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Bot. XVIII. 260 (1880); XX, 4 (1882). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 

 Paris, s4r. 2, V. 230 {PI. David. I. 78) (1883). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. XXIII. 148 (1886). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. I. 112, t. 70 

 (1900).— Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 187, fig. 121 c-e, 122 d 

 (1907). 



Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., July 29, 1907 (No. I577; 

 bush 1-2 m., fruit scarlet). Western Hupeh: north and south of 

 Ichang, thickets, alt. 300-1000 m., abundant, June 4, August and 

 September 1907 (No. 114, in part; bush 2-3 m., flowers greenish- 

 white, fruit reddish, seed black); Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 114, in part; bush 2-4 m., flowers greenish-white); 

 same locality, June and August 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 453) ; Nanto 

 and mountains to northward, A. Henry (No. 1912); without locality, 

 A. Henry (No. 844, 5767"). Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, 

 A. Henry (No. 5767). Western Szech'uan : Mt. Omei, June 1904 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 4804) ; without precise locality, alt. 1300-2300 m.. 

 May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No.- 3357). Chekiang : vicinity of Ning- 

 po, 1908, D. Macgregor. Fokien: without locality, Dunn's Exped., 

 April and June 1905 (Herb. Bot. Gard. Hongkong, No. 2773). 

 Korea: Fusan, temple grounds, September 6, 1903, C. S. Sargent; 

 Quelpaert, October 1906, June 1907, U. Faurie (Nos. 447, 1604); 

 same locality, May 1908, July 1909, June 1910, Taquet (Nos. 664, 

 2932, 4172). 



A very common shrub in western Hupeh and Szech'uan where it is colloquially 

 known as the " Hung-liang " and where the fruit is used as a drug. 



TAPISCIA Oliv. 



Tapiscia sinensis Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XX. t. 1928 (1890). — 

 Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 448 (1900). — Bean in Kew Bull. Misc. 

 Inform. 1909, 356, fig. — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 1026, 

 fig. 607 (1912). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woods, alt. 600-1150 m., 

 July and September 1907 (No. 108, in part; tree 8-13 m. tall, girth 

 0.6-1.5 m., flowers yellow, fragrant, fruit black); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 woods, alt. 1000 m., July 1907 (No. 108, in part; tree 6-13 m. tall, 

 flowers yellow); Patung Hsien, woods, alt. 1000 m., August 1907 

 (No. 108, in part; tree 8-13 m. tall, fruit black) ; without locality, July 

 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2194). Western Szech'uan: Mupin, 

 woodlands, alt. 1000-1300 m., June and September 1908 (No. 108''; 



