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vinous-purple, fragrant); Patung Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300- 

 2000 m., August 1907 (No. 3346; bush 1.5-2.5 m. tall, flowers rosy- 

 purple, fragrant); without locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 1249), ^. //enry (No. 7008). Western Szech'uan: Lungan Fu, 

 Tu-ti-hang-shan, alt. 1800 m., August 1910 (No. 4639; bush 2-2.5 m. 

 tall, flowers violet-purple). 



This is the handsomest of all the varieties and is distinguished by its large, 

 bright, violet-purple flowers with a deep orange eye and by the always reflexed mar- 

 gins of the petals. The panicles are long and densely flowered. This variety is a 

 conspicuous feature in August by the sides of mountain streams up to 2000 m. alti- 

 tude. A picture of this shrub will be found under No. 0256 of Wilson's collection 

 of photographs. 



Buddleia Davidii, var. superba Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Buddleia variabilis, var. superba De Corte in Rev. Hort. Beige, XXXV. 12 

 fig. (1909). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, side of stream, alt. 1600- 

 2300 m., October 1907 (No. 613, fruiting branch only; bush 2 m. 

 tall). Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., 

 September 1908 (No. 3352; bush 1.5-2 m. tall, flowers purple, 

 fragrant). 



This variety is distinguished by its extremely dense flowered panicles and flat 

 corolla lobes, fimbriated but not reflexed on the margins. The habit is erect and 

 arching, and the flowers are rose-purple with a deep orange eye. 



Buddleia Davidii, var. Wilsonii Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Buddleia variabilis, var. Wilsonii Hort in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXVI. 155 

 (nomen nudum) (1904). — Wilson in Flora & Sylva, III. 340, (1905).— 

 Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 847 (1912). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1600-2000 m., August 

 1907 (No. 3348; bush 2.5 m. tall, flowers lilac-purple). 



This variety is distinguished by its long, rather laxly flowered pendant panicles 

 and sub-erect corolla lobes, with crinkled and reflexed margins. The internodes 

 are very long, the leaves long and tapering, and the flowers larger than those of 

 any other variety and of a bright rose-lilac color. 



Buddleia Davidii, var. alba Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



A typo recedit floribus albis, foliis anguste lanceolatis utrinque 

 angustatis 6-7 cm. longis et 10-12 mm. latis, minute serrulatis. 



Western Szech'uan: Lungan Fu, Tu-ti-liang-shan, alt. 1800 m., 

 August 1910 (No. 4638; one bush only was seen). 



