CORIARIACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



CORIARIA L. 



Coriaria sinica Maximowicz in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, 

 ser. 7, XXIX. No. III. 9, fig. (1881); in Act. Hort. Petrop. XI. 112 

 (1889). — Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. II. 143, fig. 94i-l (1907). 



Coriaria nepalensis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 149 (non Wallich) 

 (1886). — Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXIII. 451 (1886).— 

 Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 431 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. 

 Ital. n. ser. XVII. 415 (1910); XVIII. 126 (1911). 



Western Hupeh : Ichang and neighborhood, 30-1000 m., abund- 

 ant, March 15, May 1907 (No. 12; bush 1-6 m., anthers red, fruit 

 black); same locality, March 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 150); without 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 1289); " Kao-kien-scian," alt. 800 m., 1907, 

 C. Silvestri (No .1316). WesternSzech'uan: southeast of Tachien- 

 lu, roadsides, alt. 1300 m., June 1908 (No. 12'*; bush 1-6 m.). 



The relationship of this species with C. nepalensis WalUch is very close and 

 ultimately it may prove to be only a variety of the Indian plant but our material 

 of the latter is not sufficient to settle this point. The difference in the length of 

 the filaments does not hold good, but the other differences pointed out by Maximo- 

 wicz seem to be constant. The style in C. sinica is more slender, the rudimentary 

 pistil and petals in the male flowers are much more minute (almost wanting) and 

 the ripe carpels are smaller than in C. nepalensis Wallich. 



Coriaria sinica is one of the commonest shrubs on the grassy hills and in the 

 river valleys of western Hupeh up to 1000 m. altitude and in western Szech'uan 

 up to 1500 m. altitude and even higher in the more stony and arid regions. In 

 Hupeh it is colloquially known as the "Ma-sang" and the shoots are said to be 

 poisonous to cattle. 



Coriaria terminalis -Hemsley in Hooker's Icon. XXIII. t. 2220 

 (1892); in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXIII. 110 (pro parte) (1898).— 

 Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. II. 144, fig. 94 h (1907). 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, 

 alt. 2300 m., June and August 1908 (No. 2304, in part; sub-shrub 

 0.6-1 m. tall, flowers pinkish, fruit black) ; south-east of Tachien-lu, 



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