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basi parce pulverulenti, demum cano- v. purpureo-fusci, vetustiores cin- 
erei v. fusci; gemmae 4-6 mm. longae, angustae, plus minus pilosae. 
Stipulae lineari-filiformes, circiter 7 mm. longae, glandulis longis 
gracilibus, sessilibus v. stipitatis margine munitae; petioli 5-11 mm. 
longi, glabri, demum saepe purpurei; glandulae 2-5 laminae basi in- 
sertae; lamina e basi acuta v. rotundata lanceolata, 3.5-8.5 cm. 
longa, 0.7-2.8 cm. lata, longe acuminata v. sensim angustata, brevis- 
sime argute serrulata, dentibus acutis v. acuminatis, glandula parva 
anguste oblonga v. fere subulata terminatis, glabra v. subtus barbulata 
v. infra medium secus costae latus utrumque lanato-villosa, nervis 
utrinsecus 8-12, laete viridis, subtus paullo pallidior, membranacea 
v. raro (Wilson No. 988, pro parte) rigidula. Involucra sub anthesi 
fere omnia decidua, ad 12 mm. longa; pedunculus 0-5 mm., sub fructu 
ad 11 mm. longus, glaber v. pulverulento-puberulus; flores 1-3 um- 
bellati, coaetanei foliis simul ad 4 cm. longis; bracteae 1.5-2.5 mm. 
longae, apice dissectae, membranaceae, sub fructu eaducae; pedicelli 
10-12 mm., fructiferi superne sensim plus minus incrassati ad 23 mm. 
longi, glabri; cupula 6.5-9 mm. longa, crasse campanulato-tubulosa, 
glabra; sepala erecto-patula, ovato-triangularia acuminata, 2.3-3 mm. 
longa, parce minutim glanduloso-denticulata; petala ovato-rotun- 
data, 8.5 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, apice rotundata v. tricuspidata, alba; 
stamina 44, petalis sublongiora, ad 10 mm. longa; pistillum 15 mm. 
longum, stylus staminibus sublongior v. subbrevior, usque ad medium 
tenere pubescens. Drupa ovata v. rotundato-ovalis, 10-13 mm. 
longa, 7-8 mm. diam., videtur rubra; putamen ovatum, 11:7:6 mm. 
(in Wilson No. 988 nonnisi 7.5:6.5 mm., an immaturum?), obtusis- 
simum, valide reticulato-costatum, carina lata complanata. 
Western Szech'uan: north of Tachien-lu, alt. 3300 m., September 
1908 (No. 988); west of Tachien-lu, woodlands, alt. 3600 m., October 
1910 (No. 988 in part); without locality, woods, alt. 3600—4000 m., 
June 1904, (Veitch Exped., No. 3523); “inter Tachien-lu et Batang, 
Olun-shi," May 17, 1893, V. A. Kachkarov; in the district of Litang, 
between Si-o-la and Ma-geh-Mung, June 17, 1893, G. N. Potanin. 
Prunus Herincquiana (Lavallée) sensu Koehne in Mitt. Deutsch. 
Dendr. Ges. XVIII, 175 (1909). 
Cerasus Herincquiana Lavallée, Icon. Arb. Segrez., t. 35 (1885), descriptione 
p. 117 valde emendanda nisi excludenda. : 
Prunus pendula Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, XXIX. 98; 
in Mél. Biol. XI. 690 (1883), pro parte, nempe quoad specimina nonnulla 
authentica.—Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. III. 618 (1903), quoad synonymum 
Cerasus Herincquiana. 
