ROSACE.E. 217 



Prumts insititia LIN~N. Sp. PL ed-2, p. 680. 



HAB. Shiutikn. 



DISTRIB. Europe through Asm. 



The occurrence of P. commnis in the island is rather doubtful. 



Prunus Kawakamii HAY ATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 77 ; Shrub, 

 young virgate branches cinereo -pubescent, glabrous. Leaves hysteranthous, 

 young ones pstiolate, patioles 4 ram. long, semiterete glabrous, blades acute 

 at the base, ovata, oblong, acute at the apax, margin glauduloso-serrulate, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, stipules lanceolate, glandrdoso-ciliolate. Flowers 

 5-6 clusterel, padicellate, padicels 7 mm. long, terete, glabrous. Calyx 

 hypogynons, persistent ; tube shortly campanulate, glabrous, inside with disc, 

 lobes 5, ovate, 3 mm. long, obtuse, glanduloso-ciliate, patent. Petals af- 

 fixel on the thro.it of the calyx, cuneately obovate, with short claws at 

 the base, rounded at the apex, quite entire, radiately venose, glabrous, patent 

 6i mm. long, 4 mm. broad. Stamens affixed on the tin-oat of the calyx, 

 much exsertecl, a little longer than petals. Ovary superior, ovoid with style 6 

 mm. long, stigma capitately peltate. 



HAB. Toroku ; Kauosha. 



DISTRIB. An allied species, P. japonica TETNB. occurs in Japan and 

 China. 



Closely resembles P. japonica THONB ; differs from it in having peltately 

 capitate stigmas, longer stamens and smaller petals. 



Primus Mume SIEB. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. I. p. 29, t. 11, et FL Jap. 

 Fara. Nat. I. p. 122 ; MIQ. Prol. FL Jap. p. 22 ; FRANCE, et SAVAT. Enuni. 

 PL Jap. I. p. 117 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XL p. 671 ; ITO et MATSUM. Tent. 

 Fl. Lutch. p. 445 ; MATSDM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XII. p. 54 ; MATSUM. et 

 HAY ATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 118. 



HAB. Suichoryu, Niki, Shintiku. 



DISTRIB. Japan. 



Prunus Persica SIEB. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. I. p. 122 ; MAXIM. 

 in Mel. Biol. XL p. 666; BAKER in HOOK. f. FL Brit. Lid. H. p. 313; 

 FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. FL Sin. I. p. 220 ; HENRY List PL Formos. p. 40 ; 



