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supra plana infra eminente, nervis utrinque 12-15 in sicco 
distincte reticulatis. Inflorescentiae 9 1-3-florae pedunculis 
3-5 mm. longis, pedicellis (in fructu) 5-8 mm. longis. Calyx 
(explanatus) ad 4 mm. diametro lobis ovatis obsolete ciliolatis. 
Corolla staminaque non visa. Drupa globosa stigmate plano- 
discoideo coronata, circ. 6 mm. diametro, in vivo (ex Forrest) 
scarlatina, in sicco nigro- -brunnescens, vulgo 4-5-pyrena, 
pyrenis trigonis dorso convexis ad 5.5 mm. longis ad 2.5 mm. latis. 
“ China :—Hills to the N.E. of Tengyueh, Yunnan. Lat. 
os ie N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Shrub of 20 ft. In thickets. 
Fruits bright scarlet. Dec. 1912.’ G. Forrest. No. 9414. 
Ilex crenata, Thunb., var. scoriarum, W. W. Sm. Var. nov. 
A typo statura majore (ad 4 m.), ramulis minute et dense 
pubescentibus, foliis plerumque majoribus 3.5-5 cm. longis 
tenuiter coriaceis altius crenulatis, inflorescentiis ¢ saepius 
3-7-floris divergit ; haud procul ab J. Thomsoni, Hook. f. quae 
a cl. Loesener pro varietate J. crenatae habetur. 
“ China :—West of Tengyueh, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 
5000 ft. Shrub of 8-12 ft. Flowers green. In thickets on the 
outskirts of lava-bed. May 1912.’ G. Forrest. No. 7867. 
“ Flank of volcanic mountain to the west of Tengyueh. Alt. 
7000 ft. June 1912.’ G. Forrest. No. 8113. 
Forrest No. 8338 from same locality is probably the same. 
An unnamed sheet of Henry, No. 11,303, collected on mountains 
north of Mengtsz, at 9000 ft. a shrub of ro ft., in fruit is, I 
believe, the same. Its leaves attain a length of 7.5 cm., much 
in excess of those of typical J. crenata. 
This Yunnan plant appears to be intermediate in its character 
between the Japanese J. crenata and the Sikkim and Khasian 
I. Thomsoni. It does not match either exactly. 
| Ilex dipyrena, Wall., var. connexiva, W. W.Sm. Var. nov. 
A typo atque var. pauctspinosa, Loes. foliis basi cuneatis 
margine integerrimis recedit; I. Clarket, Loes. species mani- 
purensis valde affinis foliis longius petiolatis differt. 
“China :—Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of ro-15 ft. In fruit. Open situations 
amongst rocks. June 1914.’’ G. Forrest. No. 12,528. 
This variety appears to form a connecting-link between the 
less spinose forms of J. dipyrena, Wall. and the entire-leaved 
I. Clarkei, Loes. The latter is regarded by Loesener himself as 
possibly a variety of J. dipyrena. The present variety is scarcely 
equivalent to the Manipur plant, and is nearer it than to any 
form of J. dipyrena. The fruit has two to three pyrenes. 
