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specimens from the neighbourhood of Canton, where Osbeck collected the type, 

 which might represent it. 



Here may be added the description of a new variety from Korea: 



Sageretia theezans, var. tomentosa Schneider, n. var. 



A typo recedit foliis subtus distinctius tomentosis tomento ut videtur tarda 

 deciduo. 



Korea: Quelpaert, " in sepibus, raro," October 28, 1908, Taquet (No. 643). 



Another very glabrous variety or even a distinct species may be represented in 

 Sageretia Chanetii Schneider, comb. nov. (Berchemia Chaneti Leveille in Fedde, Rep. 

 Sp. Nov. X. 433 (1912) from ChihU " montagnes de Ping-Chan, 15 juin 1908," L. 

 Chanet (No. 232). I have seen a small piece of the type specimen with oblong- 

 elliptic leaves, which measure 2.5-4.5 cm. in length and 1-2.2 cm. in width. 



Sageretia subcaudata Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex ad 1.5 m. altus; ramuli annotini plus minusve puberuli, 

 olivaceo-brunnescentes, vetustiores cinerascentes, vix v. valde glabres- 

 centes; folia tenuiter coriacea, opposita v. subopposita, ovata v. 

 ovato-elliptica, basi leviter cordata, apice subito in acumen 1 cm. 

 longum producta, 5-9 cm. longa, 2.5-4.5 cm. lata v. minora elliptico- 

 rotunda, 2-3.5 cm. longa et 2-2.5 cm. lata, supra viridia, sublucida, 

 glabra, nervis incisis, subtus vix pallidiora, nitidula, distincte reticu- 

 lata, tantum ad nervos utrinsecus 6-9 prominentes parce pilosa (an 

 juvenilia distincte pubescentia?), margine calloso-crenulata; petioli 

 3-7 mm. longi, supra sulcati, distincte puberuli; stipulae filiformes, 

 puberulae, ad 6 mm. longae. Inflorescentia tantum deflorata visa, 

 ad 7 cm. longa, subspinosa, tomentella, parce ramosa; flores?. Fructus 

 niger; semina late obovata, plana, flava, normalia. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, ravines, alt. 200-400 m., 

 rare, April 3, 1907 (No. 3343, type); without precise locahty, banks 

 of Yangtsze River; March 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 42). 



Sageretia Cavaleriei Schneider, n. comb. 



Berchemia Cavaleriei Leveille in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. X. 433 (1912). 



Frutex ad 2.5 m. altus v. scandens, vix spinosus; ramuli annotini 

 glabri, striati, cinerascentes, deinde nigrescentes. Folia subopposita, 

 tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata v. late lanceolata, basi acuta v. obtusa, 

 apice longe acuminata, tantum ea in basi ramulorum ovalia et utrin- 

 que obtusiora, supra intense viridia, sublucida, glabra, tantum costa 

 distincte incisa, subtus pallide viridia, glabra, costa nervisque utrinque 

 5-8 elevatis, utraque facie tenuissime reticulata, margine breviter 

 crenato-serrata dentibus callosis incumbentibus, longiora (lanceolata 

 et acuminata) 8-12 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, minora 5-9 cm. longa, 



