ROSACEAE. — COTONEASTER 161 



villoso-strigillosi, demum glabrescentes, annotini fusci, glabri, vetus- 

 tiores cinereo-fusci; gemmae dense flavido-subaccumbenti-villosae. 

 Folia subcoriacea, decidua, elliptico-ovata, rarius rhombico-ovata, 

 acuminata v. acuta, 2.5-3.5 cm. longa et 1-1.6 cm. lata, supra glabra, 

 lucide viridia, venularum reticulo impresso, subtus tomento flavido 

 villoso obtecta, utrinsecus venis 4-5 supra valde impressis subtus 

 manifeste elevatis; petioli 3-4 mm. longi, pubescentes, demum plerum- 

 que glabrescentes; stipulae subulatae, pubescentes, circiter 2 mm. 

 longi. Flores ignoti. Fructus 3-6 in racemis glabris, pedicellis cum 

 pedunculo 0.5-1 cm. longis, globosi, 5-7 mm. diam., purpureo-nigri, 

 glabri; pyrenae 5, trigono-oblongo-obovoideae, 3-4 mm. longae et 

 circiter 2 mm. diam., ventre carinatae, stylum plus quam tertiam 

 partem infra apicem gerentes, dorso irregulariter obsolete sulcatae, 

 hypostylio tertiam partem dorsi occupante sparse villosulo. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, alt. 2600- 

 3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4191, type). 



This species is apparently closely related to C. obscura Rehder & Wilson, but 

 differs from it in its subcoriaceous leaves rugose above and reticulate beneath, 

 glabrous pedicels, and in the 5 narrow stones of the fruit. 



Cotoneaster obscura Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-3-metralis, ramosissimus, divaricatus; ramuli hornotini 

 flavido-strigillosi, basin versus interdum glabrescentes, annotini tarde 

 glabrescentes, fusco-purpurei, vetustiores obscure fusci; gemmae 

 flavido-villoso-strigillosae, 2-3 mm. longae. Folia decidua, elliptico- 

 ovata, rarius rhombico-ovata, plerumque acuminata, rarius acuta, 

 basi late cuneata, 2.5-4 cm. longa et 1.5-2 cm. lata, supra obscure 

 viridia, initio pilis accumbentibus conspersa, demum glabra v. fere 

 glabra, subtus tomento subaccumbente villoso flavido-cinereo obtecta, 

 utrinsecus nervis 3-1 ut costa supra leviter impressis subtus elevatis ; 

 petioli 2-3 mm. longi, pubescentes; stipulae membranaceae, subulatae, 

 3^ mm. longae. Flores ignoti. Fructus 3-5 in racemis ramulos 

 breves laterales terminantibus, pedicellis cum pedunculo 3-5 mm. longis 

 sparse villoso-strigillosis, ovoideo-pyriformes, 8-9 mm. longi et 7-8 mm. 

 diam., fusco-rubri, apice applanato sparse villoso, sepalis conniventibus; 

 pyrenae plerumque 3, rarius 2, oblongo-obovoideae, 5 mm. longae, 3 

 ram. diam., ventre stylum tertiam partem infra apicem gerentes, dorso 

 pallidae, interdum leviter sulcatae, hypostylio nitido flavido-brunneo 

 tertiam partem dorsi occupante parce villoso v. glabro. 



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

 alt. 2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4306, type); Tachien-lu, upland thick- 



