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Jav. II. 2, 203 (1912). — Koidzumi in Jour. Coll Sci. Tokyo, XXXIV. 

 art. 2, 83 (Consp. Rosac. Jap.) (1913). 



Malus cerasifera Spach, Hist. Veg. II. 152, t. 10, fig. 0-T (1834). 



Pyrus baccata, /3 mandshurica Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P4lersbourg, 



XIX. 170 (1873); in Mel. Biol. IX. 166 (1873). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. 



Mus. Paris, b6t. 2, V. 272 (PI. David. I. 120) (1883). — Komarov in Act. 



Hort. Petrop. XXII. 494 (Fl. Mansh. II.) (1904). 

 Pyrtis spectabilis A. Gray in Mem. Am. Acad. n. ser. VI. 388 (Bot. Jap.) (non 



Aiton) (1857). 

 Pyr^ls prunifolia Maximowicz in Mem. Sav. £tr. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 



IX. 471 (Prim. Fl. Amur.) (non Willdenow) (1859). 

 Pyrus baccata Watson, Dendr. Brit. II. t. 51 (non Linnaeus) (1825). — Fr. 



Schmidt in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, s6t. 7, XII. 2, 129 (Fl. Sac- 



chalin.) (1868). — Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. C. t. 6112 (1874), quoad plantam 



depictam. 

 Malus baccata, var. mandshurica, f. latifolia Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. II. pt. 



2, 202 (1912). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500-2200 m., 

 May 20 and September 1907 (Nos. 261, 2979; bushy tree, 4-8 m. tall, 

 flowers white, fragrant) . EasternSiberia: Amur, L. Schrenk, Maxi- 

 mowicz; "ad fl. Li-Fudin," 1860, and " Bay Gu^rin sinus Victoriae," 

 Maximowicz; Vladivostock, cultivated, August 20, 1903, C. S. Sar- 

 gent. Saghalien: ''in dumosis," October 1907, U. Faurie (No. 14); 

 Korsakof, July 1908, U. Faurie (No. 555); Sakaihama, sea-shore, 

 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7369; bush 1-2 m.). Korea: "in horto 

 missionis Seoul," May 1909, Taquet (No. 2525). Hokkaido: Ku- 

 shiro, sea-level, open country, August 1, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7375; 

 tree 7-12 m. tall, 0.6-1.6 m. girth, much-branched); Sapporo, June 

 1880, June 12 and 15, 1885 (Herb. Coll. Agric. Sapporo); Shiraoi, 

 August 24, 1905, J. G. /ac/c. Hondo: foot of Hayachine-san, alt. 

 600-900 m., September 29, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7596; tree 14-20 

 m. tall, girth 1.6-2.3 m., fruit red); Mt. Yatsugadake, thickets, com- 

 mon, alt. 1200-1500 m., September 17, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7534; 

 bush 2-4 m., fruit subglobose). 



The range of this variety of M. baccata extends from the Amur region to central 

 China and through Korea to central Japan where it is fairly common in Hondo 

 from the Shinano province northward; in Hokkaido it is abundant and it is 

 frequent in southern Saghahen. The western hmits of this range appear to be 

 northwest Hupeh where it is rare and occurs on the edge of woods. In Hondo it 

 also grows on the margin of woods and by the side of streams, but in Hokkaido it 

 is usually found in open fields and in thin woods of Alder, more especially near the 

 seashore. In woodlands the trees are tall and have wide-spreading and somewhat 

 sparse branches, but in open country the trees are low growing and very densely 

 branched. The white flowers are very fragrant. Pictures of this tree will be found 

 under No. x 417 of the collection of my Japanese photographs. E. H. W. 



