212 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



As already indicated this species may be closely related to P. hirsutus Hemsley. 

 The figure given by the author shows a fruit which is only 14 mm. broad, but ac- 

 cording to the description the fruit with the wing is 25 mm. broad. The fruit is 

 described as black and the leaves as: " attenuees au sommet en une pointe mousse 

 et longue de 3-5 mm." 



6. Paliurus ramosissimus Poiret. See p. 210. 



ZIZYPHUS Jussieu. 



Zizyphus sativa Gaertner, Fruct I. 202 (1788). — Schneider, III. 

 Handb. Lauhholzk. II. 261, fig. 181 g-k, 182 d-f (1909). 



Rhamnus Zizyphus Linnaeus, Spec. 94 (1753). 



Zizyphus vulgaris Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. III. 316 (1789). — Brongniart in 

 Ann. Sci. Nat. X. t. 12, ii. (Mem. Fam. Rhamn.) (1826). — Maximowicz in 

 Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, Ser. 7, IV. No. XL 3 (Rhamn. Or.-As.) 

 (1866). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 126 (1886). 



Zizyphus sinensis Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. III. 316 (1789). 



Zizyphus sativa, var. inermis Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 

 261 (1909). 



Zizyphus vulgaris, var. inermis Bunge in Mem. Sav. t}tr. Acad. Sci. St. Piters- 

 bourg, II. 88 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 14) (1833). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, wild and sparingly 

 cultivated, alt. 30-1000 m., May and September 1907 (No. 2700; 

 tree 3-8 m. tall) ; same locality, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 848) ; 

 same locality, A. Henry (No. 2021). Korea : Ping-yang, in thickets, 

 July 1906, U. Faurie (No. 508); " Ouen-san," cultivated, July 1906, 

 U. Faurie (No. 509). 



This is a very common bush or small tree especially in the dry river-valleys of 

 western Szech'uan. It is not much cultivated and the oval fruit is relatively 

 small and of poor quality. As elsewhere in China it is known in the western part 

 of the country as the " Tsao-tzu shu." E. H. W. 



Here may be added the description of a new species from Yunnan, collected by 

 A. Henry. 



Zizyphus yunnanensis Schneider, n. sp. 



Arbor 3.75-5 m. alta, spinosa; spinas visae breves, curvatae; ramuli initio 

 breviter hirti, annotini glabrescentes, nigrescentes, lenticellis multis parvis ob- 

 longis albescentibus obtecti. Folia alterna, crasse membranacea, obliqua, ovata, 

 basi rotunda sed in petiolum subito breviter producta, 3- v. fere 5-nervia, apice 

 breviter acuminata, 5.5-10 cm. longa, 3-4.8 cm. lata, margine calloso-crenata, 

 supra ad nervos vix impresses pilosa, intense viridia, satis obscura, subtus pallide 

 viridia, ad nervos prominentes v. initio etiam tota facie sparse pilosa; petioli 5- 

 10 cm. longi, breviter hirti. Inflorescentia cymosa, axillaris, ut rami hirta, pedun- 

 culo nudo 1-1.8 cm. longo suffulta, circiter 30-flora; flores pro genere normales, 

 flavo-virides(?), 4-5 mm. diam.j sepala deltoidea, acuta, extus hirta, petalis cucul- 



