19241 REHDER, LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA, II 211 



Prunus triflora Roxburgh, Hort. Bengal. 38 (1814), nomen nudum; Fl. Ind. 

 ed. 2, ii. 501 (1832), sphalmate "trifolia." — Koehne in Sargent, PL Wilson, 

 i. 276 (1912). 



Prunus ? domestica Bunge in M£m. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. n. 96 

 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 22) (1833). — Bretschneider in Jour. N. China Branch 

 R. As. Soc. n. ser. xv. 149 (Early Eur. Res. China) (1880). — Non Linnaeus. 



Prunus communis Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. xxix. 89 

 (1883); in Mfl. Biol. xi. 678 (1883).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 

 218 (1887).— Faber in Denkschr. Entwickel. Kiautschou, 32 (1898).— Ito 

 in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xiv. 135 (1900).— Pntzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 407 

 (1900). — Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. beibl. lxxv. 41 (1904). — Non Hudson. 



Chili: Hsiao Wu tai shan, J. Hers, nos. 1506, 1575, July 14 and 16, 

 1921; also cultivated (ex Bunge, 1. a, Bretschneider, 1. c, and Maximowicz, 



1. c). — See also Hemsley, 1. c. 



Shantung: ? cultivated (ex Faber, 1. c, Ito, 1. c, and Gilg, 1. c). 



Honan: Yung ning, Tsi li ping, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 478, May 22, 

 and nos. 1336 and 1361, September 30, 1919; Lushih, Tang ho, alt. 1000 

 m., J. Hers, no. 950, October 11, 1919; Lao kiun shan, alt. 900 m., J. 

 Hers, no. 1230, September 23, 1919; Chi kung shan, L. H. Bailey, June 

 18, 1917. — See also Bailey, 1. c, and Hers, 1. c. 



Shansi: Hia hsien, Huang lai kow, J. Hers, nos. 1841 and 1842, October 



2, 1921; Wu tai shan, alt. 1600 m., J. Hers, no. 2637, July 31, 1923. 

 Shensi: Lung chow, Kuan shan, alt. 2000 m., J. Hers, no. 2360, July 3, 



1922. — See also Pritzel, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Hupeh, Hunan, Szechuan, Yunnan; much cultivated 

 in China and also in Japan, Korea and the Himalayas. 



The specimen from Shensi which is sterile has remarkably small and 

 narrow leaves about 4-5 cm. long and 1-1.8 cm. wide, but apparently 

 belongs to P. salicina. 



Prunus Simonii Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1872, 111, t. — Bretschneider, 

 Hist. Eur. Bot. Discov. China, 829 (1898). 



Persica Simonii Decaisne, Jard. Fruit, vn. 43 (1872-1875). 



Prunus Persica y. necturina Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P^tersD. 



xxix. 83 (1883); in M61. Biol. xi. 669 (1883), pro parte, quoad synon. 



Prunus Simonii et Persica Simonii. 



Chili: cultivated near Peking (ex Bretschneider, 1. c). 



Of this I have seen only cultivated plants originally introduced by G. 

 E. Simon from China to France. According to Bretschneider the plant 

 figured by Carriere seems to be the same as the one cultivated under the 

 name "hung li." 



Prunus mume Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. I. 29, 1. 11 (1836). — Bailey, 

 Gent. Herb. i. 28 (19#0). — Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. 

 liii. 113 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 22 (1922).— Cowdry in Jour. 

 N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 163 (1922). 



Chili: Pau shan, hillsides, N. H. Cowdry, no. 2164, May, 1921; Pei 

 tai ho, Lotus hill (ex Cowdry, 1. c). 



Northern Kiangsu: Hsiao hsien, Huang tsang yu, J. Hers, no. 1046, 

 May 26, 1919. 



