286 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



The discovery of Malus Halliana in western China adds another plant to the 

 number of those first knovvTi to the west from Japanese gardens and long supposed 

 to be Japanese, but later found to be of Chinese origin. Schneider (1. c.) has already 

 stated that Fortune's No. 9 from China referred by Hemsley to M. spectabilis 

 is probably M. Halliana. This is the " Kaido " of the Japanese and by Japanese 

 botanists it has been confused with M. spectabilis Aiton and M. florihunda Siebold. 

 A plant raised from seed sent by Wilson from Szech'uan is growing in the Arnold 

 Arboretum and agrees perfectly with the Japanese plant. 



The double-flowered form which is the form generally cultivated in this country 

 and in Europe may be distinguished as M. Halliana, f . Parkmanii Rehder, n. comb. 

 (Pyrus Maluf Parkmanii Temple). Temple's description, though not technical, is 

 the first good description of the double-flowered form of this tree and of tliis species 

 in general. 



Malus transitoria Schneider, var. toringoides Rehder, n. var. 



A typo recedit foHis majoribus ad 5.5 cm. longis minus profunda 

 lobatis, interdum indivisis elHptico-oblongis crenato-serratis v. lobu- 

 latis, fructu majore 8-12 mm. longo. 



Western Szech'uan: west of Tachien-lu, alt. 3300-3600 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 1285, type; tree 5-8 m. tall, fruit scarlet and yellow) ; 

 near Tongolo, west of Tachien-lu, alt. 3000-3600 m., June and October, 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3494 and Seed No. 1730). 



This plant looks quite distinct from typical M. transitoria with its larger, partly 

 entire leaves and larger fruit, and may turn out to be a distinct species, but as long 

 as we do not know the mature fruits of the type and the flowers of this variety, 

 we must rely on the difference in the leaves which are not sufficient for specific 

 separation, as intergradations seem to exist, for No. 3494 shows in its smaller and 

 more deeply divided leaves a transition toward the type. The fruits, too, seem to 

 be somewhat smaller than those of No. 1285. 



Malus kansuensis Schneider in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. III. 178 



(1906). 



Pyrus kansuensis Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. XIII. 94 (1893). 

 Eriolobus kansuensis Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 726, fig. 403 d-d*, 

 404 d-e (1906). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woods, alt. 2300 m.. May and 

 September 1907 (No. 264; bush or thin tree, 3-8 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fruit red); without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 6754). Western 

 Szech'uan: Tachien-lu, woodlands, alt. 2600-3300 m., June 1908 

 (No. 2996; bush 3-5 m. tall, flowers white); same locality, thickets, 

 alt. 3000-3600 m., October 1910 (No. 4115, in part; bush 7 m. tall, 

 fruit scarlet, ovoid) ; Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, alt. 3300 m., 

 October 10 (No. 4115, in part; bush 5 m. tall, fruit scarlet); same 

 locality, alt. 2300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 2995; bush 6 m. tall, 

 flowers white); without precise locality, alt. 3000 m.. May 1904 



