608 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 533 (1900). — Pampinini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Hal. n. 

 ser. XVII. 689 (1910). 



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

 2000 m., July and November 1907 (Nos. 631, 780, bush 1.5-3 m. tall, 

 flowers white, fruit blue-black) ; Patung Hsien, roadside thickets, alt. 

 300-1000 m., August and December 1907 (No. 778; bush 1.5-3 m. 

 tall; fruit blue-black); Ichang, side of streams, alt. 30-600 m., June 

 1907 (No. 3502; bush 1-2 m. tall); same locality, A. Henry (No. 

 3973); without precise locality, A. Henry (Nos. 6352, 7744); '' monti 

 di Nan-tcian, 1. d. To-p'in," November 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1794). 

 Northern Shensi: " Huan-kia-fan," June 1897, G. Giraldi; " Mt. 

 Lao-y-san," Hugh Scallan. 



Ligusirum hrachystachyum, of which I have seen neither the type nor any speci- 

 men agreeing in the shape of the leaves with Decaisne's description, seems not to be 

 specifically different and is apparently only a form of L. Quihoui with broader 

 leaves. This view is strengthened by the fact that plants raised from seed col- 

 lected by Wilson in Hupeh have the leaves generally elliptic and about 2.5 cm. 

 long and 1.3 cm. broad, broader than those of his herbarium specimens. 



Here may be added the description of two new species not collected during the 

 Arnold Arboretum expeditions. 



Ligustrum formosanum Rehder, n. sp. 



Ligusirum sp. Henry in Trans. As. Soc. Jap. XXIV. suppl. 59 {List PL 

 Formosa) (1896). 



Frutex 1-3-metralis; ramuli homotini scabro-villosuli, annotini et vetustiorea 

 cinerei v. pallide brunneo-cinerei, glabri, sparse lenticellati. Folia persistentia 

 coriacea, lata ovata v. ovalia v. rhombico-ovalia, rarius obovata, plerumque brevi- 

 ter acuminata, rarius obtusiuscula, basi cuneata v. late cuneata, 1.5-3 cm. longa 

 et 1-2 cm. late, glaberrima, supra luteo-viridia, subtus paullo palHdiora; nervia 

 utrinsecus 3-5 supra in sicco ut venulae leviter elevatis subtus tenuioribus leviter 

 elevatis venulis obsoletis; petioli brevissimi, 1-2 mm. longi, crassiusculi, purpuras- 

 centes, breviter pilosuli. Inflorescentia terminaUs, sine pedunculo 2-3 cm. longa, 

 laxa, paniculata v. interdum racemosa, rhachi et ramulis quadrangularibus, sparse 

 pilosis; pedunculus brevis v. interdum ad 2 cm. longus, sparse lenticellatus et 

 sparse pilosus; pedicelli 1-5 mm. longi, graciles, angulares, glabri v. fere glabri; 

 calyx glaber, plerumque truncatus; corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo gracih 3-4 

 mm. longo lobos reflexos oblongo-ovatos duplo superante; stamina filamentia 

 tubum paullulo superantibus, antheris anguste oblongis 2 mm. longis, lobis paullo 

 brevioribus erectis v. demum subhorizontalibus. Fructus desideratur. 



Formosa: Takow, Ape's Hill, A. Henry (No. 331). 



This is a very distinct species characterized by very short-petioled, rhombic-ovate 

 leaves, a small and lax, sometimes racemose, slightly pubescent inflorescence and 

 small flowers with a slender elongated tube. It seems nearest to L. japonicum 

 Thunberg and L. Henryi Hemsley, the first of which is easily distinguished by ita 

 larger, longer-petioled leaves, large, perfectly glabrous panicles and larger flowers 

 with a shorter tube, while the second differs chiefly in its thinner ovate leaves 

 rounded at the base, in the denser inflorescence with sessile or nearly sessile flowers 

 and in the short hairs on the branchlets. 



