PINACEAE. — PICEA 27 



Wald- u. Parkh. 332 (1906). — Patschke in BoL Jahrh. XLVIII. 633 

 (1913). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 1800 m., very- 

 rare, June 1907 (No. 2054; tree 8-15 m. tall, 1-1.5 m. girth). 



This very rare tree is only known to us from a few specimens of medium size 

 growing on steep cliffs in the northeastern part of the district of Hsing-shan. The 

 habit is pyramidal, the branches being rather short and ascending-spreading and 

 densely clothed with dark green pungent leaves. The dark 'grey bark is rather 

 rough and exfoliates in small, thin, irregular-shaped flakes. 



Picea Watsoniana Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. ^iq-^-"^^-^^ 

 (1906). — Beissner, Haridb. Nadelholzk. ed. 2, 256 (1909). —Patschke 

 in Bot. Jahrh. XLVIII. 632 (1913). 



Picea Maximowiczii Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 554 (1902), quoad 

 specimen chinense, non Regel. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 1600-2300 m., 

 May and June 1907 (No. 2051; tree 10-20 m. tall); Fang Hsien, 

 Qiountains, July 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2411, seed No. 1309); 

 same locality, A. Henry (Nos. 6763, 6823). Western Szech'uan: 

 Sungpan Ting, woods, alt. 2200-3300 m., August 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 3023, type). Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, south side, alt. 2600 m., 

 rare, W. Purdom (No. 673). 



This tree is fairly common on the mountains of northwestern Hupeh between 

 1600 and 2500 m. altitude and also in northwestern Szech'uan. It is a shapely 

 and rather small tree with slender horizontally disposed branches of more or less 

 equal length from the base to the top of the tree and densely clothed with very 

 narrow, pungent, dark green leaves. The cones are small and fall from the tree 

 soon after they are ripe. It is most closely related to P. Wilsonii Masters, which 

 grows in the same region in Hupeh but this species is an altogether much larger 

 tree, with stouter, shorter, more decidedly 4-angled leaves marked by broader 

 more conspicuous stomatiferous bands, and larger cones which are abundantly 

 produced and persist on the tree for a year after they are ripe. 



A picture of P. Watsoniana Masters, will be found under Nos. OSO, 0134 of the 

 collection of Wilson's photographs. 



Picea Wilsonii Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXIII. 133, fig. 

 55, 56 (1903); in Jour. Bot. XLI. 270 (1903); in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXVII. 421 (1906). — Beissner in Mitt. Deutsch. Dend. Ges. XII. 

 69 (1903); in Handb. Nadelholzk. ed. 2, 248 (1909). — Mayr, Fremdl. 

 Wald.-u. Parkh. 339 (1906). — Patschke in Bot. Jahrh. XLVIII. 632 

 (1913). 



Picea M aster sii Mayr, Fremdl. Wald.- u. Parkh. 328, fig. 105, 106, 107 (1906). — 

 Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. 421 (1906). 



