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Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200-1500 m., July 1907 (No. 1967; bush 2.30- 

 3.30 m.); without precise locality, July 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 2229); without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 7909). Western 

 Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, August 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4936); same 

 locality, July 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4937; specimen folioHs valde 

 angustis). 



Acanthopanax leucorrhizus, var. fulvescens Harms & Rehder, n. var. 



A typo recedit foliolis subtus praesertim ad costam et nervos fulvo- 

 villosis, supra setis brevibus subaccumbentibus scabris, interdum sub- 

 tus ad costam tantum villosis et supra sparse et minute setulosis, sim- 

 pliciter rarius dupliciter serratis, petiolulis densius et petiolis sparse 

 fulvo-villosis interdum glabris v. fere glabris. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, 

 alt. 2300 m., July 1900 (No. 1975, type; bush about 3 m. tall, flowers 

 white); around Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 1800 m., August and Sep- 

 tember 1908 (Nos. looi, 1023; bush 1.30-2 m., flowers greenish, fruit 

 black); same locahty, woods, August 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3693^); 

 northeast of Sungpan Ting, thickets, alt. 2400-2700 m., August 1910 

 (No. 4558; bush 3-4 m. tall). Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, 

 thickets, alt. 1100-1500 m., September 1907 (No. 288; bush 1.60-2 m. 

 tall, fruit black). 



This variety differs from the type chiefly in the fulvous pubescence of the veins 

 on the under side of the leaflets and in the scabrous pubescence of the upper side; 

 the number of leaflets varies from 3 to 5. They are mostly elliptic and rather large 

 and broad, in some si)ecimens 6-13 cm. long, 2.5-6 cm. broad, sharply and rather 

 closely serrate and often slightly doubly serrate, rarely distinctly doubly serrate as 

 in No. 288 and particularly in No. 4558, which tlius form a transition to the fol- 

 lowing variety, altliough they lack the bristles on the veins and petioles. 



Acanthopanax leucorrhizus, var. scaberulus Harms & Rehder, n. var. 



A typo recedit foliis semper 5-foliolatis, foliolis plerumque obovato- 

 oblongis V. oblanceolatis dupliciter serratis dentibus acuminatis v. 

 setoso-acuminatis, supra scabridis, subtus praesertim ad nervos cos- 

 tamque plus minusve crispulo-villosis et ad costam setosis raro fere 

 inermibus, petiolis setosis, raro fere inermibus. 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200 m., September 

 1907 (No. 323, type; bush 1-1.6, fruit black); same locality, August 

 and September 1907 (No. 323*; bush 1.6 m. tall, flowers greenish 

 white, fruit black) ; Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1500-1800 m., August 

 and September 1907 (No. 323^; bush 1.3-1.6 m. tall); without precise 

 locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5950°, 6503**). Western Szech'uan: Wa- 



