ELAEAGNACEAE. — ELAEAGNUS 411 



Elaeagnus umheUata, ssp. parvifolia Servettaz in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s6r. 2, 

 VIII. 383 (1908); in Bot. Centralb. Beih. XX. 2, 55 (1909). 



Elaeagnus umheUata, var. parvifolia Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 

 411, fig. 280 d-e (1909). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, side of streams, abundant, alt. 

 600-1200 m., May 21, 1907 (No. 3561; bush 1-3 m., flowers white); 

 " Kao-kien-scian," alt. 800 m., May-June 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1548). 

 Western Szech'uan: Hung-ya Hsien, Wa-wu-shan, thickets, alt. 

 1500 m., June and September 12, 1908 (No. 835, in part; bush 2-3 ra., 

 flowers white, fruit bright red); Niu-tou-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, 

 alt. 1200-1800 m., June 26, 1908 (No. 835, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall, 

 flowers white, becoming yellow with age) ; Min valley, around Mao- 

 chou, alt. 1200-2000 m., May 23-24 and August 1908 (No. 835, in 

 part; bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers creamy-white, fruit scarlet); Wa-shan, 

 thickets, alt. 1500 m., June and August 1908 (No. 835, in part; bush 

 1.25-2 m. tall, flowers white, fruit scarlet); Tung valley, east of 

 Tachien-lu, side of streams. May 1908 (No. 3556; bush 1-2 m. tall); 

 without precise locality, roadside, alt. 2000 m., July 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4419). Western Kansu : Choni district, 1912, Wm. 

 Purdom. Shensi: "Monte Kan-y-san ad O. del Lao-y-san," June 

 11-12, 1897, G. Giraldi; Yenan Fu, 1910, W. Purdom. Shan-si: 

 Ching-pin, May 1907, F. N. Meyer (No. 413). Shantung: Tsingtau, 

 1901, Zimmermann (No. 370). 



The Szech'uan plant seems to be most closely related to the Himalayan var. 

 parvifolia Schneider, as it has the winter-buds and branchlets covered with silvery 

 scales, the inner surface of the lobes of the perianth stellate-pilose and the anthers, 

 at least partly, apiculate, but the pubescence of the style is scaly, hke that of 

 typical E. umheUata, not stellate as in var. parvifolia. The specimens, however, 

 from Shensi and Shantung, and Silvestri's specimen from Hupeh, are nearer to 

 the typical Japanese form. This shows that while the Szech'uan plant approaches 

 the Himalayan form, the plant of the northern and northeastern provinces is 

 almost identical with the Japanese plant. 



Elaeagnus magna Rehder, n. sp. 



Elaeagnus umbcllata, ssp. magna Servettaz in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s^r. 2, 

 VIII. 383 (1908); in Bot. Centralb. Beih. XXV. 2, 58 (1909). 



Frutex 1-3-metralis; rami elongati, inermes v. spinis brevibus nudis 

 V. longioribus foliatis muniti, juniores squamis albidis v. flavido-albidis 

 interdum fulvis intermixtis obtecti, vetustiores cinereo-fusci; gemmae 

 ferrugineae v. fulvae. Folia deciduav.partim per hiemem persistentia, 

 membranacea v. chartacea, ea ramulorum floriferorum plerumque 

 obovata v. elliptica v. obovato-oblonga, basi late cuneata v. rarius 



