SABIACEAE. — SABIA 197 



and September 1908 (No. 860; climber 2 m., flowers greenish, fruit 

 blue). 



Our specimens agree with Diel's description except that the sepals are oval 

 or ovate and obtuse instead of triangular and the leaves are slightly broader. 

 The flowers which were not described by Diels are borne in from 3-6-flowered co- 

 rymbs, the petals are oval and obtuse, greenish and about 5 mm. long; the stamens 

 about as long as the petals. 



Sabia Schumanniana, var. pluriflora Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



A typo recedit praecipue cymis 6-20-floris. Sepala triangulari- 

 ovata, acuta; petala interdum acutiuscula; stamina plerumque 

 petalis paullo longiora. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 May 6 and July 1907 (No. 2534, type; scandent bush, 1-2 m., flowers 

 brownish-chocolate) ; without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5421, 6114). 

 Eastern Szech'uan: without locality, A. Henry (No. 542P). 



This variety resembles in its many-flowered cymes S. parviflora Wallich and 

 S. lanceolata Colebrooke, but is easily distinguished from these species by the larger 

 flowers with oval, obtuse or obtusish petals and by the veins of the leaves diverging 

 at acute angles. 



Sabia Schumanniana, var. longipes Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



A typo recedit foHis majoribus ad 14 cm. longis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 basi cuneatis, inflorescentia cum pedunculo 6-9 cm. longo 9-18 cm. 

 longa, floribus purpurascentibus. 



Western Szech'uan: Chin-ting-shan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., 

 May 22, 1908 (No. 2529; climber, 3 m., flowers greenish-purple). 



This variety differs from the type chiefly in its larger leaves and much 

 elongated peduncles. 



Sabia puberula Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex scandens, 0.5-2 m. altus; ramuli hornotini glabri, aimotini 

 pallide olivacei ; gemmae ovoideae, acutae, perulis acuminatis ciliolatis. 

 Folia decidua, oblongo-lanceolata v. ovato-oblonga v. elliptico- 

 oblonga, acuminata, basi late cuneata v. rotundata, margine scariosa, 

 minute eroso-undulata, 6-9 cm. longa et 2-4 cm. lata, utrinque 

 glabra, supra obscure viridia, subtus pallidiora, reticulata, nervis 

 utrinsecus 5-6 sub angulo acuto divergentibus ; petioli initio plerumque 

 puberuH, demum glabri, supra canaliculati, 0.6-1 cm. longi. Flores 

 fusci, in cymis axillaribus 3-8-floris, simul cum foliis bene evolutis; 

 pedunculi graciles, sparse villosuli, 1-2.5 cm. longi; pedicelli 5-8 mm. 

 longi, puberuli; bracteae minutae, caducae; sepala semi-orbicularia, 



