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cm. longa et 3.5-5.5 cm. lata, margine revoluta, remote adpresse ser- 

 rata dentibus incurvis glandula conica terminatis, initio floccoso- 

 tomentosa, cito utrinque glabra, luteo-viridia, subconcoloria, utrinque 

 nitentia, supra elevato-reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 fere rectis 

 in dentes exeuntibus subtus elevatis trabeculis leviter elevatis con- 

 junctis; petioli 2.5-4 cm. longi, sursum lamina decurrente alati, initio 

 floccoso-tomentosi, mox glabri. Panicula terminalis cum pedunculo 

 1-3 cm. longo 10-12 cm. longa et 6-8 cm. diam., rufo-tomentosa, 

 bracteis bracteolisque lanceolatis 4-6 mm. longis tomentosis caducis; 

 axes secundarii inferiores racemosi 8-3-flori, superiores uniflori; pedi- 

 celli 0.6-12 mm. longi; flores albi, 2-2.5 cm. diam., fragrantes; 

 calyx late turbinatus, 6-7 mm. diam., dense tomentosus, dentes late 

 triangulares, acutiusculi, apice curvi, circiter 2 mm. longi, intus glabri, 

 extus tomentosi ; petala in vernatione contorta, orbicularia v. obovato- 

 orbicularia, 7-9 mm. longa et 6-8 mm. lata, manifeste emarginata, 

 basi subito contracta et glabra v. fere glabra; stamina 20, petalis 

 dimidio breviora; ovarium totum inferum, apice glabrum; styli 3, ad 

 medium usque connati et villosi, sursum glabri. Fructus subglobosus, 

 circiter 2.5 cm. diam., aurantiaco-ruber, glaber, calycis dentibus 

 persistentibus suberectis coronatus; semina 1-2, ovoidea v. oblongo- 

 ovoidea, 8-15 mm. longa, utrinque obtusa, testa tenui papyracea, 

 cotyledonibus crassis. 



Western Szech'uan: without precise locality, alt. 1600 m., May 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3506, type); Mupin, alt. 1300 m., October, 

 1908 (No. 2999). 



A very distinct species characterized by its large flowers on long pedicels, three 

 styles and large, globose, glabrous fruit. In its three styles it differs from all other 

 known species except the totally different Eriobotrya angustissima Hooker f . 



The description of another new species from Yunnan and western Szech'uan 

 may be added here. 



Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Eriobotrya bengalensis Dunn in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXIX. 446 (non Hooker f .) 

 (1911). 



Arbor 5-8-metralis ; ramuli hornotini sparse tomentosuli, annotini purpureo- 

 fusci, vetustiores griseo-fusci. Folia persistentia coriacea, oblongo-elliptica, rariua 

 ovaUa, acuta, rarius obtusa v. subito breviter acuminata, basi cuneata, 8-12 cm. 

 longa et 3.5-6.5 cm. lata, remote sinuato-serrata basi excepta dentibus incur- 

 Vds, supra laete viridia, initio villosula, cito glaberrima, nitentia, subtus dense 

 adpresse cinereo-tomentulosa, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 fere rectis partim in dentes 

 exeuntibus subtus elevatis glabrescentibus ut costa; petioli 1.5-2 cm. longi, initio 

 tomentulosi, demum glabri. Panicula terminalis, lata, 6-10 cm. longa et 8-12 cm. 

 diam., fusco-cinereo-tomentulosa, bracteis bracteolisque ovatis, 3-4 mm. longis 

 caducis; axes secimdarii racemosi, iniimi 4-6 cm. longi, superiores uniflori; pedi- 



