47. HOSACEJE : POMES. 265 



Mespilus Sieboldii, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1102, ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. 

 Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 41. 



Laurus umbellata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 175, ex Maxim. 



Raphiolepis integerrima, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 263 ; Walp. 

 JRep. ii. p. 57. 



Core an Archipelago : Port Hamilton (Oldham, 245 !) ; 

 Luchu Archipelago (Wright \ Beecheyl). Herb. Kew. 



Japan and Bonin Islands. 



1. Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Lindl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 p. 98, t. 8 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 633 ; A. Or. in Mem. Am. Acad. n. s. 

 vi. (1857) p. 388; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 182; Hemsl. 

 Bot. ' Challenger'' Exped. i. Introd. p. 18. 



Osteomeles subrotunda, C. Koch in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 

 p. 250; Miq. op. cit. p. 41. 



Luchu Archipelago (ex A. Gray). 



Japan, and the Bonin, Sandwich, Maingaia, and Pitcairn 

 Islands. 



This shrub, of remarkable distribution, belongs to a genus 

 otherwise exclusively Andean. 



48. SAXIFEAGACE.E : Saxifrages. 



1. Astilbe chinensis, Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 144 

 (var. japonica) ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 121 (var. Davidii). 



Hoteia chinensis, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 120; Walp. Ann. vii. 

 p. 889. 



Astilbe odontophylla, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 96. 



Chihli: Jehol (David, 1925 !), near Peking (Bretschneider ! 

 Tatarinow !) ; Ejangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer) ; Hupeh : Ichang 

 and Patung districts (A. BZenry !) ; Corea: Chemulpo (Carles 1 .). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Amur and Japan. 



2. Astilbe polyandra, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Herba gracilis, praeter inflorescentiam glabra vel cito glabres- 

 cens, caulibus teretibus subnitidis. Folia circiter 18 poll, longa 

 lataque, triternatisecta vel pinnatisecta ; foliola membranacea, 

 sessilia vel breviter petiolulata (terminale longiuscule), ovato- 

 lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata (latera)ia basi saepe plus minus 

 obliqua), longissime acuminata simul acutissima, usque ad 4 poll, 

 longa, argute duplicato-serrata, veuis primariis vix prominulis. 

 Floret albi (Henry), poly gam o-dioici, minuti, dense racemoso- 



