b WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



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 A picture of this tree will be found under No. 369 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 162. 



Cephalotaxus Fortune!, var. concolor Franchet in Jour, de Bot. 

 XIII. 265 (1899). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 

 231 (1910). 



Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets alt. 1300 m., common, July 28, 1907 

 (No. 1741, 9; bush 1-2.5 m.). Eastern Szech'uan: Cheng-kou 

 Ting, P. Farges (type). 



Cephalotaxus Oliveri Masters in Bull. Herb. Boissier, VI. 270 

 (1898); in Jour. Unn. Soc. XXVI. 545 (1902); XXXVII. 413 (1906); 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXIII. 227, fig. 93 (1903); in Jour. Bot. XLI. 

 269 (1903). — Pritzel m Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 214 (1900). — Pilger in 

 Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-5. 104 (Taxaceae) (1903). — Patschke in Bot. 

 Jahrh. XLVIII. 629 (1913). 



Cephalotaxus Griffithii Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XX. t. 1933 (non Hooker f.), 

 (1890), excludendis speciminibus a Griffith et Watt collectis. 



Western Hupeh: vicinity of Ichang, ravines and glens, alt. 30- 

 600 m., April and October 1907 (No. 418, <? and 9 ; bush 2-3 m. tall) ; 

 Changyang Hsien, ravine, alt. 300 m., April 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 72, ?); without locality, A. Henry, (Nos. 7479, 9, 7832% %). 



This very distinct species is well distinguished by the pectinate arrangement of 

 the leaves which are closely set on the branches; the leaf -base is truncate and the 

 apex abruptly acute. 



This shrub is common in western Hupeh and in Szech'uan up to an altitude of 

 600 m., selecting rocky places. 



Cephalotaxus argotaenia Pilger in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-5, 104 

 (Taxaceae) (1903). — Patschke in Bot. Jahrh. XLVIII. 629 (1913). 



Podocarpus argotaenia Hance in Jour. Bot. XXI. 357 (1883). — Masters in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 547 (1902); XXXVIII. 414 (1906); in Jour. Bot. 

 XLI. 269 (1903). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. Add. 

 ser. X. 256 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongkong) (1912). 



Podocarpus insignis Hemsley in Jour. Bot. XXIII. 287, 312 (1885). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs of ravines, alt. 300 m., 

 very rare. May 7, 1907 (No. 2107; bush 2 m. tall). Western Sze- 

 ch'uan: without precise locality, ravines, alt. 1100 m., rare, July 

 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3005, 9). 



This is a rare plant of which the ripe fruit is unknown to us. 



