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Nos. 895", 895^, 4206 and 4763 are less strigose; they agree with Maximowicz's 

 description and have been distinguished by Baillon as C. Maximowiczii. No. 4206 

 is entirely destitute of bristles on the tomentulose branchlets, very sparingly 

 bristly on the petioles and bristly only on the underside of the midrib of the 

 leaves. These are comparatively broad, while in No. 895*' they are rather narrow 

 and cuneate at the base and only shghtly vUlose on the under side. 



Clematoclethra Franchetii Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XXIX. 94 

 (1908). 



Western Szech'uan : Yung-ching Hsien, Wa-wu-shan, alt. 2100- 

 2700 m., September 12, 1908 (No. 944, climber 3-7 m., fruit dark red). 



Clematoclethra lanosa Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex scandens, 3-5-metralis; ramuli hornotini initio dense fulvo- 

 lanuginosi, demum glabrescentes, annotini glabri, griseo-brunnei, 

 lenticellis pallidis plerumque satis dense conspersi ; gemmae castaneae, 

 glabrae. Folia ovata v. ovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi rotundata v. 

 subcordata, margine dense ciliato-denticulata, 5-9 cm. longa et 3-6.5 

 cm. lata, supra obscure viridia, glabra costa et venis rufo-villosulis 

 exceptis, subtus tomento lanuginoso ad costam venasque rufo in facie 

 griseo v. albido vestita, nervis utrinsecus circiter 8 subtus elevatis; 

 petioli 2-3.5 cm. longi, dense fulvo-villosi. Cymae plerumquae tri- 

 florae, dimidium petiolum subaequantes v. paullo superantes; pedun- 

 culi 1-1.5 cm. longi, ut pedicelli breves 0.3-0.5 cm. longi dense rufo- 

 lanosi; sepala orbiculari-ovata, extus dense rufo-lanosa, intus puberula; 

 petala alba, ovalia v. oblongo-ovalia, circiter 7 mm. longa, sepala duplo 

 superantia; stamina petalis dimidio breviora; stylus gracilis, petala 

 paullo superantia. Fructus desideratur. 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200-1800 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 2014, in part, type) ; Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 1200-1500 m., June 1907 (No. 2014, in part); Fang Hsien, June 1901 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 2181). 



This species seems most closely related to C. cordifolia Franchet, which differs 

 according to the description in its smaller and broader cordate leaves, sparingly 

 setose on the midrib beneath, in its short nearly glabrous petioles and in the gla- 

 brous or puberulous sepals. It may also be compared with C. Faberi Franchet 

 and C. Franchetii Komarov, but these differ in their less dense and less woolly 

 pubescence and in the glabrous or minutely puberulous sepals. The first of these 

 species differs also in the glaucous under side of the leaves and the second in its 

 much larger leaves. In the pubescence of the leaves and of the inflorescence C. 

 lanosa resembles C. Hemsleyi Baillon, which is easily distinguished by the long- 

 stalked Jmany-flowered inflorescence and by the longer pedicels, and our species 

 might be considered a depauperated form of it, if the color of the fruits proves to 

 be red. 



Wilson's No. 2181 I refer only provisorily to this species; it differs in the spar- 



