ROSACE AE. — PHOTINIA 187 



sparse laxe villosa praesertim ad nervos, demum interdum glabra v. 

 fere glabra, utrinsecus nervis 4-6 subtus ut costa elevatis; petioli 2-5 

 mm. longi, villosi. Racemus v. corymbus 5-8-, rarius ad 15-florus, laxe 

 villosus, ramulos breves terminans; axes secundarii plerumque sim- 

 plices, rarius 3-flori; pedicelli graciles, 1.5-3 cm. longi, fructiferi mani- 

 feste verrucosi; flores albi, 1.5 cm. diam.; calycis tubus late turbinatus, 

 circiter 5 mm. diam., cinereo-villosus, dentes patentes, late triangulares, 

 2-2.5 cm. longi, extus dense, intus sparse villosi v. fere glabri; petala 

 patentia, orbicularia, circiter 5 mm. diam., apice rotundata, basi 

 breviter unguiculata; stamina 20, petalis breviora; ovarium semi- 

 superum, apice villosum; styli 3, fere ad basin liberi, glabri. Fructus 

 ovoideus v. ovoideo-pyriformis, 14-16 mm. longus et 9-11 mm. diam., 

 aurantiaco-scarlatinus, glaber, calycis dentibus erectis villosulis coro- 

 natus; semina obovoidea, 4-5 mm. longa, obscure brunnea. 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, alt. 1300-1600 m., June and Novem- 

 ber 1907 (No. 6io, type); Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1000-1500 m.. May 

 and October 1907 (No. 333); Changyang Hsien, woods, alt. 1000-1300 

 m.. May 1907 (No. 2972); without locality (Veitch Exped. No. 714, 

 flowering branch only); A. Henry (No. 7724). Kiangsi: Ruling, 

 side of stream, alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 1666). 



This variety differs from the type chiefly in its thinner, generally elliptical, leaves, 

 the larger and fewer flowers and fruits and the racemose very rarely (No. 2972) 

 corymbose inflorescence. The specimen from Kiangsi has glabrous leaves. 



Photinia Beauverdiana Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, VI. 

 319 (1906); Ul. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 710, fig. 393 p-q (1906). 

 Pourthiaea villosa Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 389 (non Decaisne) (1900). 



Szech'uan: South Wushan, A. Henry (No. 5599, type). West- 

 ern Hupeh : Fang Hsien, alt. 1300-1600 m.. May 1907 (No. 2974; 

 bush 6 m. tall, flowers white) ; Patung Hsien, woods, alt. 1000-1300 m., 

 May 1907 (Nos. 2970, 2971; bush 3-4 m. tall, flowers white); Nan-to, 

 May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 794) ; Patung Hsien, June 1900 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 1000); without locality (Veitch Exped. No. 964); A. 

 Henry (Nos. 5599 ^ 6268). Kiangsi: foot-hills below Ruling, alt. 

 300 m., August 1907 (No. 1672; tree 6 m. tafl, very bushy). 

 Szech'uan: North Wushan, A. Henry (No. 7095). 



Very common as a small slender tree in woods and copses. The leaves vary 

 considerably in size and shape and the inflorescence is also variable in size. The 

 branches, inflorescence and flowers are always glabrous. The Kiangsi specimen 

 has very prominent veins and the leaves are almost subglaucous below. A pho- 

 tograph of P. Beauverdiana will be found under No. 580 of Wilson's photographs 

 and also in his Vegetation 0/ Western China, No. 334. 



