SANTALACEAE. 



Determined by Camillo Schneider. 



OSYRIS L. 



Osyris Wightiana Wallich, Cat No. 4036 (nomen nudum) (1829) ; 

 apud Wight, Icon. PL Ind. Orient. V. 17, t. 1853 (1852). — Diels in 

 Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 40, 265 {PI. Chin. Forrest.) (1912). 



Osyris arborea Wallich, Cat. No. 4035 (nomen nudum) (1829); apud A. De 

 CandoUe, Prodr. XIV. 633 (1857). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 232 



(1886). 



Western Szech'uan: valley of Tung River near Tachien-lu, alt. 

 1000-1300 m., October 1908 (No. 4138; bush 0.9-1.2 m. tall, fruits 

 orange); same locality, October 1910 (No. 4138=^; bush 0.9-1.2 m. tall, 

 fruits red); Monkong Ting, arid regions, alt. 1200-1700 m., June 30, 

 1908 (No. 3207; bush 1.2-1.8 m. tall, flowers green, fruits red); 

 without precise locality, cliffs, June 1902 (Veitch Exped. No. 4443; 

 bush 0.5-0.75 m., flowers yellow). Southern Szech'uan: near 

 Lo-ma-pu, dry mountainsides, alt. about 2200 m., May 9, 1914, C. 

 /Sc/ineider (No. 1148; bush 1 m. tall). Yunnan: Tali Range, alt. 

 1800-2500 m., July 1906, G. Forrest (No. 4745; shrub 7-18 m. tall, 

 flowers brownish green); same locality, October 1914, C. Schneider 

 (No. 2597; shrub about 1 m. tall); dry open situations in thickets in 

 most valleys between Tali Fu and Yunnan Fu, alt. 1800-2300 m., Jan- 

 uary 1905, G. Forrest (No. 522); Mengtsze, barren hills, alt. 1600 m., 

 A. Henry (Nos. 9906, 9906^; shrub 0.75-1.5 m., flowers yellow). 



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