ROSACEAE. 



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RAPHIOLEPIS. 

 (Family Rosaceae). 



Large tender shrubs: evergreen. 

 Twigs moderate, fluted above : pith 

 rather small, rounded, continu- 

 ous. Buds solitary, sessile, the 

 lateral minute or suppressed, the 

 terminal moderately large, ovoid, 

 with about 4 abruptly pointed 

 scales. Leaf-scars alternate, 

 clustered toward the tip, half- 

 round or the lower much nar- 

 rower, scarcely raised: bundle- 

 traces 3: stipule-scars lacking. 

 Leaves simple, entire or somewhat 

 toothed. 



Winter-character references to 

 P y r u s : P. amygdaliformis. 

 Schneider, f. 178. P. laccata. 

 Bosemann, 52. P. cathayensis. 

 Shirasawa, 254. pi. 6. P. corn- 

 munis. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 330, 

 334, 484, pi.; Bosemann, 52; Fant, 



22, f. 20; Schneider, f. 14, 179; Ward, 1:240, f. 124; Will- 

 komm, 33, f. 46. P. coronaria. Otis, 144. P. ioensis. Bren- 

 del, pi. 3; Hitchcock (1), 5, (3), 14. P. japonica. Shira- 

 sawa, 252, pi. 5. P. Mains. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 330, 334, 486, 

 pi.; Fant, 22, f. 19; Schneider, 148, f. 151; Ward, 1:230, f. 

 117. P. Mains austera. Bosemann, 51. P. Mains silvestris. 

 Bosemann, 51; Willkomm, 34, f. 48. P. mitis. Bosemann, 

 51. P. nivalis. Bosemann, 52; Schneider, f. 178; Willkomm, 

 4, 9, 34, f. 47. P. praecoxl Bosemann, 52. P. salicifolia. 

 Schneider, f. 178. P. sinensis. Shirasawa, 252, pi. 5. P. 

 spectabilis. Schneider, f. 152. P. Toringo incisa. Shirasawa, 

 255, pi. 5. 

 Glabrdus: leaves obovate, pale beneath. R. umbellata. 



