220 47. EOSACE-J!: PBUNE^. 



9. Prunus (§ Laurocerasus) oxycarpa, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 xi. p. 710. 



Pygeum oxycarpum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 242. 



Kwangtung : Mount t Pakwan {Hance, 16424 !), near the 

 "White Cloud Monastery {Sampson, 1607 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



10. Primus (§ Padus) Padus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 473 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 705 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381 (var. pubescens, Begel) ; Franchet, PI. 

 David, p. 106. 



Cerasus Padus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 5.39. 



Chihli: Pohuashan {Bretschneider !) , Jehol {David, 1707!); 

 Shingkikg : Jienchang {Boss !), Moukden {Boss !), Peiling 

 {Webster \), Herb. Kew. 



Western Europe to Japan. 



11. Prunus (§ Cerasus) pauciflora, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. 

 Bor. p. 23 ; Walp. Bep. ii. p. 9 ; Maxim, in Mil. Biol. xi. p. 694. 



Chihli : Zuiweysban {Bunge), everywhere in the mountains 

 around Peking {Tatarinovo ex Maximowicz), mountains west of 

 Peking {Bretschneider ex Maximowicz). 



12. Prunus (§ Amygdalus) persica, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. 

 Nat. p. 14 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 666 (varietates) ; Baker 

 in Rook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 313. 



Amygdalus persica, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1 , p. 472 ; Bunge, Enum. Pi. Chin. 

 Bor. p. 22 ; Bretschn. Study of Chin. Bot. Works, p. 10, et Early Res. 

 p. 149 ; DC. Orig. PI. Cult. p. 176. 



Prunus Davidiana, Franchet, PI. David, p. 103. 



Persica vulgaris, Mill. Diet. no. 1 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 531. 



Persica Davidiana, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1872, p. 74, cum fig. 



Amygdalus communis, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 21, nee Linn. 



The Peach is cultivated throughout China, and a wild form 

 {P. Davidiana) is common on the mountains near Peking and 

 elsewhere. Indeed DeCandolle regards China as the native 

 country of the Peach, and Bretschneider thinks he may be right. 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



[Amygdalus dasylepis, Miq. (in Journ. Bot. Neerl. i. p. 122), 

 collected in Kwangtung by Krone, is probably a variety of the 

 Peach.] 



