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Prunus silvatica Roxburgh Hort. Beng. 92 (nomen nudum) (1814) ; Fl. Ind. II. 



501 (1832). 

 Cerasus Phoshia Hamilton ex D. Don apud Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. II. 



535 (1825). 

 Cerasus Puddum Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. II. 537 (1825) ^ — Roxburgh 



apud Wallich, PL As. rar. II., 37 t. 143 (1831). 

 Prunus Puddum Roxburgh ms. apud Brandis, Forest Fl. Brit. Ind. 194 (1874). — 



Brandis, Indian Trees, 279, fig. 121 (1906). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 



314 (non Miquel, non Franchet) (1878). 



65. Prunus rufa Steudel, Nomend. Bot. II. 404 (1841) — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. II. 314 (pro parte) (1878). 



Cerasus rufa Wallich, Cat. No. 721 (nomen nudum) (1829). 

 Eastern Himalaya: Sikkim. 



66. Prunus trichantha Koehne, n. sp. 



Primus rufa Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 314 (pro parte) (1878). 



Rami hornotini, saepe etiam annotini hirto-tomentosi, petioH circiter 10 mm. 

 longi, glabri v. rufo-hirti, glandulae interdum 2, laminae basi insertae; lamina e 

 basi acuminata oblongo-lanceolata v. lanceolata, 6.5-11.5 cm. longa 2.2-3.2 cm. 

 lata, longe anguste acuminata, subtus in costa rufo-hirta ceterum sparsim strigosa 

 V. subglabra, subtus in costa nervisque dense ceterum sparsim rufo-villosa. In- 

 volucra videntur 1 cm. longa (rudimentum adest); pedunculus subnullus; flores 2 

 umbellati, coaetanei foUis simul 3-7 cm. longis; bracteae 10-12 mm. longae, argute 

 glanduloso-serrulatae ; pedicelli 11-12 mm. longi, glabri, fructiferi incrassati; cupula 

 10-15 mm. longa, crasse tubulosa, dense subaccumbenti-rufo-hirta; sepala suberecta, 

 ovato-triangularia, 4-5.5 mm. longa, parce v. frequentius glandulis marginata; 

 petala ^ 8 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, extus accumbenti-hirta; stamina circiter 45, 

 majora ad 5 mm. longa; stylus glaber. Drupa ovalis, 11 mm. longa 8 mm. diam.; 

 putamen ovale, 11:8 mm., obtusissimum, valide foveolatum. 



Eastern Himalaya: Sikkim, Tonghoo, alt. 3000 m., May 29, 1862, T. Ander- 

 son (No. 466); Sikkim, temperate region, alt. 3000-4000 m., m Herb. Ind. Or. 

 Hooker f. & Thomson, in part. 



P. rufa is readily distinguished from this species by glabrous flowers and pube- 

 scent style as well as by the shorter and broader leaves. 



Subsect. 12. MICROCALYMMA Koehne, n. subsect. 



67. Prunus Herincqiana Lavallee. See p. 214. 



Prunus Herincqiana, var. biloba (Franchet) Koehne, n. comb. 



Prunus biloba Franchet in Herb. Paris. 



RamuU novelli inde a basi hirti. Foliorum lamina e basi late cuneata v. subito 

 contracta late elliptica, 4-7.3 cm. longa, 1.8-4 cm. lata, brevissime serrata, supra 

 glabra. Sepala 2.7 mm. longa. Drupa 7 mm. longa, 6 mm. diam. (in sicco). 



China, P. Farges (No. 998). 



1 Don's name is older than that of De Candolle, as the latter quotes the Prod- 

 romus Florae Nepalenis. 



2 I have seen but one petal, which was not in its place, but sticking to the outside 

 of the calyx. I am therefore not certain whether this petal does not belong to 

 another plant. 



