ARALIACEAE. — ARALIA 567 



A picture of A. chinensis will be found under No. 0110 of the collection of 

 Wilson's photographs. 



Aralia chinensis, var. glabrescens Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. 

 II, 431 (1909). 



Dimorphanthus elatus Miquel, Comm. Phytoq. 95, t. 12 (1840). 



? Aralia canescens Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Munch. IV. 2, 202 {Fl. 



Jap. Fam. Nat. I. 94) (1845). 

 Aralia elala Seemann in Jour. Bat. VI. 134 (1868); Rev. Hederac. 90 (18GS). 

 Aralia spinosa, var. glabrescens Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 191 



(1875). 

 Aralia chinensis, var. canescens Koehne, Dendr. 432 (1893). 

 Aralia spinosa, var. elata Sargent in Garden & Forest, VI. 233 (1893); Forest 



Fl. Jap. 44 (1894); Silva N. Am. V. 60 (1895). 



Northern Hupeh: " Monte Triora," alt. 1950 m., October 1907, 

 C. Silvestri (No, 1609). Eastern Szech'uan : Wushan Hsien, alt. 

 900-1200 m., thickets, September 1907 (No. 128^ shrub 3 m. tall, 

 fruit black). Western Szech'uan: Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan 

 Hsien, alt. 2400-2700 m., October 1910 (No. 4386; bush 3 m. tall, fruit 

 black); Mao-chou, Min River valley, thickets, alt. 2400 m., August 

 1910 (No. 4560; bush 2-2.6 m. tall, flowers white); without precise 

 locality, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3692; specimen foliolis subtus 

 parce pubescentibus). Northern Shensi : Tai-pei-shan, 1910, W. 

 Purdom (No, 1; specimen foholis angustis). 



This variety differs from the type in the glabrous or nearly glabrous glaucescent 

 under side of the leaflets; from the equally glabrous A. chinensis, var. mandshurica 

 Rehder it differs chiefly in the usually smaller, more chartaceous leaflets with 

 smaller appressed teeth. Wilson's No. 128" has somewhat larger leaves with more 

 pubescent veins and forms thus a transition toward the type. 



Aralia Wilsonii Harms, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, 2-3 m. alta, ramulis subglabris v. minute puberulis. 

 Folia ampla, longe petiolata, duplo-pinnata, petiolo ipso circiter 14-16 

 cm. longo, rhachi tota cum petiolo circiter 30-40 cm. longa, glabra v. 

 subglabra, pinnis bijugis v. trijugis, rhachi folii ad basin pinnarum 

 infimarum interdum pari foliolorum instructa, foliola in pinnis 3-7, 

 petiolulata v. superiora sessilia v. subsessilia, oblongo-ovata v. ovata, 

 basi saepe obliqua obtusa v. rotundata v. emarginulata v. obtusiuscula 

 V. rarius leviter cuneato-angustata, apice longiuscule acuminata, mar- 

 gine simpliciter' V. duplicate serrulata, glabra v. subglabra, 3-5 cm. 

 longa, 1.5-2.5 cm. lata; inflorescentia terminalis ampla, ramosa, axi ra- 

 mulisque glabris v. subglabris, umbellis verticillatis v. racemosis, pe- 

 dunculatis, pedunculis 3-6 mm. longis, pcdicellis glabris v. subglabris 



