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and smaller fruits which are apparently not pruinose but shining. See also my 

 remarks under C. jessoensis, p. 281. 



Not uncommon in open country, by the side of streams and on the mountains of 

 western Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan. It is a slender tree from 10 to 23 m. tall, 

 with a trunk from 0.6 to 1.5 m. in girth; the bark is smooth and very pale gray 

 (almost white) ; the branches are thin and rather sparse, forming a narrow crown. 

 This species is in cultivation and has proved quite hardy in this Arboretum. 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 0174 of the collection of my 

 photographs. E. H. W. 



Celtis Biondii Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 252, 

 fig. 3 (1910). 



Celtis sinensis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 450 (non Persoon) (1894), 

 quoad specim. Henryi No. 5276 et probabiHter alia. — E. Pritzel in Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXIX. 296 (1900). 



Celtis Bungeana Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 449 (non Blume) (1894), 

 quoad specimen Henryi No. 5735. 



fCeltis spec. E. Pritzel, 1. c. (1900). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, roadside, etc., alt. 

 100-950 m., April-May 1907 (No. 2321 ; tree 8-13 m. tall, girth 0.9-1.5 

 m. ; with young leaves and old 9 flowers) ; same locality, cliffs, glens in 

 gorges. May 1900 and later (Veitch Exped. No. 249; shrub 0.8 m. tall; 

 the number consists of young flowering branchlets and branchlets with 

 young leaves and young fruits and also with old leaves and ripe fruits) ; 

 same locality, etc., April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1761; shrub 1.2 m. 

 tall; with flowers); same locality, A. Henry (No. 3100; with old leaves 

 and ripe fruits); same locality?, A. Henry (Nos. 3150, 5276; same as 

 No. 3100); " Sian-men-kou, alt. circ. 900 m.," May 1, December 10, 

 1906, C. Silvestri (No. 357, type; ex Pampanini); " Monte Triora, alt. 

 1950 m.," July 3, 1907, C. Silvestri (Nos. 358, 358% co-types; ex Pam- 

 panini). Eastern Szech'uan: WushanHsien, A. /fenri/ (No. 5735; 

 with young fruits, leaves up to 10 cm. long and 3.5 cm. broad) ; " Shan- 

 tzu-p'ing," August 1891, A. von Rosthorn (No. 301; sterile); district 

 Cheng-kou-ting, P. Farges (Hort. Vilmorin, No. 681; living plants in 

 Arnold Arboretum). Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, not common, alt. 

 1200 m., July 31, 1907 (No. 1520; tree 8 m. tall; fruits not yet ripe). 

 Kiangsu : Spirit Valley near Nanking, in woods and on rocky places, 

 June 4, 1915, F. N. Meyer (No. 1425; tree; with unripe fruits). 



Unfortunately I have -not seen a type specimen of Pampanini's, but the speci- 

 mens cited above agree with the author's description, except that the leaves are 

 not so broad as those of Pampanini's figure, which in their shape more closely 

 resemble the leaves of the following variety. A part of Wilson's No. 249 with young 

 fruits has broad young leaves, while in Henry's No. 5735 the leaves are large but 

 narrow. The old leaves are yellowish brown beneath and the finer veins are more 



