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sparse pilosi; ovaria glabra stigmatibus 2 pro genere normalibus 

 elongatis coronata; pedicelli elongati, villosi. Fructus aurantiaci, 

 ovato-globosi, glabri, ad 13 mm. longi et ad 11 mm. lati, obtusi; 

 putamina ovato-globosa, hilo acuto-dentata et distincte foveolata, 

 ceterum facie tantum indistinete v. vix foveolata et costa mediana 

 instructa, circiter 10 mm. longa et 8 mm. crassa; pedicelli fructiferi 

 ut ramuli tomentosi, satis crassi, 1.5-2.2 cm. longi. 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, woodlands, alt. 900-1100 m., 

 November 1907 (No. 635, type; tree 12-27 m. tall, girth 1.2-3 m., 

 fruit orange; with ripe fruits); same locality, mountainside, alt. 

 1200 m., April 1907 (No. 635% co-tjT)e; tree 27 m. tall, girth 3 m.; 

 with 9 flowers); same locality and date (No. 635'', co-type; with cf 

 flowers); same locality, mountainsides, alt. 900-1100 m., May 1907 

 (No. 635°; tree 12-27 m. tall, girth 1.2-3 m.; with very young 

 fruits); same locality, alt. 900-1200 m., June 1907 (No. 635^1; with 

 leaves and unripe fruits); same locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 1941; tree 13 m. tall; sterile); Changyang Hsien, side of streams, 

 alt. 900 m.. May 1907 (No. 635^; tree 12-13 m. tall, girth 1.2-1.8 m.; 

 with very young fruits). 



This is a most distinct species, the nearest relative of which seems to be C. 

 V andervoetiana Schneider. According to Planchon's description C. mollis WaUich 

 apud Planchon (in Ann. Sci. Nat. s6t. 3, X. 297 [184S]) has a similar pubescence, 

 but it has much smaller entire leaves and smaller fruits. The type of C. mollis 

 was collected by A'^. Wallich in Upper Burma " ad ripas fluminis Irrawadi ad 

 Avam," and distributed sub No. 7203. There are young plants of C. Julianae 

 growing in the Arnold Arboretum. The species is named in compliment to my 

 wife. 



This Celtis is fairly common in open country and on the margins of woods 

 throughout western Hupeh between 600 and 1300 m. altitude. It forms a hand- 

 some tree often 26 m. tall, with a clean straight trunk 3 m. in girth. The bark is 

 smooth and very pale gray; the -branches are stout and spread to form a round- 

 topped crown. In winter and early spring the large red-brown flower-buds which 

 densely stud the branchlets make the tree quite conspicuous. In autumn the large 

 globose orange-colored fruits are very attractive. 



A picture of this tree will be foimd under No. 521 of the collection of my photo- 

 graphs and also in my Vegetation of Western China, No. 158. E. H. W. 



The following variety may be distinguished. 



Celtis Julianae, var. calvescens Schneider, n. var. 



A typo recedit ramulis pedicellisque fructiferis fere v. omnino cal- 

 vescentibus distinctius lenticellosis et tenuissime verruculosis. 



Western Szech'uan: Chingchi Hsien, mountainsides, alt. 1200 

 m., October 1908 (No. 1305, type; tree 30 m. tall, girth 3 m., fruits 

 orange; with ripe fruits). 



