ELAEAGNACEAE. — ELAEAGNUS 415 



constrictus, apicem versus paullo latiore, circiter 5 mm. longus, 

 squamis ferrugineis v. pallidioribus ferrugineis intermixtis obtectus; 

 lobi late triangulari-ovati, apiculati, 2.5 mm. longi, intus stellato- 

 pilosi; antherae ellipsoideo-oblongae, 1.75 mm. longae, fuscae, 2/3 

 loborum aequantes, filamentis dimidios lobos aequantibus; stylus 

 leviter flexuosus, glaber, medios lobos pauUulo superans. Fructus 

 oblongus, salmoneo- v. aurantiaco-ruber; putamen ellipsoideo-oblon- 

 gum, utrinque attenuatum, 8-costatum, 14 mm. longum et 6 mm. 

 diam. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, ravines, alt. 600 m., April 

 1907 (No. 3565, type; spreading bush, 1-3 m. tall, flowers yellowish); 

 Hsing-shan Hsien, ravines, alt. 300-750 m., May 10, 1907 (No. 3565^ 

 scandent shrub, 3-5 m., fruit salmon-red); same locality, June 1907 

 (No. 59; bush 1.25-4 m., fruit orange-red); without precise locality, 

 A. Henry (Nos. 5154, 5473). 



This species seems to be most closely related to E. difficilis Servettaz, which 

 differs according to the description and figures in its much narrower leaves slightly 

 undulate on the margins, in the somewhat shorter flowers with subsessile anthers 

 nearly enclosed in the mouth of the perianth and in the style exceeding the anthers. 

 In foliage it resembles E. glabra Thunberg to which I refer Henry's No. 3193 from 

 Hupeh, but that species is easily distinguished by the slenderer less ferrugineous 

 flowers gradually narrowed toward the base and not constricted above the ovary. 

 The other allied species, as E. Henriji Warburg, E. lanceolata Warburg, E. viridis 

 Servettaz and E. Bockii Diels, differ in the under surface of the leaves being densely 

 covered with silvery white or yellowish scales. 



Here may be added notes on several species not collected during the Arnold 

 Arboretum Expeditions. 



Elaeagnus stellipila Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex metralis v. ultra, inermis, ramis angulo circiter 60° divergentibus; ramuli 

 hornotini dense tomento stellato albido-fulvescente obtecti, tertio anno glabre- 

 ecentesetbrunnei, nitiduh; gemmae fulvae, stellato-tomentosae. Folia papyracea, 

 partim per hiemem persistentia, ovalia v. ovata, obtusiuscula v. brevissime et 

 obtuse acuminato, basi subcordata v. rotundata, 1.5-3.5 cm. longa et 0.9-2 cm. 

 lata, supra initio laxa stellato-pilosa, demum glabia, obscure viridia, subtus dense 

 tomento stellato albido v. flavescente obtecta, utrinque nervis 4-5 supra ut costa 

 media impressis, subtus leviter elevatis; petioli circiter 2 mm. longi, dense stellato- 

 tomentosi. Flores 1-3 vcre in axillis foliorum novellorum et annotinorum nascentes, 

 fere sessiles, albidi, extus dense stellato-tomentosi tomento perigonii albido, ovarii 

 fulvido, tubo perigonii cylindrico, leviter quadrangulato, circiter 7 mm. longo, 

 basi subito contracto intus glabro faiice piloso excepto, lobis ovatis acuminatis 

 circiter 4 mm. longis intus etellato-pilosis; antherae filamentis brevibus, obtusae 

 V. apiculatae, 2 mm. longae, fere medium loborum attingentes; stylus glaber, 

 antheras non siiperans; ovarium ovoideum, 2 mm. longum; discus tenuis, cupularis. 

 Fructus desideratur. 



Western Szech'uan: banks of Yangtsze River, May 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 4418). 



