EOSACEAE. PRUNUS 61 



tala vix 3 mm. longa, rotundata; stamina 10, majora 5 mm. longa; 

 stylus sepala circ. aequans, ut ovarium glaber. Fructus globosus circ. 

 6-7 mm. diam. ; putamen ovoideo-globosum, paene 5 mm. longum, sub- 

 apiculatum, baud compressum, obscure carinatum, laeve, pariete 

 tenui fragili. 



Western Hupeh : Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500-1800 m., May 

 1907 (No. 177, as to flowering branches; the fruiting branches belong 

 to P. stellipila); north and south of Ichang, alt. 900-1500 m., May and 

 July 1907 (No. 91); Patung Hsien, woods, May (not seen) and July 

 1907 (No. 91*) ; Chang-yang Hsien, woods, alt. 1200 m., September 1907 

 (No. 118, only a sterile branch seen); north and south of Ichang, wood- 

 lands, alt. 900-1500 m., June 1907 (No. 2839, as to sterile branches; 

 the flowering branches belong to P. brachypoda var. pseudossiori.) 



Prunus stellipila Koehne, n. sp. 



Arbor 6-7-metralis trunco 0.3 m. diam.; ramuli vetustiores nigro- 

 fusci glabri, juniores intense fusci, glabri. Foliorum stipulae ignotae; 

 petioli 9-13 mm. longi, eglandulosi, glabri; lamina subtus in dentibus 

 2 infimis biglandulosa glandulis parvulis planis fuscis, e basi acuta v. 

 fere rotundata elliptica v. anguste oblonga (4.5-10 cm.: 2-3.5 cm.), 

 acuminata v. fere caudata, argutissime serrata dentibus longioribus 

 angustioribus quam in P. venosa porrectis v. subincurvis, supra gla- 

 bra, subtus pilis fasciculatis versus costam densioribus conspersa, 

 cartilaginea venarum reticulo jam sub anthesi utraque pagina mani- 

 feste prominulo, subtus (sub microscopio) haud papillosa. Racemi 

 erecti, absque pedunculo brevi circ. 4-5 cm. longi, axi glabro v. minu- 

 tissimepuberulo-velutino; bracteae caducae, ignotae; pedicelli 1-2 mm. 

 longi, glabri; cupula parva, patelliformis, extus glabra, intus fundo 

 pilosa, sub fructu cum sepalis persistens; sepala cupulae circ. aequi- 

 longa, triangularia, obtusa, glanduloso-denticulata, glabra; petala 

 ignota; stamina 10 filamentis sub fructu 2 mm. longis; stylus ignotus. 

 Fructus globosus circ. 5 mm. diam. ; putamen ovoideo-globosum 4 mm. 

 longum, acutiusculum, haud compressum, validiuscule carinatum laeve, 

 pariete tenui fragili. 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500-1800 m., 

 August 1907 (No. 177, as to fruiting branches; the flowering branches 

 belong to P. venosa). 



Prunus perulata Koehne, n. sp. 



Arbor 10-13-metralis trunco 0.3-0.4 m. diam.; ramuli vetustiores 

 intense fusco-cinerei, plus minus velutini v. glabri, juniores subfusci, 



