CORNACEAE. — CORNUS 579 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, A. Henry (Nos. 9176, 9170% 9170^ tree 5-9 m. 

 tall). 



Wilson's No. 1851 from Patung Heien differs from the typical form in the much 

 narrower elliptic-oblong, acute or somewhat acuminate bracts, which are about 

 3 cm. long and 0.8-1 cm. broad and resemble in shape those of C. kousa Buerger. 



Cornus capitata, var. mollis Rehder, var. nov. 



A tj^po recedit foliis subtus et petiolis et ramulis junioribus moUiter 

 crispulo-villosis, foliis supra initio sparse villosis demum glabrescenti- 

 bus plerumque ellipticis 4.5-7 cm. longis et 2-3.5 latis. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1400 m., rare, 

 July 1907 (No. 1850, tree 6 m. tall, bark gray, flowers white). 



In the section Thelycrania one would be inclined to consider the difference in 

 the pubescence a specific character, but as the proposed variety agrees in all other 

 characters with the typical species it seems better to treat it as a well marked 

 variety. 



Here may be added notes on three species not collected during the Arnold 

 Arboretum Expeditions. 



Cornus oblonga WaUich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. I. 432 (1820). — D. Don, Prodr. Fl. 

 Nepal. 140 (1825). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 272 (1830). — Brandis, Forest Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 253 (1874); Ind. Trees, 358, fig. 188 (1906). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. 

 Burma,!. 545 (1877). — Clarke in Hooker f., /^Z. Brit. Ind.U.7U (1879). — Collett, 

 Fl. Siml. 220 (1902). — Wangerin in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-229, 64 (1910). 



Szech'uan: without precise locahty, A. Henry (No. 7031, distributed as 

 "Viburnum"). Yunnan: Mi-le district, A. Henry (No. 9930); Mengtsze, alt. 

 1800-2800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 11161, 11397). 



Henry's No. 7031 has the young branchlets, petioles and the under side of the 

 leaves quite villose; his 9930 from Yunnan is almost as villose, while the other 

 numbers are only sHghtly pubescent. 



Cornus Bretschneideri L. Henry in Jardin, XIII. 309, fig. 154 (1899). — Koehne 

 in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. XII. 45 (1903). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lmibholzk. 

 II. 446, fig. 298 d-di (1909). — Wangerin in Engler, Pflmizenr. IV.-229, 67 (1910). 

 Cornus aspera Wangerin in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. VI. 97 (1908). 



Chili: Hsiao Wu-tai-shan, August 8, 1913, F. N. Mexjcr (No. 89); same local- 

 ity, August 23, 1913, F. N. Meyer (No. 90). W^estern Kansu: on road to Si- 

 kou, August 13, 1910, W. Purdom. 



Cornus Wilsoniana Wangerin in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. Yl. 97 (1908).— Schnei- 

 der, III. Handh. Laubholzk. II. 444, fig. 2961 (1909). — Wangerin in Engler, 

 Pflanzenr. IV.-229, 65 (1910). 



Western Hupeh: without precise locality. May 1901 (Veitch. Exped. No. 

 764, in part, flowering branch with the corollas mostly dropped and fruiting branch), 

 A. Henry (No. 300). 



This 8i)ocips has been confused with C. Waltcri Wangerin, to which the flowering 

 branches partly in bud of the type number belong. 



