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glabri; cupula subtubuloso-campanulata, 5 mm. longa, glabra; sepala reflexa, 

 triangularia acuta, 2.5 mm. longa, Integra, ciliolata ceterum glabra; petala anguste 

 oblonga, 12 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, inciso-biloba sinu 4 mm. longo angusto; Btamina 

 54, petalis quarta parte breviora, ad 9 mm. longa; pistillum 14 mm. longum, glaber- 

 rimum, stylus stamina aequans. Drupa ignota. 



Hupeh: Sian-men-kou, alt. c. 900 m., May 1-Dec. 10, 1906, C. Silvestn (No. 

 974; vidi fragmentum cum umbellis duabus); Ou-pan-chan, alt. above 600 m., 

 March 14-23, 1910, C. Silvestri (No. 3025, ex Pampanini). 



30. Prunus involucrata Koehne. See p. 206. 



31. Prunus hirtipes Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 218 (1887). 



The specimens determined by Pampanini as P. hirtipes Hemsley belong probably 

 to P. involucrata Koehne, see p. 206. 



32. Prunus Schneideriana Koehne, n. sp. 



Flowering (type) specimens, collected at Ningpo by Faber: 



Rami annotini sat crassi, cano-fuscescentes, obsolete hirti. Foliorum nondum 

 evolutorum dentes glandula validiuscula capitata terminatae, pagina superior 

 sparsJm pubescens, inferior in nervis pilosa, inter nervos subglabra, ner\ds utrin- 

 secus circiter 8-11. Involucra sub anthesi fere omnia caduca, squama interiore 

 quadam hinc inde persistente 7 mm. longa; pedunculus 0-2 mm. longus; flores 

 1-2 umbellati subpraecoces, foliis simul 1-1.5 cm. longis; bracteae vix 1.5 mm. 

 longae, dcciduae; pedicelli 12-14 mm. longi, dense hirti; cupula 6 mm. longa, tubu- 

 losa, dense hirta; sepala reflexa, oblonga obtusiuscula, 5 mm. longa, subtus hirta, 

 supra glabra, fimbriis 1-3 glanduliferis utrinsecus munita; petala ovalia, 12 mm. 

 longa, 7.5 mm. lata, inciso-biloba, sinu 3.5 mm. longo angustissimo ; stamina 39, 

 petalis triente breviora, ad 8.5 mm. longa; stylus staminibus vix brevior, usque 

 ad tertiam partam breviter laxiuscule hirtus. 



Fruiting specimens, collected near Ningpo by Macgregor, probably belong here: 



Ramuli hornotini obsolete hirti, vetustiores cinerei, glabri. Stipulae deciduae; 

 petioli 8-12 mm. longi, supra hirti v. subglabri, glandulis plerumque 2 apici in- 

 sertis; lamina e basi rotundata v. rarius subacuta oblonga v. obovato-oblonga v. 

 late ovata, 6-10 cm. longa, 3.2-5.3 cm. lata, subito longiuscule acuminata, serrata 

 dentibus parvulis hinc inde duplicatis, obtusiusculis v. acutiuscuUs, glandula parva 

 V. validiuscula capitata v. breviter conica terminatis, supra in costa villosa ceterum 

 glabra, subtus glabra v. in costa nervisque, rarius etiam in venis, sparsim v. par- 

 cissime hirta, nervis utrinsecus circ. 7-9, papyracea, subtus pallidior. Pedunculus 

 nullus; pedicelli 1-2 umbellati, 18-28 mm. longi, hirti. Drupa rotundato-ovalis, 

 circ. 10 mm. longa, 8 mm. diam.; putamen subrotundatum, 8:7:5.3 mm., sulcis 

 validiusculis paucis obliquis juxta carinam planam exsculptum. 



Chekiang: mountains of Ningpo, 1871, E. Faber (flowering specimens); vi- 

 cinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. Macgregor (fruiting specimens). 



33. Prunus Duclouxii Koehne, n. sp. 



Arbor; rami annotini crassi rigidi, cinerei, fusco- v. nigrescenti-puncticulati, 

 glabri, vetustiores nigrescenti-fusci; gemmae 4-5 mm. longae, crasse ovatae, 

 glabrae. Folia ignota. Involucra sub anthesi arete adhaerentia, 6-8 mm. longa 

 lataque; pedunculus nullus; flores circiter 4 umbellati, praecoces; bracteae ab- 

 sconditae; pedicelli 6-9 mm. longi, inclusi v. subinclusi, dense hirtelU; cupula 

 4 mm. longa, subanguste campanulata, hirtella; sepala reflexa, ovata obtusa, 2 

 mm. longa, basi parce glanduloso-fimbriolata ciliata, subtus parce hirtella, intus 

 breviter villosa; petala ovata, 9-10 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, leviter emarginata; 

 stamina 33, petalis aequilonga, ad 9 mm. longa; pistillum 12 mm. longum, stylus 

 Btamina aequans, basi parce hirtus. Drupa ignota. 



