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KETELEERIA Carr. 



Keteleeria Davidiana Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk. 424, fig. 117 

 (1891). — Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXVIII. 412 

 (1891).— Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 217 (1900). — Masters in Jour. 

 Ldnn. Soc. XXVI. 554 (1902); XXXVII. 421 (1906); in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3, XXXIII. 84, fig. 37, 38 (1903) ; in Jour. Bot. XLI. 270 (1903).— 

 Mottet in Rev. Hort. 1904, 130, fig. 53. — Patschke in Bot. Jahrh. 

 XLVIII. 649 (1913). 



Pseudotsuga Davidiana Bertrand apud CarriSre in Rev. Hort. 1873, 37, fig. 



3, 4, 5. — Bertrand in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, XX. 86 (1874). 

 Abies sacra David, Jour, de Trois. Voy. II. 29 (nomen nudum) (1875). — 



Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, VII. 100, t. 14 {PI. David. I. 



290, t. 14) (1884). 

 Pinus {Pseudotsuga) Davidiana McNab in Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. ser. 2, II. 



702 (1877). 

 Abies Davidiana Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, VII. 98 t. 13 



{PI. David. I. 288, t. 13) (1884); in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 260 (1899). — Mas- 

 ters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, I. 481 (1887). 

 Keteleeria sacra Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk. 426 (1891). — Van Tieghem in 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXVIII. 412 (1891). — Mottet in Rev. HorL 1904, 



130. — Patschke in Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 649 (1913). 

 Keteleeria Delavayi Van Tieghem in Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, XXXVIII. 412 



(nomen seminudum) (1891). 

 Podocarpus sutchuenensis Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 265 (1899). — 



Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 213 (1900). — Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. 



XXVI. 548 (1902) ; XXXVII. 414 (1906). 

 Pinus sacra Voss in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. XVI. 94 (1907). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 August and November 1907 (Nos. 797^, 797, in part; tree 12-33 m. 

 tall, girth 1.5-6 m.); Changyang Hsien, mountain slopes, alt. 1000- 

 1300 m., April, May and November 1907 (No. 797, in part; tree 

 13-33 m. tall, girth 2-6 m., bark rough, dark grey) ; Patung Hsien, 

 woodlands, alt. 500-1000 m., April 1907 (No. 797, in part; tree 6- 

 25 m. tall, girth 1-5 m.) ; Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1000 m., November 

 1907 (No. 797, in part; tree 13-33 m. tall, girth 2-6 m.); without 

 locality, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 420); without locality, A. 

 Henry (Nos. 3878, 7576). Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A. 

 Henry No. 7098); Cheng-kou Ting, P. Farges (No. 1292, type of 

 Podocarpus sutchuenensis Franchet). Yunnan: Mengtze, moun- 

 tains, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 11355); Szemao, mountains, alt. 

 1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12734, 12855). 



This handsome tree is widely distributed in central, western and south-western 

 China between 300 and 1500 m. altitude and is more especially abundant in regions 



