19241 



PLANTS 



223 



Chili: Weicbang, W. Purdom, no. 14, May 24, 1909; Hsiao Wu tai 

 shan, F. N. Meyer, no. 1170, August 12, 1913 (Gray Herb.); J. Hers, nos. 

 1513 and 1551, July 14, 1921. — See also Maximowicz, 1. c., Franchet, 1. c., 

 Hemsley, 1. c., and Koehne, 1. c. 



Shensi: Huan tou shan, G. Giraldi, no. 7167 (ex Diels. 1. e.V 



Mongolia 



Mem 



Mo 



(1858) . — Maximowicz 



Mel 



Maximowicz 



May 1, 1921.— See 



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

 Hers nos. 2029 and 2034, September 7, 1922. 



Kansu: Min chow, alt. 2600 m., W. Purdom. no. 1 



Mongolia, Manchuri 



ubescens f . Purdomii 



l. 196 (1912). 



Wei chang, W. Purdom, no. 15 (in part), May 26, 1909 



Wu tai shan, alt. 2600 m., F. N. Meyer 



1500-2500 



nos. 2705 and 2712, September 22-30, 1923. 



On the label of No. 2712 there is a note stating that the tree is used 

 for making baskets. 



Prunus brachypoda Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. xn. 166 (1892); in 



Gartenfl. xlii. 330 (1893).— Bretschneider, Hist. Eur. Bot. Discov. China, 

 1027 (1898). 



Kansu : between Morping and Wuping, G. N. Potanin (ex Batalin, 1. c). 



Prunus brachypoda var. pseudossiori Koehne in Sargent, PI. Wilson, i. 

 65 (1911). 



Prunus ssiori Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 408 (1900).— Non Fr. Schmidt. 



Honan: Lushih, Hiung eul shan, alt. 1300 m., J. Hers, no. 864, October 

 9, 1919; Lushih, Tang ho, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 953, October 11, 1919; 

 Lushih, Kiao ho, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 962, October 12, 1919; Lushih, 



Hers 



San km 



Hers 



Hers 



1919; Tsi yuan hsien, Tien tan shan, /. Hers, no. 1809, September 21, 1921. 

 Shensi: Tai pei shan, W. Purdom, no. 1, 1910; Lung chow, Sien fo 

 shan, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 2326, July 2, 1922.— See also Koehne, 1. c, 

 rnd Pritzel, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Hupeh and Szechuan. 



As all the specimens cited above are sterile, their identification is open 

 to doubt; some specimens such as nos. 864, 962 and 1376 differ from typical 



