Tas. 8241. 
SORBUS Vitmorint. 
China. 
RosacEag. Tribe PomEat. 
Sorbus, Linn.; Schneider, Il), Handb, Laubholzk. 1904, vol. i. p. 667. 
Sorbus (Aucuparia) Vilmorini, Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1906, sér. 2, 
vol. vi. p. 317; affinis S. microphyllae, Decne, sed foliolis supra medium 
serratis, floribusque minoribus differt. 
Arbor parva, circiter 3-5 m. alta. Rami striati, glabri vel leviter ferrugineo- 
hirtelli. Gemmae ovatae, acuminatae, apice plus minusve hirtellae. Folia 
gracilia, imparipinnata, rhachi leviter alata subglabra; foliola 9-14-juga, 
opposita vel subalterna, oblongo-elliptica, apice apiculata, 1-5-2 cm. longa, 
5-7 mm. lata, supra medium acute serrata, utrinque glabra, laxe reticu- 
lata; stipulae subulatae, circiter 5 mm. longae. Jn/florescentiae pauciflorae, 
ferrugineo-hirtellae. Flores parvi, circiter 6 mm. diametro. Receptaculum 
hirtellum. Sepala subglabra, triangularia, obtusa, 1-5 mm. longa. Petala 
obovata, breviter unguiculata, 3mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Stamina circiter 
20. Styli 8, obtusi, subglabri. Fructus globosus, ruber, circiter 8 mm. 
diametro.—Cormus foliolosa, Franch. in Vilm. Frutic. Cat. prim. 1904-5, 
p. 102 (mon Spach).—J. Hurcutnson. 
The plant from which our figure was prepared was pre- 
sented to Kew in the autumn of 1905 by Mr. M. L. de Vil- 
morin, in whose collection of shrubs at Les Barres the 
original specimen is now a wide-spreading bush or small 
tree about 10 ft. in height. S. Vilmorini is very distinct 
from the other species of the genus now in cultivation and 
is certainly one of the most elegant. It is a native of 
Szechuan and Yunnan in South-western China, whence 
specimens, collected on the summit of Mount Omei, were 
sent to Kew by the Rev. E. Faber in 1887; others from 
the same locality were communicated by Mr. A. Henry a 
few years later, and still others from near Tachienlu were 
received from Mr. A. E. Pratt. | 
Schneider has enumerated thirty-four species of Sorbus 
as now in cultivation, seventeen of these being members of. 
the section Aucuparia. He recognises two varieties of 
S. Vilmorini, a typical variety to which the plant here 
figured belongs, and a variety, var. setschwanensis, with 
Frepsrvary, 1909. 
