, n. var. 



A typo differt foliis latioribus ovalibus usque late ovatis rarius 

 oblongis, pedunculis tenuioribus, non alatis tantum angulatis, fructu 

 aculeis obsoletioribus parcioribus, tamen conspicuis. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 1600-2300 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 1216; bush, 2-4 m. tall). 



The leaves of this variety which attain a length of 11 cm. by 5.5 cm. are very 

 Bimilar to those of E. Bockii Loesener, but their petioles are shorter and the capsules 

 show a few small prickles, while those of E. Bockii are always quite smooth. 



Evonymus mupinensis Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-2-metralis, sempervirens, glaber; ramuli acute quadrangu- 

 lati v. anguste quadrialati. Folia coriacea, ovata v. elliptico-ovata, 

 obtusiuscule acuta, basi rotundata, fere a basi ad apicem adpresse 

 serrata dentibus mucrone fusco spinuloso porrecto v. incurvo ter- 

 minatis, 3-5 cm. longa et 1.5-3.5 cm. lata, supra obscure viridia subtus 

 pallida viridia et saepe fulvcscentia, nervis utrinsecus 4-6 subangulo 



