ROSACEAE. — COTONEASTER 173 
Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, alt. 1600-2000 m., 
thickets, June and October 1907 (No. 335; bush 1-3 m. tall, flowers 
white, fruit coral-red). 
Our specimens have shorter leaves and smaller corymbs than those described for 
the type by Pritzel, otherwise they agree exactly with his description. From the 
typical Cotoneaster salicifolia this variety is distinguished by the more lanuginose 
shaggy pubescence of the lower surface of the leaves and of the branchlets, the 
duller green and smaller, comparatively broader leaves and the larger fruits with 
usually 2 stones, the hypostyle covering less than one half of the dorsal side. 
Cotoneaster salicifolia, var. floccosa Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
Frutex 2-4-metralis ramis gracilibus curvatis; ramuli hornotini 
initio adpresse villosi, cito glabrescentes, angulati, violascentes, anno- 
tini rubro-brunnei, vetustiores cinereo-fusci. Folia coriacea, partim 
persistentia, oblongo-lanceolata, rarius oblanceolato-oblonga v. anguste 
elliptica, breviter acuminata, basi cuneata, 2-7, plerumque 3-5 cm. 
longa et 8-18 mm. lata, supra laete viridia, glabra, nitentia, rugosa, 
subtus initio dense tomento floscoso-villoso albo vestita, demum 
glabrescentia et glauca, nervis utrinsecus 10-14 supra ut costa mani- 
feste impressis subtus elevatis glabris rubescentibus; petioli 3-5 mm. 
longi, cito glabrescentes. Corymbus densus, 2-3 m. diam., 9-15-florus; 
pedicelli cum pedunculo 0.5-4 m. longi, adpresse villosi ut calycis 
tubus; calycis dentes triangulares, 1 mm. longi; petala nondum evo- 
luta. Fructus subglobosus, circiter 6 mm. diam., laete ruber; pyrenae 
plerumque 3, rarius 2 v. 4, oblongo-triangulares, 3.5-4 mm. longae 
et 1.5-2 mm. diam., utrinque acutae, stylum in apice gerentes, hypo- 
stylio dimidium dorsum v. ultra occupante glabro. 
Western Szech'uan: west and near Wén-ch'uan Hsien, alt. 
2300-2600 m., July and November 1908 (No. 1133°, type); same 
locality, alt. 2600-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4199). 
Easily distinguished from the type and other varieties by its floccose caducous 
tomentum. The leaves too are narrower and the fruits a brighter red.! 
! An allied species is the following of which a full description may be added here. 
Cotoneaster Harroviana Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LI. 3. (1912). _ 
_Frutex 1.5-2 m. altus ramis divaricatis curvatis; ramuli hornotini initio tomento 
villoso flavescenti-cinereo adpresso vestiti, mox glabrescentes, annotini glabri, 
fusco-rubri. Folia subcoriacea partim persistentia, elliptico-oblonga, rarius el- 
liptica v. ovalia v. obovato-oblonga, acuta v. breviter acuminata, mucronata, basi 
cuneata, 2.5-4.5 cm. longa et 1~1.5 cm. lata, supra initio sparse pilosa, cito glabre- 
scentia, leviter rugulosa, saturate viridia, subnitentia, subtus dense tomento villoso 
initio flavescente obtecta, demum ad costam venasque saepe glabrescentes, secundo 
anno interdum partim glabrescentia et epidermidem glaucescentem papillosam 
detegentia, nervis utrinque 8-10 supra impressis subtus elevatis; petioli 4-5 mm. 
longi, villosi. Corymbus pluriflorus, densus, 3-4 cm. diam., 2-2.25 cm. longus, 
