CORNACEAE. — HELWINGIA 571 



Wilson's specimens are somewhat less glaucous and less strongly papillose than 

 Henry's and Farges's specimens and form a transition toward the type. 



Helwingia himalaica Hooker f. & Thomson apud Clarke in Hooker f., 

 Fl. But. Ind. II. 726 (1879). — Harms in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 505 

 (1900). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 357 (1906). — Wangerin in Engler, 

 PJlanzenr. IV.-229, 37 (1910). 



Western Szech'uan: Hung-ya Hsien, red sandstone cliffs, alt. 

 800 m., September 6, 1908 (No. 2415; shrub 45 cm. tall; fruit red); 

 Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4942; shrub 3 m. tall). 

 Yunnan: Mengtsze, woods, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 9032, 

 9032% 9032 ^ 9032", red fruit); Szemao, alt. 1300-1600 m., A. Henry 

 (Nos. 11992, 11992''; shrub 2 m., fruit red). 



Wilson's specimens from Szech'uan differ somewhat from typical H. himalaica 

 in their thicker bluish green leaves and less numerous staminate flowers. The 

 fruits of the Szech'uan and of the Yunnan specimens are red, and this appears to 

 be also the color of the fruits of Himalayan specimens before me, though in none 

 of the descriptions of this species is the color mentioned. 



Helwingia chinensis Batahn in Act. Hort. Petrop. XIII. 97 (1893). — 

 Harms in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 505 (1900). — Wangerin in Fedde, Rey. 

 Spec. Nov. IV. 337 (1907) ; in Engler, PJlanzenr. IV.-229, 37, fig. 8 

 (1910). 



Helwingia japonica, var. himalaica Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 

 2, VIII. 249 (PI. David. II. 67) (non H. himalaica Hooker f. & Thomson) 

 (188.5). 

 Helwingia rusciflora Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 341 (pro parte, non 

 Willdenow) (1888). 



Western Szech'uan: Chiu-ting-shan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., 

 May 22, 1908 (No. 172^, bush 1-2 m. tall); Niu-tou-shan, west of 

 Kuan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 172''); 

 Lungan Fu, Tu-ti-liang-shan, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., August 

 1910 (Nos. 4471, 4472; bush 2 m. tall, fruit black); near Sungpan 

 Ting, thickets, alt. 2300-3000 m., August 1910 (No. 4473, bush 1.5 

 m. tall, fruit black); Nanch'uan, A. von Rosthorn (Nos. 1672, 1684 

 [var. longipedicellata Wangerin], 1698); without precise locality, 

 August 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3696), A. Henry (No. 5282^). 



Helwingia chinensis, var. macrocarpa Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. 

 Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 681, fig. 16 (1910). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, rocky places, alt. 

 1300 m., June and August 1907 (No. 172, bush 1-2 m. tall); without 

 precise locality, A. Henry (No. 6719). 



