RHAMNACEAE. — SAGERETIA 229 



1.5-3.6 cm. lata; petioli 4-10 mm. longi, glabri v. in sulco minute 

 puberuli. Inflorescentiae graciles, axillares terminalesque, glabrae, 

 folia paullo superantes v. iis breviores; flores pedicellati pedicellis 0.5-3 

 mm. longis, glabri, pro genera normales, albescentes, aperti; sepala 

 obtusa V. subsessilia, petalis spathulatis emarginatis longiora; an- 

 therae obtusissimae. Fructus ut videtur subglobosus, ruber. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 600-1000 m., 

 August 1907 (No. 2589; scandent bush 2-4: m., flowers white). 

 Western Szech'uan: near Wa-shan, valley of Tung River, alt. 

 600-1300 m., October 1908 (No. 3342; bush 5 m., flowers white) ; same 

 locahty, September 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3336) ; without locality, 

 August 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4807); A. Henry (No. 7118). 

 Yunnan : Mengtze, wooded cliffs, alt. 2200 m., A. Henry (No. 11240). 

 Kweichou: " Keou-Tchoang, Kouy-Tin," November 23, 1902, J. 

 Cavalerie (No. 725, type). 



After I had finished these studies I received the type of L6veill6's species, which 

 agrees exactly with Wilson's Nos. 4807, 3336, 2589). No. 3342 and Henry's 

 Nos. 7118, 11240 differ in the branchlets and petioles being minutely pubescent. 



CLAVIS SPECIERUM ASIATICARUM. 



Flores sessiles v. subsessiles. 



Folia parva, vix ad 2 cm. longa. 



Folia minima tantum 0.5-0.8 mm. longa 1. *S. perpusilla. 



Folia majora, maxima ad 2 cm. longa. 



Inflorescentia fere glabra; flores glaberrimi 2. S. pycnophylla. 



Inflorescentia distincte pilosa v. villosa. (Confer etiam No. 7). 



3. S. Brandrethiana. 

 Folia mediocra v. magna, saepissime plus quam 2.5 cm. longa. 



Folia matura subtus tomento permanente haud facile detergibili obtecta, 

 distincte reticulata. 

 Folia plerumque 4.5-7 cm. longa, petiolis 2-6 mm. longis. Petala extus 



pilosa 4. (S. rugosa. 



FoHa 7.5-11 cm. longa; petioli 8-15 mm. longi. Petala glaberrima. 



5. S. omeiensis. 



Folia initio subtus tomento mox deciduo et facile detergibili obtecta, glabra 



V. subglabra, matura semper valde glabrescentia v. glabra. 



Nervi primarii laterales a costa ad marginem percurrentes 5-10, subtus 



distincte elevati, supra fere semper incisi; folia apice saepissime 



acuminata. 



Folia permagna, 10-15 cm. longa, v. glabra, tantum subtus in axillis 



leviter barbulata, nervis utrinque 8-10; petioli glabri v. supra pilis 



paucis sparsis instructi Q. S. hamosa. 



Folia minora; petioli supra v. tota facie pilosi. 



Folia supra opaca, membranacea, subtus plerumque tarde glabrescentia, 

 subito acuminata, nervis utrinque 6-9; inflorescentia tomentosa. 



7. S. subcaudata. 



