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em. longa et 3.5-5.5 em. lata, margine revoluta, remote adpresse ser- 
rata dentibus incurvis glandula conica terminatis, initio floccoso- 
tomentosa, cito utrinque glabra, luteo-viridia, subconcoloria, utrinque 
nitentia, supra elevato-reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 fere rectis 
in dentes exeuntibus subtus elevatis trabeculis leviter elevatis con- 
junctis; petioli 2.5-4 em. longi, sursum lamina decurrente alati, initio 
floccoso-tomentosi, mox glabri. Panicula terminalis cum pedunculo 
1-3 em. longo 10-12 cm. longa et 6-8 cm. diam., rufo-tomentosa, 
bracteis bracteolisque lanceolatis 4-6 mm. longis tomentosis caducis; 
axes secundarii inferiores racemosi 8-3-flori, superiores uniflori; pedi- 
celli 0.6-12 mm. longi; flores albi, 2-2.5 cm. diam., fragrantes; 
ealyx late turbinatus, 6—7 mm. diam., dense tomentosus, dentes late 
triangulares, acutiusculi, apice curvi, circiter 2 mm. longi, intus glabri, 
extus tomentosi; petala in vernatione contorta, orbicularia v. obovato- 
orbicularia, 7-9 mm. longa et 6-8 mm. lata, manifeste emarginata, 
basi subito contracta et glabra v. fere glabra; stamina 20, petalis 
dimidio breviora; ovarium totum inferum, apice glabrum; styli 3, ad 
medium usque connati et villosi, sursum glabri. Fructus subglobosus, 
circiter 2.5 cm. diam., aurantiaco-ruber, glaber, calycis dentibus 
persistentibus suberectis coronatus; semina 1-2, ovoidea v. oblongo- 
ovoidea, 8-15 mm. longa, utrinque obtusa, testa tenui papyracea, 
cotyledonibus crassis. 
Western Szech'uan: without precise locality, alt. 1600 m., May 
1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3506, type); Mupin, alt. 1300 m., October, 
1908 (No. 2999). 
A very distinct species characterized by its large flowers on long pedicels, three 
styles and large, globose, glabrous fruit. In its three styles it differs from all other 
known species except the totally different Eriobotrya angustissima Hooker f. 
The description of another new species from Yunnan and western Szech’uan 
may be added here. 
Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 
at bengalensis Dunn in Jour. Linn. Soc. XX XIX. 446 (non Hooker f.) 
Arbor 5-8-metralis; ramuli hornotini sparse tomentosuli, annotini purpureo- 
fusci, vetustiores griseo-fusci. Folia persistentia coriacea, oblongo-elliptica, rarius 
ovalia, acuta, rarius obtusa v. subito breviter acuminata, basi cuneata, 8-12 cm. 
longa et 3.5-6.5 cm. lata, remote sinuato-serrata basi excepta dentibus incur- 
vis, supra laete viridia, initio villosula, cito glaberrima, nitentia, subtus dense 
adpresse cinereo-tomentulosa, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 fere rectis partim in dentes 
exeuntibus subtus elevatis glabrescentibus ut costa; petioli 1.5-2 cm. longi, initio 
tomentulosi, demum glabri. Panicula terminalis, lata, 6-10 cm. longa et 8-12 cm. 
diam., fusco-cinereo-tomentulosa, bracteis bracteolisque ovatis, 3-4 mm. longis 
caducis; axes secundarii racemosi, infimi 4-6 cm. longi, superiores uniflori; pedi- 
