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fere rotundata, apice rotundata v. breviter obtuse acuminata, 2.5-5 

 cm. longa et 1.5-2.3 cm. lata, rarius majora, ea turionum plerumque 

 oblongo-obovata v. elliptico-oblonga, basi cuneata, apice acuminata 

 V. rarius obtusiuscula, 5-10 cm. longa et 2.5 -3.8 cm. lata, omnia subtus 

 dense argenteo-lepidota, nitida, interdum praesertim basalia et minora 

 squamis flavis v. ferrugineis paucis conspersa, supra squamis argenteis 

 laxe V. initio interdum dense conspersa v. fere glabra, luteo-viridia, 

 opaca; petioli canaliculati, squamis albidis ferrugineis v. flavis inter- 

 mixtis obtecti, 3-6 mm. longi. Flores 1-3, axillares, in ramulis abbrevi- 

 atis congesti, albidi, extus dense argenteo-lepidoti, cernui, breviter 

 pedicellati pedicello 3-5 mm. longa; perigonii tubus tubuloso-campanu- 

 latus, plus minusve quadrangularis, basi subito contractus, 7-8 mm. 

 longus; lobi rotundato-ovati, acuminulati, intus glabri, 5-6 mm. longi, 

 tubum dimidium aequantes v. superantes; antherae subsessiles, nudae, 

 obtusae, 4 mm. longae; stylus glaber, apice leviter incurvatus; ova- 

 rium anguste ellipsoideum, argenteo-lepidotum 3 mm. longum. Fructus 

 ellipsoideo-oblongus, 12-15 mm. longus, succulentus, ut videtur ruber, 

 argenteo-lepidotus, styli basi persistente coronatus, nutans, pedicello 

 4-6 mm. longo; putamen manifeste 8-costatum, anguste ellipsoideum, 

 utrinque attenuatum, circiter 12 mm. longum et 4.5 mm. diam. 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, rocky places, com- 

 mon, alt. 300-900 m., May 6 and June 1907 (No. 50; bush 1.25-2.75 m. 

 tall, flowers white, fruit red; same locality, A. Henry (No. 1637, type; 

 quoted by Servettaz as 1437) ; Changyang Hsien, ravines, alt. 300-750 

 m., April and June 1907 (No. 50^; bush 1.25-3.25 m. tall, flowers 

 yellow); same locality, roadsides, alt. 300-750 m.. May 1907 (No, 

 3568; bush 1.75-2.75 m. tall); Fang Hsien, side of streams, alt. 600- 

 1200 m., May 21, 1907 (No. 3561''); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 600-1200 m.. May 1907 (No. 3559; bush 1.75-2 m. tall, flowers yel- 

 low); without precise locality, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 106); 

 without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 7775). 



Servettaz, who had seen only fruiting specimens, referred this plant as a large- 

 fruited subspecies to E. umbcllata Thunberg, but Wilson's specimens which un- 

 doubtedly belong to the same form show that the flowers are tubular-campanulate 

 with a rather short broad tube distinctly constricted at the base, not tubular and 

 gradually narrowed toward the base as in E. umbellata. Wilson's Nos. 50* and 

 3568 agree in fruit and leaf very well with Henry's No. 1637 except that the texture 

 of the leaves is slightly firmer; the other specimens have somewhat smaller, more 

 obtuse and more chartaceous leaves. 



Elaeagnus multiflora Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 66 (1784). — Schlechtendal 

 in De Candolle, Prodr. XIV. 614 (1857). — Hooker f. in Bot. 



