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breviter acuminata, supra saturate viridia, in costa nervisque pauIo 

 impressis sparse pilosa, in facie pilis adpressis sparse obtecta, scabrius- 

 cula, subtus in costa nervisque elevatis satis hirtella (nervis lateralibus 

 a costa exeuntibus utrinsecus basalibus 2 inclusis 3-5 inter se paralleli- 

 bus), vix barbata, nervillis leviter prominulis sparse hirtellis reticu- 

 lata, etiam in facie pilis minimis difficile recognoscendis saepe brunnes- 

 centibus glandulosis plus minusve instructa, discoloria, in sicco ci- 

 nereo-brunnescentia,margine tantum ultra medium distincte regulariter 

 subcrenato-serrata, 6-10 cm. longa, 2.5-5 cm. lata (juniora in No. 

 2318 tenuia, subtus flavescentia, aeque pilosa, nondum reticulata, pro 

 parte late ovato-rhomboidea et tantum 8 cm. longa et 5 cm. lata); 

 petioli 5-8 mm. longi, crassi, tomentelli, superne sulcati. Flores ignoti 

 (sed vide infra!). Fructus maturi plerique bini v. terni, pedicellis 6-8 

 mm. longis tomentellis suffulti, aurantiaci, ut videtur globosi, circiter 

 7-8 mm. crassi, glabri; putamina subglobosa, hilo lato obtuse rectan- 

 gulari distincte foveolata, ceterum exigue v. vix foveolata et costata, 

 circiter 5 mm. crassa. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, alt. 900-1300 m., October 

 1907 (No. 444, type; fruits orange, branchlets articulating; tree 12-17 

 m. tall, girth 0.9-1.8 m.; with ripe fruits); Patung Hsien, alt. 900- 

 1300 m., October 1907 (No. 444^; same as No. 444); Ichang, not 

 common, alt. 1-300 m., April 1907 (No. 2318; tree 7 m. tall, girth 

 0.9 m.; with well-developed young leaves and very young fruits); 

 same locahty, A. Henry (No. 3404; with young leaves and fruits, very 

 similar to No. 2318, but all leaves oblong-elliptic). 



This is a very interesting species on account of its throwing off the fruit-bearing 

 branchlets. It seems to be very closely related to C. cerddifolia Schneider (p. 276), 

 and it needs further investigation to decide if that species may not represent only a 

 variety of C. labilis. The types, however, look very different, but there are forms 

 like Wilson's Nos. 2318 and 1761" which seem to connect the two species. There 

 are young plants growing in the Arnold Arboretum raised from seed, sent by Wil- 

 son under No. 444, the branchlets of which are covered with a very dense yellowish 

 and rough pubescence. The leaves are more hairy than in the fruiting type and 

 have a more copious and more crenate dentation, but they are ovate-oblong like 

 those of old plants. 



There is a flowering specimen of Henry's (No. 7866 in the herbarium of the 

 Arnold Arboretum from Hupeh without precise locahty), which may belong to C. 

 labilis, but the flowers are very much ahke in the different species of this genus. Of 

 No. 7866 I add the following description: Ramuh annotini vetustioresque ut in 

 forma typica, novelh floriferi 3-4 cm. longi, flavo-tomentosi, foliis valde juvenihbus 

 1-1.5 cm. longis oblongis acuminatis supra laxius subtus densius ut ramuh pilosis 

 praediti. Inflorescentiae cf basi ramulorum axillares, fasciculato-cymosae; flores 

 plerique 4-meri; perigonii lobi ovato-oblongi, margine cihati, ceterum glabri, extus 

 leviter rubescentes; stamina normaha, juvenilia lobis aequilonga, disco piloso in- 



