ROSACEAE. — PHOTINIA 189 



m., May and October 1907 (No. 476, type); Chang-lo Hsicn, woods, 

 alt. 1000-1500 m., May 1907 (No. 2973 in part, flowers only). 



Allied to Photinia Beauverdiana Schneider, which has glabrous shoots, differently 

 shaped leaves, puberulent below and glabrous above, and slenderer peduncles and 

 pedicels. 



Photinia parvifolia Schneider III. Handb. Lauhholzk. I. 711, fig. 

 392 0-0' (1906). 



Pourthiaea parvifolia Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX 389 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: A. Henry (No. 5830, type number, in part); 

 north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., May and 

 October (No. 445; bush 5-2 m. tall, flowers white, fruit red); Patung, 

 June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1001). Szech'uan: South Wushan, 

 A. Henry (No. 5517); Nan-ch'uan, Tao-kuo-kow, A. von Rosthorn 

 (No. 211). 



Photinia subumbellata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-3-metralis ramis gracilibus; ramuli glabri, fusco-rubri, 

 vetustiores grisei, lenticellati; gemmae ovoideae, acutae, 3-4 mm. 

 longae, obscure castaneae. Folia decidua, membranacea, brevissime 

 petiolata, elliptico-ovata v. rhombico-ovata, acuminata, saepe subito, 

 basi late cuneata v. fere rotundata, 4-6.5 cm. longa et 2-3.5 cm. lata, 

 argute serrulata, supra initio sparsissime villosa, laete viridia nitidula, 

 subtus pallidiora v. glaucescentia, glabra; petioli 1-2 mm. longi. 

 Racemus umbelliformis sessilis, 2-9-florus, in apice ramulorum brevium 

 lateralium basi foliis 2-3 approximatis sustentus; pedicelli graciles 

 1-2.5 cm. longi, lenticellati, glabri; calycis tubus turbinatus, circiter 

 3 mm. longus, glaber, nitidulus, dentes patentes, late ovati, mucronati, 

 circiter 1.5 mm. longi, intus sursum sparse pilosi; petala patentia, 

 orbicularia, 5-6 mm. diam., brevissime unguiculata, apice rotundata, 

 intus ad basin sparse pilosa; stamina 20, petalis triente breviora; 

 ovarium semisuperum, apice dense villosum; styli 2-3, triente superi- 

 ore excepta connati, apice divergentes, circiter 5 mm. longi, stamina 

 paullo superantes. Fructus ellipsoideus, 9-12 mm. longus et 7-9 mm. 

 diam., aurantiaco-ruber v. obscure ruber, purpureo-pruinosus, sepalis 

 persistentibus suberectis coronatus; semina plerumque 2-3, ovoidea, 

 acutiuscula, basi quasi stipitata et curvata, obscure brunnea. 



Western Hupeh; Changyang Hsien, alt. 1300 m.. May and October 

 1907 (No. 488, type); Hsing-shan Hsien, side of stream, alt. 1600- 

 2000 m., October 1907 (No. 398); without precise locahty, ^1. Henry 



