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Premna japonica Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. II. 97 (1865); Prol. Fl. Jap. 



29 (1866). — Hance in Jour. Bot. XVI. Ill (1878.) — Maximowicz in Bull. 



Soc. Nat. Mosc. LIV. pt. 1, 40 (1879). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. II. 



t. 70, fig. 1-10 (1908). 

 Priva spec. Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Miinch. IV. pt. 3, 152 {Fl. Jap. 



Fam. Nat. II. 28) (nomen nudum) (1846). 



Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, rare, alt. 1200 m., July 27, 1907 (No. 

 1670; bush 0.6-1 m., fruit blue). Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 

 1908, D. Macgregor; Mokan-shan, August 5, 1915, F. N. Meyer (No. 

 1618). Fokien: Dunn's Exped. to central Fokien, April to June 

 1905 (Hongkong Herb. No. 3392). 



The Kiangsi and Fokien specimens diiTer from those from Chekiang in their 

 smaller dentate and more pubescent leaves and in their more compact inflorescence, 

 the peduncles of the lower lateral cymes of the panicle scarcely exceeding 1 cm. in 

 length, while the Chekiang specimens have the looser panicle of the Japanese 

 specimens. 



Premna ligustroides Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 256 (1890). 



Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, roadsides, alt. 300-600 m., 

 May and June 1908 (No. 3216; bush 1-2 m., tall, flowers yellow, fruit 

 dark red); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5101; bush 1.3- 

 1.6 m. tall); banks of Yangtsze River, May 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 4306; bush 0.6-1.3 m. tall). Eastern Szech'uan: Kweichou Fu, 

 E. Faher (No. 590). 



VITEX L. 



Vitex Negundo, Linnaeus, Spec. 638 (1753). — Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 

 ed. 2, III. 72 (1832). — Schauer in De Candolle, Prodr. XI. 684 

 (1847).— Wight, Icon. PI. Ind. Orient. II. 519 (1843). — Brandis, 

 Forest Fl. Ind. 369 (1874); Ind. Trees, 503 (1906). — C. B. Clarke 

 in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. 583 (1885). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. XXVI. 258 (1890). — Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 549 (1900). — 

 Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 702 (1910). — Diels 

 in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 79 (PI. Chin. Forrest.) (1912). 



Vitex bicolor Willdenow, Enum. Hort. Berol. 660 (1809). — Schauer in De 



Candolle, Prodr. XI. 683 (1847). 

 Vitex arborea Fischer apud Desfontaines, Cat. Hort. Paris, ed. 3, 391 (1829). 

 Vitex paniculata Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. II. 612 (1788). — Roxburgh, Fl. 



Ind. ed. 2, III. 71 (1832). 



Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, alt. 750 m., August 1, 1907 (No. 1697; 

 bush 1-2 m., flowers lavender). Western Hupeh: Ichang, hillsides, 

 alt. 300-600 m., June, August and December 1907 (No. 2702, bush 



