RHAMNACEAE. — RHAMNUS 247 



rugulosi; stipulae 3-4 mm. longae, hirsutae, deciduae. Folia altema, sempervi- 

 rentia, coriacea, oblonga, elliptica v. elliptico-lanceolata, basi obtusa v. acuta, 

 apice acuta, brevissime mucronulata, margine (in sicco ex parte revoluto) circum- 

 circa dentata, dentibus brevissimis calloso-mucronulatis distantibus, minima 

 1-3.5 cm. longa, 0.7-1.5 cm. lata, maxima 5-10 cm. longa et 1.2-4.5 cm. lata, 

 supra intense viridia, tantum ad costam valde impressam pilosa, subtus (in sicco) 

 pallidiora, flavescentia, glabra v. in axillis nervorum ad costam paullo barbata, 

 nervis primariis utrinque 5-6, plus minusve elevatis; petioli 3-10 mm. longi, 

 pilosi. Pseudo-umbella axillaris, sessilis, 3-7-flora; flores virides, parvi, 2-3 mm. 

 longi; pedicelli satis graciles, pilosi, 2-5 mm. longi; sepala triangulari-lanceolata, 

 satis acuta, basi pilosa, margine ciliata; petala ut videtur deficientia; stamina 

 ovariaque sepalis dimidio breviora; ovaria apice stigmatibus distinctis elongatis 

 coronata, basi disco distincto circumcincta. Fructus maturus niger, vix 5 mm. 

 crassus; semina oblonga, dorso sulco distincto aperto instructa. 



Yunnan: Mengtze, rocky mountains, alt. 2600-2800 m., A. Henry (No. 

 10814; spreading shrub 0.75 m. tall, flowers green; No. 10814'"'; shrub 1 m. tall, 

 fruits black when ripe);. Kweichou : " Environs du Tsin Gay, rochers au bord 

 de la riviere a Che-Tiou-Tchay," June 27, 1899, Emile Bodlnier (No. 2697, type; 

 small shrub). ? East Himalaya: Herb. Griffith No. 2029). 



After having described the above numbers of Henry's collection as a new 

 species, I have recieved through the kindness of the author the tj^pe specimens of 

 R. Bodinieri. At the first glance I saw that this species resembled Henry's numbers 

 10814 and 10814'' and a detailed comparison convinced me, that there are only 

 very slight differences between them in the pubescence of the branchlets and in the 

 size of the leaves. But the leaves are larger as indicated by L6veill6 and measure 

 Up to 4 cm. in length and 1.5 cm. in width. 



Rhamnus Bodinieri Leveill6, f. silvicola Schneider, n. forma. 



A typo recedit foliis majoribus, planioribus, ad 10 cm. longis et 4.5 cm. latis 

 pedicellis longioribus, ad 10 mm. longis. 



Yunnan: Mengtze, woods, alt. 2200 m. (No. 10464*; shrub 1.25 m. tall, fruits 

 black); No. 10464''; shrub 1 m. tall, flowers green). 



At first sight Henry's numbers 10464 and 10464'' look very different from the 

 type, but they seem to represent only a form of shadier places with larger and 

 flatter leaves. 



This species and No. 13 and 14 seem to form another separate group within the 

 genus characterized by its leathery leaves, sessile flower-fascicules and apetalous 

 flowers. 



12. Rhamnus Hemsleyanus Schneider. See p. 234. 



13. Rhamnus Arnottianus Gardener in Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeylan. 74 (1858). 

 — Lawson in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind., I. 638 (1875). 



Ceylon. 



In the leaves this species resembles a good deal R. Wightii, but it is well dis- 

 tinguished by the character given in the key. 



14. Rhamnus Sargentianus Schneider. See p. 235. 



15. Rhamnus costatus Maximowicz in Mim. Acad. Sci. St. PUersbourg, s^r. 

 7, IV. No. XI. 17, t. fig. 1-14 {Rhamn. Or.-As.) (1866). — Schneider, III. Handb. 

 Laubholzk. II. 276, fig. 191 m (1909). 



Japan. 



See the note under R. Sargentianus, p. 235. 



