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Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (Nos. 7119, type, 5502, 

 both in Herb. Gray). 



This variety seems to be nearest to D. odora, var. kiusiana Keissler (D. kiusiana 

 Miquel) which differs chiefly in the persistent bracts, the thinner leaves and in the 

 usually paler, often yellowish brown color of the branchlets. The leaves resemble 

 those of the var. kiusiana in their shape and are longer and narrower (about 

 7-11 cm. long and 2-3.5 cm. broad) than those of the type. 



8. Daphne sinensis Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. II. 438 (1791). — Meisner in De 

 Candolle, Prodr. XIV. 537 (1857). — Keissler in Bot. Jahrb. XXV. 91 (1898). 



Daphne odora Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 237 (non Thunberg) (1790). — Jacquin, 

 Hort. Schoenbrunn. 111. 54, t. 351 (1798). — Loiseleur, Herb. Amat. 11. 105, 

 t. (1817). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 395 (pro parte) (1891). 



Daphne indica Loiseleur, Herb. Amat. II. t. 105 (pro sjTion. et in tab., non 

 Linnaeus) (1817). 



Daphne chinensis Sprengel, Syst. II. 237 (1825). 



China (ex Lamarck) and Cochinchina (ex Loureiro). 



1 have seen no specimens of this plant and it seems doubtful whether it is speci- 

 fically distinct from the preceding species. 



9. Daphne pap3rracea WalUch apud Steudel, Nomencl. ed. 2, I. 483 (1841). — 

 Meisner in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Ges. III. 282 (1841); in De Candolle, Prodr. 

 XIV. 537 (1857). — Decaisne in Jacquemont, Voy. IV. 143, t. 148 (1844). — Bran- 

 dis, Forest Fl. Brit. Ind. 386 (1874). — Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 

 258 (1912). 



Daphne cannabina Walhch in As. Research. XIII. 315, t. 7, 8 (non Loureiro) 

 (1820). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 193 (1890). — Keissler in Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXV. 93 (1898). — CoUett, Fl. Siml. 435, fig. 140 (1902). — Brandis, Ind. 

 Trees, 544 (1906). 



Daphne papyrifera Hamilton mss. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 68 (pro 

 synon.) (1825). — Leveille, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 416 (1915). 



Daphne papyracea, f. grandiflora Meisner apud Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edin- 

 burgh, VII. 290 (1912). 



Yunnan: Feng-chen-lin, mountain woods, alt. 2400 m., A. Henry (No. 10118; 

 shrub 1-3 m. tall, flowers white, very fragrant) ; Mengtsze, mountains to south, alt. 

 1800 m., A. Henry (No. 10118^; shrub 1 m. tafl, flowers white) ; same locality, east- 

 ern forests, alt. 2100 m., A. Henry (No. 11363; shrub 0.6 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fragrant); Yuan-chiang, alt. 1800 m., A. Henry (No. 13293; shrub 2 m., flowers 

 white, fragrant) ; Mekong VaUey, alt. 2100-2400 m., G. Forrest (No. 5024, as D. 

 papyracea f. grandiflora); "sous bois des mont. a Ta-tchai," April 1913, E. E. 

 Maire; without precise locality, J. Cavalerie. Also on the Himalayas from Chamba 

 to Bhotan and on the Kliasia Mts. 



I am not sure that Maire's specimen, which is very fragmentary, belongs here; 

 the flowers and the bracts are silky pubescent, but the leaves resemble those of 

 D. acutiloba Rehder. Another specimen from Yunnan, without locahty, collected 

 by J. Cavalerie, is very similar. 



Daphne papyracea, var. crassiuscula Rehder, n. var. 

 A typo recedit ramis junioribus crassiusculis purpureo-fuscis glabris, fohos 

 magis coriaceis et plerumque latioribus, capitulis densifloris, floribus dense villoso- 

 eericeis, tubo latiore et breviore, lobis ovatis acutiusculis v. obtusiusculis. 



