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Frutex 6-10,5 m. altus; ramuli hornotini crassi angulati 
glabri, annotini brunnei. Folia decidua tenuiter papyracea 
vel submembranacea petiolo 1-4 cm. longo glabro suffulta ; 
lamina 8-18 cm. longa, 4-7 cm. lata, anguste elliptica vel 
oblanceolata, apice plerumque breviter acuminata, basi late 
cuneata vel subrotundata, integerrima, supra laete viridis 
lucida, infra subolivacea opaca, utrinque glabra; costa media 
supra impressa, subtus valde eminens, nervis utrinque 10-20 
paribus ad marginem vix pertinentibus cum nervulis reticulum 
supra obscurum infra in sicco manifestum exhibentibus. 
Corymbus terminalis ad 15 cm. altus, ad 24 cm. latus, multi- 
florus; rhachis ramulique multoties divisi glabri; pedicelli 
ad 4 mm. longi glabri; bracteae lineari-oblongae 2-3 mm. 
longae ;  bracteolae minutae rubidae. Flores vix 5 mm. 
diametro lacteo-flavidi; calycis tubus turbinatus circ. I mm. 
longus glaber, lobi brevissimi ovati. Petala 2-2.5 mm. longa, 
late elliptica vel orbicularia, glabra. Stamina 20 petalis paulo 
breviora. Ovarium biloculare apice dense albido-villosulum ; 
styli duo subliberi staminibus breviores stigmate capitato. 
Fructus deest. 
“ China :—Hills to the north of Tengyueh, Yunnan. Lat. 
25° 20’ N. Alt. 6000-7000 ft. Shrub of 20-35 ft. Flowers 
creamy-yellow, fragrant. Open thickets. March 1913.” G. 
Forrest. No. 
“‘ Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 10’ N. Alt. 
8000-9000 ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. Flowers pale creamy-yellow. 
In open thickets. April 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,293. 
10. Pyrus (Sorbus) Harrowianus, Balf. f. et W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Inter species chinenses affinis Sorbo Sargentianae, Koehne 
quae foliolis acuminatis multo minoribus plus minusve lanatis 
inter alia differt ; a Pyro insigni, Hook. f. specie himalayensi 
haud remota ; foliolis 20 cm. saepe excedentibus primo intuitu 
recognoscenda. 
Arbor 8-13 m. alta; rami crassi (in scheda 5-7 mm. 
diametro) atropurpurei nitidi glabri vel glabrescentes lenticellis 
elongatis albidis bene notati; rami juniores in spec, cultis 
prima aetate rufido-villosi deinde plus minusve cinerascentes ; 
gemmae magnae 1.5-2 cm. longae acutae glabrae vel sparsim 
rufido-villosulae ; stipulae herbaceae magnae plerumque I~2 
cm. longae apice in auriculas acutas productae persistentes. 
Folia variabilia in spec, juvenilibus cultis plerumque trifolio- 
lata deinde 3-9-foliolata ; folia in typo cum petiolo 2-3 cm. 
longo ad 24 cm. longa, plerumque 2-3-juga ; rhachis exalata 
plerumque glabra purpurascens interstitils circ. 2 cm. longis ; 
foliola coriacea aequalia vel subaequalia anguste oblonga, 
