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Schoepfia fragrans Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. II. 188 (1824); Tent. Fl. 

 Nepal. I. 18, t. 9 (1824). — A. P. De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 320 (1830). — Hooker f., 

 Fl. Bnt. Ind. I. 580 (1875). 



Schoepfiopsis fragrans Miers in Jour. Linn. Soc. XVII. 76 (1878). 



CHINA. Yunnan: Szemao, eastern forests, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 

 12660; tree 7 m. tall); same locality, hills, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 12274; 

 shrub 1.8 m. tall, white fragrant flowers); same locality, mountains to south, alt. 

 1400 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12274% 12274^; shrub 3-4.5 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fragrant); same locahty, mountains, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 12274"; shrub 

 1.8 m. tall, pale yellow fragrant flowers). 



This species, which was first found in the eastern Himalaya (Nepal, Upper 

 Bengal), is easily distinguished by the rather long pedicels of its flowers and by the 

 somewhat longer leaves which are pointed towards the ends. 



