ROSACEAE. — PRUNUS 2G5 



Forma sinensis (Persoon) Kochne, n. f. 



Amygdalus indica nana Plukenett, Phytogr. I. t. 11. f. 4 (1691, nov. edit. 1769). 

 Prunus sinensis Persoon, Syn. II. 36 (1807). 



Cerasus japonica Seringe in De Candolle, Prod. II. 539 (pro parte) (1825). 

 Prunus japonica flore pleno, Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. I. 172 t. 90 f. iii. 



(pro parte) (1826). 

 Prunus japonica, y Maximowicz in Bull. Sac. Nat. Mosc. LIV. 14 (pro parte) 

 (1883). 

 Folia lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, baud v. parum acuminata, subtus juxta 

 costam nervosque hirtella v. raro glabra, nervis utrinsecus circa 4-6 suberectis, 

 supremis saepe verticalibus. Pedicelli circiter 10-15 mm. longi v. raro brevissimi, 

 dense puberuli, interdum pedunculo brevi euphylla pauca parva gerente insidentes; 

 flores coaetanei foliis simul 2.5-4.5 cm. longis; petala numerossima, sat angusta, 

 rosea; stamina nulla; carpidia plerumque 2, rarius 1, in folia herbacea parva 

 commutata. 



Northern Shensi: Thae-pei-san, April 1895, G. Giraldi (No. 1137, mixed with 

 P. triloba Lindley, var. plena Dippel). 



Japan: Buerger (in the Rijks-Herbarium, Leyden, as P. japonica)', Hondo, prov- 

 ince of Nambu, 1865, Tschonoski (as P. japonica, y fl. pleno Maximowicz). 



Frequently cultivated in European gardens. In the Herbarium Kunth at 

 Berlin it is found under the names of Amygdalus pumila and (from Paris) as Prunus 

 sinensis. 



This form differs from the form with white double flowers not only in the color 

 of the flowers, but also in the nearly always present pubescence along the midrib 

 beneath and in the pubescence of the pedicels. 



Prunus glandulosa, var. salicifolia (Komarov) Koehne, n. comb. 

 Prunus japonica, var. salicifolia Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XXII. 754 

 (1904). 

 Rami erecti virgati, 70-80 cm. aiti, glabri; stipulae caducae; lamina anguste v. 

 lineari-elliptica, acuminata v. acuta, simpliciter v. duplicato-serrata. Drupa 

 pauUo major, apiculata, minus succosa. Pedicelli plerumque solitarii. (Descr. 

 secund. Komarov.) 



Shing-king: Peninsula Liaotung, Litvinov. (I have seen no specimens.) 



105. Prunus pogonostyla Maximowicz in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. LIV. 11 (1879). 

 Prunus formosana Matsumura in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XV. 86 (1901); in Jour. 



Coll. Sci. Tokyo XXII. 118 t. 11 {Enum. PI. Formosa) (1906); ex Hayata in 

 Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo XXX. 87 (1911). 



Prunus pogonostyla, var. globosa Koehne, n. var. 



Folia brevius latiusque acuminata, subtus in costa tantum parce pilosa v. glabra. 

 Drupa subglobosa, 6 mm. longa 5 mm. diam. (in sicco). 



Fo-kien: summit of Mt. Nam-tai-wii near Amoy, alt. c. 600 m., December 1862, 

 deOrijs (No. 10130). 



Formosa: Tamsui, 1864, R. Oldham (No. 105, mixed with var. obovata). 



Prunus pogonostyla, var. obovata Koehne, n. var. 

 Folia longius angustius acuminata, subtus densiuscule pilosa. Drupa anguste 

 obovata, 9.5 mm. longa, 5.5 mm. diam. 



Formosa: Tamsui, 1864, R. Oldham (No. 105, mixed with var. globosa). 



106. Prunus japonica Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 201 (1784). — Siebold & Zuccarini, 

 Fl. Jap. I. 172. t. 90 fig. i. ii. (excludcnda fig. iii.) (1862). — Koelme in Mitt. 

 Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. XVIII. 179, fig. 1 (1909). 



