47. rosace^: posies. 255 



should rank higher. It may he the Aria alnifolia recorded by 

 Decaisne (Nouv. Arch, du Mus. x. p. 166) from the Chinese 

 province of Kweichau. 



2. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gatrtn. Fruct. ii. p. 45, t. 87 ; Ledeb. Fl 

 Boas. ii. p. 100 ; Rook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 375 ; Franchet, PI. 

 David, p. 120. 



Sorbus Aucuparia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 477 ; Maxim, in Mil. Biol. ix. 

 p. 170 (varietates). 



Pyrus (Sorbus) discolor, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 103 in adnot. 



Pyrus (Sorbus) pohuashanensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 132. 



CnrnLi : Jehol (David, 1835, ex Franchet), Pohuashan (Bret- 

 schneider !) ; Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry \). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Western Europe to Japan; and a very closely allied species 

 in North America. 



Dr. Henry's specimens are probably of the variety described 

 by Maxiniowicz under the name discolor. " Only one tree seen 

 on the high mountains ; three feet in diameter and fifty feet 

 high " (A. Henry). 



3. Pyrus baccata, Linn. Mant. p. 75 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 635 ; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 132 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 382 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 166 (varie- 

 tates); Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 373 ; Kegel, Qartenfl. 1862, 

 p. 201, t. 364 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6112 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 120. 



Malus baccata, Desf. Arb. ii. p. 141 ; Decne. in Nouv. Arch, du Mus. x. 

 p. 154. 



Malus cerasifera, Spach, Hist. Veg. ii. p. 152. 



Chihm: near Peking and Pohuashan (Bretschneider ! Davidl), 

 Jehol (David, 1728 !) ; Shingking : various localities (Boss I 

 Webster !) ; Chekiang : Taihoo Lake (Carlesl); Kanstjh : 

 south of the Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz in litt.) ; 

 Corea : Soul (Carles !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Himalayas and Dahuria to Japan. 



Debeaux (Fl. Tchef. p. 60) records Pyrus prunifolia, "Willd., 

 from Shantung and Chihli, attributing the latter to Maximowicz. 

 This is the only indication we have found of a wild locality for 

 this species, which differs from P. baccatam the fruit being crowned 

 with the persistent calyx-lobes. Varieties of both species are 

 figured by Eegel in the place cited above. 



