CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 491 



alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 3121 ; bush 4 m.). Western Szech'uan : 

 Mt. Omei, July 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4784^ bush, 5 m.). 



Evonymus yedoensis Koehne, var. Koehneana Loesener, n. var. 



A typo nervis subtus pilosis rccedit. 



Western Hupeh : north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 1000- 

 1500 m., May 26, June, September and October 1907 (Nos. 353'', type, 

 353, in part; bush 1-2 m., flowers white); Fang Hsien, June 1901 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 89P); Patung Hsien, side of streams, alt. 600- 

 2200 m., June 1907 (No. 3112; bush 1-2 m., flowers white); without 

 precise locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 765''), July 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 1446), A. Henry (No. 6648). Shensi: Tai-pei- 

 shan, 1910, W. Purdom (No. 8). 



Evonymus lanceifolia Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 462 (1902). 



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

 1907 (No. 353, in part; bush, 1-2 m., flowers white); south Wushan, 

 thickets, alt. 1200 m., October 1907 (No. 450; bush 2-4 m., fruit 

 white); Changyang, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 765; bush 2 m., 

 flowers white) ; without precise locahty. May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 891). Western Szech'uan: Wen-ch'uan Hsien, dry, warm river 

 valleys, alt. 600-1000 m., June and November 1908 (No. 1105; bush 

 2-3 m., or tree to 14 m. tall, girth 1.60-2.60 m.); Wa-shan, thickets, 

 alt. 2000 m., July and October 1908 (No. 1105"; bush 1-2 m., flowers 

 white); north of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., October 1910 

 (No. 4180; bush 3 m., fruit orange). Yunnan: Mengtze, A. Henry 

 (No. 11165, type); Szemao, A. Henry (No. 13411). 



A picture of this plant will be found under No. 71 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 215. 



Evonymus saxicola Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-1.5 m. altus, glaberrimus, ramis divaricatis; ramuli horno- 

 tini et annotini tenues, subquadrialati, virides, vetustiores brunnes- 

 centes, lenticellati. Folia decidua, ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata, 

 apice obtusa v. acutiuscula, crenato-serrata, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa et 

 8-11 mm. lata, luteo-viridia, concolora, nervis utrinsecus 3-5 

 utrinque leviter elevatis, costa media utrinque prominula, venulis 

 obsoletis; petioli tenues, 2-4 mm. longi. Florcs desunt. Cymae 

 fructiferae ut videtur bis dichotome furcatae; pedunculus tenuis, teres, 

 1.5-2.5 cm. longus; pedicelli graciles 2-5 mm. longi; capsula 4-mera, 



