ROSACEAE. — AMELANCHIER 195 
celli 2-5 mm. longi; flores albi, 1-1.5 em. diam.; calycis tubus turbinatus, 3 mm. 
diam., rufo-villosus, dentes oblongo-ovati, obtusi, 2 mm. longi, reflexi, extus 
rufo-villosi, intus glabri; petala in vernatione contorta, ovalia, 4-5 mm. longa, pro- 
funde emarginata, brevissime unguiculata, intus ad basin villosa; stamina 20, petalis 
triente breviora; ovarium semisuperum, apice dense villosum; styli 2, rarius 3, ad 
medium fere connati v. fere liberi, staminibus dimidio breviores, glabri. Fructus 
ovoideus, 9-10 mm. longus et 6-7 mm. diam., apice applanatus dentibus calycis 
persistentibus incurvis, villosulus; semen plerumque solitarium, ovoideum, utrinque 
obtusum, 7-8 mm. longum, obscure brunneum, cotyledonibus crassis. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (No, type). Western Sze- 
ch’uan: Tung Valley, on cliffs, alt. 800 m., May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3507). 
A well-defined species with leaves which recall thoseof Quercus Prinos Linnaeus. 
In the shape and serration of the leaves it resembles E. bengalensis Hooker f., 
which is easily distinguished by the glabrous lower surface of the leaves. From 
E. japonica Lindley and E. grandiflora it differs distinctly in the structure of its 
ovary which is adnate to the calyx-tube only in the lower half, the upper free part 
being densely villose, while in the former two species the ovary is entirely inferior 
and glabrous at the apex. The presence of two or three styles nearly free or con- 
fluent to above the middle is interesting and further proves the instability of this 
character in the genus. 
AMELANCHIER Med. 
Determined by E. H. Wirsow. 
Amelanchier asiatica Endlicher in Walpers, Rep. II. 55 (1843). 
Aronia asiatica Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. I. 87, t. 42 (1835). 
Amelanchi d japonica Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 
is, Var. jap 
41 (1867); Prol. Fl. Jap. 229 (1867). 
Amelanchier japonica Hort. ex K. Koch, Dendr. I. 179 (synon.) (1869). 
. The type is restricted to Japan, Korea and perhaps Mandshuria; it does not 
occur in China proper. 
Amelanchier asiatica, var. sinica Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholz. 
I. 736, fig. 410 i-i, 412 c-d (1906). 
Amelanchier asiatica Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 389 (1900). 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1000-2000 
m., May and September 1907 (No. 293; small tree 3-6 m. tall, flowers 
white, fruit black, bark smooth, grey); Chang-lo Hsien, woodlands, 
alt. 1000-1800 m., May 1907 (No. 2815; bush or much-branched tree, 
2-6 m. tall, flowers white): Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., 
May 1907 (No. 2816; bush or small tree, 2-8 m. tall, flowers white); 
Chien-shi Hsien, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 515). Eastern 
Szech’uan: South Wushan, A. Henry (No. 5521). 
in shape; 
In this variety the leaves v iderably in size and somewhat 
ary consi yins y : 
Some are entire and others very distinctly serrate with the serrations restricted to 
