78 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [yuLY 
prope Kua pie, alt. circ. 3000 m., 21 Maji 1914, (no. 1345; frutex vel arbor, 
3-6 metralis); in regione Hua-li, in dumetis declivium ad flum. Yalung, alt. 
2300 m., 30 Maji 1914 (no. 1395). 
VIBURNUM CALvUM Rehd., var. puberulum, n. var.—A typo 
praecipue recedit: ramulis hornotinis et saepe annotinis biennesque 
et etiam inflorescentiis plus minusve puberulis.——Fructus atro- 
cyanei, nitiduli, ovato-globosi, circ. 5 mm. longi et 4 mm. crassi, 
iis V. propinqui similes sed minus distincte apiculati; semina 
ovoideo-globosa, ventre leviter sulcata, albumine ruminato. 
Szechuan australis: inter Hoh-si et Yen-yiian Hsien prope pagum Lo- 
ma-pu, in dumetis montium, alt. circ. 2200 m., 9 Maji 1914, C. Schneider (no. 
1146; frutex virgultus, 1.5-2 m. altus, floribus albis, fructibus atrocyaneis) ; in 
regione Kua-pie, in declivibus dumosis calcareis montium, alt. circ. 3000 m. 
20 Maji 1914, C. Schneider (no. a typus in Herb. Arn. Arb. et Herb. 
eider; frutex sempervirens, 1 m. altus, fructibus nitidis nigris). 
According to the shape and he athe of the leaves, and to the size 
of the inflorescence, this form is very similar to the typical V. calowm Rehd. 
from southern Yunnan, of which the fruits are not yet known. The fruits 
I collected are about the same as those of V. propinqguum Hemsl. which, 
however, can easily be distinguished by its 3-nerved leaves. 
There is another very interesting species I found in Yunnan 
boreali-occidentalis: inter Hoching et Teng-chuan, in silvis apertis 
_ prope Sung-queh versus angustias montium, alt. circ. 3200 m., 
29 Sept. 1914 (no. 2873; frutex 3-metralis). The shape of the 
ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic leaves, which measure up to 8 cm. 
in length and 2.8 cm. in width, is similar to those of V. propinquum, 
but they are not distinctl te and not 3-nerved at the base, 
but have the same ‘nervation as V.caloum. The fruiting corymbs 
are small, and bear only a few fruits, which, unfortunately, are not 
yet fully ripe. They are almost globose, and about’5 im. in 
_ diameter. I cannot refer this form to any sj th described _ 
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- _ from China, but I believe it is very near or the same as V. atro- : 
aoe cyanea oe C. B. Clarke apud Hook. and es FL. Brit. Ind. 
