KUTACEAE. — ZANTHOXYLUM 127 



Sect. 2. Fagara G. Don. 



Zanthoxylum stenophyllum Hemsley in Ann. Bot. IX. 147 (1895). 



Fagara stenophylla Engler in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. Abt. 

 IV. 118 (1896). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX, 422 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan : Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., September 

 1908 (No. 964; bush 2-3 m. tall); south-east of Tachien-lu, thickets, 

 alt. 1600-2000 m., October 1908, 1910 (Nos. 1245, 4148); Mupin, 

 dry rocky places, alt. 1300-1600 m., October 1910 (No. 4213); Chiu- 

 ting-shan, thickets, alt. 1000-1200 m., May 21, 1908 (No. 2685, 

 2686); without locality, alt. 1300 m., May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 3415); Mt. Omei, October 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3312). East- 

 ern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (No. 5560). West- 

 ern Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, A. Henry (Nos. 6555, 6466, type). 



This is a very common subscandent shrub at low altitudes through western 

 China, especially in rocky places. The numerous specimens before us exhibit 

 considerable variation in size of the leaflets but all agree in having a terminal 

 inflorescence, shortly beaked fruit, and shoots slightly pruinose the first year. 

 The specimen from Mount Omei is the most extreme and may possibly constitute 

 a well-marked variety. Henry's No. 9874 from Yunnan possibly belongs here but 

 the inflorescence is very compact and the pedicels are stout and more or less 4- 

 sided. 



Zanthoxylum stenophyllum Hemsley, is closely related to Z. oxyphyllum Edge- 

 worth, which has larger leaves and flowers and axillary and terminal corymbs. 



Zanthoxylum micranthum Hemsley in Ann. Bot. IX. 147 (1895). 



Fagara micrantha Engler in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. Abt. 



IV. 118 (1896). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 422 (1900). 

 Fagara Biondii Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 406 (1910). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets and margins of 

 woods, alt. 600-1300 m., June and September 1907 (No. 3578; tree 

 10-12 m. tall, girth 0.6-1 m.); Patung Hsien, woodlands, alt. 600- 

 800 m., common, July and August 1907 (Nos. 2697, 2698; tree 6-13 

 m. tall, girth 0.3-1 m.); Changlo Hsien, woodlands, alt. 600-1000 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 2697^; tree 10-13 m. tall, girth 1 m.); without locality, 

 July 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2211); Ichang and immediate neigh- 

 bourhood, A. Henry (No. 4127); without locality, A. Henry (No. 

 4127% 2690, 2095, type). 



This species is common in the thickets and margins of woods through western 

 Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan. The trunk is slender and covered with smooth, 

 dark grey bark which is sparsely studded with short stout prickles much thick- 



