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mm. longa, breviter campanulata, glabra; sepala reflexa, anguste 

 lanceolata obtusiuscula, 7 mm. longa, Integra, ciliata; petala oblonga, 

 15 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, inciso-biloba, sinu 3 mm. longo anguste 

 triangulari, pallide rosea; stamina 32, petalis subbreviora, ad 12 mm. 

 longa; pistillum 16.5 mm. longum, stylus staminibus parum longior, 

 glaber. Drupa subglobosa, 8.3 mm. longa, 7.5 mm. lata, rubra; puta- 

 men ovatum, juxta carinam planam sulcis obsoletissimis. 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1000-1300 

 m., April and June 1907 (No. 9). 



The shape of the calyx of this species and of P. Dielsiana Schneider recalls that 

 of the corolla of Cyclamen. 



Prunus Dielsiana Schneider, var. laxa Koehne, n. var. 



Involucra patentia v. subreflexa; pedunculi 6-20 mm. longi, pedi- 

 celli 13-35 mm., cupula 4-5 mm., sepala 7-9 mm. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 1600-2300 m., 

 May 14, 1907 (No. 68); Patung Hsien, woods» alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 May and June 1907 (No. 37); Patung Hsien, woods, rare!, alt. 1600 

 m.. May and June 1907 (No. 37=^). 



Prunus plurinervis Koehne, n. sp. 



Arbor 3-6-metralis; ramuli hornotini accumbenti-hirti, annotini 

 glabri, pallide cani v. cinerei; gemmae 2.5 mm. longae, crasse ovatae, 

 pilosae. Stipulae lineares, circiter 5 mm. longae, glanduloso-fim- 

 briatae; petioli 7-11 mm. longi, plus minus glabrati, glandulis 

 plerumque 1-3, laminae basi insertis; lamina e basi rotundata v. 

 emarginata inverse oblonga, intermixtis ovatis v. obovatis, 4-7 cm. 

 longa, 1.8-3.3 cm. lata, subito longe acuminata, argute simpliciter 

 ac duplicato-serrata, dentibus longiusculis, saepe subincurvis, glandula 

 minuta terminatis, supra sparsim strigulosa, subtus in foliis supremis 

 tantum in costa nervisque sparsim v. densiuscule hirta ceterum glabra 

 V. sparsim hirta, in foliis ceteris subglabra, nervis utrinsecus circiter 

 12-14, supra laete viridis, subtus vix pallidior, rigidulo-papyracea. 

 Flores ignoti, teste Wilson albi; pedunculi fructiferi 3-7 mm. lati, 

 subaccumbenti-pilosi; fructus solitarii v. bini umbellati; bracteae 

 2-3, rotundatae ad oblongae, 5-10 mm. longae, glanduloso-serratae 

 glandulis capitatis v. conicis, herbaceae, persistentes; pedicelli 21-32 

 mm. longi, sericeo-hirti v. glabri. Drupa globosa, 10 mm. longa lata- 

 que, rubra; putamen ovato-rotundatum, 8:6:5 mm., juxta carinam 

 planam basique manifeste sulcatum. 



