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Subsect. 9. CONRADINIA Koehne, n. subsect. 



54. Prunus Conradinae Koehne. See p. 211, 



55. Prunus Helenae Koehne. See p. 212. 



56. Prunus saltuum Koehne. See p. 213. 



57. Prunus pauciflora Bunge in Mem. £.tr. Acad. Set. St. Pstersbourg, II. 97 

 {Enum. PI. Chin. Bor.) (1835); verisimiliter etiam Matsumura in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 

 XIV. 136 (1900). 



Chili: Peking, A. Tatarinow, E. Bretschneider; Zuiwey-shan, A. Bunge. Shan- 

 tung: Chef u, Takagaki teste Matsumura. 



58. Prunus Sprengerii Pampanmi in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. XVIII. 230 (1911). 

 Rami floriferi cortice crasso (in sicco), glabri. FoUa ignota. Involucra circ. 



10 mm. longa; flores 2-3, praecoces; pedicelU sub anthesi involucra subaequantes, 

 circ. 7 mm. longi; cupula 6 mm. longa, extus sub lente minutim glanduloso(?)- 

 pubescens ut sepala oblongo-rotimdata 4.5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, integra; 

 petala suborbiculari-cuneata, 10 mm. longa, 9 mm. lata, integra nee emarginata, 

 purpurascentia (ut videtur in sicco); stylus 11 mm. longus, e basi usque ultra 

 medium dense et patenter hirsutus. 



Hupeh: Oupanchan, alt. above 600 m., March 14-23, 1910, C. Silvestri (No. 

 3028, 3028=^). 



59. Prunus yedoensis Matsumura m Tokyo Bot. Mag. XV. 100 (1901). Stylo 

 piloso sepaUsque argute serrulatis a Nr. 53-57, insuper pediceUis, cupula sepalisque 

 dense pilosis a Nr. 54-56 differt. 



Generally cultivated in the gardens of Tokyo and said to have been introduced 

 from the Island of Oshima, province Izu, as indicated by Matsumura. 



Subsect. 10. SERRULA Koehne, n. subsect. 



60. Prunus majestica Koehne, n. sp. 



Prunus puddum Franchet, PI. Delavay. 197 (non Roxburgh apud Brandis), 

 (1889) verisimile hue ducenda. 



Prunus cerasoides, var. tibetica Schneider in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. 1. 54 (pro 

 parte), (1905). 

 Arbor 3-10-metralis, glaberrima; ramuli juveniles viriduli, vetustiores cani, 

 nigrescentes v. fusci, crassi; gemmae 1-2 mm. longae. Stipulae angustissime Hne- 

 ares, 8-12 mm. longae, basi saepius pinnatifidae, glandulis marginalibus sessilibus 

 V. longe fimbriato-stipitatis, magnis, oblongis; petioh 12-20 mm. longi, glandulas 

 2 apice gerentes; lamina e basi rotundata late elliptica v. inverse oblonga, foliorum 

 minorum interdum ovata, (4-)8-12 cm. longa, (2.2-)3.2-4.8 cm. lata, breviua 

 latiusque v. longius angusteque acuminata, breviter sed argute aequaliter, hinc 

 inde subduplicato-serrulata, dentibus glandula parva capitata terminatis, nervis 

 utrinsecus circiter 10-15, supra laete viridia, nitidula, subtus vix pallidiora, venarum 

 reticulo tenero, membranacea. Involucra sub anthesi saepe magna ex parte de- 

 cidua, 10-12 mm. longa; pedunculus 0-10 mm. longus; flores 1-3 umbellati, coae- 

 tanei foUis simul 5.5-6 cm. longis; bracteae cuneato-rotundatae, circiter 3 mm. 

 longae, apice glanduloso-fimbriato-serratae, glanduUs par vis oblongis, herbaceae, 

 8ub fructu persistentes v. deciduae; pedicelli 7-20 mm. longi, fructiferi ad 27 mm. 



* I have not seen this species, which Pampanini considers alUed to P. hirtipea 

 Hemsley . On account of the not emarginate petals I have provisorily inserted it here. 



