FAGACEAE. 



Determined by Alfbed Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



FAGUS L. 



Fagus longipetiolata Seemen in Bot. Jahrh. XXIII. Beibl. No. 57, 

 56 (1897). 



Fagus sylvatica, var. longipes Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XX. t. 1936, in textu 



(1890). — Franchet in Jour, de Bot. 201 (1899). — Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. 



XXVI. 525 (1899), pro parte, exclud. specim. Henryi Nos. 6793, 6797. 

 Fagus sinensis Oliver in Hooker's Icon. t. 1936 (in tabula tantum) (1890). — 



Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 284, fig. j-k (1900). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. 



Mag. XXX. 95 (1916). 

 Fagus longipes L^veill6, Fl. Kouy-tcheou, 126 (1914). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, A. Henry (Nos. 5334, 5334% 

 co-types, 7444); same locality, woods, alt. 1000-1600 m., April, 

 June and November 1907 (Nos. 493, 700*; tree 10-16 m. tall, girth 

 0.6-1 m.) ; same locality, April 1900 (Yeitch Exped. No. 537) ; Chang- 

 yang Hsien, woods, alt. 1600-2100 m., June 1907 (No. 700''; tree 6-16 

 m. tall, girth 0.6-1.3 m.) ; same locality, June and October 1900 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 608). Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, south of 

 Yangtsze River, woods, alt. 1000-1600 m., August and October (Nos. 

 700, 460; tree 10-16 m. tall, girth 1.3-2 m.). Western Szech'uan : 

 Mupin, woods, alt. 1300-2000 m., October 1908 (No. 2791; tree 26 

 m. tall, girth 4 m.); same locality, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 4499); west of Kuan Hsien ascent of Niu-tou-shan, alt. 1600 m., June 

 19, 1908 (No. 2791^; tree 13 m. tall, girth 1.6 m.). Yunnan : Meng- 

 tsze, mountains to southeast, alt. 2600 m., A. Henry (No. 9027; 

 tree 16 m. tall). 



Although nowhere very abundant, this is the common Beech of central and western 

 China. In southwestern Hupeh it occasionally forms pure woods of no great ex- 

 tent, but more usually it grows in association with Oaks, Maples and other decidu- 

 ous leaved trees. In western Szech'uan, Wilson noted the largest trees, but observes 

 that it is rare. Usually it is rather small, but at its best it is a stately tree which in 

 habit and appearance resembles the Japanese F. Sieboldii Endlicher. The trunk is 

 single or very rarely divided near the base and is covered with smooth, very pale 

 gray bark. The leaves equal in size those of the American Beech (F. grandi/olia 



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