47. ROSACEJE : POMEJE. 259 



14. Pyrus, sp. (of. P. vestitae, Wall. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 375). 



Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry, 872 !). Herb. Kew. 



The specimens of these two species are sufficient to determine 

 that they are quite distinct from all of the foregoing species, yet 

 insufficient for description. 



[Mespilus spiralis and M. chinensis, Blume (Bijdr. p. 1102), 

 we know only from the very brief descriptions; and neither 

 Maximowicz nor Decaisne enumerates or even mentions them, we 

 believe.] 



1. Crataegus cuneata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. p. 22 ; 

 Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, 

 p. 11; Franchet, PI. David, p. 118; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. 

 p. 175. 



Chekiang: hills near Meichi (Carles I); Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 (Shearer I) • Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



2. Crataegus pinnatifida, Bunge, Fnum. Fl. Chin. Bor. p. 26 ; 

 Walp. Hep. ii. p. 58 ; Baker Sf S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. p. 382 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 313 ; Debeaux, Fl. 

 Tchef. p. 59 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 118, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. 

 Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 216 ; Cartenfl. 1862, p. 204, t. 366 

 N. E. Brown in Gard. Chon. n. s. xxvi. pp. 620, 621, f. 121 (var. 

 major). 



Crataegus Oxyacantha, var. pinnatifida, Regel in Acta Hort. Petrop. i. 

 p. 119. 



Mespilus pinnatifida, C. Koch, Dendrol i. p. 152, et in Ind. Sent. Hort. 

 Berol. 1880, p. 20. 



Chihli: Jehol (David, 1773!), region of Peking (Bunge I 

 Bretschneider ! Buskell !) ; Shingking : Chienshan and other 

 localities (Boss I), Moukden to Yaloo river ( Webster !) ; Shan- 

 tung (Fauvel ex Franchet) ; Chekiang : hills near Meichi 

 (Carles !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Maries !) ; Hupeh : Ichang 

 and Patung districts (A. Henry I); Corea: Soul (Carles I). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Mandshuria. 



As here limited, this species is exceedingly variable in the size 

 and cutting of the leaves, in the inflorescence (which is sometimes 



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