ERICACEAE. — CASSIOPE 551 



flowers deep salmon-red); same locality, alt. 3300 m., October 1910 

 (No. 4336; bush 3-6 m., autumn tints golden to crimson); without 

 precise locality, woods, alt. 2600-3G00 m., July and November 1903 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 3912); vicinity of Tachien-lu, A. E. Pratt (No. 8). 



One of the commonest and most beautiful shrubs in western Szech'uan. It is 

 very variable in every way but the leaves are always more or less pubescent on the 

 under side. 



Enkianthus chinensis Franchet in Jour, de Bot. IX. 371 (1895). —^ ^ .(^M< 

 Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XLI. 363 (1907). — Schneider, III ^'^""^ 



Handb. Laubholzk. II. 521 (1911). 



Enkianthus himalaicus, var. chinensis Diels in Bot. Jnhrb. XXIX. 508 (1900). 

 Enkianthus Rosthornii Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 509 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woodland-cliffs, alt. 1600-2600 m., 

 May and September 1907 (No. 3548; bush 2-6 m. erect-growing); 

 Patung Hsien, rocky places, alt. 1300-2000 m., May and November 

 1907 (No. 3549; bush 1-6 m. tall, flowers salmon); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 cliffs, alt. 1600-2000 m., June 1907 (No. 3547; bush 2-4 m. tall, flowers 

 salmon-red); Patung, May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1002); without 

 locality, A. Henry (Nos. 6612, 6277). Szech'uan : Nanch'uan, A. von 

 Rosthorn (No. 2080). Nanch'uan: Chao-chia-ai, A. von Rosthorn 

 (No. 1053, type of E. Rosthornii Diels). 



This is a fairly common shrub in western Hupeh. The leaves are very variable, <^,Vfvv«^f*^ 

 but its glabrous character and larger fruits easily distinguish this species from it3 --. 



nearest relation, E. deflexus Schneider. On No. 3547 some of the leaves are -•*-<**^w*-«* ' 

 identical with those of E. Rosthornii Diels, while others on the same branch agree 

 with those of the plant Diels has referred to E. himalaicus, var. chinensis. With 

 the material before us there can be little doubt that these forms are all referable 

 to one species. 



CASSIOPE D.Don 



Cassiope selaginoides Hooker f . & Thomson in Hooker's Kew Jour. 

 Bot. VII. 126, t. 4 (1855). — Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 

 460 (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 16 (1889).— 

 Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 515 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: neighborhood of Tachien-lu, beneath Rho- 

 dodendrons, alt. 3600-4500 m., July and October 1908 (No. 1182; 

 flowers pure white, abundant); same locality, alt. 4000-4500, m. 

 October 1910 (No. 4377; shrub 10-25 cm. tall); without locality, alt. 

 4000-4300 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3912); without locality, 

 A. Henry (No. 8871). 



