TILIACEAE. — GREWIA 371 



GREWIA L. 



Grewia parviflora Bunge in Mem. Sav. J^tr. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, 

 II. 83 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 9) (1833). — Hance in Jour. Bot. XX. 3 

 (1882). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6t. 2, V. 211 (PL 

 David. I. 59) (1883). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 93 

 (1886). — Gagnepain in Lecomte, Not. Syst. 124 (1909). — Dunn & 

 Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 51 {Fl. Kwangtung 

 & Hongk.) (1912). 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 600 m., August 1, 1907 (No. 1597; 

 shrub 1-1.5 m., flowers yellowish). Chili : near " Ying-tan Ko," rocky 

 places, September 1913, F. N. Meyer (No. 81); Peking, Pagoda Hill, 

 near Summer Palace, September 17, 1903, C. S. Sargent; Nankow, 

 October 6, 1905, J. G. Jack; near Peking, A. Bunge. Shantung: 

 Tsingtau, 1901, Zimmermann (No. 223); " Pa-shan," September 1907, 

 F. N. Meyer (No. 265). 



This northern shrub is rare in the Yangtsze valley, where it is represented by the 

 following variety. 



Grewia parviflora, var. glabrescens Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Grewia glabrescens Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 42 (1861). — Hemsley in Jo?/r. Linn. 



Soc. XXIIl. 92 (1886). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. 



ser. X. 51 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). — Leveill6, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 



419 (1915). 

 Grewia -parviflora Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 468 (non Bunge) (1900). — 



Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 407 (1908). — Pampanini in 



Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 431 (1910). 

 Grewia Esquirolii L6veille, Fl. Kouy-TchSou, 419 (pro synon.) (1915). 

 Celasirus eiionymoidea L^veille, 1. c. (pro synon.) (1915). 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, open places, alt. 300-1000 m., 

 June and October 1907 (No. 407; shrub 1 m., flowers whitish, fruit 

 orange); Ichang, roadsides, alt. 300-600 m., June 1907 (No. 2437; 

 shrub 0.6-1 m. tall); Hsing-shan Hsien, roadsides, alt. 600-1100 m., 

 June 7, September 1907 (No. 109; shrub 0.6-2 m., flowers white, fruit 

 orange); Ichang, glens and open country, June 1900, 1901 (Veitch 

 Exped. Nos. 1016, 1265% 1984); same locality, A. Henry (Nos. 1555, 

 3629, 7601); Nanto and mountains to northward, A. Henry (Nos. 

 1929, 2695) ; " Ou-tan-scian," alt. 2090 m., July 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 

 1449). Western Szech'uan: Monkong Ting, valley of Hsao-chin 

 Ho, alt. 2000-3000 m., June 29, 1908 (No. I09^ shrub 0.6-2 m. tall). 

 Northern Shensi: " Thui-kio-tsuen," September 1897, G. Giraldi; 



