ROSACEAE. — MALUS 283 



Malus theifera Rehder, n. sp. 



Mains baccata Hemsley in Jo2ir. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 255 (non Dosfontaines) 



(1886), quoad plantam e Chekiang. — ? Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 387 



(1900). 

 Pyrus speclabilis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 258 (non Aiton) (1886), 



quoad plantam e Kiangsi et Hupeh. — ? Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 387 



(1900). 

 Malus baccata, var. himalaica Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 722, fig. 



397 8 (1906), quoad plantam chinensem et descriptionem.' 



Frutex v. arbor 1-8-metralis; ramuli juniores initio plus minusve pu- 

 bescentes, demum glabri v. fere glabri, fuscescentes, annotini fusci v. 

 fusco-cinerei; gemmae conico-ovoideae, circiter 5 mm. longae, fuscae, 

 pauci-perulatae perulis margine tenuiter ciliatis ceterum glabris. 

 Folia decidua, chartacea, vernatione convoluta, ovata v. ovato- 

 oblonga v. elliptico-ovata, acuminata, basi rotundata v. late cuneata, 

 dense et argute serrulata dentibus glanduloso-acuminulatis 4-10, 

 plerumque 6-8 cm. longa et 2.5-6 cm. lata, erumpentia purpurascentia, 

 demum intense viridia, supra initio laxe et longe villosa, mox glabre- 

 scentia, demum glaberrima, nitidula, subtus paullo pallidiora, ad cos- 

 tam nervosque pubescentia v. demum glabra, nervis utrinsecus 4-6 

 curvatis supra leviter impressis, subtus elevatis, venulis subtus leviter v. 

 vix elevatis, costa supra impressa subtus elevata; petioli supra canali- 

 culati, 1-3 cm. longi, pubescentes v. demum glabri. Flores albi v. eru- 

 bescentes, fragrantes, 3.5-4 cm. diam., graciliter pedicellati pedicello 

 glabrov.interdum laxe lanuginoso 2-3 cm. longo, in fasciculis 3-7-floris; 

 calycis lobi triangulari-ovati, acuti v. acuminulati, circiter 4 mm. longi 

 et basi 3 mm. lati, tubum subaequantes v. paullo breviores, intus villosi 

 extus ut tubus glabri et purpurascentes v. interdum laxe lanuginosi; 

 petala ovalia, obtusa, breviter unguiculata, 15-18 mm, longa et 13-15 

 mm. lata, intus sparse lanuginosa; stamina circiter 20, petalis triente 

 breviora; styli 3, raro 4, stamina aequantes, infra medium connati et 

 ima basi excepta lanuginosi. Fructus globosus, basi rotundatus, apice 

 leviter impressus, cicatrice calycis decidui notatus, 8-12 mm. diam., 

 pallide flavo-viridis v. ruber, plerumque 3-locularis; semina triangulari- 

 obovoidea, circiter 5 mm. longa et 3 mm, lata, pallide flavo-brunnea, 

 nitentia. 



' Pyrus baccata, y himalaica Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P^tersbourg, 

 XIX. 171 (1873) is based on specimens from Gurhwal, which are near typical M. 

 baccata. They are different from the plants of the Khasia Hills, which belong to 

 M. theifera; to the same species probably belong the specimens from Sikkim and 

 other parts of the eastern Himalaya. 



