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ARBORES FRUTICESQUE CHINENSES NOVI. II 



Camillo Schneider 



Clematis chrysocoma Fr., var. sericea, n. comb.— C. montana 

 var. sericea Fr. apud Finet and Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 



50:525. 1903; Contr. Fl. As. Or. 1:10. 1905 

 W. in Sarg., PI. Wils. iizxa. iot?. 



Sp 



Yunnan boreali-occidentalis: in sepibus ad viam principalem inter Yung- 





pen-ting et lai-nao-ko, alt. arc. 2600 m., 3 Julii 

 flores magni albi, frutex scandens). 



According to the material before me it seems impossible to 

 separate C. Spoonerii, which is said by the authors to be identical 

 with C. montana v. sericea Fr., as a distinct species from C. chryso- 

 coma. I also collected the type on the eastern slopes of the Lichiang 

 range at about 3600 m., August 1914 (no. 3396). This specimen 

 agrees well with Franchet's description in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 

 33:362. 1886. With regard to C. Spoonerii the authors (I.e.) say: 

 "It appears to us more closely allied to C. chrysocoma Franchet, in 

 which, however, the flowers are pink and produced on the shoots 

 of the current season." »—-■■" . — ■ -- . ~ 



According to Franchet, "dans le C. 



extremement 



produisent, seulement sous leurs sommet, le bourgeon floral. 



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my specimen (no. 3396) the flowers appear from 



the 



while in a specimen of a cultivated plant (H 

 they are produced on this year's shoots. In 

 by G. Forrest that otherwise agrees well wit] 

 observe both sorts of flowers. After all. I be 



typical C. Sp 



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specimen collected 



forma 



may 



type of the species. Of C. chrysocoma the flowers are rose pink, 

 while the color is white in those of var. sericea, but I also collected 

 a form with pinkish flowers which in its manner of growth is more 



var. sericea than typical chrysocoma. To this pinkish flowered 

 rm belong the two following specimens : Szechuan australis, inter 



like 



Botanical 



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