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Cotoneaster apiculata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.5-2 m. altus, ramis robustis divaricatis; ramuli juniores 

 flavo-cinereo-strigillosi, annotini sparse pubescentes, vetustiores cinereo- 

 purpurei; gemmae flavo-cinereo-pubescentes. Folia decidua, orbicu- 

 laria v. orbiculari-ovata, rarius late obovata, apiculata, rarissime 

 emarginata, basi late cuneata v. rotundata, 4-12 (plerumque 6-9) 

 mm. longa et 4-9 mm. lata, supra laete viridia, glabra, nitidula, subtus 

 vix pallidiora, initio parce praesertim ad costam venasque strigoso- 

 pilosa, demum fere glabra, utrinque nervis circiter 2 ut costa supra 

 impressis subtus leviter elevatis; petioli 1-2 mm. longi, glabri, pur- 

 purescentes; stipulae membranaceae,lineari-lanceolatae, 3 mm. longae. 

 Flores ignoti. Fructus solitarius, fere sessilis, erectus, globosus, 7-8 mm. 

 diam., coceineus; pyrenae 3 (semper?), 5 mm. longae, triangulari-obo- 

 vatae, dorso medio sulcatae, ventre nitentes carinatae, styli rudi- 

 mentum prope basin hypostylii gerentes, hypostylio circiter quartam 

 partem pyrenae occupante glabro nitido. 



Western Szech'uan: Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, upland 

 thickets, alt. 3000-3300 m., October 1910 (No. 4311). 



Allied to Cotoneaster disticha Lange, which is readily distinguished by its ciliate 

 leaves, dull and hairy above, longer peduncles, ovoid fruit, and by the very regular 

 distichous ramification of the stems. Our specimens bear ripe fruit, but are so dis- 

 tinct in appearance that we do not hesitate in describing it as a new species. The 

 plant is in cultivation and when it flowers there may be other differences of note. 



Cotoneaster nitens Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 0.5-1.25 m. altus dense ramosus ramis divaricatis depen- 

 dentibus; ramuli juniores pihs cinereo-flavescentibus strigillosis obsiti, 

 basin versus glabrescentes, annotini glabri, sub peridermate cinereo 

 secedente fusci; gemmae acutiusculae, pubescentes. Folia decidua, 

 late ovalia v. orbiculari-ovata, obtusa, rarius acutiuscula v. emarginata 

 v. mucronata, basi rotundata, v. rarius late cuneata, 7-16, plerumque 

 10-12 mm. longa et 7-14, plerumque 9-11 mm. lata, laete viridia, con- 

 coloria, supra nitentia, glabra, subtus initio sparse praesertim ad costam 

 accumbenti-pilosa, demum glabra v. fere glabra, utrinsecus nervis 

 3-4 ut costa supra leviter impressis subtus obsoletis; petioli sparse 

 pilosuli V. glabri, 2-3 mm. longi; stipulae subulatae, membranaceae, 

 circiter 2 mm. longae. Flores ignoti. Fructus soUtarii v. bini, pen- 

 duli, pedicellis glabris 2-4 mm. longis ramulos brevissimos laterales 

 terminantibus insidentes, nigro-rubri, nitentes, glabri, subglobosi v. 

 late ovoidei, 7-8 mm. longi, 5-6 mm. diam., apice truncato, calyce 

 aperto; pyrenae 2, ovoideae, 5 mm. longae, 3.5 mm. latae, ventre 



