ROSACEAE. — COTONEASTER 171 



elliptico-ovatis v. anguste elliptico-ovatis, apicem versus attenuatis, 

 obtusis V. acutiusculis, mucronatis, subtus ad costam laxe adpresse 

 villosis, ceterum sparse villosis v. fere glabris, fructibus copiosis 

 majoribus, 10-12 mm. diam., laete rubris. 



Western Szech'uan: Valley of Min river near Sungpan Ting, 

 alt. 2300-2600 m., September 1910 (No. 4015). 



This variety differs from the type chiefly in the larger and comparatively 

 narrower leaves being sUghtly hairy on the lower surface, and in the larger fruits. 

 In the character of its leaves it resembles very much a flowering specimen from the 

 Caucasus we have before us. On account of its large and copiously produced fruit 

 it is very ornamental. No. 0329 of Wilson's photographs represents the shrub in 

 full fruit from which the type specimens were taken. 



Cotoneaster tenuipes Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-2-metralis ramis gracilibus; ramuli hornotini tomento 

 cinereo-flavescente villoso-strigilloso obtecti, mox glabrescentes et 

 fusco-purpurei, ramuli annotini glabri. Folia decidua, elliptico- 

 ovata V. ovata v. anguste elliptico-ovata, acuta v. obtusiuscula, ea 

 ramulorum elongatorum interdum breviter acuminata, basi late 

 cuneata, 1.2-3.5, plerumque 2-3 cm. longa et 7-16, plerumque 10-12 

 mm. lata, supra initio sparse pilosa, laete viridia, subtus tomento cine- 

 reo accumbenti-villoso obtecta, nervis utrinsecus 3-4, supra leviter 

 impressis, subtus leviter elevatis v. obsoletis; petioli villosuli, 3-5 

 mm. longi; stipulae membranaceae subulatae, pubescentes, circiter 5 

 mm. longae, mox deciduae. Flores ignoti. Fructus solitarii v. bini 

 in apice ramulorum lateralium brevium, pedicellis cum pedunculo 4-8 

 mm. longis gracilibus tenuibus sparse villosulis, ovoidei, 10 mm. longi 

 et 6 mm. diam., apicem applanatam versus plus minusve villosuli; py- 

 renae 2, obovoideae, 6-6.5 mm. longae et 4 mm. diam., ventre planae, 

 nitidulae, stylum paullo infra apicem gerentes, dorso irregulariter sul- 

 catae, hypostylio trientem dorsi occupante flavo-brunneo villosulo 

 nitidulo. 



Western Szech'uan: Min Valley, Sung-pan Ting, alt. 2600 m., 

 August 1910 (No. 4544). 



In the absence of flowers it is uncertain to which section this species belongs, 

 but it seems most nearly related to C. racemiflora K. Koch from which it differs 

 chiefly in the usually acute or even short-acuminate leaves, the nearly black, usu- 

 ally solitary fruits and the narrower stones. 



Cotoneaster glabrata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 3-5-metralis ramis validiusculis; ramuli hornotini initio 

 sparse adpresse pilosi, mox glabri, leviter angulati, virides v. plerumque 



