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Cotoneaster Dammeri Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. I. 760, 

 fig. 429 h-k (1904); in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. III. 222 (1906). 

 Cotoneaster humifusa Duthie apud Veitch, Hart. Veitchii, 396 (1906). 



Western Hupeh: without locahty, June and October 1900 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 1966, type); Changyang Hsien, alt. 1300 m., uplands, 

 November 1907 (No. 481; prostrate over rocks, etc.). 



Cotoneaster Dammeri, var. radicans Schneider, III. Handb. Lauh- 

 holzk. I. 760, fig. 428 a-b (1906); in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. III. 222 

 (1906). 



Cotoneaster radicans Dammer in Herb. Berol. ex Schneider, 1. c. (synon.) (1906). 



A typo praecipue differt inflorescentiis 1-2-floris 1-1.5 cm. longis, 

 foliis saepe obovatis longius petiolatis petiolis 3-7 mm. longis 

 gracihbus. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, alt. 2000-2600 m., uplands, June 

 and October, 1908 (No. 1071; prostrate shrub): without locality, 

 rocks, alt. 2600 m.. May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3510). 



The character on which Schneider founded this variety breaks down, but the 

 long peduncles and pedicels and constantly one or two flowered racemes separate 

 it from the Hupeh form. The Hupeh plant has constantly shorter pedicels and 

 peduncles. Schneider's original description of the inflorescence fits the variety 

 better than it does the type judging by the specimens we have before us. 



The fruit is globose and bright scarlet, and the normal habit of the plant prostrate 

 and rooting. When hanging down free from the soil over cliffs the rooting habit 

 is arrested. 



Cotoneaster microphylla Wallich apud Lindley in Bot. Reg. XIII, t. 

 1114 (1827). — Baker in Refug. Bot. II. 49 (1896). — Hooker, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 387 (1878). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. 

 I. 760, fig. 428 f-h, 429 g (1906). 



We have seen no specimens from China which are identical with the type. 



Cotoneaster microphylla, var. cochleata Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 

 Cotoneaster buxifolia, forma cochleata, Franchet, PL Delavay. 224 (1890). 



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

 2300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 2189; prostrate over rocks, flowers 

 white). 



Cotoneaster microphylla, var. vellaea Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 

 Cotoneaster buxifolia, forma vellaea Franchet, PI. Delavay. 224 (1890). 



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