1924] NAKAI. RAPHIOLEPIDIS ET ERIOBOTRYAE SPECIES 09 



Eriobotrya japonica Lindley in Trans. ] 

 De Candolle, Prodr. n. 631 (1825) .— Blume, Bijidr. 1103 (1826). 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst. n. 602 (1832).— Spach, Hist. Veg. n. 81 (1834). 



Wight 



Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. 



i. 182, t. 97 (1841) ; in Abh. Akad. Muench. iv. 2, 131 (Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 

 i. 23) (1846).— Roemer, Syn. Monog. m. 147 (1847).— K. Koch in Ann. 



Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. in. 



Mus 



41, 208; Prol. Fl. Jap. 229, 372 (1867).— Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. 

 St.' Petersb. xix. 177 (1873); in Mel. Biol. ix. 175 (1873).— Wenzig in 

 Linnaea, xxxvin, 98 (1874) .— Decaisne in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, x. 

 145 (1874).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 261 (1886).— Pritzel in 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 388 (Fl. Centr. Chin.) (1900).— Matsumura & Hayata 

 in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xxn. 129 (Enum. PI. Formos.) (1906).— Brandis, 

 Ind. Trees, ii. 290 (1906).— Schneider, 111. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 711, 

 fig. 386 a, 394 a-b (1906).— Hayata, Icon. PI. Formos. I. 248 (1911). 

 Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. Wilson. I. 193 (1912).— Rehder in Bailey, 

 Stand. Cycl. Hort. n. 1134 (1914).— Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles, 



i. 525 (1914).— Nakai in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xxx. 18 (1916). 



Pipa Boym, Fl. Sin. J, fig. [8] (1656). 



Mespilus japonica Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 206 (1784)— Vitman, Summa PI. in. 

 230 (1789)— Banks, Icon. Kaempfer, t. 19 (1791).— Willdenow, Spec. n. 

 pt 2, 1010 (1799).— Ventenat, Jard. Malmaison PI. 19 (1803).— Jacquin, 

 Fragm. Bot. 85, t. 136, f. 2. (1809).— Poiret in Nouv. Duhamel, ed. 2, iv. 

 147. t. 39 (1809).— Ker in Bot. Reg. v. t. 365 (1819).— Loiseleur-Deslong- 

 champs, Herb. G6n. Amat. iv. 229, t. (1820).— Bagot in Trans. Hort Soc. 

 in 299, t. 40 (1820); in Allg. Teutsch. Gart.-Mag. vn. 238, 1. 16 (1823).— 

 Sprengel, Syst. Veg. n. 505 (1825).— Geel, Sert. Bot. in. t. (1831). 



Crataegus Bibas Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 391 (1793). 



China: Hupeh, Ichang, E. H. Wilson, no. 3000, ibidem, A. Henry, 

 no. 5343, Hunan; prope urbem Tschangsha culta, H. H andel-M azzetti , 

 no. 471. Kwangtung, Liu Dist., C. 0. Levine, no. 3317; prope Can- 

 ton, C. 0. Levine, no. 1932. Szechuan, inter Te chang et Huanglien 

 po, C. Schneider, no. 810. Kweichou, prope urbem Kutschou in silvis, 

 11. H andel-M azzetti, no. 10892. 



This is widely cultivated throughout the warmer regions of both China 

 and Japan. It is a common wild plant on cliffs round Ichang and else- 

 where in central China; also it is wild in Japan on cliffs and mountains, 

 especially where lime-stone prevails as in prov. Bungo, prov. Nagato, prov. 

 Tosa. 



Eriobotrya obovata W. W. Smith in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. x. 29 



(1917). 



China: Yunnan, circa Yunnan fu, E. E. Maire, no. 2450. 



Eriobotrya luzoniensis Nakai, comb. nov. 



Photinia luzoniensis Merrill in Philipp. Bur. Governm. Labor. Bull. xvn. 1£ 

 (1904); in Philipp. Jour. Sci. i. 60 (1906); n. 276 (1907). 



Philippines: Isl. Luzon, mt. Mariveles, prov. Bataan, T. E. Borden, 

 no. 269. 



