TaB. 8733. 
PRUNUS suBHIRTELLA, var. AUTUMNALIS. 
Japan. 
Rosaceak, Tribe PRUNEAE. 
Pronvus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 609. 
Prunus subhirtella,’ Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. vol. ii. p. 91, var. 
autumnalis, Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. vol. xxii. p. 117 (1908); Wilson 
in Cherries of Japan, p. 12; varietas distincta auctumno vergente nec 
tempore verno florescens, corollam petalis 10-15 nee 5 tantum instructam 
exhibens, ceterum cum typo arcte congruens. 
Arbor parva, 8-6 m. alta; ramuli primum pubescentes mox fere glabri. 
Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, basi late cuneata vel rotun- 
data, margine serrata vel interdum duplicato-serrata dentibus apice 
glandulosis, 4-9 cm. longa, 1-2-8 cm. lata, primum utrinque pubescentia, 
demum supra glabrescentia, supra laete viridia, subtus hebetia; petiolus 
pubescens, 1-2-2 cm. longus; glandulae marginales prope laminae basin 
1-2, conspicuae. Flores auctumno vergente secus ramulos foliatos 
abbreviatos axillares, auctumno exacto secus ramulos nudos ex axillis 
foliorum delapsorum enati, odorati, 2°5-3 cm, lati; pedicelli glabri vel parce 
pilosi, 2°5-4 cm. longi, 1-8 fasciculatim aggregati, basi squamis parvis 
membranaceis circumdati, saepius medium versus bracteis 1-2 laciniatis 
instructi. Receptaculum tubulosum vel infundibulare, glabrum vel parce 
pilosum. Sepala 5, ovato- lanceolata, serrata, glabra, 6 mm. longa. 
Petala 10-15, pallide punicea vel albida, obcuneata vel ovalia, acuta vel 
truncata, saepe emarginata. Stamina indefinita; filamenta glabra, 
-punicea; antherae luteae. Ovariwm ovoideum, apicem versus parce 
pilosum; stylus glaber. Fructus ignotus.—P. autwmnalis, Koehne in 
Plant. Wils. vol. i. p. 259. P. makinoana, Koehne in Fedde, Rep. Spec. 
Nov. vol. xi. p. 271. P. microlepis, Bean in Trees & Shrubs, vol. ii. 
p. 248; non Koehne. P. microlepis, var. Smithit, Koehne apud Bean in 
Kew Bull. 1914, p. 51. P. Miqueliana, Hort. ; non Maxim.—W. J. Bray. 
The Cherry here figured was originally introduced to 
the United Kingdom by Mr. T. Smith of Newry, and 
distributed by him as Prunus Miqueliana, the name under 
which he had received it from Japan. The plant from 
which the material for our plate was gathered is one in 
the Kew collection which was purchased from Mr. Smith 
in 1912. It flowered in December of that year, and on 
being compared with an authentic example of P. Mique- 
liana was found to difier from that species. It was then 
sent to Professor Koehne of Berlin, who expressed the 
view that it was a variety of his P. microlepis. The 
material at his disposal was, however, very incomplete, 
OcrosER, 1917, 
