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purpurascentes, annotini fusco-purpurei, vetustiores obscure fusci 

 Folia coriacea, oblanceolato-oblonga, rarius oblongo-lanceolata, acu- 

 minata, basi cuneata, 4-7 cm. longa et 1.4-2.5 cm. lata, supra glabra, 

 laete viridia, subnitentia, minute rugulosa, subtus initio sparse floccoso- 

 villosa, mox glabrescentia, demum glabra, glauca, margine leviter 

 revoluta, utrinsecus nervis 7-10 ut costa supra impressis subtus elevatis; 

 petioli 5-7 mm. longi, initio sparse villosuli, demum glabri, basi auricu- 

 lati; stipulae membranaceae, oblongae, 3 mm. longae, cito caducae. 

 Corymbus multiflorus, fere planus, 2.5-4 cm. diam., in^apice ramu- 

 lorum terminalium et lateralium brevium; pedicelli breves, 1-4 mm. 

 longi, cum pedunculo 1.5-2 cm. longi, sparse adpresse pilosi, glabre- 

 scentes, subangulosi, virescentes, bracteis bracteolisque membranaceis 

 minutis caducis; calycis tubus turbinatus, sparse pilosus v. fere glaber, 

 dentes orbiculari-ovati, circiter 1 mm. longi, glabri; petala suborbicu- 

 laria, patentia, 2-3 mm. diam., basi abrupte unguiculata; stamina 

 20, petalis paullo breviora, antheris purpureis; carpidia 2, apice sparse 

 villosa; styli staminibus triente breviores, stigmate capitato concavo. 

 Fructus desiderantur. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, alt. 2000-2800 m., rare, July 

 1906 (No. 2185). 



Apparently most closely allied to C. saZtci/oKa Franchet and particularly to the var. 

 Pritzelii Schneider, which differs, though its leaves are glabrous or nearly so at 

 maturity, in the pubescent branchlets and inflorescence. Cotoneaster glaucophylla 

 Franchet is easily distinguished by its shorter ovate or oval leaves. 



Cotoneaster salicifolia Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 3, 

 vol. VIII. p. 225 (PL David. II. 43) (1885). — Schneider, III. Handb. 

 Lauhholzk. I. 759 (1906); in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. III. 221 (1906). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1300-2500 m., June and 

 November 1908 (No. 1133; bush 2-5 m., flowers white, fruit scarlet); 

 Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 1868; bush 3 m.). 



In Franchet's original description, cited above, the leaves are given as § cent, 

 broad. This is probably a clerical error for 1-2 cent, broad. The fruits not de- 

 scribed by Franchet are ovoid, about 4 mm. long and 3 mm. across, scarlet; stones 

 2-3, 3 mm. long, with the style at the apex of the inner surface, and the glabrous 

 hypostyle covering one half or shghtly more of the dorsal side, the hypostyle dark 

 brown, the lower part light brown. 



Cotoneaster salicifoUa, var. rugosa Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



Cotoneaster rugosa Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 385 (1900). — Schneider, III. 

 Handb. Lauhholzk. I. 758, fig. 426 f, 427 g-r (1906); m Fedde, Rep. Nov. 

 Sp. III. 221 (1806)., 



