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1915, D. Macgregor. Kiangsi, Killing, alt. 1600 m., July 28, 1907, 

 E. H. Wilson (No. 1682); same locality, 1873, G. Shearer (Herb. 

 Kew). Hunan, Yoku-shan, alt. 70-300 m., February 21, 1918, Dr. 

 HandeUMazzetti (No. 480). Hupeh, north and south of Ichang, alt. 

 30-1300 m., May and November, 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 3474); 

 same locality, A. Henry (Nos. 782, 1160, Herb. Kew, Herb. Gray); 

 Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., May and November, 1907, 



E. H. Wilson (No. 3472); Changlo Hsien, cliffs, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 May, 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 3472") ; Patung Hsien, A. Henry 

 (No. 1416, Herb. Kew); Nanto and mountains to northward, A. 

 Henry (No. 3194, Herb. Kew); Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1000-1800 m., 

 May 14, December, 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 569); " Kao-hien-scian," 

 alt. 800 m., May, 1907, C. Silvestri. Szech'uan, Chungking, 1885, 



F. S. A. Bourne (Herb. Kew); Kiating Fu, alt. 300-800 m., May, 

 1908, E. H. Wilson (No. 3475); Mt. Omei, May, 1904, E. H. Wilson 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 5143); without locality, A. von Rosthorn (No. 

 2148); Yunnan or Kueichou, 1911, A. Hosie (Herb. Kew). Yunnan, 

 Menztsze, alt. 1500-2000 m., A. Henry (Nos. 9900 b , 9900 c , 9900 e , 

 Herb. Kew, Herb. Bur. Sci. Manila) ; same locality, alt. 1600-2300 m., 

 April, 1893, W. Hancock (No. 155, Herb. Kew); Mite, A. Henry 

 (No. 9900 d ); " Momyen," June 3, 1868, D. J. Anderson (Herb. Kew); 

 near Tali Fu, Tsang-chan, alt. 2500 m., J. M. Delavay (No. 1122, 

 Herb. Kew); Tali Fu, alt. 2200-2600 m., cultivated, G. Forrest (No. 

 4173); " Ho-yeh-shui," north end of Lichiang Valley, alt. 2900 m., 

 cultivated by Mossoo natives, May, 1906, G. Forrest (No. 2282, Herb. 

 Kew); without locality, G. Forrest (Nos. 7832, 11,824); 1910, R. P. 

 Maire (Nos. 3713, 3775, Herb. Bur. Sci. Manila). 



Formosa: prov. Koshun, South Cape, Schmuser ex A. Henry 

 (No. 588 in part, Herb. Kew). 



Cultivated : " Jardin du Luxembourg, Orangerie, 14 avril, 1822, 

 27 avril, 1823 " ex Herb. J. Gay (Herb. Kew). 



This species grows in all the temperate parts of China and in south Formosa, 

 and a variety (eriocarpum Wils.) on the Kawanabe Islands off Liukiu Oshima, but it 

 has not been found in Japan or Korea. It is particularly abundant in the area of 

 the Yangtsze Valley from near Ningpo to Mt. Omei in the far west. Hancock, 

 on a specimen, states that " the Ningpo hills are absolutely crimson in places with 

 this shrub "; the same is true of the Lushan hills round Kiukiang and of the region 

 north and south of Ichang. It delights in rocky places, preferably cliffs, thin dry 

 woods and thickets, blossoms profusely, and its wealth of red flowers makes it one 

 of the most conspicuous of all shrubs. The habit is twiggy and much-branched 

 with a maximum height of three metres, but averaging about half this height. 

 The leaves are variable in size and with the shoots are clothed with appressed, 



