ROSACEAE. — SORBUS 459 



dermis supra laevis, subtus epapillosa v, hinc inde circa stomata 

 obscure papillosa, ceterum irregulariter reticulato-striata cellularum 

 limitibus plus minus absconditis. Inflorescentia verisimiliter ramum 

 longiorem terminans, 15-17 cm. lata, 9 cm. longa, subconvcxa v. 

 valde convexa, densiflora, parce pubescens; flores mense Majo aperti; 

 cupula glabra v. basi parum pilosa; sepala glabra; petola circiter 3.3 

 mm. longa, glabra v. supra piles paucissimis tenerrimis barbulata, 

 staminibus subaequilonga, alba. Carpidia 3, 4, inde a placenta segre- 

 gata, apice cum stylorum basi lanata. 



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

 June 1907 (No. 553, flowering branches; the fruiting branches belong 

 to Micromeles sp.); Patung, May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 985). 



Sorbus Esserteauiana Koehne, n. sp. 



Frutex v. arbor 4-8-metralis; rami 5-6 mm. diam., cinerei; gemmae 

 autumno 0.7 cm. longae, albicanti-sericeae. Stipulae herbaceae, 

 inferiores parvulae 5-7 mm., supremae magnae 10-17 mm. latae, 

 dentatae, dentibus seta decidua terminatis; folia cum petiolo 4-5 

 cm. longo 15-26 cm. longa, 5-6 juga; rhachis exalata, laxe lanata 

 demum plus minus glabrata, supra purpurascens, interstitiis 1.8-4 cm. 

 longis; foliola inde a pari tertio deorsum decrescentia, cetera aequalia 

 V. suprema minora, e basi hinc rotundata, illinc pauUo supra basin 

 contracta, oblonga v. late lanceolata, majora 5-9 cm. longa, 1.7-2.8 

 cm. lata, apice angustata v. subacuminata acutissima, basi v. tertia 

 parte Integra, ceterum argute serrulata v. serrata dentibus utrinsecus 

 circiter 8-20 patulis, supra laete viridia glabra, subtus molliter lanato- 

 tomentosa viridi-albicantia, nervis utrinsecus circiter 12-16 supra 

 demum leviter impressis subtus prominulis, reticulo supra vix 

 prominulo subtus sub tomento abscondito, papyracea, demum sub- 

 coriacea; epidermis supra laevis, subtus summopere reticulato- 

 papillosa, papillis confertis elatis apice scaberrimis. Inflorescentia 

 ramum verisimiliter longiorem terminans, 11.5-14 cm. lata, 8-9 cm. 

 longa, subconvexa v. valde convexa, patens, densiflora, lanato- 

 tomentosa albicans v. inferne glabriuscula, demum multo glabrior; 

 flores versus finem mensis Junii aperti; cupula lanato-albicans; 

 sepala margine apiceque glabra; petala circiter 4 mm. longa, ex 

 unguiculo brevissimo latissimo rotundato-ovata, glabra, filamentis 

 aequilonga; carpidia 3 v. 4, inde a placenta segregata, apice lanata. 

 Fructus globosus, circiter 4-6 mm. diam., scarlatinus, sepalis oblique 

 connidentibus. 



