ELAEAGNACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder. 



HIPPOPHAE L. 



Hippophae rhamnoides Linnaeus, S-pec. 1023 (1753). — Schlecht- 

 endal in De Candolle, Prodr. XIV. 607 (1857). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. 203 (1890). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6t. 2, 

 VII. 71 {PI. David. I. 261) (1884). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. 405 (1894). — Servettaz in Bot. Centralb. Beih. XXV. 2, 5 

 (1909). — Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. II. 407, fig. 277 a-i, 

 278 a-d (1909). 



Osyris rhamnoides Scopoli, Fl. Cam. ed. 2, II. 261 (1772). 



Rhamnoides hippophae Moench, Meth. 343 (1794). 



Hippophae littoralis Salisbury, Prodr. 71 (1796). 



Hippophae rhamnoides B. H. r. sibirica Hort. Belv. apud Steudel, Nomencl. 



410 (nomen nudum) (1821). 

 Hippophae sibirica Hort. ex Steudel, Nomencl. II. 770 (pro synom.) (1841). 

 Hippophaes rhamnoideum St. Lager ^ ex Jackson, Ind. Kew. I. 1164 (pro 



synon.) (1895). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, river bottoms, woodlands, alt. 2100 

 m., August 1908 (No. 928"). Shensi: Wu-tai-shan, W. Purdom 

 (No. 189). Chili: Hsiao Wu-tai-shan, alt. 1500 m., August 23, 

 1913, F. W. Meyer (No. 1323). 



Hippophae rhamnoides, var. procera Rehder in Bailey, Standard 

 Cycl. Hort. III. 1495 (sine descriptione latina) (1915). 



A typo recedit praecipue ramulis junioribus praeter squamas pilis 

 fasciculatis longis vestitis ideoque praesertim apicem versus dense 

 villoso-tomentosis, foliis supra initio pilis stellatis laxe vestitis demum 

 glabris. Frutex v. arbor ad 18 m. alta, trunco ad 4.5 m. in circuitu 

 metiente, ramis spinosis paucis vix rigidis munita v. fere inermis; 

 ramuli juniores praesertim apicem versus villoso-tomentosi. Folia 

 oblongo-lanceolata v. lanceolata, acuta v. acutiuscula, basi ple- 

 rumque late cuneata, 3-6 cm. longa et 0.7-1.5 cm. lata, supra initio 



» In the place cited by Jackson (Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon, VII. 88 [1880]) St. Lager 

 does not make the combination attributed to him, but says merely that Hippo- 

 phaes is neuter. 



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