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superne sericeo-villosi; stipulae parvae, semi-ovatae, acutae v. nullae. 

 Amenta cf pedunculis 5-10 mm. longis folia 2-3 parva sericea gerenti- 

 bus suffulta, 2-6 cm. longa, 0.8-1 cm. crassa, rhachi sericeo-villosa; 

 fiores diandri, filamentis fere ad apicem villosis, antheris ovato-oblongis 

 flavis; bracteae late obovatae, intus plus minusve glabrae, filamentis 

 fere duplo breviores; glandulae duae, ventralis ovata v. ovato-rectan- 

 gularis, dorsalis minor, saepe angustior. Amenta 9 pedunculis villosis 

 foliis 3-4 normalibus instructis 1-2.5 cm. longis suffulta, 3-11 cm. 

 longa, ad 1 cm. (fructifera ad 1.5 cm.) crassa, rhachi villosa, densiflora. 

 Fiores sessiles v. subsessiles; ovaria ovato-oblonga, breviter villosa, 

 stylis satis longis fere ad basim partitis ramis divergentibus pur- 

 pureis coronatis; stigmata stylis breviora, angusta, bifida, divergentia; 

 bracteae obovato-oblongae, apice rotundae, ovariis juvenilibus aequi- 

 longae, flavo-brunneae, utrinque sericeo-villosae v. pleraeque intus 

 glabrae; glandulae 1-2, ventralis late ovata v. ovato-elongata, apice 

 saepe truncata v. lobulata, ovario 3-4plo brevior, dorsalis minima, 

 satis difficile recognoscenda v. nulla. Fructus laxe villosi, circiter 6 mm. 

 longi, ovariis similes, sed breviter pedicellati, pedicello glandula ventrali 

 breviora; bracteae fructibus paullo v. duplo breviores. 



Western Szech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, near summit of Niu- 

 tou-shan, alt. 3000-3300 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 2151, type; cT ; No. 

 2151% 9; No. 2153; old 9 flowers; shrub 2.5-6 m.; No. 2132; d", 

 No. 2132"; 9 ) ; west of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 4000 m., July 25, 1908 

 (No. 2149; with fruits; No. 2149"; cf); southwest of Tachien-lu, alt. 

 3300-4200 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4520; shrub 1.2-1.8 m.); 

 Tachien-lu, alt. 2600-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2152; shrub 1.5-3.6 m., 

 9 ; forma foliis intensius molliter sericeo-villosis, basi saepe sub- 

 auritis); Wa-shan, 2600-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2159; shrub 1.5-3 

 m. ; cf ; forma glabriuscula floribus abnormalibus staminibus 3-4, 1-2 

 minoribus, instructis); Mupin, thickets, alt. 2600-3000 m., June 1908, 

 No. 1406; shrub 2.4-3 m.; 9); same locality, woodlands, alt. 2600- 

 3300m., October 1910 (No. 4371; shrub 2.4-3.6 m.; sterile); with- 

 out locality, side of streams, alt. 3300 m., June 1904 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 4521; shrub 3 m.; 9). 



A very distinct species apparently nearly related to S. Fargesii Franchet (see 

 above) but well distinguished from it by its nearly entire, more pubescent leaves, 

 its hairy ovaries and fruits, its larger bracts and by its more pilose filaments. The 

 dorsal gland does not always seem to be present, and it would be a very artificial 

 arrangement to place this species in another section on account only of the develop- 

 ment of a second gland. 



The species is named in compliment to Mr. Ernest H. Wilson. 



