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and specimens from the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg in the Arnold Arbor- 

 etum herbarium close to the type. 



Ligustrum sinense, var. Stauntonii Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. 

 Hort. II. 913 (1900). — Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhliolzk. II. 801, fig. 

 502 o-p, 504 m-n, 505 g-I (1911). 



Ligustrum Stauntoni De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 294 (1844). — Decaisne in Fl. 

 des Serves, XXII. 10 (1877); in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, II. 37 

 (1879). — Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. I. 126, fig. 76 (1889). — Koehne, 

 Deutsche Dendr. 502 (1893). 



Ligustrum chinense Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1863, 88. 



Ligustrum chinense nanum Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1876, 20 (forma humihs). 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1000-1300 

 m.. May and December 1907 (No. 754; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fruit blue-black) ; north and south of Ichang, side of streams, alt. 300- 

 1300 m., May 1907 (No. 754^; bush 4 m. tall, flowers white); same 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 3561); Patung Hsien, A. Henry (No. 1763). 

 Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, thickets, alt. 300-600 m., May 

 1908 (No. 3495; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers white); Mupin, side of 

 streams, alt. 1300 m., July 1908 (No. 3499; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers 

 white). Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Hongkong 

 Herb. No. 2891). Chekiang: near Ningpo, 1908, D. Macgregor. 



A picture of this plant will be found under No. 030 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs. 



Ligustrum sinense, var. nitidum Rehder in Bailey, Standard Cycl. 

 Hort. IV. 1700 (sine descriptione Latina) (1915). 



A typo recedit praecipue ramulis puberulis v. brevissime pilosis, 

 foliis supra nitidis utrinque glabris costa media subtus basin versus 

 tantum adpresse pubescente excepta. 



Frutex 2-4-metralis. Folia ovato-oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, 

 acuta V. acuminata, rarius inferiora et minora obtusiuscula v. obtusa, 

 basi cuneata v. late cuneata, rarius fere rotundata, supra glabra, nitida, 

 costa media incisa, subtus pallide viridia, punctulata, ad costam me- 

 diam plerumque basin versus tantum adpresse pubescentia, ceterum 

 glabra, 4-6.5 cm. longa et 1.5-2.5 cm. lata, rarius latiora; petioli 

 breviter pubescentia, 4-6 mm. longa. Panicula 6-8 longa, breviter 

 pilosula; pedicelli glabri; corollae lobi ovati, filamentis manifesto 

 breviores. Fructus subglobosus v. ovoideus, 5-6 mm. longus atro- 

 coeruleus pruinosus. 



Western Hupeh : near Ichang, A. Henry (Nos. 3549, type, 3320); 

 north and south of Ichang, side of streams, common, alt. 300-1300 m., 



