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acuto divergentibus et ad apicem versus arcuatis supra et subtus 

 elevatis v. subtus minus elevatis quam supra, venulis obsoletis v. fere 

 obsoletis. Inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum mediorum, plerumque ter 

 dichotomae, densae, circiter 2 cm. diam.; pedunculi alati, 2-3 cm, longi; 

 pedicelli verruculosi, 2-4 mm. longi, basi bracteis minutis acuminatis 

 fuscis suffulti; flores 4-meri, 6-7 mm. diam., albi; sepala lata, rotun- 

 data; petala late obovata, margine inflexa, 2.5 mm. longa; discus 

 crassiusculus, explanatus, leviter 4-lobus; stamina in margine disci 

 inserta, filamentis subulatis, 1.5 mm. longis, antheris suborbicularibus 

 flavidis; ovarium 4-lobum, dense papillosum, stylo 1 mm. longo fere 

 cylindrico coronatum, in floribus masculis vix elevatum, estylosum. 

 Fructus desideratur. 



Western Szech'uan : Mupin, clififs, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 1908 

 (No. 3II5)- 



This species is closely related to E. subsessilis Sprague which differs chiefly in 

 the narrower leaves usually broadly cuneate at the base, and more or less impressed 

 along the veins. 



Evonymus aculeatus Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1893, 

 209. — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 459 (1902). — Sprague in Kew 

 Bull Misc. Inform. 1908, 33. 



Eastern Szech'uan : South Wushan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., Octo- 

 ber 1910 (No. 459; bush 3 m. tall); same locality) A. Henry (No. 

 5335^). 



Evonymus acanthocarpa Franchet, PI. Delavay. 129 (1889). — 



Loesener in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 439 (1900); XXX. 459 (1902).— 

 Sprague in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908, 32. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300- 



1600 m., June 1909 (No. 3117; bush 2-3 m., flowers greenish). 

 Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, alt. 1300- 

 1600 m., October 1908 (No. 1089; bush 2-3 m.). 



Evonymus acanthocarpa, var. sutchuenensis Franchet apud Loe- 

 sener in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 439 (1900); XXX. 459 (1902). 



Western Hupeh: south of Ichang, rocky places, alt. 1300 m., 

 July and October 1907 (No. 504; bush 0.30-3 m., flowers yellowish); 

 Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., July 1907 (No. 3 116; 

 bush 3 m., flowers greenish); Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., July 

 1907 (No. 3120; bush 3 m., flowers yellowish); Patung Hsien, thickets, 



