THEACEAE. — STEWARTIA 395 



Camellia axillaris Ker in Bot. Reg. IV. t. 349 (1818). — Sims in Bot. Mag. 



XLVI. t. 2047 (1819). 

 Gordonia anomala Sprengel, Syst. III. 126 (1826). — Champion in Trans. 



Linn. Soc. XXI. 114 (1845). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 29 (1861). — Hemsley 



in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 80 (1886). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. 



Misc. Inform, add. set. X. 45 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). — Diels 



in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 77 (1912). 

 Polyspora axillaris Sweet, Hort. Brit. 61 (1827). — Hooker in Bot. Mag. 



LXIX. t. 4019 (1843). — Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 367 (1852-57). 

 Gordonia axillaris, var. acuminata Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 473 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, low hills, alt. 300-600 m., 

 September 1908 (No. 2448; tree 6-8 m. tall, 0.3-0.6 m. girth, flowers 

 white); same locality, November 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3204); Mt. 

 Omei, October 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4758) ; Nanch'uan, Ta-ho-kou, 

 A. von Rosthorn (No. 147). Yunnan: Mengtsze, forests, alt. 1800- 

 2800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 10398, 11162). Hongkong: C. Wright 

 (No. 58 in Herb. Gray) ; same locality, November 1903, C. S. Sargent. 

 Formosa: South Cape, A. Henry (No. 215); Kelung, May and 

 June 1903, U. Faurie (No. 4). 



This is a common small evergreen tree in the neighborhood of Kiating Fu and 

 Mt. Omei and is in flower during the latter part of the summer and the autumn. 



A picture of this tree will be found under Nos. 390, 391 of the collection of 

 Wilson's photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 245. The 

 trivial differences on which Pritzel bases his var. acuminata are inconstant. 



Gordonia sinensis Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 

 1906, 153. 



Western Szech'uan: Omei Hsien, woods, alt. 600-1000 m., Au- 

 gust and November 1908 (No. 2447; tree 13 m. tall, 2 m. girth, flowers 

 white); Mt. Omei, August 1904, Veitch Exped. (No. 4805). 



The bark of this rare tree is gray, firm and moderately smooth with shallow 

 longitudinal fissures. 



STEWARTIA L. 



Stewartia sinensis Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex v. arbor parva, 2-10-metralis, ramis erecto-patentibus ; ra- 

 muU hornotini glabri v. fere glabri v. patentira pilosi, annotini cinerei, 

 vetustiores cortice fusco-purpureo in laminas tenues solubili vestiti; 

 gemmae acutae, sericeo-pubescentes. Folia membranacea, oblongo- 

 elliptica v. obovato-elliptica, acuminata, basi attenuata v. rarius fere 

 rotundata, remote serrata v. crenato-serrulata, dentibus mucronatis 

 porrectis V. leviter incurvis, 6-10 cm. longa et 2-4 cm. lata, supra glabra, 

 luteo-viridia, subtus paullo pallidora v. flavescentia, glabra costa media 



