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Distribution: also Hupeh. 



Without fruit the identification of the specimen cannot be considered 

 final, but it agrees in its characters well with specimens from Hupeh. 



Cotoneaster acutifolia Turczaninow in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, v. 190 

 (1832). — Maximo wicz in Mem. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. ix. 471 

 (Ind. Fl. Pekin.) (1859).— Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PL Wilson, i. 

 158 (1913).— Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. Lin. 109 (1922); 

 Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 9 (1922). 



Cotoneaster acutifolia var. pekinensis Koehne, Deutsche Dendr. 158 (1893). 

 Cotoneaster moupinensis F. N. Meyer in U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Indust. 



Invent. Seeds PL Imp. xxxvn. 59, no. 36739 (1916).— Non Franchet. 

 Cotoneaster sp. F. N. Meyer, 1. c. xliii. 73, no. 40730 (1918). 

 Cotoneaster acutifolia var. villosula Hers in Jour. N. China Branch It. As. Soc. 



liii. 109 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 9 (1922).— Non Rehder & Wilson. 



Chili: Po hua shan, J. Hers, no. 1454, July 1, 1921; Hsiao Wu tai shan, 

 alt. 1600-2000 m., F. N. Meyer, no. 1263, August 21, 1913; J. Hers, nos. 

 1516, 1525, July 14, 1921; Hsiao Wu tai shan, Tieh ling sze, alt. 1300 m., 

 J. Hers, nos. 2119, 2145, October 7, 1922; without precise locality, Pfre 

 Chanel, no. 85, 1919. — See also Turczaninov, 1. c, Maxiniowicz, 1. c, and 

 Meyer, 1. c. (1916). 



Honan: Lushih, Hiung eul shan, alt. 1400 m., J. Hers, nos. 905, 923, 

 October 10, 1919; Lushih, Lao kiun shan, alt. 2000 m., J. Hers, no. 1173, 

 September 21, 1919; Sung hsien, Shih tze miao, alt. 1200 m., J . Hers, no. 

 1293, September 25, 1919; Tsi yuan hsien, Tien tan shan, J. Hers, nos. 

 1887, 1888, September 21, 1921.— See also Hers, 1. c. 



Shansi: Wu chai hsien, Ta nan kow, alt. 2000-3000 m., Tchuang Kieh, 

 Hers no. 2007, September 7, 1922; Wu tai shan, alt. 1600 m., J. Hers, 

 no. 2616, July 29, 1923; Nan yang shan, alt. 1500-2500 m., J. Hers, no. 

 2713, September 22-30, 1923. 



Kansu: Fu arr yei, F. N. Meyer, no. 1978, October 7, 1914 (Herb. U. S. 

 Dept. Agric); near Kagoba, F. N. Meyer, no. 2255 a , November 1, 1914 

 (seeds only; plants under S. P. I. no. 40730 growing at Bell, Maryland; 

 in Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric). — See also Meyer, 1. c (1918). 



Cotoneaster acutifolia var. villosula Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, 

 PI. Wilson, i. 158 (1913). 



Shensi: "Lao y san presso Zu lu," G. Giraldi, June 4, 1897, Kia tan 

 san, G. Giraldi, July 14, 1897; Tai pei shan, W. Purdorn, no. 1115, 1910; 

 northwest of Han chung hsien, W. Purdom, no. 367, 1910. 



Distribution: also Hupeh and Szechuan. 



Cotoneaster melanocarpa Loddiges, Bot. Cab. xvi. t. 1531 (1829). 



Cotoneaster sp. F. N. Meyer in U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PL Indust. Invent. 

 Seeds PI. Imp. xxxvn. 59, no. 36740 (1916). 



Chili: Hsiao Wu tai shan, alt. above 2600 m., F. N. Meyer, no. 1344, 

 August 23, 1913. — See also Meyer, 1. c. 



Distribution: also northern and eastern Europe to the Caucasus, and 



Turkestan and through Siberia to Manchuria. 



