502 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



^'^^ '^ by the very numerous racemes, smaller flowers, more acuminate sepals, differently 



E-M '♦'^vCr-Vft---/ shaped stamens and a glabrous style. 



iKx^k.cZ^^ r^ Clethra monostachya is found scattered through western Szech'uan, but is no- 



-er^t-t^-i-t**^ ^ where abundant and is confined to the margins of woods and thickets. It is 



Z„*^ "^ *^ more common on Mt. Omei than elsewhere. 



^*- - Five new species {Clethra Bodinieri, C. kaipoensis, C. Esquirolii, C. Cavaleriei, 



C. pinfaensis) are described by H. Leveill6 in Fedde Rep. Nov. Sp. X. 475 (1912) 

 from the province of Kwei-chou, but in the absence of specimens it is quite im- 

 possible to identify them. Several of the descriptions might apply to Clethra 

 Fargesii Franchet and to forms of that species. Clethra Bodinieri Leveille would 

 appear to have some relation to our new species, but is described as having leaves 

 2 cm. broad, petioles 1 cm. long, a glabrous style and an entire stigma. 



Clethra Fargesii Franchet in Jour, de Bot. IX. 369 (1895). — Diels 

 in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 507 (1900). 



Clethra canescens Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 33 (pro parte, non 

 Reinwardt) (1889). 



Western Hupeh : north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 1300- 

 2300 m., July and August 1907 (No. 2222, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall, 

 flowers pure white); Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600-2000 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 2222, in part; bush 2-4 m. tall, flowers white); Fang 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 2500 m., August (No. 2222, in part; bush 2-3 m., 

 flowers white); without precise locality, July 1901 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 1326); without locahty, A. Henry (Nos. 5818, 6407, 7270, 2838). 



This beautiful shrub is very common in open woodlands and thickets. It is a 

 more ornamental plant than Clethra barbinervis Siebold & Zuccarini, from which 

 the lanceolate or lanceolate-eUiptic leaves and ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, 

 sepals easily distinguish it. 



