OLEACEAE. — LIGUSTRUM 603 



viore; antherae oblongae, flavae, lobis coroUae paullo breviores, erectae 

 V. suberectae, basi in tubo inclusae. Fructus desideratur. 



Western Szech'uan: descent of Hsao-chin-ho, near Hongkong 

 Ting, alt. 2300-2800 m., June 29, 1908 (No. 3498, type) ; Tung River 

 valley, July 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4084). 



This species seems most closely related to L. Massalongianum Visiani which 

 differs in its densely pubescent inflorescence, with suberect ramifications, pubescent 

 and closely lenticellate branchlets; in the longer corolla-tube and shorter ex- 

 serted anthers. The variability in the length of the corolla-tube is rather unusual 

 in the genus; in Wilson's No. 4084 the tube is as long or somewhat longer than 

 the lobes, while in No. 3498 it is about as long or shorter than the lobes. 



Ligustrum lucidum Alton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, I. 19 (1810). — Loise- 

 leur-Delongchamps, Herb. Amat. IV. t. 264 (1820).— Sims in Bot. 

 Mag. LII. t. 2565 (1825). — De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 293 (1844). — 

 Hance in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 82 (1873). — Decaisne in Fl. des 

 Serres, XXII. 8 (1877); in Norn. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, II. 20 

 (1879). — Plemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 92 (1889). — Dippel, 

 Handb. Laubholzk. I. 129, fig. 78 (1889). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 

 532 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 

 690 (1910); XVIII. 134 (1911). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. 

 II. 796, fig. 500 I.e. 501 k-m (1911). — Leveille, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 

 295 (1914). 



Phillyrea paniculata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. I. 100 (1820); ed. 2, I. 100 (1832). — 



Roemer & Schultes Syst. Mant. I. 82 (1822). — Sprengel, -SysL I. 33 



(1825). 

 Olea clavata G. Don, Gen. Syst. IV. 49 (1838). 



Ligustridium japonicum Spach, Hist. Veg. VIII. 271 (pro parte) (1839). 

 Visiania paniculata De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 289 (1844). 

 Ligustrum Roxhurghii Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I. 315 (non Clarke) (1850). 

 Ligustrum japonicum Hort. ex Decaisne in Fl. des Serres, XXII. 8 (pro synon., 



non Thunberg) (1877). 

 Ligustrum sinense latifolium robustum T. Moore in Gard. Chron. n. ser. X. 752, 



fig. 125 (1878). 

 Esquirolia sinensis L4veill6 in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 441 (1912). 



Western Hupeh: common around Ichang, alt. 30-600 m., June, 

 July and November 1907 (No. 3507, in part; bush 2-7 or tree 7-16 ra. 

 tall, girth 0.6-2 m., flowers white, fruit blue-black); same locality, A. 

 Henry (No. 1073); Patung Hsien, roadside, alt. 300-600 m., August 

 1907 (No. 3507, in part; tree 7 m. tall, girth 1 m., flowers white) ; Fang 

 Hsien, roadsides, alt. 300-1000 m., July 1907 (No. 3506; tree 5-12 ra. 

 tall, flowers white); " monte Triora," alt. 1950 m., October 1907, C. 

 Silvestri (No. 1802); without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 6217). 



