428 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



A picture of C. Turczaninovii, var. ovalifolia will be found under No. 0335 of the 

 collection of Wilson's photographs. 



Carpinus Fargesiana Winkler in Bot. Jahrb. L. Suppl. 506, fig. 6 

 (1914). 



Carpinus yedoensis Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 203 (non Maximowicz) 

 (1899). — Burkill in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 502 (1899). — Diels in Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXIX. 279 (1900). — Winkler in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-61, 35, fig. 

 10 G (1904). — Henry in Elwes& Henry, Trees Gr. Brit. & Irel. III. 529 (pro 

 parte) (1908). — Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isl. I. 297 (pro parte) (1914). 



Western Szech'uan: northeast of Tachien-lu, forests, Ta-p'ao- 

 shan, alt. 2300-2800 m., July 1908 (No. 2211; tree 8-20 m. tall, girth 

 0.6-2.4 m.; fruiting branches). Eastern Szechu'an : district of 

 Tchen-keou-tin, P. Farges (without number; type ex Franchet and 

 Winkler). 



Winkler also refers to his C. Fargesiana a specimen collected by Wilson num- 

 bered 1170" in Herb. Hofmus. Wien, which I have been unable to compare. Nor 

 did I see the type, but Wilson's No. 2211 may be referred to this species which 

 needs further investigation. 1 There may be some relationship between it and 

 those forms I have mentioned under C. Turczaninovii, var. ovalifolia Winkler. It 

 seems best to give a description of No. 2211 because there is no .sufHcient de- 

 Bcription of C. Fargesiana, and there is some doubt whether our specimen is the 

 same as Winkler's type. Arbor 8-20 m. alta; ramuli hornotini versus apicem laxe 

 sericeo-villosi, deinde glabrescentes, brunnei, lenticellis parvis ellipticis flavis nume- 

 rosis conspersi; gemmae vix satis evolutae, satis parvae, ovatae, obtusae, perulis 

 cihatis pluribus cinctae. Foha ovato- v. elliptico-oblonga, firma, subrotunda v. 

 paulo angustata, indistincte cordata, apice sensim breviter acuminata, supra in- 

 tensius viridia, ad costam nervosque et facie inter nervos sericeo-villosula, subtus 

 pallide-viridia, ad costam nervosque plus minusve sericeo-villosula, facie vix pilosa, 

 tenuissime reticulata, in axillis nervorum lateralium distincte prominentium 12-15 

 inter se 3-5 mm. distantium foveolata et barbata, margine dupliciter v. ad apicem 

 Bimpliciter dentato-serrata inter dentes apice nervorum haud v. vix elongatos denti- 

 bus 1-2 secundariis v. nulhs instructa, majora 5-6.5 cm. longa, 2-2.5 cm. lata; 

 petiohs superne sericeis 6-10 mm. longis satis gracilibus instructa. Amenta fructi- 

 fera matura pedunculis 1-1.5 cm. longis laxe sericeis suffulta, circiter 4 cm. longa et 

 2.5 cm. crassa, subdensa, rhachi sericeo-villosula; bracteae late semiovatae, sub- 

 obtusae, latere exteriore dentato-serratae v. lobulato-dentatae, latere interiore 

 integrae, rectae, basi haud v. vix involutae, superne sparse pilosae et ciliatae, 

 Bubtus praesertim ad nervos distinctius i)ilosae, 13-15 mm. longae, 6-8 mm. latae; 

 nuculae late ovatae, interdum a latere compressae, brunneae, longitudinaliter 8-10 

 costato-striatae, apice perigonio distincto coronatae et pilosae sed ceterum facie 

 glabrae, tantum glandulis praesertim versus apicem conspersae, circiter 4 mm. 

 longae et 2.5 mm. crassae. 



1 To these central Chinese forms may be closely related C. Kawakamii Hayata, 

 Icon. PI. Formos. III. 175, fig. 24, t. 33, fig. B (1913), which I know only from the 

 description and the figures. The type was collected by B. Ha.yata in Formosa on 

 Mt. MoiTison, October 1907 (No. 1998). Hayata says: " near C. faginea Lindl.," 

 but according to the plate it seems much nearer to C. Fargesiana Winkler or to 

 C. Hcnryana Winkler. 



