260 47. B0SA.CE.E : POMEiE. 



glabrous, sometimes densely woolly), and in the size of the 

 fruit. 



3. Crataegus Pyracantha, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. p. 37 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 626 ; Brandis, For. Fl. N.W. Ind. p. 208. 



Mespilus Pyracantha, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 478; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 320. 



Crataegus crenulata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 509; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 384; Bot. Reg. xxx. t. 52. 



Pyracantha coccinea et crenulata, Mcem. Synop. hi. p. 219 ; Decne. in 

 Nouv. Arch, du Mus. x. p. 171. 



Cotoneaster Pyracantha, Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. ii. p. 73; Boiss. Fl. 

 Or. ii. p. 665. 



Sportella atalantoides, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1877, p. 207, et 1880, 

 p. 260. 



Htjpeh : Ichang Gorge (Maries !), Ichang and Patung (A. 

 Henry !) ; Szechuen : Chungking (Bourne !) ; Kweicha.it : 

 near Kweyang (Mesny, hb. Hance, 19960 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Southern Europe to the Himalayas. 



The leaves of the Chinese specimens are very various, and the 

 fruit is designated "red " by Dr. Henry; therefore it is impos- 

 sible to identify them with the Indian as distinguished from the 

 western form. From the number of synonyms of this shrub, 

 the instability of the genera of the Pomacece may be inferred. 



4. Crataegus sanguinea, Pall. Fl. Boss. i. p. 25, t. 11 ; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Boss. ii. p. 88 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 40 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 175. 



Shingking (Jamesl). Herb. Kew. 



Siberia and Amur ; cultivated in Japan. 



1. Cotoneaster integerrima, Medic. Geschichte der Botanik, 

 1793, p. 85 ; Wenzig in Linncea, xxxviii. p. 180 ; Maxim. Mel. 

 Biol. ix. p. 174 (var. vulgaris). 



Mespilus Cotoneaster, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 479. 



Cotoneaster vulgaris, Lindl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 101 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 632 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 385. 



Cotoneaster acutifolia, Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 171 ? 



Hupeh: : Patung district (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



"Western Europe to Mandshuria. 



