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(ut videtur); glandulae plerumque 2, laminae basi, raro petioli apici 

 insertae; lamina e basi rotundata v. acuta obovato-rotundata, non- 

 nullis obovatis intermixtis, 3.5-6 cm. longa, 1.2-4.2 cm. lata, subito 

 breviuscule late acuminata, inciso-duplicato-crenata, dentibus latiori- 

 bus quam latis, obtusissimis v. subemarginatis, glandula capitata valida 

 terminatis, supra parcissime strigulosa v. subglabra, subtus in nervorum 

 axillis barbulata ceterum glabra, nervis utrinsecus circ. 7-10, subtus 

 pallidior, membranacea. Flores ignoti. Pedunculus fructifer 1-5 

 mm. longus; pedicelli l-2ni, glabri, 12-14 mm. longi; bracteae ple- 

 raeque caducae, 6-7 mm. longae, obtuse glanduloso-denticulatae, 

 glandulis crassis. Drupa ovali-globosa, 9 mm. longa, 7 mm. diam., 

 nigra (ut videtur); putamen ovale, 7:4.6:3.2 mm., obsolete paucisul- 

 catum ac foveolatum, carina complanata. 



Western Hup eh: Fang Hsien, woodlands, rare!, alt. 2000 m., 

 May 15, 1907 (No. 182, as to fruiting branches; the flowering branches 

 belong to P. litigiosa abhreviata Koehne). 



This species I have named at the request of Mr. Wilson in comphment to Andrew 

 Ross, Esq., of Ichang, China, to whom Wilson is indebted for much hospitaUty and 

 other kindly assistance. 



Prunus glandulosa Thunberg, var. trichostyla Koehne, n. var. 

 Ramuli novelli glaberrimi v. pulverulenti. Stipulae persistentes. 

 Styli basi pilosi. 



Forma Faberi Koehne, n. f. 



Prunus japonica J. Hutchinson in Bot. Mag. CXXXV. t. 8260 (non Thun- 

 berg) (1909), an hue pertinet?i 



Stipulae persistentes, interdum basi pectinato-pinnatifidae; petioli 

 glabri v. in canaliculo brevissime puberuli; glandulae plerumque 0, 

 raro 1-2 laminae basi insertae; lamina lanceolata v. rarius oblongo- 

 lanceolata, 2-4 cm. longa, 0.6-11 cm. lata, in innovationibus ad 7.5 

 cm. longa, 2.4 cm. lata, baud v. parum acuminata, utrinque glabra 

 V. subtus leviter axilloso-barbata, nervis utrinsecus circ. 4-6, supremis 

 verticahbus v. conniventibus; pedicelli 3-9(-14) mm. longi, glabri; 

 flores simphces, praecoces; petala obovata, 6-9 mm. longa, 4-6.5 mm. 

 lata, alba; stamina 25-30, ad 7-8 mm. longa, filamentis saepe purpureis. 

 Drupa (in sicco) subglobosa, 12-13 mm. longa, 10-11 mm. diam., 

 rubra; putamen ovatum, 9:5.5:5.5 mm., apiculatum, carina obsoleta, 

 sulcis paucis angustis irregularibus. 



Shantung: Tientai and Chef 00 Mountains, 1889, E. Faber. 



^ The shape of the leaves is not distinctly deUneated. 



