ROSACEAE. — SORBUS 471 
petentes ramulos breves v. brevissimos laterales terminantes, 6-8 cm. 
latae, 6-7 cm. longae, plerumque conico-convexae, e glomerulis parvis 
circiter 12-20 compositae, glabrae; flores mense Junio aperti; cupula 
sepalaque parva, glabra; petala circiter 3 mm. longa, longiuscule 
unguieulata, late ovata, glabra, alba, staminibus duplo longiora; 
carpidia 5, apice tantum segregata ac parce villosa, styli glabri. Fruc- 
tus immaturi tantum noti, sepalis inflexis. 
Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1600-2300 
m., June and July 1907 (No. 3001). 
Sorbus Koehneana Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, VI. 316 
(1906); Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 681, fig. 3740 (1906). 
Ad descriptionem addenda: Frutex 1.6—4 m. alt.; rami 1.5-5 mm. 
diam., cinerei v. nigricanti-cinerei; gemmae 0.6-0.9 cm. longae, supra 
medium pilis rufis plus minus hirto-sericeae v. glabratae. Stipulae 
herbaceae sed parvae, ad 6 v. 7 mm. longae, dentibus paucis incisae, 
paucae siccae lanceolatae; folia cum petiolo 1-2.8 cm. longo 8-15.5 cm. 
longa, 8-14-juga; rhachis anguste alata, laxe tenere lanata demum 
plerumque glabrata, interstitiis 0.5-1.2 em. longis; foliola inde a pari 
tertio v. quarto deorsum sensimque sursum decrescentia, oblonga v. 
late lanceolata marginibus plerumque parallelis, 1.5-3 cm. longa, 
0.5-0.8 em. lata, obtusa saepeque mucronata, basi v. pere semi-integra, 
argute serrulata dentibus utrinsecus circiter 5-14, supremis conniventi- 
bus, supra glabra, margine tenere ciliata demum glabra, subtus pallide 
cano-viridia, in costa laxe tenere lanata, ceterum subglabra v. glabra, 
nervis utrinsecus circiter 9-10 saepe obsoletis reticuloque tenerrimis 
Subtus saturatius coloratis, papyracea demum chartacea; epidermis 
Supra striis brevibus irregularibus obsita v. raro (Wilson No. 320^, 
Giraldi No. 1083) laevis, subtus epapillosa dense laxiusve reticulato- 
Striata cellulis absconditis v. raro hine inde laevis. Inflorescentiae 
pleraeque ramulos brevissimos laterales, paucissimae ramum elongatum 
terminantes, 3.5-6 cm., terminales rarae ad 11 cm. latae, 5-9.5 cm. 
longae, planae v. convexae, sublaxae, laxe tenere villosae demum 
glabratae; flores fine mensis Junii v. initio Julii (in provincia Shensi 
septentrionali medio Julio) aperti; cupula glabra v. basi pubescens; 
Sepala intus villosa; petala circiter 5.5-6.5 mm. longa, late breviter 
cuneata, late ovata, glabra, alba, staminibus triente v. fere duplo - 
longiora; carpidia 5, tota connata, apice glabra; styli basi vix v. 
ere semieonnati, basi pubescentes. Fructus globosus, circiter 7-8 mm. 
+, albus, sepalis conniventibus. 
