Evonymus Balansae Sprague, Key By FA ENS ; 
Euonymus rhodacanthus Pitard, Lecomte FIL’ Gén. Indo 
_ 108, 8. 1912 (syn. nov.). 
B . species are based on material collected by Besse at ie 
. cited by Sprague as Balansa 1451; Pitard cites merely 
Clearly a single species is represented, 
Chine 1: 870. 
Dang, Tonkin, 
the collector, not the number. 
Evonymus Forbesiana Loesen. Bot. Jahrb, MN RER 
Jour. Arnold Arb. 14: 246. 1933. Meowv LA 7442405 
INpo-Cxina, Tonkin, Bac Giang Province, between Pho Vi and 
Thanh Moi, Petelot 5870, June 5, 1935, a shrub in open forests. Kwei- 
chow, Szechuan, and Yunnan. 
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Evonymus Petelotii sp. nov. /le»,,. | AA 14; 4/2/53 
3e 
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“ Frutex erectus, glaber, ramis atro-brunneiïs, teretibus vel o 
D us ultimis circiter 2 mm. diametro, internodiis no 
Due:s: foliis chartaceis, oblongo-ovatis vel de on. 
subolivaceo-viridibus concoloribus, nitidis, brevissimte pe s. un ci 
cm. longis, 4-5 cm. latis, obtusis acutis vel leviter acuminatis, 
l l i rvis 
rotundatis vel obtusis, margine crenulato-serrulatis, dentibus parvis, 
42 JOURNAL OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM [voL. x1x 
1-2 mm. remotis, plerumque breviter apiculatis; nervis primariis 
utrinque 6-7, gracilibus, utrinque paullo elevatis, curvatis, arcuato- 
anastomosantibus; petiolo circiter 2 mm. longo; cymis axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, circiter 6 cm. longis (pedunculo gracili, circiter 3 cm. longo), 
Paucifloris, dichotomis, usque ad 4 cm. latis, ramis primariis ad 1.5 cm. 
longis: floribus 4-meris, circiter 8 mm. diametro, petalis integris, 
orbiculari-ellipticis, rotundatis, 2.5-3 mm. longis. 
INDo-CHINA, Tonkin, Chapa, 4. Petelot 3942, April, 1936, a shrub 
with greenish flowers growing along the borders of torrents, alt. about 
1200 m. 
À species that in some respects suggests Euonymus Bockii Loes. and 
doubtless as closely allied to that as to any other described species. 
The leaves are much thinner, while the slenderly peduncled lax cymes are 
very different, being much longer than in Loesener’s species. 
