218 47. ROSACEA : PBUNEiE. 



in South China, and the one cultivated near Peking is P. Davi- 

 diana, a variety of P. persica. See Bretschneider, ' Early Re- 

 searches,' p. 149.] 



2. Primus (§ Cerasus) campanulata, Maxim, in Mil. Biol. xi. 

 p. 698. 



Fokien : without locality (Be Grijs, lib. Hanee, 7046 !). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



[Prunus Cerasus, Linn., the Cherry, is enumerated by Maxi- 

 mowicz (Ind. Fl. Pek.), perhaps by mistake, as he does not in- 

 clude it in his monograph of the eastern Asiatic species of Prunus. 

 James also sends it from Shingking, where it is probably culti- 

 vated.] 



3. Prunus (§ Euprunus) communis, Suds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, 

 p. 212 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 677. 



Prunus domestica, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 475; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 317; Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 22; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 14.9. 



Prunus insititia, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. p. 273, et Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 680. 



Varieties of the Plum are cultivated in China and Japan, and 

 it occurs in a wild state on the mountains near Peking, as well 

 as on the Tsunglin range in Shensi and Kansuh. "Where it is 

 really indigenous is uncertain. 



Maximowicz adopts Hudson's name ; yet from a citation (op. 

 cit. p. 678) he appears to regard P. insititia as specifically dis- 

 tinct from P. domestica. 



4. Prunus (§ Cerasus) hirtipes, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Rami floriferi crassi, glabri. Folia hysteranthia non visa. 

 Gemma? laterales 4-6-flor®, bracteis numerosis latis, exterioribus 

 coriaceis glabris, interioribus tenuioribus plus minusve hirsutis ; 

 pedunculi graciles, breviter exserti, longe patentim hirsuti ; calyx 

 extus patentim hirsutus simul glandulosus, intus glaber, lobis 

 ovato-oblongis integris vix acutis tubo dimidio brevioribus ; petala 

 obovata, emarginata vel bifida, venosa, circiter 5 lineas longa ; 

 ovarium atque stylus elongatus glabrum, stigmate capitato. 



Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Maries I). Herb. Kew. 



This is so distinct from every other species we have seen or 

 know from description, that we have ventured to describe it in 

 the absence of leaves. 



5. Prunus (§ Cerasus) humilis, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 

 p. 23 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 682, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. 



