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Although this plant is fairly common on Mt. Omei, we have not observed it 

 elsewhere in western China, but Rosthorn collected it near Nan-ch'uan. The one 

 flowering specimen before us has polygamo-dioecious flowers but in its general 

 appearance, pentamerous flowers and red fruit it agrees with the S. Fortunei 

 Masters, and we are disposed to doubt that the hermaphrodite character as 

 described for the type is constant in the species. 



CLAUSENA Burm. 



Clausena suffniticosa Wight & Arnott, Prodr.FZ. Ind. I. 96 (1834). — 

 Wallich, Cat. No. 8514 (1847).— Oliver in Jour. Linn. Soc. V. 

 Suppl 11. 33 (1861). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 506 (1875).— 

 Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 424 (1900). 



Amyris suffruticosa Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. II. 250 (1832). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 300-1000 m., June 

 and December 1907 (No. 755; bush 2-3 m., flowers greenish-yellow, 

 fruit black); Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, A. Henry (Nos. 

 3127, 4122). 



This is a rather rare shrub found in glens and ravines at low altitudes. The 

 fruit is orange-yellow before fully ripe and is edible. 



Here may be added a note on another Chinese species not collected during the 

 Arnold Arboretum Expeditions. 



Clausena punctata Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Cookia 'punctata Sonnerat, Voy. Ind. Or. II. 231, t. 130 (1782); ed. 2, III. 

 258, t. 130 (1806). — Poiret in Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. VIII. (1808).— 

 De CandoUe, Prodr. I. 537 (1824). — Regel in Gartenfl. IX. t. 290 (1860). 



Quinaria lansium Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 272 (1790). 



Cookia Wampi Blanco, Fl. Filip. 358 (1837). 



Clausena Wampi Oliver in Jour. Linn. Soc. V. Suppl. II. 34 (1861). — Ben- 

 tham, Fl. Hongk. 50 (1861). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 565 (1875).— 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 110 (1886). — Dunn & Tutcher in 

 Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 56 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongkong). — 

 Guillaumin in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-chin. I. 664, fig. 70 (1912). 



WesternSzech'uan: Lu Chou, cultivated near the Yangtsze River, May 1903 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 3374; small tree 4 m. tall). Formosa: Bankinsing, A. 

 Henry (No. 42). Kwangtung: Hainan, C. Ford. 



This plant is sparingly cultivated as a fruit tree in the neighbourhood of the 

 Yangtsze River in the department of Lu Chou. 



