110 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Osteomeles pernettyoides ( Wedd.) Decaisne, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist, Nat. 
(Paris) 10: 184, 1874. Figure 49. 
Hesperomeles pernettyoides Wedd. Chlor. And. 2: 230. 1861. 
A spinescent, erect shrub, 2 to 3 meters high, the old bark a rather dark 
gray, the young branchlets more or less brownish-puberulous and verruculose. 
Leaves subopposite or alternate; blades coriaceous, 
ovate, obovate, or lanceolate, cuneate at the base, more 
or less decurrent on the petiole, rounded-obtuse or acute 
at the apex, 1 to 3 cm. long, 0.5 to 1.2 em. broad, entirely 
glabrous, lustrous above, pale, dull, and prominulous- 
reticulate beneath, glandular-serrulate; angle of the pri- 
mary veins about 61 degrees, Stipules small, acute. 
Corymbs few-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 
Fruits oblong, about 5 mm. long, crowned with the 
Fic, 49.—Leaf of Os- persistent calyx segments, 
teomeles pernetty- Type from the vicinity of the Volcano of Sorata, Prov- 
Soe mex! oe ince of Larecaja, Peruvian Andes, flowers and fruit, 
and Gilbert 1873. March, 1859, Mandon 653. 
The above description is drawn from specimens collected 
at Pifiasniocj, Panticalla Pass, Peru, at an altitude of about 3,600 meters, in 
fruit, July 16, 1915, Cook & Gilbert 1873. 
This species has been reported further from the following localities: 
CoLompia: Laguna Verde, Andes de Tuquerres, alt. 3,200 Ineters, Triana. 
Quindit, Central Cordillera, alt. 3,000 meters, Triana. Pféramo de 
Colima, Central Cordillera, Linden 945. 
Peru: Between Cajamarca and Chachapoyas, alt. 3,500 meters, Raimondi, 
Cordilleras de Cuzco, Gay. 
Botivia: Cordillera de Sorata, Department of La Paz, Mandon. Unduavi, 
alt. 3,300 meters, in fruit, October, 1885, Rusby 2039. 
Osteomeles resinoso-punctata Pittier, sp. nov. Figure 50. 
A low, spinescent shrub, the branchlets twisted and knotty, the old bark gray, 
the young branchlets sparsely grayish-pubescent, 
Leaves alternate or fasciculate at the nodes; petioles about 4 mm. long; 
blades subcoriaceous, ovate or oyate-lanceolate, cuneate at the base, mostly 
acute at the apex, 15 to 25 mm. long, 4 to 11 mm. broad, lustrous, pilosulous 
(principally on the costa), and prominulous-reticulate 
above, paler, reticulate, and sparsely pilosulous or 
glabrescent beneath; angle of the primary veins about 43 
degrees ; margin serrate-glandular on the upper two-thirds 
of the blade, with a transparent, resinous-looking spot 
corresponding to each tooth. Stipules acute-triangular, 
mucronate, sparsely hairy, 1 to 2 mm. long, caducous. 
Corymbs axillary or terminal, longer than the leaves, 
3 to 6-flowered, the rachis thick, sparsely hairy. Bracts Fie. 50.—Leaf of Os- 
linear-subulate, canaliculate, broadened and clasping at *¢omeles _resinoso- 
: . punctata. Natural 
the base, glabrous, 4 to 6 mm. long. Pedicels 2 to 4 mm, size. From type 
long, more or less hairy. Flowers 9 to 10 mm. long. Re- specimen. 
ceptacle broadly obconical, more or less grayish-pubescent, 
the disk sparsely pilosulous. Calyx segments triangular-acute, glabrous, about 
3.5 mm. long. Petals white, concave, ovate or obovate, broadly cuneate at the 
base, rounded-obtuse at the apex, about 6 mm. long, 3.5 to 4 mm. broad. Stamens 
glabrous, about 4.5 mm. long, the anthers about as broad as long. Styles slen- 
der, nearly 5 mm, long, slightly woolly at the base; stigmas discoid, undivided. 
