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Nerium divaricatutn Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 110 (non Linnaeus) (1794). 

 Malouetia asiatica Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Munch. IV. pt. 3, 163 



(Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 39) (1846). 

 Parechites Thunbergii A. Gray in Mem. Am. Acad. ser. 2, VI. 403 (Bot. Jap.) 



(1859). — Oliver in Jour. Linn. Soc. IX. 166 (1867). 

 Trachelospermum jasminoides Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. II. 438 



(non Lemaire) (1879). — Maximowicz in Bot. Jahrb. VI. 65 (1885). — 



Matsumura & Hayata in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokijo, XXII. 252 {Enum. PI. 



Formos.) (1906). — Nakai in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo XXXI. 91 {Fl. Kor. II.) 



(1911). — Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXVI. 122 (1912). 

 Trachelospermum jasminoides, var. pubescens Makino, 1. c. (1912). 

 Trachelospermum crocostomum Stapf in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1906, 74. — 



Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isl. II. 599 (1914). 



EASTERN ASIA. Korea: without precise locality " in arboribus et rupibus 

 serpens," June 1907, U. Faurie (No. 1899); Quelpaert, in dumosis, October 1906, 

 U. Faurie (No. 739) ; same locality " scandens in sepibus torrentium Hogno," May 

 12, 1908, Taquet (No. 1122); in dumosis Hogno," October 1907, Taquet (No. 

 279). 



JAPAN. Hondo : prov. Musashi, Mitsumine-san, on rocks, common, alt. 

 300 m., June 8, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 6956; flowers white, fragrant; throat of 

 the flowers somewhat hairy) ; prov. Shinano, Nakatsu-gawa to Nojiri, September 6, 

 1905, J. G. Jack (cUmbing high on trunk of trees) ; prov. Mino, near Gifu, October 

 20, 1892, C. S. Sargent (chmbing high on Pine trees); prov. Sagami, Yokohoma, 

 1862, C. Maximowicz; prov. Idzu : Simoda, C. Wright; prov. Harima, vicinity 

 of Sayo, July 23, 1903, S. Arimoto. Shikoku: prov. Tosa, Nanokawa, June 9, 

 1889, K. Watanabe; same locahty, October 24, 1889, K. Watanabe. Kyushu: 

 prov. Osumi, base of Higashi-Klrishima, common on trees, alt. 500-800 m., June 

 3, 1914, E. H. Wilson; prov. Hizen, Nagasaki, 1862, R. Oldham (No. 562) ; prov. 

 Bungo, Beppu, June 6, 1910 (ex Herb. Sakurai). Tsusima Island: 1859, C. 

 Wilford. Bonin Islands: C. Wright (No. 192). 



This Japanese species is different from T. jasminoides Lemaire, as I have al- 

 ready pointed out (p. 335), and seems to be most nearly related to T. gracilipes 

 Hooker f. and T. siamense Craib. Unfortunately these two species are very httle 

 known and I have not been able to examine the type specimens of them. Their 

 fruits have not yet been described. The follicles of T. divaricatum are rather parallel 

 or spreading in an acute angle not widely divergent as in T. jasminoides. In Wil- 

 son's No. 6956 the mouth of the flowers is a little hairy, and Arimoto's specimen 

 resembles in its pubescence the wild forms of T. jasminoides, but the buds are 

 distinctly long-pointed, while in the latter species they are often very acute but 

 with shorter points. Through the kindness of Mr. Bean we have received flower- 

 ing branchlets of the type-plant of T. crocostomum Stapf, which cannot be separated 

 from the true T. divaricatum. Stapf compared his plant only with T. jasminoides 

 Lemaire, which hitherto has been regarded as being identical with the Japanese 

 species. 



Trachelospermum divaricatum, var. brevisepalum Schneider, n. var. 



A typo praecipue recedit sepahs 2-2.5 mm. tantum longis appressis v. vix apice 

 patulis, floribus paulo minoribus, alabastris apice interdum minus longe acuminatis. 



JAPAN. Liuku Islands (ex Herb. Yokohama Nursery Co.). 



CHINA. Formosa: South Cape, A. Henry (No. 1370, fruiting co-type; No. 

 1301); " ubique frequens in dumosis montium," May 1913, U. Faurie (No. 249, 

 type; with flowers); without precise locality, 1864, R. Oldham (No. 329; forma 

 ut videtur inter typum et varietatem intermedia). 



