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3110, in part, flowering specimens only); Ta-hsiang-ling, Chin-chi 

 Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2000-2300 m.. May 1908 (No. 3108; bush 

 1.60 m., flowers purple); Chin-chi Hsien, thickets, alt. 2600-3000 m., 

 June 15, 1908 (No. 967^, in part, flowering specimen; flowers dark 

 purple, bush 2-3 m.). 



Evonymus dasydictyon Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-6-metralis, glaber; ramuli teretes, hornotini virescentes, 

 annotini purpureo-fusci; gemmae conico-oblongae, 5-7 mm. longae, 

 perulis apice purpurascentibus margine angustissime scariosis. Folia 

 decidua, chartacea, elliptica v. oblonga, acuminata et interdum longe 

 acuminata, basi cuneata, in petiolum decurrentia, margine dense serru- 

 lata denticulis incurvis mucronulatis, 4-10 cm. longa et 2-4 cm. lata, 

 supra obscure viridia, non nitida, leviter reticulata, subtus flavo- 

 viridia, manifeste reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 4-5 angulo angusto, 

 circiter 15-20°, divergentibus, supra ut costa media leviter elevatis et 

 colore flavido conspicuis, venulis et nervis sub lente valida rugulosis; 

 petioli flavo-virides, plani, margine subalati, 5-10 mm. longi. Inflo- 

 rescentia (fructifera tantum visa) bis ad quater furcata, pedunculo 

 2.5-3.5 cm. longo tereti incluso ad. 7.5 cm. longa; pedicelli breves 

 3-5 mm. longi; capsula ambitu subglobosa, (immatura tantum visa) 

 circiter 1 cm. alta, 4-mera, manifeste alata, alis deltoideis circiter 

 6 mm. longis et basi 7 mm. latis apice obtusis. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2600 m., July 

 1908 (No. 3 1 10, in part, fruiting specimens). 



This species is most closely related to E. sanguinea Loesener which differs 

 chiefly in its thinner leaves less strongly, though distinctly, reticulate, with the 

 veins and veinlets not rugulose, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base and in the 

 fruit which is truncate at the base and rounded at the apex. 



Evonymus elegantissima Loesener & Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-metraHs, glabra; ramuli hornotini subteretes tenues, pallide 

 virides, annotini teretes, purpurascentes v. fuscescentes, vetustiores 

 purpureo-fusci; laeves; gemmae conico-ovoideae, 3-4 mm. longae, 

 perulis viridibus margine pallide brunneo scarioso, lacero. Folia 

 membranacea, oblongo-lanceolata v. anguste lanceolata, acuminata, 

 basi cuneata, dense serrulata dentibus minutis aristato-mucronatis 

 laxe adpressis, 4-9 cm. longa et 1-2 cm. lata, supra luteo-viridia, non 

 nitentia subtus pallide viridia nervis utrinsecus 5-6 sub angulo acuto, 

 circiter 15-20°, divergentibus supra ut costa media leviter elevatis et 



