ROSACEAE. — COTONEASTER 175 
Western Hupeh: A. Henry (No. 5752, type); Hsing-shan Hsien 
alt. 1600 m., thickets, July 1907 (No. 2182; bush 2-4 m. tall); Patung 
Hsien, alt. 1600-2000 m., woodlands, June 1907 (No. 2183; bush 2-2.5 
m. tal). Eastern Szech'uan: South Wushan, mountains, 1900 
(Veitch Exped. No. 1384, flowers and ripe fruit; bush 3 m.). 
In its much larger leaves, pubescent on both surfaces and of softer texture, in its 
more densely villose branches and ovoid fruits, this Hupeh plant differs distinctly 
from Cotoneaster salicifolia Franchet and its varieties. It seems better to regard 
it as a distinct species rather than an extreme form of that species. 
We have given a complete description of this species, since Schneider, when he 
established it as a variety of Cotoneaster rugosa Pritzel, gave only a few distinguish- 
ing characters. In Fedde's Repertorium cited above, Schneider refers this plant 
to the typical Cotoneaster salicifolia Franchet, a view which to us is quite untenable. 
On No. 1384 (Veitch Exped.) Schneider (l. c.) based his Cotoneaster rugosa, var. 
Pritzelii. 'The specimen in the Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum bearing that 
number is typical Cotoneaster Henryana and does not in the least agree with Schnei- 
der's description. The only specimen we have seen which shows any approach to 
Schneider’s var. Pritzelii is from a plant cultivated in the Veitchian nurseries and 
distributed under the name of Cotoneaster rugosa, var. Henryi. 
Cotoneaster rhytidophylla Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 
Frutex 2-metralis ramis robustis; ramuli hornotini tomento ad- 
presse villoso lanuginoso flavescente dense vestiti, annotini sparse 
villosi, obscure fusci v. griseo-fusci. Folia coriacea, partim  persis- 
tentia, elliptico-oblonga v. ovato-oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, 3-5.5, 
plerumque 4-5 cm. longa et 1-2 cm. lata, acuminata, basi attenuata, 
margine revoluta, supra luteo-viridia manifeste rugosa, initio sparse 
pilosa, demum glabrescentia et subnitentia, subtus dense tomento 
lanuginoso-villoso flavescente obtecta, reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 
5-8 supra valde impressis, subtus elevatis; petioli robusti, 3-5 mm. 
longi, dense flavo-tomentosi; stipulae membranaceae, subulatae, 
Sparse villosae, rubescentes, deciduae. Fructus immaturus, auran- 
tiaco-ruber, pyriformis, 6 mm. longus et 4 mm. diam., 5-12 in corymbis 
densis 2.5-3 em. diam. et 1.5-2 cm. longis, pedicellis brevissimis ut 
pedunculi dense flavescenti-villosis; pyrenae 3-4, triangulari-obo- 
voideae, 5-6 mm. longae et 3-3.5 mm. diam., ventre carinatae, stylum 
in apice v. paullo infra gerentes, dorso vix sulcatae, hypostylio circiter 
trientem dorsi occupante villosulo. 
Western Szech'uan: Wa-wu-shan, Hung-ya Hsien, on cliffs, 
alt. 1300 m., September 1908 (No. 2184). 
Astriki ee : . salicifolia Franchet, from 
which it is easly distinguished by fsetrongi wrinkled leaves densely clothed with 
thick yellowish tomentum beneath, by the similar tomentum of the branchlets and 
by the pyriform fruit with 3 or 4 stones. 
