ROSACEAE. — PRUNUS 61 
tala vix 3 mm. longa, rotundata; stamina 10, majora 5 mm. longa; 
stylus sepala circ. aequans, ut ovarium glaber. Fructus globosus circ. 
6-7 mm. diam.; putamen ovoideo-globosum, paene 5 mm. longum, sub- 
apiculatum, haud compressum, obscure carinatum, laeve, pariete 
tenui fragili. 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500-1800 m., May 
1907 (No. 177, as to flowering branches; the fruiting branches belong 
to P. stellipila); north and south of Ichang, alt. 900-1500 m., May and 
July 1907 (No. 91); Patung Hsien, woods, May (not seen) and July 
1907 (No. 91°); Chang-yang Hsien, woods, alt. 1200 m., September 1907 
(No. 118, only a sterile branch seen); north and south of Ichang, wood- 
lands, alt. 900-1500 m., June 1907 (No. 2839, as to sterile branches; 
the flowering branches belong to P. brachypoda var. pseudossiori.) 
Prunus stellipila Koehne, n. sp. 
Arbor 6—7-metralis trunco 0.3 m. diam.; ramuli vetustiores nigro- 
fusci glabri, juniores intense fusci, glabri. Foliorum stipulae ignotae; 
petioli 9-13 mm. longi, eglandulosi, glabri; lamina subtus in dentibus 
2 infimis biglandulosa glandulis parvulis planis fuscis, e basi acuta v. 
fere rotundata elliptica v. anguste oblonga (4.5-10 cm.: 2-3.5 em.), 
acuminata v. fere caudata, argutissime serrata dentibus longioribus 
angustioribus quam in P. venosa porrectis v. subincurvis, supra gla- 
bra, subtus pilis fasciculatis versus costam densioribus conspersa, 
cartilaginea venarum reticulo jam sub anthesi utraque pagina mani- 
feste prominulo, subtus (sub microscopio) haud papillosa. Racemi 
erecti, absque pedunculo brevi circ. 4-5 cm. longi, axi glabro v. minu- 
tissime puberulo-velutino; bracteae caducae, ignotae; pedicelli 1-2 mm. 
longi, glabri; eupula parva, patelliformis, extus glabra, intus fundo 
pilosa, sub fructu cum sepalis persistens; sepala cupulae circ. aequi- 
longa, triangularia, obtusa, glanduloso-denticulata, glabra; petala 
ignota; stamina 10 filamentis sub fructu 2 mm. longis; stylus ignotus. 
Fructus globosus circ. 5 mm. diam.; putamen ovoideo-globosum 4 mm. 
longum, acutiuseulum, haud compressum, validiuscule carinatum laeve, 
pariete tenui fragili. 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500-1800 m., 
August 1907 (No. 177, as to fruiting branches; the flowering branches 
belong to P. venosa). , 
Prunus perulata Koehne, n. sp. : : 
Arbor 10-13-metralis trunco 0.3-0.4 m. diam.; ramuli vetustiores 
intense fusco-cinerei, plus minus velutini v. glabri, juniores subfusci, 
