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purpurascentes, annotini fusco-purpurei, vetustiores obscure fusci 
Folia coriacea, oblanceolato-oblonga, rarius oblongo-lanceolata, acu- 
minata, basi euneata, 4—7 em. longa et 1.4-2.5 cm. lata, supra glabra, 
laete viridia, subnitentia, minute rugulosa, subtus initio sparse floccoso- 
villosa, mox glabrescentia, demum glabra, glauca, margine leviter 
revoluta, utrinsecus nervis 7-10 ut costa supra impressis subtus elevatis; 
petioli 5-7 mm. longi, initio sparse villosuli, demum glabri, basi auricu- 
lati; stipulae membranaceae, oblongae, 3 mm. longae, cito caducae. 
Corymbus multiflorus, fere planus, 2.5-4 cm. diam., in 'apice ramu- 
lorum terminalium et lateralium brevium; pedicelli breves, 1-4 mm. 
longi, cum pedunculo 1.5-2 cm. longi, sparse adpresse pilosi, glabre- 
scentes, subangulosi, virescentes, bracteis bracteolisque membranaceis 
minutis caducis; calycis tubus turbinatus, sparse pilosus v. fere glaber, 
dentes orbiculari-ovati, circiter 1 mm. longi, glabri; petala suborbicu- 
laria, patentia, 2-3 mm. diam., basi abrupte unguiculata; stamina 
20, petalis paullo breviora, antheris purpureis; carpidia 2, apice sparse 
villosa; styli staminibus triente breviores, stigmate capitato concavo. 
Fructus desiderantur. 
Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, alt. 2000-2800 m., rare, July 
1906 (No. 2185). 
Apparently most closely allied to C. salicifolia Franchet and particularly to the var. 
Pritzelii Schneider, which differs, though its leaves are glabrous or nearly so at 
maturity, in the pubescent branchlets and inflorescence. Cotoneaster glaucophylla 
Franchet is easily distinguished by its shorter ovate or oval leaves. 
Cotoneaster salicifolia Franchet in Nowy. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 3, 
vol. VIII. p. 225 (Pl. David. II. 43) (1885). — Schneider, IU. Handb. 
Laubholzk. Y. 759 (1906); in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. III. 221 (1906). 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1300-2500 m., June and 
November 1908 (No. 1133; bush 2-5 m., flowers white, fruit scarlet); 
Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 1868; bush 3 m.). 
, In Franchet’s original description, cited above, the leaves are given as } cent. 
broad. This is probably a clerical error for 1-2 cent. broad. The fruits not de- 
scribed by Franchet are ovoid, about 4 mm. long and 3 mm. across, scarlet; stones 
2-3, 3 mm. long, with the style at the apex of the inner surface, and the glabrous 
hypostyle covering one half or slightly more of the dorsal side, the hypostyle dark 
brown, the lower part light brown. 
Cotoneaster salicifolia, var. rugosa Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
Cotoneaster rugosa Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 385 (1900). — Schneider, Ill. 
Handb. Laubholzk. Y. 758, fig. 426 f, 427 g-r (1906); in Fedde, Rep. Nov. 
Sp. III. 221 (1806).j 
