550 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



ENKIANTHUS Lour. 



Enkianthus quinqueflorus Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 277 (1790). — Sims 

 in Bot. Mag. XL. t. 1649 (1814). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. XI. t. 884 

 (1825). — Decaisne in Rev. Hort., 1849, 221, fig. 12. — Bentham, Fl. 

 Hongk. 200 (1861).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVL 18 (1889).— 

 Wilson in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, XLI. 344 (1907). — Dunn & Tutcher 

 in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 154 {Fl. Kwangtung & 

 Hongkong (1912). 



Melidora pellucida Noronha apud Salisbury in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. II. 



156 (1822). 

 Enkianthus reticulatus Lindley in Bot. Reg. XI. t. 885 (1825). — De CandoUe 



Prodr. VII. 732 (1839). 

 Enkianthus uniflorus Bentham in Hooker's Jour. Bot. I. 489 (1842). 

 Native of Hongkong and south-eastern China where it is also commonly cul- 

 tivated. 



Enkianthus quinqueflorus, var. serrulatus Wilson in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3, XLL 344 (1907). 



Enkianthus serrulatus Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 519 (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Patung, woodlands, alt. 1900 m., April 25, 

 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 92, type; tree 6 m. tall, flowers white). 

 Eastern Szech'uan : south Wushan, sheltered ravines, alt. 1300 m., 

 December 1907 (No. 770; bush or small tree 1-8 m. tall); without lo- 

 cality, A. Henry (No. 5475). Yunnan: Mengtze, mountains south 

 of, forests, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 11009). 



Not common. We cannot follow Schneider in considering this a distinct species. 

 All the differences are in the leaves. 



Enkianthus deflexus Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. IL 521 

 (1911). 



Rhodora deflexa Griffith, Posth. Papers {Itin. Notes) II. 148, No. 969 (1848). 



Enkianthus himalaicus Hooker f. & Thomson in Hooker's Kew Jour. Bot. VII. 

 125, t. 3 (1855). — Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. CV. t. 6460 (1879). — Clarke in 

 Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 461 (1882). — Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 

 XLI. 344 (1907). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, on cliffs, alt. 2300-3300 m., June 

 and October 1908 (No. 1155; bush 2-6 m., flowers orange and gold to 

 salmon-red); Ching-chi Hsien, Ta-hsiang-ling, rocky places, alt. 1600- 

 2600 m., May 1908 (No. 3550; bush 2-4 m., flowers orange and yellow) ; 

 Mupin, cliffs, alt. 2500-3300 m., July 1908 (No. 3551; bush 3-6 m. tall, 



