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rimi. Petioli 3-5 mm. longi, apice alati et sensim in laminam transientes; 

 lamina oblonga vel lanceolata, 15-43 mm. longa et 5-17 mm. lata, glaber- 

 rima, supra leviter convexa, venis et costis impressis, infra leviter concava, 

 venis costisque elevata, margine crenato-serrata. Flores ignoti. Infructes- 

 centia paniculata, ambitu ovata, 25-50 mm. longa, glaberrima; poma 

 globosa, vix 5 mm. lata, apice umbilicata. 



China: prov. Chekiang, S. Yentang, H. H. Hu, Nos. 228, 220. 



The collector states that this species grows in the open places and is 

 very common in the locality cited. This seems to be an entirely glabrous 

 plant, for the specimens collected in August bear still unfolding young 

 leaves at the end of branches which are quite glabrous. 



Raphiolepis indica Lindley apud Ker in Bot. Reg. vi. 465 (1820), des- 

 cript. & tab. excl .— De Candolle, Prodr. n. 630 (1825).— G. Don, Gen. 

 Syst. ii. 601 (1832).— Spach, Hist. Veg. n. 79 (1834).— Maximo wicz in 

 Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pftersb. xix. 180 (1873), excl. syn. R. salicifolia; in 

 M6I. Biol. ix. 181 (1873), excl. syn. R. salicifolia. — Wenzig in Linnaea, 

 xxxviii. 101 (1874). — Decaisne in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, x. 132 

 (1874). — Dunn et Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. x. 97 (FL 

 Kwangtung & Hongkong) (1912). 



Crataegus indica Linnaeus, Spec. 477 (1753). — Willdenow, Spec. ii. 1005 

 (1779) .— Loureiro, FL Cochinch. 319 (1790) .—Sims in Bot. Mag. xli, 1. 1726 

 (1815).— Schrank, PL Rar. Hort. Acad. Monac. ii. t. 60 (1819). 



Opa M etrosideros Loureiro, FL Cochinch. 309 (1790), excl. syn. — Seemann in 

 Jour. Bot. I. 280 (1863). 



Raphiolepis indica is not a native of India but is widely distributed 

 in China and Cochinchina where there are many varieties and forms. 

 Owing to its polygamy the stamens are longer or shorter than the calyx- 

 lobes or equal to them in length. The petals are roundish or acute at the 

 apex. The serration and broadness of the leaves are individually different. 



Raphiolepis indica var. typica Nakai. 



Inflorescentia racemosa vel subracemosa; petala obovata; stamina 



brevia. 



China. 



Raphiolepis indica var. spiralis Nakai, var. nov. 



Raphiolepis spiralis G. Don, Gen. Syst. n. 602 (1832). — Walpers, Rep. n. 57 



(1843).— Roemer, Syn. Monog. m. 113 (1847). 

 Mespilus spiralis Blume, Bijidr. 1102 (1826). 

 Crataegus spiralis Steudel. Nomencl. ed. 2. i. 434 (1841). 

 Opa spiralis Seemanh in Jour. Bot. I. 281 (1863). 



Folia cuneato-oblonga, serrata. Flores racemosi; bracteae spirales. 

 China. 



Raphiolepis indica var. phaeostemon Nakai. 



Raphiolepis indica Ker in Bot. Reg. vi. 465 (1820), excl. syn. Crataegus indica. 



Sprengel, Syst. Veg. ii. 508 (1825), Non Lindley. 

 Raphiolepis phaeostemon Lindley, Collect., in nota sub tab. 3 (1821). — De 



