Puates 2657 anp 2658. 
CYDONIA CATHAYEN SIS, Zems/. 
Rosace&. Tribe Pomem. 
C. cathayensis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); foliis lanceolatis eglandulosis, 
ealycis lobis rotundatis erectis, fructu minore a C. sinensi, Thouin, 
ditfert. 
Frutex dense ramosus, spinosus ; rami tortuosi, rigidi, spinis rectis 
validis armati, vel rami steriles interdum inermes. olia distincte 
petiolata, subcoriacea, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, cum petiolo 2-5 
poll. longa, acuta, basi cuneata, crebre minuteque serrata, primo 
precipue subtus ferrugineo-pubescentia dein glabrescentia ; stipule 
variabiles, nunc parve, nunc ample, foliacese, auriculiformes, serrulate. 
2 
poll. diametro. Calyx glaber, lobis subcarnosis latis rotundatis erectis 
eglandulosis. Petalafere orbicularia. Stamina numerosa, quam petala 
breviora. ~ 5, quam stamina longiores, infra ium _pilesi. 
Cuina: Changyang and Ichang, Hupeh, A. Henry, 1916, 5263. 
enry’s specimens of this quince are the only ones Kew 
i he had 
Paris in 1815 ; a cultivated specimen from Seringe, without any par- 
ticulars ; and a cultivated specimen from Kiukiang, communicated by 
Dr. Shearer in 1875.—W. Borrina Hemstry. 
Plates 2657-8, fig. 1, a barren shoot ; 2, a flowering shoot ; 3, inflorescence ; auc 
of margin of a leaf; 5, section of a flower; 6, section of a fruit; 7 and 8, seeds ; 9, 
embryo,— Figures 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 enlarged. 
