ROSACEAE. — COTONEASTER 173 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, alt. 1600-2000 m., 

 thickets, June and October 1907 (No. 335; bush 1-3 m. tall, flowers 

 white, fruit coral-red). 



Our specimens have shorter leaves and smaller corymbs than those described for 

 the type by Pritzel, otherwise they agree exactly with his description. From the 

 typical Cotoneaster salicifolia this variety is distinguished by the more lanuginose 

 shaggy pubescence of the lower surface of the leaves and of the branchlets, the 

 duller green and smaller, comparatively broader leaves and the larger fruits with 

 usually 2 stones, the hypostyle covering less than one half of the dorsal side. 



Cotoneaster salicifolia, var. floccosa Rehder & Wilson, n. var, 



Frutex 2^-metralis ramis gracilibus curvatis; ramuli hornotini 

 initio adpresse villosi, cito glabrescentes, angulati, violascentes, anno- 

 tini rubro-brunnei, vetustiores cinereo-fusci. Folia coriacea, partim 

 persistentia, oblongo-lanceolata, rarius oblanceolato-oblonga v. anguste 

 elliptica, breviter acuminata, basi cuneata, 2-7, plerumque 3-5 cm. 

 longa et 8-18 mm. lata, supra laete viridia, glabra, nitentia, rugosa, 

 subtus initio dense tomento floscoso-villoso albo vestita, demum 

 glabrescentia et glauca, nervis utrinsecus 10-14 supra ut costa mani- 

 festo impressis subtus elevatis glabris rubescentibus; petioli 3-5 mm. 

 longi, cito glabrescentes. Corymbus densus, 2-3 m. diam., 9-15-florus; 

 pedicelli cum pedunculo 0.5-4 m. longi, adpresse villosi ut calycis 

 tubus; calycis dentes triangulares, 1 mm. longi; petala nondum evo- 

 luta. Fructus subglobosus, circiter 6 mm. diam., laete ruber; pyrenae 

 plerumque 3, rarius 2 v. 4, oblongo-triangulares, 3.5-4 mm. longae 

 et 1.5-2 mm. diam., utrinque acutae, stylum in apice gerentes, hypo- 

 stylio dimidium dorsum v. ultra occupante glabro. 



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

 2300-2600 m., July and November 1908 (No. 1133'*, type); same 

 locality, alt. 2600-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4199)- 



Easily distinguished from the type and other varieties by its floccose caducous 

 tomentum. The leaves too are narrower and the fruits a brighter red.^ 



^ An allied species is the following of which a full description may be added here. 



Cotoneaster Harroviana Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LI. 3. (1912). 



Frutex 1.5-2 m. altus ramis divaricatis curvatis; ramuli hornotini initio tomento 

 villoso flavescenti-cinereo adpresso vestiti, mox glabrescentes, annotini glabri, 

 fusco-rubri. Folia subcoriacea partim persistentia, elliptico-oblonga, rarius el- 

 liptica V. ovalia v. obovato-oblonga, acuta v. breviter acuminata, mucronata, basi 

 cuneata, 2.5-4.5 cm. longa et 1-1.5 cm. lata, supra initio sparse pilosa, cito glabre- 

 scentia, leviter rugulosa, saturate viridia, subnitentia, subtus dense tomento villoso 

 initio flavescente obtecta, demum ad costam venasque saepe glabrescentes, secundo 

 anno interdum partim glabrescentia et epidermidem glaucescentem papillosam 

 detegentia, nervis utrinque 8-10 supra impressis subtus elevatis; petioli 4-5 mm. 

 longi, villosi. Corymbus pluriflorus, densus, 3-4 cm. diam., 2-2.25 cm. longus, 



