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rather small and very deciduous. Regarding the fruiting aments and the 

 | shape, texture, serration, and reticulation of the leaves, it is impossible to 



detect sufficient differences between this variety and the type. The under 

 surface of the mature leaves is often very glaucescent and without a distinct 

 reticulation, which seems to be much more prominent in the leaves of the type 

 and also of var. rubriflora. The last one does not, in my opinion, represent a 



more distinct form than var. cathayensis. 

 another variety of S. grandiflora, the i 



rubrifl 



< 



have been somewhat misunderstood by Rehder and Wilson, and I propose 

 the following combination: 



<^\H Schisandra grandiflora, var. rubriflora, n. comb. — 5. 



chinensis, var. rubriflora Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris. 

 8: 192 (PL David. II. 10). 1886; S. grandiflora Fin. and Gagnep. in 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52 : Mem. IV. 48. i9°5> P ro P arte > non Hk - f - 

 and Thorn.; Contr. Fl. As. Or. 2:48. 1907, pro parte.— A typo 



( 





etiam 



saepe satis distincte extrorsis. 





Szechuan occidentalis: in dumetis montis Xiu-tou, prope Kuan Hsien 



^ versus occidentem, alt. 2000-2600 m., 20 Junii 1908, E. H. Wilson 



typus in Herb. Am. Arb.). 



Wils 



enumerata. 





[flora are as large as those of typical S. grandifl 



but "very dark red" according to Wilson's notes. The number of the sepals 

 of the male flowers varies from 5 to 7, and I never saw more than 9 in any form of 

 this species. The shape of the leaves is rather variable, as is also the shape 

 of the anthers. The true 5. chinensis Baillon is a northern plant, and is readily 



5-6 





anthers. 



diflora always posses 



stamens, the filaments of the lower ones becoming almost as long as the anthers. 



Arnold Arboretum 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass 













