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Sarcococca Hookeriana Baillon, Monog. Buxac. 53 (1859). — 

 Mueller Arg. in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. 13 (1869). 



Tricera nepalensis Wallich, Cat. No. 7979 a (pro parte; nomen nudum) (1832). 

 Sarcococca pruniformis, var. Hookeriana, Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 266 



(1887). 



The Chinese specimens we have seen belong to the following varieties: 



Sarcococca Hookeriana, var. digyna Franchet, PL Delavay. 135 

 (1889). 



Western Szech'uan: near Wa-shan, cliffs, alt. 1000-2000 m., 

 September 18, 1908 (No. 1130; bush 1 m., fruit black). 



Here may be added the description of a new variety not collected during the 

 Arnold Arboretum expeditions. 



Sarcococca Hookeriana, var. humilis Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



Frutex humilis, 0.3-1.5 m. altus; folia alterna v. apicem ramulorum versus 

 subopposita, lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuta v. acuminata et apiculata, 

 basi attenuata, 3-6 cm. longa et 6-15 mm. lata, supra lucida, subtus pallidiora; 

 petioli 5-8 mm. longi. Styli 2-3. 



Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (No. 7065, type); same 

 locality, November 1900 (Veitch Exped. seed No. 900). Western Hupeh: 

 without locality, A. Henry {No. 7 SSi). Yunnan: Mengtze, mountains to the 

 north, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 9859); Mile district, A. Henry (No. 9859^). 



This variety is easily recognized by its small, narrow shining leaves and low 

 habit. It is a rather rare plant and is now in cultivation. 



PACHYSANDRA Michx. 



Pachysandra terminalis Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Munch. 

 IV. pt. II. 142 {Fl Jap. Fam. Nat. I. 34) (1843). — Baillon, Monog. 

 Buxac. 57 (1859). — Mueller Arg. in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. 21 

 (1869). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 419 (1894). — Diels 

 in Bot.Jahrb. XXIX. 431, (1900).— Hayatain Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, 

 XX. art. III. 81, t. 6, fig. F (1904). 



Western Hupeh : Fang Hsien, woods, alt. 1600-2600 m., common, 

 May and September 1907 (No. 303; subshrub, 15-30 cm. high, flowers 

 white, fruit white). 



This is a very common plant growing on rocks in the moist woods of western 

 Hupeh and Szech'uan. 



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

 Arboretum expeditions. 



Pachysandra axillaris Franchet PI. Delavay. 135, t. 26 (1889). — Hemsley in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 419 (1894). — Diels in Bat. Jahrb. XXIX. 431 (1900). 

 Yunnan: Lungan, A. Henry (No. 9959^). 



