254 47. bosace.e : kose^:. 



Tchef. p. 57 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 116 ; Crepin in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. Belg. xi. p. 52, et xiv. p. 41 (varietates plures). 



Chthli : Peking, cult. ? {Bretschneider ! Bushell !) ; Shing- 

 ktng : Talienhwan (Birnie ! Swinhoe !) ; Shantung (Maingay !) ; 

 Cobea : Chemulpo {Carles !), west coast (Berry !). Herb. Kew. 



Japan to Kamtschatka. 



16. Rosa sericea, Lindl. Bos. Monogr. p. 105, 1. 12 ; Crepin in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xiv. p. 151, et Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. 

 Belg. xxv. 2. p. 9 ; Rook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 367 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5200. 



Yunnan : between Momyen and Nantyen (Anderson !), various 

 localities up to about 11,000 feet (David ex Crepin). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



India, from Kumaon eastward. 



Anderson's specimens are remarkable for tbe extreme hairiness 

 of the leaves ; and David's are described as having the spines 

 ddated at tbe base to an extraordinary degree, sometimes, indeed, 

 extending throughout the entire length of the internode. In the 

 Kew Herbarium are specimens similar to the latter, from Munny- 

 pore, collected by Watt. 



17. Eosa xantbina, Lindl. Bos. Monogr. p. 132 ; Franchet, PI. 

 David, p. 117 ; Crepin in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxv. 2. 

 p. 14. 



China. 



This is probably the same plant we have under pimpinellifolia. 

 See the remarks under that species. In the place cited Crepin 

 merely gives a classified list of the Chinese Koses ; and we are 

 left in doubt whether B. scanthina, which he gives specific rank, 

 is the same as B. pimpinellifolia, var. platyacantha, Crepin, given 

 by Franchet as a synonym of this. 



47. EOSACE^E: POMEJ3. 



1. Pyrus Aria, Fhrh. Beitr. iv. p. 20 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 636, 

 var. foliis subduplicato-crenato-serrulatis longe acuminatis. 



Sorbus Aria, Crantz; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 173. 



Hupeh: Patung, on the high hills only (A. Henry X). Herb. 

 Kew. 



Western Europe to Japan. 



The Chinese is a very marked variety, yet we do not think it 



