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cuneata inverse oblonga v. oblanceolata, 1-3 cm. longa, 0.5-0.8 em. 
lata, acuta v. obtusa, breviter mucronata, crenulata dentibus glandula 
minima mucroniformi coronatis, supra saturate viridis, nervis omnino 
inconspicuis, subtus pallida nervis utrinsecus 5-8 reticuloque teneris, 
viridibus, supra haud stomatophora. Cupula! circiter 2.5 mm. longa, 
glaberrima; sepala 3 mm. longa, paullo angustiora, obtusissima, ir- 
regulariter glanduloso-denticulata, glaberrima; stamina versus 25 
videntur, uniseriata, majora ad 7 mm. longa. Drupa subsessilis, 
rotundata subcompressa, ad 19:18:13 mm., viridis, dense velutina ac 
laxiuscule hirta, carne tenui facillime solubili, teste cl. Wilson dehiscens; 
putamen rotundatum, breviter apiculatum, subcompressum, ad 17:16: 
12 mm., durum, utroque margine carinatum, sulcis basi longitudinalibus, 
juxta carinas obliquis, superne transversalibus eurvatis, facie parum 
anastomosantibus rugosum. 
Western Szech'uan: near Sungpan Ting, alt. 2000-2900 m., 
October 1910 (No. 4028). * 
Prunus dehiscens is apparently very similar to P. mongolica Maximowicz, but 
the latter differs according to the description of that species in its leaves, 1.1 em. long 
and 0.9 cm. broad, with four pairs of veins, in the scarcely compressed and sparingly 
tomentose fruit, only 13 mm. long and 10 mm. broad, and the scarcely compressed 
stone with firmly adhering flesh; of the dehiscence of the fruit Maximowicz says 
nothing, nor does he describe the surface of the stone. 
Prunus mira Koehne, n. sp. 2A 
Arbor 10-metralis, trunco 0.4 m. diam.; rami glaberrimi, hornotini 
virides, vetustiores ochraceo-fuscescentes; gemmae sub fructificationis 
tempore minimae. Stipulae ignotae; petioli 8-15 mm. longi, versus 
apicem 2-4-glandulosi, glandulis ovalibus disciformibus; lamina e 
basi plerumque rotundata lanceolata, 5-10.5 cm. longa, 1.4-2.8 em. 
lata, longe sensim acuminata, subremote crenulato-serrulata, acumine 
superne integro, dentibus glandula parva mucroniformi adusta decidua 
coronatis, supra glabra, subtus basi secus costae utrumque latus villosa 
ceterum glabra, supra laete viridis, subtus pallidior, nervis utrinsecus 
circiter 12-16, reticulo subtus leviter prominulo. Pedicelli fructiferi 
solitarii v. gemini, 3-5 mm. longi, crassiusculi, glabri. Drupa ex sicco 
subglobosa, 28 mm. longa, 25 mm. diam., densissime tomentosa, 
edulis; putamen ovatum, sat compressum, 19:13:9 mm., brun 
carinatum, ventre sulco angusto percursum, basi sulculis obsoletissimi 
munitum, ceterum laevissimum. 
! I have seen only two calyxes already separated, but still adhering to the base 
of the fruit. 
