ROSACEAE. — COTONEASTER 161 
villoso-strigillosi, demum glabrescentes, annotini fusci, glabri, vetus- 
tiores cinereo-fusci; gemmae dense flavido-subaccumbenti-villosae. 
Folia subcoriacea, decidua, elliptico-ovata, rarius rhombico-ovata, 
acuminata v. acuta, 2.5-3.5 cm. longa et 1-1.6 cm. lata, supra glabra, 
lucide viridia, venularum reticulo impresso, subtus tomento flavido 
villoso obtecta, utrinsecus venis 4-5 supra valde impressis subtus 
manifeste elevatis; petioli 3-4 mm. longi, pubescentes, demum plerum- 
que glabrescentes; stipulae subulatae, pubescentes, circiter 2 mm. 
longi. Flores ignoti. Fructus 3-6 in racemis glabris, pedicellis cum 
pedunculo 0.5-1 em. longis, globosi, 5-7 mm. diam., purpureo-nigri, 
glabri; pyrenae 5, trigono-oblongo-obovoideae, 3-4 mm. longae et 
circiter 2 mm. diam., ventre carinatae, stylum plus quam tertiam 
partem infra apicem gerentes, dorso irregulariter obsolete sulcatae, 
hypostylio tertiam partem dorsì occupante sparse villosulo. 
Western Szech'uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, alt. 2600- 
3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4191, type). 
This species is apparently closely related to C. obscura Rehder & Wilson, but. 
differs from it in its subcoriaceous leaves rugose above and reticulate beneath, 
glabrous pedicels, and in the 5 narrow stones of the fruit, 
Cotoneaster obscura Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 
Frutex 1-3-metralis, ramosissimus, divarieatus; ramuli hornotini 
flavido-strigillosi, basin versus interdum glabrescentes, annotini tarde 
glabrescentes, fusco-purpurei, vetustiores obscure fusci; gemmae 
flavido-villoso-strigillosae, 2-3 mm. longae. Folia decidua, elliptico- 
ovata, rarius rhombico-ovata, plerumque acuminata, rarius acuta, 
basi late cuneata, 2.5-4 cm. longa et 1.5-2 cm. lata, supra obscure 
viridia, initio pilis accumbentibus conspersa, demum glabra v. fere 
glabra, subtus tomento subaccumbente villoso flavido-cinereo obtecta, 
utrinsecus nervis 3—4 ut costa supra leviter impressis subtus elevatis; 
petioli 2-3 mm. longi, pubescentes; stipulae membranaceae, subulatae, 
3-4 mm. longae. Flores ignoti. Fructus 3-5 in racemis ramulos 
breves laterales terminantibus, pedicellis cum pedunculo 3-5 mm. longis 
sparse villoso-strigillosis, ovoideo-pyriformes, 8-9 mm. longi et 7-8 mm. 
diam., fusco-rubri, apice applanato sparse villoso, sepalis conniventibus; 
Pyrenae plerumque 3, rarius 2, oblongo-obovoideae, 5 mm. longae, 3 
mm. diam., ventre stylum tertiam partem infra apicem gerentes, dorso 
pallidae, interdum leviter suleatae, hypostylio nitido flavido-brunneo 
tertiam partem dorsi occupante parce villoso v. glabro. : 
Western Szech'uan: Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, thickets, 
alt. 2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4306, type); Tachien-lu, upland thick- 
