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Koehne {Gatt. Pom. 21) refers Wenzig's Sorbus sikkimensis, y microcarpa to S. 

 rhamnoidcs; the specimen quoted by Wenzig consists of 2 branches on the same 

 sheet, a flowering branch which belongs to *S. rhamnoidcs and a fruiting branch 

 which belongs to S. Griffithii. As Wenzig describes the fruiting branch, his name 

 belongs as a synonym to S. Griffithii. 



Sorbus kohimensis Rehder, n. comb. 



Pyrus kohimensis Watt mss. apud Brandis, Ind. Trees, 292 (1906). 

 Assam : Naga Hills, Kohima (ex Brandis). 



This species is described by Brandis as similar to S. Griffithii, but different in 

 tufts of hairs inside the petals and in the ovoid ridged fruit yi in. long. 



Sorbus rhamnoides Rehder, n. comb. 

 Sorbus sikkimensis, ^ oblongifolia Wenzig in Linnaea, XXXVIII. 59 (1874). 

 Micromeles rhamnoides Decaisne in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, X. 169 {Mem. 



Fam. Pom.) (1874). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 701, fig. 385 e-f, 



386 b (1906). 

 Pyrus rhaynnoides Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 377 (1879). — Brandis, Ind. 



Trees, 292 (1906). 

 Photinia polyneura King in herb. Calcutta ex Hooker f ., 1. c. (pro synon.) (1879). 



Sikkim: " alt. 7-9000 ped.," J. D. Hooker {" Pyrus," flowers, type); Singale- 

 lah, June 1887, King's collector; above Sureil, June 16, 1902, Prain's collector. 



Sorbus khasiana Rehder, n. comb. 

 Micromeles khasiana Decaisne in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, X. 169 {Mem. 

 Fam. Pom.) (1874), excludendo specimine citato " Pyrus (c) " quod ad S. 

 granulosam pertinet. 

 Pyrus khasiana Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 378 (1879). — Prain in Jour. As. 

 Soc. Bengal, LXXIII. 204 (1904). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 292 (1906). 



Khasia: Nungbree wood, Griffith (No. 2078, ex Decaisne et ex Hooker f.); 

 Konoma, alt. 1660 m., April 1896, King's collector (No. 244). 



This species is based on Pyrus khasiana Hooker f., and not on Micromeles khasi- 

 ana Decaisne, which is partly S. granulosa, and this name becomes a synonym of S. 

 granulosa, if we consider " Pyrus (c) " upon which Decaisne seems to have based 

 his description as the type of Micromeles khasiana. I have not seen the type of 

 Hooker's Pyrus khasiana, but the specimen from Konoma agrees exactly with 

 Hooker's description and 1 have no doubt that it belongs here. 



Sorbus verrucosa Rehder, n. comb. 

 Pyrus cuspidata Bertoloni in Mem. Accad. Sci. Bologna, ser. 2, IV. 312, t. 1 

 {Piante As. II.) (1864). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 11. 378 (1879). — Bran- 

 dis, Ind. Trees, 292 (1906). 

 Sorbus sikkimensis Wenzig in Linnaea, XXXVIII. 59 (1874), quoad specimen 



citatum " Khasia, 5000' alt., Pyrus (a)." 

 Micromeles verrucosa Decaisne in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, X. 169 {Man. Fam. 

 Pom.) (1874). 

 Khasia : " 5000 ped.," J. D. Hooker & T. Thomson, (Pyrus (a), type of Pyrus 

 cuspidata Bertoloni and Micromeles verrucosa Decaisne); "alt. 3-5000 ped.," 

 J. D. Hooker & T. Thomson (as "Photinia arguta Wall, var.); "environs of Tsera- 

 piindzi till near Mairong," October 1855, Schlagintweit (No. 258); Cherrapoonji, 

 alt. 1300 m., January 1897, Dr. King's collector (without No.). 



This species is very similar in foliage to S. granulosa Rehder, but is easily dis- 



