ULMACEAE. — ULMUS 241 



longis ad medium v. paulo ultra incisis apice ciliatis intensius coloratis, 

 4-5 instructa; stamina 4-5, filamentis satis elongatis, antheris ob- 

 longis; pars superior pedicellorum parte inferiore pilosa vix v. paulo 

 brevior. Samarae late obovatae v. obovato-rotundae, basi in stipitem 

 perigonio breviorem subito contractae, apice interdum leviter emargi- 

 natae, fere clausae, emarginatura pilosa brevi instructae, ceterum 

 glaberrimae, circiter 1.3-1.8 cm. longae et 1.3-1.5 cm. latae; semina 

 in centro samarae sita, ab emarginatura distincte remota. 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, side of streams, alt. 800 m., 

 April 1907 (No. 743; tree 7-17 m. tall, girth 0.6-1.8 m.; with flowers, 

 without leaves); same locality, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 320, 

 co-type; with fruits and leaves); same locality, alt. 1800 m. (Veitch 

 Exped. Seed No. 305; young plants in cultivation); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 woods, alt. 1600 m., May 1907 (No. 2804; tree 8-13 m. tall, girth 1.2 

 m.; with young fruits and leaves); same locality, July 1907 (No. 

 2804''; sterile); Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, rare, alt. 1600-1800 m., 

 June 3, 1907 (No. 2805; thin tree 12 m. tall, girth 0.6 m., with fruits 

 and leaves); same locality, woods, alt. 1600 m.. May 31, 1907 (No. 

 2805^; small tree, 10 m. tall, with fruits and leaves); same locality, 

 mountains, rare, May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1855, type; tree 7 m. 

 tall, with fruits and leaves); Fang Hsien, in ravine, alt. 1600-2400 m., 

 June 16, 1910 (No. 4442^; tree 23 m. tall, girth 6 m., very large head; 

 sterile). Eastern Szech'uan : Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (No. 5690; 

 with fruits and leaves). 



A well-marked species which certainly seems to be more closely related to the 

 Himalayan U. Brandisiana Schneider than to U. laciniata Mayr from northeastern 

 Asia or to U. glabra Hudson from Europe and western Asia. The following is a 

 hairy variety, the leaves of which sometimes resemble those of typical U. japonica 

 Sargent, but may be easily distinguished by their very short petioles. 



This Elm is fairly common above 800 m. alt. in moist woods throughout 

 western Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan. As usually seen it is a low tree with a 

 slender trunk and thin, spreading branches, but trees from 25 to 28 m. tall and from 

 4 to 6 m. in girth of trunk, with massive widespreading branches, are occasionally 

 met with. The bark is dark gray with shallow fissures and is rather scaly. In 

 Hupeh the colloquial name for this and the other species of Elm is Lang shu. 

 This species is in cultivation in this Arboretum and in Kew from seeds I sent to 

 Messrs. Veitch in 1900. 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 091 of the collection of my photo- 

 graphs. E. H. W. 



Ulmus Bergmanniana, var. lasiophylla Schneider, n. var. 

 A typo praecipue recedit foliis etiam adultis subtus in costa nervis- 

 que facieque villosis v. interdum autumno in facie glabrescentibus, 



