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Loes. et Rehd., E. Przewalskii, Maxim., E. saxicola, Loes. et 
Rehd. sunt affines sed foliorum characteribus satis distant. 
Frutex I-2 m. altus erectus patentim atque virgatim ramosus ; 
ramuli hornotini quadrati crassiusculi virides glabri lenticellis 
minimis papillosi; annotini virides ad angulos decorticantes. 
Folia petiolo glabro circ. 1 mm. longo suffulta, opposita, 
subpersistentia ?; lamina anguste oblanceolata, circ. 2 cm. 
longa, paulo supra medium latissimum ibique 4-5 mm. 
lata, apice obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, margine crebro 
serrulata, in sicco papyracea, yiaue glabra atque sub- 
concolor. Cymae axillares 1-3-florae ; pedunculi fructiferi plus 
minusve 5 mm. longi. Flores iwestigia tantum) 4-meri; sepala 
circ, I mm. longa rotundo-ovata ; staminum filamenta brevia 
circ. 1 mm.longa. Capsula 4-mera, obpyramidata, ita lobata ut 
cruciformis ab vertice videatur, circ. 7-8 mm. longa, circ. I.I cm. 
lata, lobulis triangularibus 4 mm. longis; semina in quoque 
loculo solitaria. 
“China :—Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, S.E. of 
Chungtien, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 55’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. 
Shrub of 3-6 ft. In fruit, in open thickets. July 1973.” 
G. Forrest. No. 10,453. 
Euonymus pygmaea, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu nano, caule simplici vel infra pauciramoso, 
aliquatenus radicante, foliis paucis deciduis ellipticis bene no- 
tata; affinitas dubia; cum E. Giraldii, Loes. oa sociis 
fortasse collocari potest. 
Fruticulus in scheda 18-30 cm. altus, ex collectore ad 68 cm. 
attingens ; caulis inferior aliquatenus radicans, superior viridis 
glaber, simplex vel pauciramosus. Folia opposita petiolo 6—7 
mm. longo glabro suffulta decidua pauca saepius 2—4 tantum 
ad apicem plantae evoluta ; lamina vulgo 6-8 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. 
lata, elliptica, apice obtuse angustata vel subrotundata, basi 
cuneata, margine crebro indurato-serrulata, in sicco submem- 
branacea, utrinque glabra, supra viridis, subtus pallido-viridis, 
nervis 8-10 paribus in sicco subconspicuis. Inflorescentiae 
plerumque circ. 3, ex axillis foliorum delapsorum (minimorum 
vel squamiformium) ortae, 3-7-florae ; pedunculi graciles 2-3 cm. 
longi glabri ; pedicelli 1 cm. longi ; flores desunt sed ex vestigiis 
tetrameri sepalis rotundatis I mm. diametro. Capsula 4-mera, 
subglobosa alis 2-3 mm. latis quadrialata, I-1.2 cm. diametro 
(submatura) ; loculi saepe I-2 tantum seminiferi; semina 
disciformia (forsan siccando eee complanata) circ. 6 mm. 
diametro arillo aurantiaco in 
hina :—Western flank are the Shweli-Salween divide, 
Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Dwarf shrub 
