THYMELAEACEAE. — DAPHNE 539 



Daphne Fortunei Lindley in Jour. Ilort. Soc. Lond. I. 147 (1S46); II. 34, t. 1 



(1847). — Lemaire in Fl. des Serr. III. t. 208 (1847). — Franchet in M6m. 



Soc. Nat. Cherbourg, XXIV. 250 (1882). 

 Daphne Genkwa, var. Fortunei Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, VII. 



69 (PL David. I. 259) (1884). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 403 



(1909). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, hillsides, abundant, alt. 300-1000 m., 

 March 20, and June 1907 (No. 19; shrub 0.5-1.2 m. tall, flowers 

 lilac, fruit white); same locality, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 33); 

 "Kao-kien-scian," alt. 800 m.. May, June 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1534); 

 without precise locality, A. Henry (Nos. 1.541, 7873). Shantung: 

 Cape Yatan, Tai-ching-gong, April 14, 1902, R. Zimmermann (No. 

 535). Chekiang: Ningpo, 1910, D. Macgregor. 



This species is a native of China; in Japan it is only cultivated. 



Daphne acutiloba Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 0.6-1.5 m. altus, dichotome v. interdum subverticillatim ra- 

 mosus; rami hornotini pilis strigosis brevibus flavis nitidulis obtecti, 

 annotini glabrescentes v. fere glabri, ut vetustiores laeves, purpurei v. 

 fusco-rubri. Folia coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata v. oblanceolata v. 

 lanceolata, breviter obtuse acuminato acumine interdum leviter emar- 

 ginato plerumque mucronulato rarius acutiusculo, basi in petiolum 

 brevissimum marginatum attenuata v. subsessilia, 4-8 cm. longa et 

 1-2, rarius ad 2.5 cm. lata, supra nitida, luteo-viridia, in sicco leviter 

 V. vix corrugata, subtus fere concoloria, utrinque glaberrima, nervis 

 utrinsecus 7-10 subtus leviter elevatis, supra plerumque leviter im- 

 pressis. Flores albi, in capitulis 5-7-floris in apice innovationis basi 

 perulis oblongo-lanceolatis ciliatis caducis circumdatae plus minusve 

 elongatae et bracteis sparsis ovalibus ciliatis caducis et saepe foliaceis 

 persistentibus glabris instructae, breviter pedicellati pedicellis sericeo- 

 strigosis 0.5-1.5 mm. longis v. subsessiles; perianthii tubus cylindricus, 

 11 mm. longus, glaber, lobis 4 ovato-oblongis acutis dimidium tubum 

 pauUo superantibus ; antherae 8, oblongae, obtusae, 1.5 mm. longae, 

 superiores basin loborum vix attingentes, inferiores supra medium tubi 

 affixae, filamentis 0.5 mm. longis basi bulboso-dilatatis; pistillum 4 mm. 

 longum, basi disco annulari 0.5 mm. alto circumdatum, ovario ovoideo 

 glabro, stigmate magno capitato subsessili. Fructus ruber; semen 

 ovoideum, leviter apiculatum, 5-6 mm. longum, nigrescens, vix 

 nitidum. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woods, alt. 1800-2100 m., June 

 1908 (No. 2946, type); Wa-shan woods, alt. 2100 m., June 1908 (No. 



