1924] REHDER, LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA, II 213 



Primus sibirica Linnaeus, Spec. 474 (1753). 



Prunus Armeniaca var. sibirica K. Koch, Dendr. I. 88 (1869). — Maximowicz 

 in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. xxix. 86 (1883); in M£l. Biol. xi. 673 (1883). 



Chili: near Ku hei kow, N. H. Cowdry, no. 1291, May 13, 1921; Siwan 

 tze near Kalgan, Plre Artselaer (ex Maximowicz, 1. c). 



Shansi: "Shara hoda," N. Przewalski (ex Maximowicz, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Dahuria and Mongolia. 



There is also a specimen collected by W. Purdom (no. 1145) without 

 locality which apparently belongs here. 



Prunus kansuensis Rehder in Jour. Arnold Arb. in. 21 (1922). 



Amygdalus sp. F. N. Meyer in U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Indust. Invent. 

 Seeds PI. Imp. xlii. 50, nos. 40001 and 40004 (1918). 



Shensi: Sian fu, F. N. Meyer, no. 2139 a , August 30, 1914 (seeds only; 

 plants raised from this seed cultivated in Chico, California). — See also 

 Rehder, 1. c, and Meyer, 1. c. 



Kansu: Kagoba, south of Hsiku, F. N. Meyer, no. 2141 a , October 3, 

 1914 (seeds only; plants raised from this seed cultivated at Chico, Calif.). — 

 See also Rehder, 1. c, and Meyer, 1. c. 



Prunus Persica Batsch, Beytr. Entw. Gesch. Naturr. 29 (1801), ex 

 Junger in Bot. Zeit. xxxvi. 426. — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 ser. 2, v. 255 (PI. David. I. 103) (1883).— Faber in Denkschr. Entwickel. 

 Kiautschou, 32 (1898). — Bretschneider, Hist. Eur. Bot. Discov. China, 

 1051 (1898).— Ito in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xiv. 134 (1900).— Gilg in Bot. 

 Jahrb. xxxiv. beibl. lxxv. 41 (1904). — Loesener in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. 

 xxxvn. abt. ii. 135 (1919).— Bailey, Gent. Herb. I. 28 (1920).— Hers in 

 Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 113 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. 



Honan, 22 (1922). 



Amygdalus Persica Linnaeus, Spec. 472 (1753). — Bunge in Mdm. Div. Sav. 

 Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. n. 96 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 22) (1833).— Meyer 

 in U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Indust. Bull. cciv. 16 (Agric. Explor. Orch. 

 China) (1911). 



Persica vulgaris Miller, Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768). — Maximowicz in M&n. 

 Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. P^tersb. ix. 471 (Ind. Fl. Pekin.) (1859).— Debeaux 

 in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxxni. 41 (Fl. Tien-tsin, 18) (1879). 



Prunus Persica g. vulgaris Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. xxix. 

 82 (1883); in M61. Biol. xi. 668 (1883). 



Chili: " China bor.;" ex Herb. Bunge (Gray Herb.); Hsiao Wu tai shan, 

 J. Hers, no. 1574, July 16, 1921; cultivated at Peking and elsewhere (ex 

 Bunge, 1. c, Franchet, 1. c, Bretschneider, 1. c, Maximowicz, 1. c. [1859], 

 Debeaux, 1. c, and Meyer, 1. c). 



Shantung: cultivated (ex Faber, 1. c, Ito, 1. c, Gilg, 1. c, Loesener, 

 1. c, and Meyer, 1. cs). 



Northern Kiangsu: Hai chow hills, Kang Fu Lai, Hers no. 2271, 

 October 8, 1922. 



Honan: cultivated, Cheng chow, J. Hers, nos. 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 

 August 22, 1922. — See also Bailey, 1. c, and Hers, 1. c. 



Shensi: cultivated (ex Franchet, 1. c, and Meyer, 1. c). 



