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black); same locality, etc., May 23, 1907 (No. 595^; tree 10 m. tall, 

 girth 1.2 m.; with young fruits; forma foliis satis late ovato-rhomboi- 

 deis, pedicelHs quam petioli vix duplo longioribus) ; Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 roadsides, etc., alt. 50-200 m., October 1907 (No. 343; tree 10 m. tall, 

 girth 0.9 m., fruits black; with ripe fruits and bark) ; same locality, alt. 

 600-900 m., roadside, June 1907 (No. 2319; tree 10 m. tall, girth 0.9 

 m.; with young fruits); Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 900 m., November 

 1907 (No. 2317; bush 3 m. tall, fruits black); without precise locality, 

 A. Henry (Nos. 4214, 6483; with not yet ripe fruits). Northern 

 Hupeh : " Niang-Niang, monte 1890 m.," July 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 

 359; with unripe fruits); " Catena di Ou-tan-scian," November 1909, 

 C. ^Sifeesfn (No. 2939; with ripe fruits). Southeastern Szech'uan: 

 "Huang pet'ang, Wald," September 1891, A. v. Rosthorn (No. 804; ex 

 Pritzel). Yunnan: Mengtsze, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (No. 9323 in 

 part in Herb. Arbor. Arnoldiano; tree 3-7 m. tall; with ripe fruits), 

 " plaine pres Long-Tan a Tong-Tchouan," alt. 2500 m., August 1912, 

 E. Maire (type of C. Mairei; with fruits); " rives des canaux a Tong- 

 Tchouan," alt. 2000 m., April 1913, E. Maire (" arbre peu 41eve"; 

 with flowers). Northern Shensi: "presso Ta-sce-tsuen," Sep- 

 tember 15, 1897, G. Giraldi (with ripe fruits). Shantung: Lung- 

 tung, rocky situations, September 1907, F. N. Meyer (No. 272; 

 attains only a small size when growing wild, if planted and cared for, 

 however, seems to grow much larger; with ripe fruits). Chili: near 

 San-tun-ying, in rocky mountain ravines. May 29, 1913, F. N. Meyer 

 (No. 965; with young fruits); Weichang, W. Purdom (sterile with 

 young leaves and finely pubescent branchlets). 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Korea: Song-chang, September 4, 1903, C. S. 

 Sargent (with almost ripe but not yet black fruits); Wan-san, September 5, 1903, 

 C. S. Sargent (similar to the preceding specimen) ; Chinnampo, September 17, 1905, 

 J. G. Jack (with ripe black fruits). Mandshuria: Shengking, Tsien-shan, June 

 9, 1906, F. N. Meyer (No. 94; sterile, uncertain form with rather hairy branchlets 

 and petioles, dentation of leaves rather coarse). 



A well-marked, widely spread species with rather firm leaves which are greenish 

 on both sides and somewhat glossy above. The black fruits have white and very 

 smooth, almost globular stones, sometimes even broader than high. On young 

 plants and vigorous shoots the leaves are much more hairy on the veins and more or 

 less roughish, and also the branchlets are densely pubescent. The leaves are some- 

 times narrow-lanceolate or lyrate as described in C. sinensis Persoon, p. 277, the 

 dentation being very coarse and obtuse. In Sargent's specimens from Korea the 

 stones are very indistinctly reticulate, and the branchlets are partly very gibbous 

 on account of the numerous distinct lenticels. Henry's specimen from Mengtsze 

 agrees well with the forms from central and northern China. So does the type of 

 C. Mairei L6veill6 of which I have received some fragments through the kindness 

 of the author. 



