262 47. KOSACEJ3: POMEJC. 



Commonly cultivated in China and Japan, as well as in some 

 other countries ; aud, according to a note accompanying Shearer's 

 specimen, it is wild in the Chinese province of Szechuen. Dr. 

 Henry does not state whether his specimens were from wild or 

 cultivated trees. 



1. Photinia Benthamiana, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me serie, 

 v. p. 213 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 177. 



Kwangtung : Whampoa and other localities {Hance, 1501 ! 

 Wright ! Sampson I Wenyon !) ; Hainan (B. G. Henry V). Mus. 

 Brit. : Herb. Kew. 



2. Photinia crenatoserrata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, 

 p. 261. 



Hupeh : Ichang (Watters, hb. Hance, 20988 !). Mus. Brit. 



!^ 3. Photinia Fortuneana, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 179 ; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 261. 



Cotoneaster Fortuneana, Wenzig in Linncea, xxxviii. p. 200, ex Decne. 



Osteomeles Pyracantha, Decne. in Nouv. Arch, du Mus. x. p. 183. 



Eokien : Amoy ( Fortune, 69 I) . Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



This very strongly resembles Crataegus Pyracantha, differing in 

 the more conspicuous finely- reticulated venation of the leaves, 

 toothed only above the middle, in the fewer flowered corymbs and 

 stouter pedicels, and the confluent carpels. 



4. Photinia glabra, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 178 (excl. 

 )8. chinensis) ; Decne. in Nouv. Arch, du Mus. x. p. 140. 



Crataegus glabra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p, 205. 



Mespilus glabra, Colla, Hort. Ripul. p. 90, in nota, t. 36. 



Chekiaug : Ningpo (Cooper !) ; Fokien : Amoy (Fortune, 

 3 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



This is so readily distinguished from P. serrulata that we 

 follow Decaisne in giving both forms specific rank. 



5. Photinia melanostigma, Hance in Jmm. Bot. 1882, p. 5. 

 Kwatsgtung : along the North river (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 



21691 !). Mus. Brit, 



6. Photinia prnnifolia, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. adnot. t. 1956 ; 

 Benih. Fl. Hongk. p. 107; Decne. in Nouv. Arch, du Mus. x. 

 p 141. 



Pnotinia serrulata, /3. prunii'olia, Hook.et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 185. 



