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Eehinocarpus sinensis, Hemsl. Species quoad fructum E. murici 
simillima sed foliis multo-majoribus oblanceolatis tenuioribus. 
Arbor 16-pedalis (A. Henry), ramulis fructiferis foliisque glaberrimis. 
Folia graciliter petiolata, tenuia, papyracea, anguste oblanceolata, 
cum petiolo 4-8 poll, longa, 1 J-2 poll, lata, abrupte acutoque acu- 
minata, deorsum attenuata sed basi obtusa, remote calloso-serrulata, 
venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 7-10; petiolus gracilis, 6-12 
lineas longus, basi incrassatus, apice geniculatus. Flores ignoti. 
Capsula solitaria, pedicellata, pedicellis circiter sesquipollicaribus, 
lignosa, 4-5 locularis, globosa, 1-1J poll, diametro, densissime 
setoso-aculeata, simul tomentosa, setis rectis rigidis semipollicaribus 
setulosis ; semina cylindrico-oblonga, arillo ceraceo rubro ad § vestita. 
China : province of Hupeh, on cliffs (A. Henry, 7488). 
Zanthoxylum stenophyllum, Hemsl. 
Frutex 5-6 pedalis vel scandens (A. Henry), fere undique glaber, 
dense ramosus, ramulis floriferis fructiferisque gracilibus aculeis 
paucis brevibus rigidis armatis. Folia pinnata, rachi gracillima 
saepius elongata (interdum usque 9 poll, longa) aculeis numerosis 
rigidis 1J-3 lin. longis leviter curvatis instructs; foliola 5-9, alterna 
vel subopposita, breviter petiolulata, subcoriacea, anguste lanceolata 
vel linear-lanceolata, 1J-3 poll, longa, sursum longe attenuata, sed 
vix acuta, basi cuneata vel subrotundata, minute glanduloso-serrata, 
supra nitida vel subopaca, secus costam primum puberula. Cymae 
corymbosae vel subumbellatae, axillares, brevissime pedunculatae, 
pauciflorae, fructiferae circiter ij poll, longae et latae, pedicellis fructi- 
feris gracilibus angulatis circiter semipollicaribus. Flores unisexuales 
vel polygami, $ ignoti, £ glabri, vix 2 lineas diametro; sepala 4, 
minuta, oblonga ; petala 4, ovalia, obtusa, lineam longa ; stamina 4, 
antheris magnis cordiformibus ; ovarium rudimentarium ovoideum, 
glabrum. Cocci sessiles, glabri, glandulosi, oblique-ovoidei, circiter 
2 1 lin. longi; semina nigra, nitida. 
China : Hsingshan, province of Hupeh (A. Henry, 6466, 655 5) ; 
South Wushan, province of Szechuen (A. Henry, 5560). 
Zanthoxylum mieranthum, Hemsl. 
Arbor usque ad 50 ped. alta sed saepius minor (A. Henry), ex 
affinitate Z. ailanthoidei, ramis floriferis aculei paucissimis rectis 
