SABIACEAE. — MELIOSMA 199 



MELIOSMA Bl. 



Sect. 1. SiMPLicES Warb. 



Meliosma cuneifolia Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, 

 VIII. 211 {PI. David. II. 29) (1886). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. 

 Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVIII. 127 (1911). — Hutchinson in Bot. Mag. 

 CXXXVII. t. 8357 (1911). — Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. II. 

 1029, fig. 608 (1912). 



Meliosma myrianthum Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 451 (non Siebold & Zuc- 

 carini) (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1100 m., 

 September 1907 (No. 326; bush 3 m. tall, fruit black); north and 

 south of Ichang, thickets and margins of woods, alt. 1000-1500 m., 

 common, July 1907 (No. 3034, in part; bush 3 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fragrant); Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300 m., July 1907 

 (No. 3034, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers white, fragrant); Patung 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., July 1907 (No. 3035, in part; bush 

 or small tree 3-6 m. tall, flowers white, fragrant) ; Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., July 1907 (No. 3035, in part; bush or 

 small tree, 3-6 m. tall, flowers white, fragrant); Fang Hsien, wood- 

 lands, alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 3035, in part); Changyang 

 Hsien, woodlands, July 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1458); without 

 locality, June and July 1900 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 959, 1458% 1458*^); 

 without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5849, 5849=*). Western Sze- 

 ch'uan: near Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., July 1908 (No. 

 3032; thin tree 6 m. tall, flowers white); south-east of Tachien-lu, 

 thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 1908 (No. 3033, in part; bush 2.5- 

 5 m. tall, flowers white); same locality, June 1908 (No. 3033, in part; 

 thin tree 6 m. tall, flowers white, fragrant); Mt. Omei, August 1904 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 4814; tree 6 m.); same locahty, E. Faber. Hu- 

 nan: without locality, A. Henry (No. 7550). Shensi: Hu-shien, 

 Cho-toe-miao, Hugh Scallan. 



This species both as a small tree or as a large shrub is exceedingly common 

 through western Hupeh and Szech'uan, occuring in thickets and in the margins 

 of woods between 1000-1500 m. alt. The fruit is black, globose, and about the 

 size of a small garden pea. The tufts of hairs in the axils of the primary and 

 secondary veins on the underside of the leaf afford an easy means of distinguish- 

 ing this species from the closely related M. myriantha Siebold & Zuccarini. That 

 species has red fruit and leaves which are usually large and much less narrowly 

 cuneate at the base than those of M. cuneifolia Franchet. 



