1917} SCHNEIDER—NEW CHINESE PLANTS Ce | 
petala orbicularia, circ. 2.5 mm. lata, basi unguiculata, intus 
pilosula; stamina 20, petalis paullo breviora, antheris ut videtur 
violaceis; carpidia 2, apice sparse villosa, stylis quam stamina 
fere longioribus stigmatibus capitatis planis. Fructus parvi, 
rubri; subglabri vel satis villosuli, plus minusve turbinati, 4-5 mm. 
longi, apice circ. 3 mm. crassi, sepalis extus villosulis incumbentibus 
fere clausi; pyrenia 2, obcordato-ovoidea, circ. 3.5 mm. longa et 
infra medium 2.5-3 mm. lata, stylum in apice vel paullo infra 
gerentia, ventre leviter carinata, subnitentia, dorso paullo sulcata, 
basi hypostylii leviter constricta, hypostylio circ. trientem dorsi 
occupante villosulo. 
Yunnan boreali-occidentalis: in dumetis ad vias inter Ho-ching et Li- 
chiang-fu, alt. circ. 2600 m., 25 Septembris 1914, C. Schneider (no. 77 
typus in Herb. Arb. Arn. et Hb. Schneider).—Szechuan australis: ad vias 
declivibus montium prope Wo-lo-ho, alt. circ. 2800 m., 13 Junii 1914, C 
watis). 
glabrescen 
ieee ippatiie. Cc salicifolia var. rugosa R. and W. and var. floccosa R. 
and W. differ by the same characters of the leaves and by their larger more 
subglobose fruits. Its nearest relative may be C. Harrowiana Wils., of which 
‘have not yet seen the fruit; but the old leaves : 
glabrescent beneath. Having introduced C. ‘oligocarpa into cultivation, cs 
has to be decided by observation of li; gc 
or only a variety of C. Horrewiana which comes from southern Yanna. 
C witdais dad ta ection ©. Harrowiana and C. oligocarpa 
a group of very closely related which may So iced ace a 
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on the under surface, — of suntan the — fo Lae 
