EOS ACE AE . — PRUNUS 277 



c. 15:13 mm., putamen 10:8:6.5 mm.; this and No. 175 are the forms 

 with the smallest fruits and stones). Western Hupeh : Hsing-shan 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., May and September 1907 (No. 241; 

 drupa c. 25:25 mm., putamen 15:9:6.5 nam.); Patung Hsien, alt. 

 1000-1600 m., May and August 1907 (No. 104; drupa c. 17:16 

 mm.; putamen 13: 10:8.5 mm.) ; Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000- 

 1600 m., April and September 1907 (No. 116; drupa c. 26:26 mm., 

 putamen 13.5:11.5:7.5 m.). 



c. Drupa luiea. 



Western Hupeh: Chang-lo Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 May and September 1907 (No. 120; drupa circa 18:16 mm., puta- 

 men 14:9.5:7 mm.). 



d. Drupa viridis. 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, cultivated, alt. 300-600 m., June 1907 

 (No. 66; drupa c. 27:27 mm., putamen 13:11:8 mm.). 



e. Drupae color non indicatus. 



Western Szech'uan: wild and cultivated around Tachien-lu, alt. 

 2300-3000 m., August 1908 (No. 993; drupa c. 25:25 mm., putamen 

 17:15:10 mm.). Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1300- 

 2000 m.. May and August 1907 (No. 169; drupa c. 20:20 mm., 

 putamen 12:10:8 mm.); Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300- 

 1600 m., April and August 1907 (No. 175; drupa c. 14:14 mm., 

 putamen 12.5:9:7 mm.); Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300m., July 

 1907 (No. 82;- drupa c. 24:22 mm., putamen 15:11:9 mm.); Fang 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600 m., September 1907 (No. 243"; fruit not 

 seen); Patung, April 1901 (Veitch. Exped. No. 1781; fruit not seen); 

 Ichang, March 30, 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 124, type of P. ichangana 

 Schneider). 



The color of the fruits is given as indicated by Wilson. 



The plant is cultivated also in Japan and in the Himalayas and Korea, and 

 has been introduced in North America and Europe. 



Prunus platysepala Koehne, n. sp. 



Arbor 3.3 m. alta; rami crassi, annotini intense fusci, nitiduli, glabri, 

 vetustiores cinerei; gemmae anguste conicae, 4 mm. longac, saepe 

 ternae. Folia vernatione convoluta, ceterum ignota. Flores l-3ni, 

 praecoces; involucrum 2-3 mm. longum latumque; bracteae inclusae; 

 pedicelU 4-5 mm. longi, glabri; cupula patenter turbinata, 3 mm. longa, 

 glabra; sepala latissima, subsemiorbicularia, 2 mm. longa, patentia, 

 brevissime glanduloso-fimbriolata ceterum glabra; petala obovata, 



