ROSACEAE. — PRUNUS 275 
4. Prunus pilosa (Turczaninow) Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 
XXIX. 79; in Mél. Biol. XI. 664 (1883). 
Amygdalus pilosa 'Turezaninow in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. V. 189 (1832). 
Northeastern Mongolia. 
Very similar to Prunus pedunculata and probably not different, or a variety. 
5. Prunus mongolica Maximowicz in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. XLV. 16 (1879). 
in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, XXIX. 78; in Mél. Biol. XI. 663 (1883). 
Southern Mongolia. 
6. Prunus dehiscens Koehne. See p. 271. » 
7. Prunus mira Koehne. See p. 272. 
8. Prunus Davidiana (Carriére) Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, V. 
255 (Pl. David. I. 103). (1883). 
Persica Davidiana Carriére in Rev. Hort. 1872, 74, fig. 10 (fructus). 
Prunus Persica, a Davidiana Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 
XXIX. 81; in Mél. Biol. XI. 667 (1883). 
Shensi; Yenan-fu, May 1910, Wm. Purdom (No. 347). I have also seen speci- 
mens from K wei-chou collected by J. Cavalerie (Nos. 2212, 2225), E. Bodinier 
and L. Martin (No. 2071), and from Yunnan, Yunnan-sen, E. Bodinier (No. 54D). 
According to Maximowiez the species occurs on the mountains near Peking and on 
those of Shensi and Kansu. 
Prunus Davidiana alba (Carriére), Bean in Garden, L. 165, fig. (1896). 
Persica Davidiana alba Carriére in Rev. Hort. 1872, 76. 
Prunus Davidiana flore albo Wittmack in Gartenfl. XLIV. 129, fig. 34, t. 1412 
(1895). 
9. Prunus Persica (Linnaeus) Stokes. See p. 273. 
Prunus Persica, var. Potanini Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. XII. 164 (1892). 
Kansu: in the valley of the river Hei-ho, July 21, 1885, G. N. Potanin. 
Prunus Persica, var. densa Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XVI. 178 (1902). 
Cultivated in Japan, where it was introduced from China. 
As Japanese garden forms the following varieties have been described: 
Prunus Persica, B vulgaris, f. stellata Makino, 1. c. XXII. 119 (1908) = Amygdalus 
Persica, var. stellata, in Ann. Hort. Bot. Pays-Bas, II. 66, t. 6 (1859) = Amygdalus 
Persica, var. monstrosa Siebold ined. apud Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. 
Pétersbourg, XXIX. 83; in Mél. Biol. XI. 669 (1883), and Prunus Persica, B. vulgaris, 
f. praematura Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXII. 119 (1908). 
Prunus persica, var. nucipersica, Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. III. 606 (1893). 
Amygdalus Persica, 8 Nucipersica Linnaeus, Spec. 472 (1753). 
Persica nucipersica Borkhausen, Vers. Forstbot. Beschr. 205 (1790). _ 
Persica laevis De Candolle, Flora Franç. IV. 487 (1805). — Seringe in De Can- 
i ee Ti II. 531 (1825). ü Hort: Kew. TL. 161 (1799) 
mygdalus Persica, B nectarina Aiton, Hort. Kew. II. . 
Prunus Persica, y necturina [sic] Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Péters- 
bourg, XXIX. 83; in Mél. Biol. XI. 669 (1883). Maximowicz quotes errone- 
ously as synonyms also Prunus Simonii Carrière and Persica Simonii 
Decaisne. 
Cultivated in China and Japan, teste Maximowicz. 
