ROSACEAE. — SORBUS 4G7 



Sorbus hupehensis Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s^r. 2, VI. 

 316 (1906); III. Handb. Laubholzk. I, 680, fig. 374 r, 375 n 

 (1906). 



Ad descriptionem addenda: Rami 2.5-4 mm. diam. Folia cum 

 petiolo 1.5-2.8 cm. longo 9.5-15 cm. longa, 7-8-juga; rhachis apice 

 angustissime alata, intcrstitiis 0.5-1.3 cm. longis; foliola circiter a pari 

 quarto v. quinto deorsum decrescentia pari infimo multo minore, supe- 

 riora subaequalia, tertia v. duabus tertiis partibus integra ceterum ar- 

 gute breviter serrata dentibus utrinsecus circiter 2-14, subtus juxta 

 costae basin albo-lanata imaque basi margine ciliata, nervis utrinsecus 

 circiter 7-16 reticuloque supra parum impressis subtus prominulis retic- 

 ulo pro parte paullo saturatius colorato, papyracea; epidermis supra 

 striis brevibus subramosis obsita, subtus valide reticulato-papillosa 

 papillis scabris. Inflorescentiae in ramis elongatis terminales 2.5-5 cm. 

 latae, 5.5-7 cm. longae, laxae, convexae v. breviter conicae, glabrae v. 

 hinc inde parce villosae; flores mense Junio aperti; petala 3 mm. longa, 

 e basi late cuneato-unguiculata quadrato-ovata, glabra, staminibus 

 fere duplo longiora; carpidia 4 v. 5 (sec. cl. Schneider 3 v. 4), semi- 

 connata?, villosa. 



Western Hupeh: July 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2082). 



Sorbus hupehensis, var. syncarpa Koehne n. var. 



Gemmae 0.6-0.7 cm. longae, squamarum tantum margine dense 

 breviter ciliatae. Stipulae siccae, lanceolata 3-4 mm. longae, integrae 

 V. apice herbaceae bifidae, pro parte usque ad mensem Septembrem 

 persistentes. Folia 7.5-14 cm. longa, (6-)7-juga; foliola adulta 2.5- 

 4.2 cm. longa, 0.7-1.2 cm. lata, subtus demum interdum glal^rata, sub- 

 chartacea; epidermis utrinque irregulariter ac pro parte reticulato- 

 striata epapillosa cellularum limitibus absconditis. Inflorescentiae 

 suppetentes secus ramum elongatum laterales, 4-5.5 cm. latae 7.5 cm. 

 longae, ramulis pedicellisque parce villosis. Flores fine mensis Maji 

 aperti; cupula glaberrima; sepala ciliata intusque villosa; petala 3 

 mm. longa, breviter lateque unguiculata, limbo e basi retusa late 

 ovato, glabra, reflexa, staminibus duplo longiora; carpidia 5, summo 

 apice tantum segregata, sub anthesi apice densissime villosa, demum 

 glabra v. parce pilosa. Fructus immaturos tantum vidi; maturi (teste 

 Wilson) albi. 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2500 m., September 

 1907 (No. 320, in part.); Hsing-shan Hsien, Wen-tsao-shan, alt. 2300 

 m., May 31, 1907 (No. 320, in part). 



