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This species seems to be most nearly related to E. Grijsii Hance, which differs 

 according to the description chiefly in its long pedicellate stellate hairs, in the 

 presence of spines, in the ferruginous tomentum of the branchlets and of the 

 flowers, in the campanulate tube of the perigon attenuate toward the base, and in 

 the sparingly lepidote style being shorter than the anthers. To E. mollis Diela 

 and E. yunnanensis Servettaz, which also have stellate tomentum, the new species 

 seems to be less closely related. 



Elaeagnus Bocku Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 482 (1900). — Servettaz in BoL 

 Centralb. Beih. XXV. pt. 2, 89 (1909). 



Western Szecn'uan: hills around Kiating, October 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 4420; shrub 2 m. tall); " Ch'ung fan p'u," A. von Rosthorn (No. 3144, type). 



Wilson's specimen is in full flower and agrees very well with Rosthorn's No. 

 3144, except that the leaves are somewhat broader and attain a length of 10 cm. 

 and a width of 3.5 cm. and that it shows no spines. 



Elaeagnus Loureirii Champion in Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. V. 196 

 (1853). — Schlechtendal in De Candolle, Prodr. XIV. 613 (1857); in Linnaea 

 XXX. 373 (I860). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 298 (1861). — Maximowicz in Bull. 

 Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, ser. 3, XV. 378 (1870); in Mel. Biol. VII. 559 (1871). — 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 403 (1894). — Servettaz in Bot. Centralb. 

 Beih. XXV. pt. 2, 68, fig. 3, 12-15 (1909). 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, alt. 1500m., A. Henry (Nos. 9857, 9858, 11457); Talang, 

 alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 11574); Szemao, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12787, 

 12787% 12787''). Kwangtung: Hongkong, Wilford, C. Wright (No. 397) and 

 Mrs. Gibbs, Nov. 1909 (Ex Herb. Hongkong, No. 8170). 



This species apparently has not been recorded before from Yunnan. Henry's 

 specimens agree in their somewhat thinner, narrower and long-acuminate leaves 

 very well with Mrs. Gibbs's specimen, while Wilford's and Wright's specimens have 

 the leaves broader, less acuminate and of firmer texture. The Yunnan specimens 

 differ further in the style exceeding the anthers and in No. 11457 even the lobes of 

 the perigon, and in the less uniformly ferruginous color of the flowers of some of 

 the specimens, as Nos. 9857, 11457, 11574 and 12787, on which there is an admix- 

 ture of paler scales. The Yunnan form might possibly be distinguished as a variety 

 from the typical Hongkong form, but for specific separation the differences seem 

 too slight. 



Elaeagnus macrantha Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.25 m. altus, ramis ferrugineis satis rigidis; gemmae ferrugineae. Folia 

 chartacea, persistentia, elliptica v. elliptico-oblonga, apice breviter obtuseque 

 acuminata, basi late cuneata v. fere rotundata, 9-13 cm. longa et 4.2-5 cm. lata, 

 supra maturitate glabra, luteo-viridia, subtus dense albido-lepidota squamis fer- 

 rugineis admixtis, costa media et nervis secundariis ferrugineis, nervis utrinsecus 

 5-7 supra ut costa media impressis, subtus elevatis; petioli canaliculati, 7-10 mm. 

 longi, ferruginei. Flores 1-5 suberecti in ramulis brevissimis aphyllis petiolo 

 brevioribus ex axillis foliorum orientibus; pedicelli 3-7 mm. longi, argenteo-lepidoti, 

 tubus perigonii late campanulatus, in sicco leviter 8-costatus, 8-9 mm. longus, 

 extus ut lobi et ovarium dense argenteo-lepidotus, infra lobos non v. vix constrictus, 

 basi rotundatus et supra ovarium ovoideum 2-3 mm. longum manifeste constrictus, 

 intus glaber, lobi ovati, acuminati, 6-7 mm. longi, intus stellato-pilosi; filamenta 

 3 mm. longa, antheris oblongis longiora; stylus rectus, apice recurvatus, antheras 

 superans lobis paullo brevior, sparsissime lepidota; discus vix distinctus. Fructus 

 desideratur. 



Yunnan: Szemao, east 50 miles, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (No. 12818; erect 

 shrub 1.25 m., spiny, flowers white). 



