404 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Western Hupeh: rocky places at Ichang, alt. 330-660 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 3511; bush 1 m. tall; flowers pink) without precise 

 locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1957). Western Szech'uan : 

 without precise locality, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3757) ; shrub 

 0.75 m. tall; flowers white; cMs, August 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 3763); near Monkong Ting, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 3517; 

 bush 0.75-1.25 m. tall; flowers mauve-purple). North China: 

 without precise locality, W. Purdom (seeds only; plants in Hort. 

 Sargent, October 1911). 



Leptodermis parvifolia Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex prostratus v. 0.75-1 m. altus; rami graciles, cortice puberulo 

 demum glabro obtecti; ramuli laterales brevissimi, foliati. Folia 

 parva, spatulato-obovata v. oblanceolata, obtusa v. subacuta, basi 

 in petiolum brevem attenuata, 0.5-1 cm. longa, 2-3.5 mm. lata, infra 

 reticulata, nervis lateralibus inconspicuis; stipulae subulato-lanceo- 

 latae, 1 mm. longae. Flores ad ramulorum apices solitarii v. subsoli- 

 tarii, sessiles; bracteae oppositae, ovatae, abrupte acute acuminatae, 

 1.5 mm. longae, membranaceae, glabrae; receptaculum costatum, 

 glabrum; calycis segmenta 5, triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, 1.25 mm. 

 longa, breviter ciliolata; corollae tubus superne sensim ampliatus, 



1.2 cm. longus, extra puberulus, intra parce pubescens; lobi 5, ovato- 

 lanceolati, acuti, 2.5 mm. longi, marginibus inflexis; antherae leviter 

 exsertae, 2.5 mm. longae; stylus corollae tubo aequilongus, glaber, 5- 

 lobatus, lobis 1.75 mm. longis gracilibus. Fructus non visus. 



Western Szech'uan: Tung River valley, near Wa-shan, pros- 

 trate over rocks, June 1908 (No. 3518, type; flowers white or pink); 

 without precise locality, cliffs, alt. 330-660 m., June 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 3760, partly). 



A distinct species with slender puberulous branchlets, small leaves and terminal 

 solitary flowers. _ ' / /&\ ' '-^ 



/'^eptodermis nervosa Hutchmson, n. sm- $, /u-^A«*v'W(^.' 



Frutex usque ad 1 m. altus; rami satis robusti, cortice cinereo 

 breviter puberulo v. demum fere glabro obtecti; ramuli juniores 

 puberuli. Folia plerumque fasciculata, obovata v. oblanceolata, acuta 

 V. subacuta, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, 1.5-4 cm. longa, 0.7- 



1.3 cm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque conspicue nervosa, utrinque 

 infra nervis parce puberulis exceptis glabra, sicco cinereo-viridia; 

 nervi laterales utrinsecus 3-4, ascendentes, utrinque prominentes; 

 venae laxae, inconspicuae; stipulae in segmentis subulatis 2 mm. longis 



