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20. Celastrus Benthamii Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Catha Benthamii Gardner & Champion in Hooker's Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. 



Misc. I. 310 (1849). 

 Celastrus Championii Bentham in Hooker's Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. 



III. 334 (1851); Fl. Hongk. 64 (1861). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Set. 



St. Petersbourg, s^r. 3, XXVII. 455 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XI. 198 (1881). — 



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. 61 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). 



The specimens we have seen are all from Hongkong, but Dunn & Tutcher report 

 it from the neighboring island of Lantao and from the mainland opposite Hong- 

 kong. It is very closely related to the Indian C. monosperma Roxburgh, but may be 

 distinguished in herbaria by its more coriaceous leaves which are always rounded 

 at the base. 



SPECIES EXCLUDENDAE. 



Celastrus alatus Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 98 (1784) = Evonymu^ alata Regel. 



Celastrus Bodinieri L^veille in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XIII. 263 (1914) = Ilex 

 purpurea, var. Oldhamii Loesener secundum Loesener in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 

 XXXII. 541 (1914). 



Celastrus Cavaleriei Leveill^, 1. c. 262 (1914) = MjTsinacea, verisimihter Rapa- 

 nea spec, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 



Celastrus diversifolia Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 123 (1886) = Gymno- 

 sporia diversifolia Maximowicz. 



Celastrus emarginata Roth, Nov. Spec. 155 (1821) = Gymnosporia emarginata 

 Lawson. 



Celastrus Esquirolii L^veille in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. XIII. 262 (1914) = Sabia 

 parviflora WalUch v. spec, affinis, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 



Celastrus euonymoidea L6veille, Fl. Kouy-TcMou, 419 (pro syn.) (1915) = Grevna 

 parviflora, var. glabrescens Rehder & Wilson. 



Celastrus Feddei L^veille, 1. c. 263 (1914) = Grewia spec, secundum Loesener, 

 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus Kouytchensis L^veill6, 1. c. 263 (1914) = Euphorbiacea ad Phyllanthoi- 

 deas ducenda, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus Lyi Leveille, 1. c. 264 (1914) = Rhamnacea, verisimihter Sageretia spec, 

 secundum Loesener, 1. c. 



Celastrus Mairei L6veill6, 1. c. 264 (1914) = Sabia yunnanensis, secundum 

 Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus salicifolia L^veilM. 1. c. 263 (1914) = Rex macrocarpa, var. genuina 

 Loesener, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus Seguinii L6veille, 1. c. 262 (1914) = Myrsinacea, verisimihter Rapanea 

 Bpec, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 541. 



Celastrus striatus Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 98 (1784) = Evonymus alata Regel. 



Celastrus suaveolens L(5veill6 in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XIII. 263 (1914) = Ilex 

 suaveolens Loesener, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 541. 



Celastrus tristis L6veill6, 1. c. 263 (1914) = Euphorbiacea, verisimihter Bridelia 

 spec, secundum Loesener, 1. c. 543. 



Celastrus variabilis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 124 (1886) = Gymno- 

 sporia variabilis Loesener. 



Celastrus Wallichiana Hance in Jour. Bot. XVI. 226 (non Wight & Amott) 

 (1878) = Gymnosporia diversifolia Maximowicz. 



