EUPHORBIACEAE. — DAPHNIPHYLLUM 521 



BISCHOFIA Bl. 



Biscliofia javanica Blume, S?^'(ir. 11G8 (1825). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 

 316 (1861). — Miiller Arg. in De Candolle, Prodr. XV. pt. 2, 478 

 (1866). — Hooker f., FL Brit. Ind. V. 345 (1887). — Hemsley in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 428 (1894). 



Andrachne trifoliata Roxburgh, Hort. Bengal. 70 (nomen nudum) (1814); Fl. 



Ind. ed. 2, III. 728 (1832). 

 Stylodiscus trifoliatus Bennett, PI. Jav. Rar. 133, t. 29 (1840). 

 Bischofia oblongifolia Decaisne in Jacquemont, Voij. IV. 152, t. 154 (1844). 

 Bischofia trifoliata Hooker in Hooker's Icon. IX. t. 844 (1852). 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, roadsides, 30-300 m., April 

 1907 (No. 3402; tree 13-20 m. tall, girth 1.5-2 m., male and female 

 flowers and young fruits) ; south of Ichang, alt. 500 m., October 1901 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 2431; tree 10 m. tall). 



This is a rather rare tree in Hupeh and Szech'uan, where it is found only at low 

 altitudes and is colloquially knowTi as the Wu-yang. It grows to a moderately 

 large size and has normally a rounded head; the trunk is straight and is clothed 

 with gray fissured bark; the wood is soft and of no value. The fruit of our speci- 

 mens is smaller than on specimens from tropical Asia. Pictures of this tree will 

 be found under Nos. 33, 454 of the collection of my photographs and also in my 

 Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 140, 141. ' E. H. W. 



DAPHNIPHYLLUM Bl. 



Daphniphyllum angustifolium Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-2.5 m. altus; ramuli satis robusti, cortice glabro fusco ob- 

 tecti; gemmae axillares oblongo-cylindricae, circiter 0.8 cm. longae, 

 squamis late ovatis coriaceis glabris indutae. Folia anguste oblongo- 

 lanceolata, apice triangulari-acuta, ad basin sensim et breviter angust- 

 ata, 12-16 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, firme chartacea v. subcoriacea, 

 Integra, supra sicco brunneo-viridia, infra leviter glaucescentia, cost a 

 utrinque elevata, infra straminea et valde prominens, basi circiter 2.5 

 mm. lata, ad laminae apicem sensim angustata; nervi laterales utrin- 

 secus 14-16, a costa sub angulo lato divergentes, utrinque aequaliter 

 prominuli, flexuosi, intra marginem circiter 0.5 cm. furcati, conjuncti; 

 venae utrinque vix evidentes; petioli 2-2.5 cm. longi, 2.5 mm. crassi, 

 minutissime verruculosi, ceterum glabri. Flores non visi. Infructes- 

 centiae juniores axillares, racemosae, 2.5 cm. longae, 7-8-florae; rhachis 

 robustus, conspicue flexuosus, longi tudinaliter verrucosus; pcdicelli 

 robusti, 3-4 mm. longi, glabri. Fructus juniores oblique ellipsoidei, 



