SABIACEAE. — MELIOSMA 207 



1500 m., June 1907 (No. 3038, in part; tree 6-13 m. tall, 0.6-2 m. 

 girth, flowers white); Changyang Hsien, woods, alt. 1000-1500 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 3038 in part; tree 6-13 m. tall, flowers white); Fang 

 Hsien, open country, alt. 1300 m., June 21, 1910 (No. 4602; tree 20 

 m. tall, 2.5 m. girth, flowers white); without locality. May and Sep- 

 tember 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 463); without locaHty, A. Henry 

 (No. 5863); "Ma pan-scian," alt. 1000 m., May 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 

 3355). Korea: Quelpaert, June 1910, Taquet (Nos. 4344, 4345); 

 same locality, August 1907, U. Faurie (No. 1867); Port Chusan, 

 1859, C. Wilford; Korean Archipelago, 1863, R. Oldham (No. 183). 



This fine tree occurs in moist woods and thickets in western Hupeh between 

 altitudes of 1000 and 1500 metres, but is not really common. On young trees the 

 branches are erect and spreading but in old specimens the branches are wide- 

 spreading and form a symmetrical head. The pure white flowers are borne in 

 terminal, erect, much-branched pyramidal panicles from 15 to 30 cm. long and 

 broad, and are produced after the leaves are nearly full grown. Hooker f. (Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. II. 6 [1876]) states that Wilford's specimen from Korea seems identical 

 with M. Wallichii Planchon, and Hemsley has referred the specimen to this 

 species. With both Indian and Korean material before us the species appear ob- 

 viously distinct. In M. Oldhaniii Miquel the leaves are nearly glabrous below, and 

 the primary and lateral branches of the panicle are quite glabrous; the flowers are 

 relatively large and the pedicels relatively long. In M. Wallichii Planchon the under 

 surface of the leaves and the branches of the panicles are densely clothed with a 

 short, ferruginous pubescence; the small flowers are shortly pedicellate. There 

 are other important differences but these amply distinguish the two species. 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 508 and 0115 of the collection of 

 "Wilson's photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 311. 



Meliosma Kirkii Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 

 XIX. 154 (1906). 



Western Szech'uan: Omei Hsien, woodlands, alt. 600-1200 m., 

 July 1908 (No. 3037; tree 10 m. tall, 1 m. girth, flowers white); same 

 locality, alt. 900 m., June 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 2371, type); 

 Hung-ya Hsien, open country, base of Wa-wu-shan, alt. 1200 m., 

 September 12, 1908 (No. 3037% tree 20 m. tall; 2.5 m. girth). 



The under surface of the leaves in this species is often quite glaucous; the bark 

 on old trees is gray, fairly smooth and persistent; the branches are ascending and 

 spreading and form a narrow head. 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 339 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 312. 



Here may be added a note on a species from Yunnan collected by A. Henry and 

 remarks on M. rhoifolia and M. pinnata. 



Meliosma Wallichii Planchon in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 6 (1876). 

 Yunnan: Mengtze, woods, alt. 1800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 10835, 13692); 

 Szemao mountains, eastern forests, A. Henry (Nos. 12016, 12016^^ 12016''). 



