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therefore that var. planifolia really represents the typical form 

 of this species, whereas the so-called type has been derived 

 from a garden form. As there exists no definite difference 

 between the two, there is no necessity to keep up the varietal 

 name. For a comparison see the flowers delineated in our 

 Plate XXXIV, figs. 83-103. 



The only fruit-bearing specimen of this species from China, 

 which is reproduced in our Plate XIII, appears at the first 

 glance to be rather different from the ordinary form of M. Bealei. 

 The writer is however of opinion that this is a form of our 

 species bearing young berries. The nature of the inflorescence 

 agrees very well with that of the typical form of M . Bealei. 



The present species is frequently cultivated in .this country 

 and usually called M. japonica by florists. Although Fedde 

 has united M. Bealei with M. japonica, these two species are 

 very distinct, and there is no reason for confusing them.* 

 The points of distinction will be mentioned under M. japonica. t 



2. M. flavida, Schn. (Plate XIV and Plate XXXIV, figs. 



104-109.) 



M. flavida, Schn. in Sarg. PL Wilson, i, p. 382, IOJ3- 



Adde notas sequentes :— Folia 60 cm. longa, 8-juga, foliolo 



terminali aliis subduplo longiore basi cuneato. Racemi usque 



ad 22 cm. longi, basi ramosi, rhachi sub-crassa, bracteis riorum 



ovato-lanceolatis acutis acuminatisve rubro-brunneis 5-6 mm. 



longis. Sepala subcoriacea, externa ovato-deltoidea, acutiuscula, 



crassa, margine hyalina, nervis inconspicuis, fere 2 mm. longa 



^alia, 



et lata, medial 



1a oblongo-oval 



3-nervia, 3 mi 



n. longa, 2 mi 



apice rotundat 



a, 5-nervia, 6 1 



5-ovulatum. 





Hab.-r Yun 



man : " Mengt* 



yellow flowers 



" (Henry ! No. 



mts. to S.E. 5000 ft., shrub 8 ft., 

 10,180, Hb. Kew). 



3. M. Fordii, Schn. (Plate XV and Plate XXXIV, figs. 110-115.) 



M. Fordii, Schn., I.e. p. 383. 



Adde notas sequentes :— Racemi 5-8 fasciculati, usque ad 

 15 cm. longi, rhachi gracili, bracteis riorum minutis ovatis 

 •acutiusculis 2 mm. longis pedicellis gracilibus ad 5 mm. longis 

 sub anthesin apice saepe nutantibus. Sepala 9, in cyclos tres 

 disposita, externa ovalia, acuta, 3 -nervia, 2 mm. longa, mediana 

 late ovalia, obtusa, 5-nervia, 3.5 mm. longa, interna elliptica, 5- 



* Know mot. Mae. sub tab. 4846) was the first to suggest the possible 



