CHLORANTHACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder. 



CHLORANTHUS Sw. 



Chloranthus brachystachyus Blume, Fl. Jav. fasc. VIII. 13, t. 2 

 (1828-51). — Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. I. pt. 1, 801 (1855); in Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd.-Bat. III. 129 (1867); Prol. Fl. Jap. 293 (1867). — Bentham, 

 Fl. Hongk. 334 (1861). — Solms in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 1, 

 475 (1869). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 444 (1875). — 

 Maximowicz in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. LTV. 56 (1879). — Hooker f., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. 100 (1886). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 367 

 (1891). — Diels in Bat. Jahrb. XXIX. 272 (1900). — Dunn & Tutcher 

 in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add ser. X. 221 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) 

 (1912). — L4veill6, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 74 (1914). 



? Chloranthus monander R. Brown in Bot. Mag. XLVIII. t. 2190, in nota 



(1821). 

 Ascania serrata Blume, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 80 (non Chloranthus serratus 



Roemer & Schultes) (1827). 

 Sacandra chloranthoides Gardner in Calcutta Jour. Nat. Hist. VI. 348 (1846). — 



Wight, Icon. PI. Ind. Or. VI. t. 1946 (1853) — Le Maout & Decaisne, Traite 



Gen. Bot. 516, fig. (1876). 

 Chloranthus ceylanica Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. I. pt. 1, 802 (1855). 

 Chloranthus denticulatus Cordemoy in Adansonia, III. 296 (1863). 

 Chloranthus ilicifolius Blume in herb, ex Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 



III. 129 (pro synon.) (1867); Prol. Fl. Jap. 293 (1867). 

 Chloranthus montanus Siebold ex Miquel, 1. c. (pro sjmon.) (1867). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, alt. 11-1300 m., October 1908 

 (No. 1124; suffruticose, 0.6 m., fruit scarlet). Yunnan: Mengtsze, 

 mountains to southwest, alt. 1200 m., A. Henry (No. 9361*; shrub 

 0.5 m.); same locality, mountains to southeast, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9361%- shrub 1.6 m.); Szemao, alt. 1300-1500 m., A. Henry 

 (Nos. 12341, 12341^, 12341°; shrub 1.6-2 m., fruit red). Hongkong : 

 C. Wilford, C. Wright (No. 469), H. F. Hance (No. 379); Tsin-tso- 

 ngam, Jan. 22, 1907 (ex Herb. Hongk. No. 3337). 



Henry's No. 12341 and 12341'' differ from the typical form in their larger in- 

 florescence, which measures, including the peduncle, from 6 to 13 cm. in length. 



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