432 CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO VOLUME I 



Prunus pilosiuscula, var. media (p. 204). Add the following specimen: 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, side of streams, common, alt. 1000 m., 

 June 1907 (No. i6; tree 5-8 m. tall). 



Prunus involucrata (p. 206). This becomes: 



Prunus PSEUDO-CERASus Lindley in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. VI. 90 (1827). — 

 Wilson, Cherries Jap. 3 (1916), which see for further literature and synonyms. 



Chili : purchased on Peking-Henkow Railroad, 1910 (No. 4002, tree 5-8 m. 

 tall; seeds only). 



Prunus (p. 225). After P. tomentosa, var. endotricha add: 

 Prunus spec. 



Western Szech'uan: near Sungpan, woodlands, alt. 3000-3300 m., 1908 

 (No. 4008; tree 8 m. tall, very bushy; seeds only). 



Prunus spec. 



Western Szech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, woodlands, 2600- 

 3000 m., 1908 (No. 4034; tree 3-4 m. tall, fruits black, leaves white below; seeds 

 only). 



There are no plants of this and the preceding number growing at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. 



Prunus (p. 237). For changes in the nomenclature of the Japanese species men- 

 tioned by Koehne in the Enumeratio specierum omnium subgen. Cerasi (pp. 237- 

 271), see Wilson, Cherries of Japan (1916). 



Prunus stiptilacea (p. 258). In the citation between "St. Petersbourg" and 

 "XI." insert: XXIX. 97 (1883); Mel. Biol. In the enumeration of specimens 

 for "Prewalski" read " Przewalski." 



Prunus dehiscens (p. 271). On p. 272 instead of No. 4028 read 4029. 

 Prunus dehiscens is probably not different from P. tangutica Koehne. 



Prunus Persica (p. 273). Add the followiiig numbers: 



Western Hupeh: mountains south of Ichang, naturalized, 800-1600 m., 1907 

 (No. 125, bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers dark; seeds only) ; Patung Hsien, side of sti'eams, 

 alt. 800 m., 1907 (No. 744; bush 3 m. tall, flowers double white, only one bush seen; 

 scions for grafting only. 



Prunus triflora (p. 276). Add the following numbers to this species, the oldest 

 name of which is P. salicina Lindley, as stated on p. 580 of vol. I: 



Western Hupeh: cultivated around Ichang, 1907 (No. 27; bush 3-5 ft. tall, 

 flowers white, fruit small, round, yellow; seeds only); same locality, 1907 (Nos. 46, 

 61; bushy tree 3-7 m. tall, fruit yellow; seeds only); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, 

 alt. 1000-1500 m., September 1907 (No. 243; bushy tree 5 m. tall, fruit yellow; 

 seeds only) . 



Styrax japonicus (p. 291). In the enumeration of specimens on p. 292 for 

 "E. J. Taquet (Nos. 725, 727, 1109, 1876, 3033, 3034)" read " C/. Faurie (Nos. 

 725, 727, 1876), Taquet (Nos. 1109, 3033, 3034)." 



Syringa 



Syringa Sargentiana (p. 298). Judging by living plants, this species must be 

 regarded as a variety only of S. Komaromi Schneider. The insertion of the anthers 

 in the corolla-tube is about the same in both species ; it is possible to find sUght 

 variations in different flowers, the apex of the stamens sometimes only reaching the 



