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Prunus silvatica Roxburgh Hort. Beng. 92 (nomen nudum) (1814); FI. Ind. II. 
501 (1832). 
Cerasus Phoshia Hamilton ex D. Don apud Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. II. 
535 (1825). 
Cerasus Puddum Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. II. 537 (1825)! — Roxburgh 
apud Wallich, Pl. As. rar. II., 37 t. 143 (1831). 
Prunus Puddum Roxburgh ms. apud Brandis, Forest Fl. Brit. Ind. 194 (1874). — 
Brandis, Indian Trees, 279, fig. 121 (1906). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 
314 (non Miquel, non Franchet) (1878). 
65. Prunus rufa Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. II. 404 (1841) — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. 
Ind. II. 314 (pro parte) (1878). 
Cerasus rufa Wallich, Cat. No. 721 (nomen nudum) (1829). 
Eastern Himalaya: Sikkim. 
66. Prunus trichantha Koehne, n. sp. 
Prunus rufa Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 314 (pro parte) (1878). 
Rami hornotini saepe etiam annotini hirto-tomentosi, petioli circiter 10 mm. 
longi, glabri v. rufo-hirti, glandulae interdum 2, laminae basi insertae; lamina e 
basi acuminata oblongo-lanceolata v. lanceolata, 6.5-11.5 em. longa 2.2-3.2 cm. 
lata, longe anguste acuminata, subtus in costa rufo-hirta ceterum sparsim strigosa . 
v. subglabra, subtus in costa nervisque dense ceterum sparsim rufo-villosa. In- 
volucra videntur 1 em. longa (rudimentum adest); pedunculus subnullus; flores 2 
umbellati, coaetanei foliis simul 3-7 cm. longis; bracteae 10-12 mm. longae, argute 
glanduloso-serrulatae; pedicelli 11-12 mm. longi, glabri, fructiferi incrassati; cupula 
10-15 mm. longa, crasse tubulosa, dense subaccumbenti-rufo-hirta; sepala suberecta, 
ovato-triangularia, 4-5.5 mm. longa, parce v. frequentius glandulis marginata; 
petala? 8 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, extus accumbenti-hirta; stamina circiter 45, 
majora ad 5 mm. longa; stylus glaber. Drupa ovalis, 11 mm. longa 8 mm. diam.; 
putamen ovale, 11:8 mm., obtusissimum, valide foveolatum. 
Eastern Himalaya: Sikkim, Tonghoo, alt. 3000 m., May 29, 1862, T. Ander- 
son (No. 466); Sikkim, temperate region, alt. 3000-4000 m., in Herb. Ind. Or. 
Hooker f. & Thomson, in part. 
P. rufa is readily distinguished from this species by glabrous flowers and pube- 
scent style as well as by the shorter and broader leaves. 
Subsect. 12. MICROCALYMMA Koehne, n. subsect. 
67. Prunus Herincqiana Lavallée. See p. 214. : 
Prunus Herincqiana, var. biloba (Franchet) Koehne, n. comb. 
Prunus biloba Franchet in Herb. Paris. 
Ramuli novelli inde a basi hirti. Foliorum lamina e basi late cuneata v. subito 
contracta late elliptica, 4-7.3 em. longa, 1.8-4 cm. lata, brevissime serrata, supra 
glabra. Sepala 2.7 mm. longa. Drupa 7 mm. longa, 6 mm. diam. (in sicco). 
China, P. Farges (No. 998). 
1 Don's name is older than that of De Candolle, as the latter quotes the Prod- 
romus Florae Nepalenis. ; 
2 I have seen but one petal, which was not in its place, but sticking to the outside 
of the calyx. I am therefore not certain whether this petal does not belong to 
another plant. 
