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Cotoneaster Henryana Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 
Cotoneaster frigida Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 386 (non Wallich) (1900). 
Cotoneaster rugosa, var. Henryana Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. Y. 758, 
fig. 426 g, 427 m-m' (1906); in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. III. 221 (1906). — Weathers 
in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XLVI. 339, fig. 148 (1909). 
Frutex 2-4-metralis ramis robustis; ramuli hornotini tomento fla- 
vido-cinereo adpresso villoso obtecti basin versus saepius glabrescentes, 
annotini glabrescentes v. glabri purpureo-fusci v. flavo-fusci. Folia 
chartacea, decidua, oblongo-elliptica v. oblongo-lanceolata, 6-9 cm. 
longa v. interdum longiora, 2-3 cm. lata, acuta v. breviter acuminata, 
mucronata, basi cuneata, supra obscure viridia, pilis accumbentibus 
conspersa, leviter rugulosa, demum glabrescentia, subtus tomento 
albo-cinereo villoso laxe obtecta, ad costam venasque densius et 
flavescente, nervis utrinsecus 8-10 supra impressis subtus elevatis; 
pétioli robusti, 4-8 mm. longi, dense villosi; stipulae membranaceae, 
lanceolatae, rubescentes, 5-6 mm. longae, deciduae. Corymbus laxus, 
planus, 4-6 cm. diam., 2-4 cm. longus, bracteis bracteolisque minutis 
caducis; pedicelli breves, 0.5-3 mm. longi ut pedunculi dense adpresse 
villosi; calycis tubus turbinatus, dense adpresse villosus, dentes triangu- 
lari-ovati, circiter 1.5 m. longi, obtusi v. acutiusculi, plerumque mucro- 
nati, interdum glabrescentes; petala suborbicularia, 2.5-3 mm. diam., 
basi breviter unguiculata, margine eroso, alba, patentia; stamina 20, 
petalis paullo breviora, antheris purpureis; carpidia 2, apice pilosa, 
stylis staminibus subaequilongis, stigmate capitato. Fructus ovoideus, 
7 mm. longus et 5 mm. diam., ruber, sparse pilosus v. fere glaber; 
pyrenae 2, obovoideae, 3.5-4 mm. longae et 2.5-3 mm. diam., stylo 
apici inserto, hypostylio dorsi trientem rarius ultra occupante villo- 
sulo paullo pallidiore quam pars inferior dorsi. 
bracteis bractiolisque subulatis villosis deciduis 3-5 mm. longis; pedicelli brevis- 
simi ut pedunculi adpresse villosi; calycis tubus turbinatus, adpresse villosus ut 
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dentes triangulares acuti 1.5-2 mm. longi; petala orbicularia, 3 mm. diam., brevis- 
sime unguiculata, patentia, concava, erosa; stamina 20, petalis paullo breviora, 
antheris carneo-purpureis; carpidia 2, apice sparse villosa, stylis staminibus fere 
aequilongis, stigmate capitato. Fructus desiderantur. 
Yunnan: 10 miles to south-west of Mengtsze, alt. 1600 m., November 1899, 
seeds collected in Veitch Expedition; specimens from Hort. Veitch, June 1911, 
No. 1315, type; mountains north of Mengtze, A. Henry (No. 10785). 
A handsome ‘species most closely allied to C. coriacea Franchet, which has obo- 
vate, rounded more coriaceous leaves. In Henry’s specimen the leaves are rather 
— more obtuse, and the calyx shows a tendency towards becoming glabrescent. 
From C. pannosa Franchet, with which it has been confounded in cultivation, 
tas per pow coriaceous, ‘shining green leaves and larger corymbs readily dis- 
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