SYMPLOCACEAE. 



Detennined by Alfred Rehder. 



SYMPLOCOS Jacq. 



Symplocos paniculata Wallich ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 145 (pro 

 synon.) (1825). — Wallich, Cat. No. 4429 (nomen nudum) (1830).— 

 Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 102 (1867) ; Prol. Fl. Jap. 266 

 (1867).— Makino in Bot. Mag. Tokyo, XVIII. 112 (1904). — Schneider, 

 III. Handb. Lauhholzk. II. 576, fig. 375 a-g (1911). 



Prunus paniculata Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 200 (1784). 



Symplocos crataegoides Hamilton apud D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 145 (1825). — 

 A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 258 (1844). — Brandis, Forest Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 299 (1874); Ind. Trees, 440 (1906). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 143 

 (1877). — Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 573 (1882). — Hemsley in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 72 (1889). — Giirke in Engler & Prautl, Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. IV. Abt. 1, 169 (1890). — Rehder in Holler's Deutsch. Gcirtn.- 

 Zeit. XVI. 100, 2 fig. (1901). — Brand in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 528 (1900); 

 in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-242, 33 (1901). — Collett, Fl. Siml. 305, fig. 95 

 (1902). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. II. t. 68, fig. 1-13 (1908).— 

 Leveill^, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 409 (1915). 



Palura odorata Hamilton ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 145 (pro sj-non.) (1825). 



Lodhra crataegoides, Jacquemont, Voy. IV. 103, t. 110 (1844). 



Symplocos pallida Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 308 (1875). 



Kiangsi : Ruling, abundant, alt. 1300 m., July 28, 1907 (No. 1720; 

 bush 1.5-3 m. tall); north and south of Ichang, common, alt. 300-2800 

 m., April, May, June, September and October 1907 (No. 2536; bush 

 1-4 m. tall, flowers white, fruit blue); same locality, A. Henry (No. 

 2301"); Changyang Hsien, alt. 1300-2000 m., June and October 1907 

 (No. 360; bush 3-5 m. tall); Nanto and mountains to the north- 

 ward, A. Henry (No. 2998);/'Ma-pan-scian," alt. 1000 m., May 1907, 

 " monte Triora," alt. 1950 m., July 3, 1907, " Kao-kien-scian," alt. 

 800 m., C. Silvesiri (Nos. 1762, 1763, 1764); without precise locality, 

 April and June 1900, September 1901 (Veitch Expcd. Nos. 76, 956); 

 without precise locality, A. Henry (Nos. 270, 1149, 1762, 2853, 5755^, 

 5755", 6279, 7723). Szech'uan: without precise locality, A. Henry 

 (Nos. 5492, 5755, 5760). Western Szech'uan : near Tachien-lu, 

 thickets, alt. 1600-2300 m., June and October 1908 (No. 1291; bush 



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