WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



TAXUS L. 



Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zuccarini in Ahh. Akad. Munch. IV. pt. 

 III. 232 {Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 108) (1846). — Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 

 243 (1847). — Miquelin Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 169 (1867); Prol. 

 Fl. Jap. 333 (1867); in Siebold, Fl. Jap.II. 61, t. 128 (1870). — Parla- 

 tore in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. II. 502 (1868). — Franchet & 

 Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 472 (1875). — Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XVIII. 499 (1881). — Sargent in Garden & Forest, VI. 473 (1893); 

 Forest Fl. Jap. 76 (1894). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. I. 33, t. 

 15, fig. 1-18 (1900). — Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XX. 210 (Fl. 

 Mandsh.) (1901). 



Cephalotaxtis umbraculifera Siebold apud Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 239 (1847) . — 



Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. 1. 473 (1875). 

 Taxus baccata, subsp. 2. cuspidata Pilger in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-5, 112 

 {Taxaceae) (1903). — Patschke in Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 630 (1913). 



Japan. 

 Taxus cuspidata, var. chinensis Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Taxus baccata Franchet inNouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, VII. 103. (PI. David. 



I, 293) (non Linnaeus) (1884); in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 264 (1899). — Pritzel 



in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 214 (1900). — Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 



546 (1902); in Jour. Bot. XLl. 269 (1903); in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. 



414 (1906). 

 Taxus baccata, subsp. 2. cuspidata, var. b. chinensis Pilger in Engler, Pflanzenr. 



IV.-5, 112 (Taxaceae) (1903). — Patschke in Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 630 



(1913). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, woodlands, alt. 

 600-1300 m., not common, June 1907 (No. 1265, in part; tree 5-12 m. 

 tall, 1-3 m. girth); without locality, A. Henry (No. 6913). East- 

 ern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, ravine. May 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 624); Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (Nos. 7097, 7155, type of Pilger's 

 var. h. chinensis). Western Szech'uan : near Mt.Omei, alt. 600 m., 

 September 1908 (No. 1265, in part; tree 16 m. tall, 5 m. girth); 

 near Yachou Fu, woodlands, alt. 600 m., October 1908 (No. 1265, 

 in part; tree 10-16 m. tall, 2.5-5 m. girth); west and near Wen-ch'uan 

 Hsien, alt. 2100 m., October 1910 (No. 4053, in part; tree 13 m. tall, 

 girth 4 m.); west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, woods, alt. 1600- 

 2000 m., October 1910 (No. 4053, in part; tree 8-10 m. tall, girth 

 1.5-2 m.). Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, 1910, W. Purdom. Chekiang: 

 near Ningpo, June 1907, F. N. Meyer (No. 433). 



