CELASTRACEAE. — CELASTRUS 357 



In this specimen the leaves are 4.5 to 7 cm. long and 5 to 7 cm. broad, and the 

 principal veins on the underside near the base have few or manj- short, straight 

 spreading hairs, otherwise it agrees with Hayata's description. 



15. Celastrus Esquiroliana L6veill6, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 69 (1914). 

 Kwei-chou: " Tong-chcou," J. Esquirol, No. 3618 (ex L6veill6). 

 We have not seen a specimen of this species. 



16. Celastrus flagellaris Ruprecht in Bull. Acad. Set. St. Petershourg, s6r. 2, 

 XV. 357 (1857); Decas PI. Amur. t. 4 (1859). — Maack, nymem. A.ui/p. 72 t. 

 [29] (1859). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, s6r. 3, XXVII. 457 

 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XI. 302 (1881). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 86r. 3, V. 223 (PI. David. I. 71) (1883). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 123 

 (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 470 (1902). — Matsumura, Ind. Fl. 

 Jap. II. pt. 2, 319 (1912). 



Celastrus ciliidens Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. II. 85 (1865-66). 

 Celastrus clcmacanthus Leveille in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. VIII. 284 (1910). 



This species is confined to northeastern Asia and is common in Korea, but much 

 less so in Mandshuria and Japan. 



Series 3. SEMPERVIRENTES Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, 

 ser. 3, XXVII. 455 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XI. 198 (1881). 



17. Celastrus Hindsii Bentham in Hooker's Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. III. 

 334 (1851). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, s6r. 3, XXVII. 455 

 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XL 199 (1881). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 123 

 (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 466 (1902). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew 

 Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 61 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). — Pitard 

 in Lecomte, Fl. Jndo-Chin. I. 892 (1912). 



Catha monosperma Bentham in Lond. Jour. Bot. I. 483 (1842). 



Celastrus monospermus Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 63 (non Roxburgh) (1861). 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (No. 10559). 



Celastrus Hindsii, var. Henryi Loesener. See p. 353. 



18. Celastrus monosperma Roxburgh, Hort. Beng. 18 (nomen nudum) (1814); 

 Fl. hid. II. 394 (1824); ed. 2, I. 625 (1832). — WaUich, Cat. Nos. 4311, 7009 

 (1829-30). — Lawson in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 618 (1875) excludendis 

 synon. — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 467 (1902). — L6veill6, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 

 69 (1914). 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, forests to southeast, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 10446, 

 11399); Szemao, mountains west, alt. 1500-1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 11972, 

 11972^; large climber, flowers white, fruit yellow). — Also on the Himalayas and in 

 Assam and Bengal. 



The thinner leaves, more or less narrowed to the base, distinguishes this from 

 the closely related C. Benthamii Rehder & Wilson, which is apparently confined to 

 Hongkong and the neighborhood. 



19. Celastrus cantonensis Hance in Jour. Bot. XXIII. 323 (1885). — Hemsley 

 in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 122 (1886). — Loesener in Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 467 

 (1902). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 62 (Fl. 

 Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). 



South China: Kwangtung (ex Hance). 



