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veinlets anastomasing ; petiole slender, pubescent but then 

 glabrate, at first half or more length of blade but afterwards 

 one-third or nearly half length of it, about l-3|cm. long ; 

 stipules minute or verj' so, linear, setaceo-linear, or subulate. 

 Umbel simple, sessile, about 3-7-flo\vered ; pedicels slender, 

 tomentoso-pubescent, l|-3cm. long. Flowers about 3-4cm. 

 across, coetaneous, rosj^ but deeper in bud. Cah^x-segments 

 recurvo-spreading, subulato-deltoid or deltoid-lanceolate, acutish 

 or acute, tomentose internally and on margin ; tube white-lanato- 

 tomentose ; the free portion depressed-obconical, glabrous inter- 

 nally ; the lower portion adnate to the ovary, ellipsoid, about 

 2fmm. across. Petals 5, incurvo-spreading, obovato-elliptical, 

 obovato-oblong, ovato-elliptical, or ovato-oblong, rounded at the 

 apex, cuneate to a short claw at the base, deciduous. Stamens 

 many, biserical, half or a little more length of the petals, erect, 

 unequal in length ; filaments subulato-filiform, glabrous ; anther 

 ovato-oblong. Styles 5, connate to one towards the base, erect, 

 longer than the stamens but shorter than the petals, densely 

 lanato-tomentose above the base, slightly enlarged towards the 

 obliqueh^ stigmatose top. Pomes 1-6-umbellate, with strict 

 pedicels, somewhat depressed-globose, umbilicate at the base, 

 accompanied by a persistent calyx, smooth, glabrous, green and 

 often tinged with purple, but yellow when matured, l^-lfcm. 

 across. 



Nom. Jap. Kaido (after Ranzan Ono), Mi-kaido, Nagasaki- 

 ringo. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated (T. Makino !). 



This species was formerly introduced from China. In 

 Japan it is called by the name of M^X. or Kaido according to 

 a classical * Honzokomoku-Keimo ' of Ranzan Ono, but now the 

 name of Kaido is applied for Malus Roribunda Sieb. {= Pirns 

 Boribunda Lindl.). It seems to come near to Alalus prunifolia 

 Spach { = Pirus prunifolia Willd.) of northern China, but the 

 latter has the broader and sparsely pilose nerved and margined 

 adult leaves, white flowers, larger calyx-segments, long-unguic- 

 ulate petals, griseo-fuscous branches and angustato-lanceolate 

 stipules ; it is much more closeh' allied to Malus communis DC. 



