GUTTIFERAE. — HYPERICUM 405 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, cliffs, alt. 300 m., April 1907 (No. 2424; 

 bush about 1 m. tall, flowers yellow); same locality, A. Henry (Nos. 

 718, 1999); Hsing-shan Hsien, dry banks and cliffs, alt. 600-1200 m., 

 June 8, 1907 (No. 2423; bush 0.75-1 m. tall, flowers yellow); without 

 precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 473). 



I have not seen the type of H. Giraldii, but Pampanini's statements leave Httle 

 doubt that it is only a variety of H. longistylum, closely connected with the type by 

 the intermediate H. longistylum, var. Silvestrii Pampanini, 



