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uiter ciliata; petala 3-5 mm. longa, ima basi lanato-barbata; stamina 
23-32, majora petala aequantia v. superantia, 5-8 mm. longa; stylus 
stamina circ. aequans. 
Western Hupeh: Chang-yang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1400 m., 
May 1907 (No. 2841); without locality, 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 604); 
A. Henry (No. 6327, according to C. K. Schneider in Herb. Reg. 
Berol., probably to be referred to P. ssiori F. Schmidt, but it is 
P. Grayana). Japan: Mazimowicz (Iter Sec. 1861), 1862, Hilgendorf 
(No. 192), J. J. Rein, K. Shirai, K. Saida, U. Faurie (Nos. 376, 5009, 
6054). 
This species differs in several characters from the section Leptopodium, though 
in the herbarium it is often confounded with the very distinct P. ssiori. 
account of its glands, the cupula glabrous on the inside and the entire or nearly 
entire sepals it seems to belong to the section Pachypodium rather than to 
Leptopodium. 
Prunus laxiflora Koehne, n. sp. 
Arbor 10-metralis trunco 40 cm. diam.; ramuli juveniles puberuli, 
vetustiores vix glabrati, fusci v. nigricantes, lenticellis paucis parvis. 
Stipulae 5-10 mm. longae, anguste lineares, pubescentes; petioli 7-12 
mm. longi, dense pubescentes, eglandulosi; glandulae 2 marginales 
dentium infimarum paginam inferiorem oceupantes, complanatae; 
lamina e basi late cuneata late v. obovato-oblonga (sub anthesi 3.5-6 
em. longa 1.6-2.7 em. lata), longe acuminata, inciso-subduplicato-ser- 
rata, dentibus longis tenuissime acuminatis, supra in costa pubescenti- 
villosa, ceterum glabra, subtus in costa densius, in nervis laxius sericeo- 
villosa, ceterum glabra, supra laete viridis, subtus vix pallidior reticulo 
intensius colorato, epapillosa. Racemi absque pedunculo efoliato, sed 
interdum hypophylla 1-2 parva gerente, 7-17 mm. longo 4.5-7 em. 
longi, c. 6-12 flori, laxi, axi ac pedunculo adpresso-pubescente; bracteae 
infimae 10-4 mm. longae, superiores usque ad 1 mm. longitudinis 
decrescentes, omnes persistentes; pedicelli infimi 18 mm., supremi 
2 mm. longi, laxe villosi; eupula circ. 3 mm. longa ac lata, semi- 
globoso-campanulata, extus basi tantum pilosa, intus glaberrima; 
sepala cupulae aequilonga, triangularia acuta, ut videtur horizon- 
taliter patentia, longiuscule glanduloso-fimbriata; petala fere 7 mm. 
longa, 4 mm. lata, ovalia, margine leviter eroso-undulata; stamina 
22-26, majora circ. 4 mm. longa, petalis triente breviora; stylus 
stamina aequans v. paullo superans, ut ovarium glaber. Fructus 
ignotus. 
