PLATE 2644, 
OSTEOMELES SUBROTUNDA, (. Koch. 
Rosacex. Tribe Pomes. 
0. subrotunda, C. Auch in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. p. 250; 
Franch, et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 143 ; a formis cubes hujus 
generis nobis cognitis foliolis Bert is paucioribus apice rotundatis supra 
glabris atroviridibus et stylis glabris differ 
frutex ramosus, nanus (?) novellis plus minusve sericeo-hirsutis, 
ramulis ultimis sterilibus gracillimis, floriferis lateralibus rigidis brevi- 
bus. Folia co conferta, brevissime petiolata, 3-1} poll. longa ; foliola 11— 
‘ie : . 
ecidue, Flores albi, gence 6 lin. pants in geen parvos 
a 
dentibus lanceolato-ovatis sone _ es aullo brevioribus. 
o-rot 
zequantibus. Fructus htittee 4 non visus. 
Cuina: North river, Kwangtung, C. Ford, 614, April 1896. Also 
dd from Ja apan 
Most authors have regarded Osteomeles subrotunda, C. K och, as @& 
without giving it the status of a vari iety. Indeed, I, among others, 
formerly considered all the te ot pce found i in the Pacific 
Garden in 1396. ‘The ‘specimens were from a_ plant :iginally 
obtained from the North river, Kwangtung, and reese in Hong 
Kong. After examining the copious material of this gen 
from Eastern Asia, I now think that there are several renee 
though not very distinct, species W. BotTinc HEMsLE 
Fig. 1, part of a ei seen from below; 2, a petal; 3, stamens; 4, longitudinal sec- 
tion of ovary, All e arged. 
