ROSACEAE. — SORBUS 467 
Sorbus hupehensis Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2; VI 
316 (1906); IU. Handb. Laubholzk. I, 680, fig. 374 r, 375 n 
(1906). 
Ad descriptionem addenda: Rami 2.5-4 mm. diam. Folia cum 
petiolo 1.5-2.8 em. longo 9.5-15 em. longa, 7-8-juga; rhachis apice 
angustissime alata, interstitiis 0.5-1.3 cm. longis; foliola circiter a pari 
quarto v. quinto deorsum decrescentia pari infimo multo minore, supe- 
riora subaequalia, tertia v. duabus tertiis partibus integra ceterum ar- 
gute breviter serrata dentibus utrinsecus circiter 2-14, subtus juxta 
costae basin albo-lanata imaque basi margine ciliata, nervis utrinsecus 
circiter 7-16 reticuloquesupra parum impressis subtus prominulis retic- 
ulo pro parte paullo saturatius colorato, papyracea; epidermis supra 
striis brevibus subramosis obsita, subtus valide reticulato-papillosa 
papillis scabris. Inflorescentiae in ramis elongatis terminales 2.5-5 em. 
latae, 5.5-7 em. longae, laxae, convexae v. breviter conicae, glabrae v. 
hinc inde parce villosae ; flores mense Junio aperti; petala 3 mm. longa, 
€ basi late cuneato-unguiculata quadrato-ovata, glabra, staminibus 
fere duplo longiora ; carpidia 4 v. 5 (sec. cl. Schneider 3 v. 4), semi- 
connata?, villosa. 
Western Hupeh: July 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2082). 
Sorbus hupehensis, var. syncarpa Koehne n. var. 
Gemmae 0.6-0.7 cm. longae, squamarum tantum margine dense 
breviter ciliatae. Stipulae siccae, lanceolata 3-4 mm. longae, integrae 
V. apice herbaceae bifidae, pro parte usque ad mensem Septembrem 
persistentes. Folia 7.5-14 cm. longa, (6-)7-juga; foliola adulta 2.5- 
4.2 em. longa, 0.7-1.2 em. lata, subtus demum interdum glabrata, sub- 
chartacea; epidermis utrinque irregulariter ac pro parte reticulato- 
striata epapillosa cellularum limitibus absconditis. Inflorescentiae 
Suppetentes secus ramum elongatum laterales, 4-5.5 cm. latae 7.5 em. 
longae, ramulis pedicellisque parce villosis. Flores fine mensis Maji 
aperti; cupula glaberrima; sepala ciliata intusque villosa; petala 3 
mm. longa, breviter lateque unguiculata, limbo e basi retusa late 
ovato, glabra, reflexa, staminibus duplo longiora; carpidia 5, summo 
apice tantum segregata, sub anthesi apice densissime villosa, demum 
glabra v. parce pilosa. Fructus immaturos tantum vidi; maturi (teste 
Wilson) albi. 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2500 m., September 
(No. 320, in part.); Hsing-shan Hsien, Wen-tsao-shan, alt. 2300 
m., May 31, 1907 (No. 320, in part). 
