SPECIES ASIATICAE. 23 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan, near Tibetan frontier, at gooo- 
10,000 ft.’”’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 492 
The following probably represents the fruit :— 
“Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Shrub of 6-8 ft. Fruits 
crimson. Open scrub. Oct. 1913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 11,463. 
The fruits are broadly pyriform, 8-9 mm. long, about 7 mm. 
broad ; the pyrenes 2, about 5 mm. by 4 mm. 
v2 Var. monopyrena, W. W. Sm. Var. nov. 
Fructibus majusculis ovoideis fere r cm. longis, 8 mm. latis, 
atrokermesinis, pyrenis duabus in unam coalitis, loculo altero 
seminifero, altero complanato vacuo bene notata. 
‘China :—Lichiang Range, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 
10,000 ft. Shrub of 9-12 ft.. In fruit. Fruits black-crimson. 
Open situations by streams. Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 
11,422. 
C. hebephylla, Diels appears to be a very variable plant. It 
is quite possible that more than one species is included in this 
aggregate, and I have not been able to correlate to my satis- 
faction the fruiting specimens with the flowering. At the same 
time a detailed examination of the structure of the leaf and 
indumentum, as well as of the flowers, shows the examples to 
be very closely connected. Until further material is available 
I have judged it better to keep them under one specific name. 
Authentic fruiting specimens of the type are much wanted. 
The series shows a very definite approach to C. racemifiora, 
K. Koch, var. soongorica, Schneider, common in Western 
Szechwan, but the material at my disposal is not sufficient for 
me to determine whether C. hebephylla should be ranged along 
with or under that species. 
” Cotoneaster lactea, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. Henryanae, Rehder et Wilson, C. rhytido- 
phyllae, Rehder et Wilson, C. salicifoliae, Franch., ab omnibus 
quibus foliis apice basique rotundatis vel obtusissimis differt. 
Frutex 2-3 m. altus; ramuli hornotini tomento albido mox 
fulvido denso villoso induti, annotini glabri vel subglabri rubes- 
centes, seniores cinereo-brunnei. Folia petiolo circ. 5 mm. longo 
dense fulvido-tomentoso suffulta; lamina 3.5-5 cm. longa, ad 
.3 cm. lata, late elliptica, apice plerumque rotundata, nunc 
obtusissima, breviter mucronata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, 
crasse papyracea vel etiam coriacea, supra primo laxe et sparsim 
villosa mox glabrescens opaco-viridis vix lucida, infra tomento 
denso persistente villoso primo albido mox fulvido induta ; 
