CELASTRACEAE. — EVONYMUS 495 



The variety camptoneura seems to be much more common than the var. a. 

 orthoneura Locsoner; the latter is represented in the Arnold Arboretum Herbarium 

 by Rosthom's No. 491 (fragment and photograph only) and Henry's No. 6183 

 and by part of Wilson's Veitch Exped. No. 1160 (fruiting specimens; the flowering 

 specimen belongs to var. camytoncura) ; Henry's Nos. 6556 and 7254 form a transi- 

 tion to var. camptoneura. 



Evonymus sanguinea, var. brevipedunculata Loesener, n. var. 



A typo pedimculis tantum usque 2.6 cm. longis recedit. 



Western Szech'uan: dry, warm river valleys west of Tachien-lu, 

 alt. 3000-3300 m., October 1908 (No. 1308; tree 7 m. tall, trunk 0.30 m. 

 diam.). 



This variety forms a transition to the following species. 



Evonymus Giraldii Loesener, var. ciliata Loesener in Bot. Jahrh. 

 XXIX. 443 (1900); XXX. 465 (1902). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2300 m., 

 September 1907 (No. 356, in part; specimens with open fruit). 



The specimen from Szech'uan differs in its much longer peduncles, up to 6 cm. 

 in length. 



Evonymus Giraldii Loesener, var. angustialata Loesener, n. var. 



A typo recedit capsulis alls perangustis, pedunculis usque ad 4 cm. 

 longis. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2300 m., 

 September 1907 (No. 356, in part; specimens with closed fruit). 

 Western Szech'uan: south-east of Sungpan, thickets, alt. 2300- 

 3000 m., August 1910 (No. 4566; bush 3 m.); without precise locahty, 

 alt. 3600 m., September 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3334; bush 1.30-2 m.) 

 Shensi: " Thai-pei-san," September 1899, G. Giraldi. 



Evonymus porphyrea Loesener in Not. Bot. Card. Edinburgh {PI. 

 Chin. Forrest. No. 2240) (ined.). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2300 

 m., June 5, 1907 (No. 356, in part, flowering specimens; flowers dull 

 red). Western Szech'uan: Wa-wu-shan, Hung-ya Hsien, woods, 

 alt. 1600-2000 m., September 1907 (No. 967; bush 1.30-2 m.); Wa- 

 shan, woodlands, alt. 1600-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 968, in part, 

 flowering specimens; flowers purple); west of Kuan Hsien, woodlands, 

 alt. 2600-3000 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 3109; bush, 2-5 m., flowers 

 dark purple); Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 



