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SPECIES ASIATICAR. 33 
Euonymus lichiangensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
E. linearifolia, Forrest nec Franch. in Notes R.B.G. Edin., 
vii (1912), 81, 134. 
pecies haec ab E. linearifolia, Franch. foliis oppositis nec 
alternis nec verticillatis, floribus tetrameris inter alia facile dis- 
tinguitur ; affinis est E. nanoides, Loes. et Rehd. quae foliis 
minoribus ad costam nervosque minute hirtulis differt ; E. nana, 
Bieb. foliis alternis vel verticillatis recedit. 
Frutex 0.6-2.4 m. altus erectus virgatim ramosus; ramuli 
hornotini quadrangulati, lineis albidis subquadrialati, lenticellis 
lepidiformibus minute et densissime verruculosi, tenues glabri_ 
virides ; annotini subsimiles virides. Folia fere sessilia petiolo 
nunc fere ad 1 mm. longo nunc obsolescente praedita, opposita, 
persistentia ; lamina linearis plerumque 3-5 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. 
lata, apice acuta et breviter apiculata, margine remote et sub- 
obsolete denticulata, in sicco papyracea, utrinque glabra, supra 
viridis, subtus vix pallidior. Cymae axillares 1-3-florae raro 
5-florae saepe prope basim ramulorum novorum plus minusve 
aggregatae et ex axillis foliorum squamiformium ortae glabrae ; 
pedunculi ad 1 cm. longi, pedicelli ad 5 mm., bracteae circ. I mm. 
subulatae rubescentes. Flores virides circ. 7 mm. diametro ; 
sepala ovata circ. I mm. longa ; petala ovata circ. 2 mm. longa. 
Staminum filamenta brevia antheris paulo longiora. Ovarium 
in discum immersum. Capsula 4-mera, obpyramidata, lobata, 
dorso loborum paululo costato, apice subintrusa, circ. I cm. 
longa, I.2-1.3 cm. lata, rubescens ; semina solitaria purpurea 
arillo fere ex toto occlusa. 
“China :—Shady situations in dense pine forests on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Peak, Yunnan. Lat. ee 30’ N. 
Alt. gooo—10,000 ft. Sept. 1904.’’ G. Forrest. No. 1125. 
“Very shady moist situations in pine forests on the eastern 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. 
Shrub of 4-8 ft. Flowers green. June 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 2475. 
“Open situations amongst scrub and in pine forests on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 
10,000-11,000 ft. Shrub va 2-4 ft. Flowers green. May 
tgto.”’ G. Forrest. No. 562 
The above specimens fm the Lichiang Range were at 
first identified as E. linearifolia, Franch. But the latter, 
according to Franchet, has alternate leaves 6-10 cm. long and 
pentamerous flowers. The species is much nearer E. nana, 
ieb. 
