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26 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Crataegus chungtienensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. sanguineae, Pallas a qua folliis 
minoribus basi saepius truncato-rotundatis, stipulis glanduloso- 
serratulis inter alia recedit. 
Frutex 3.6-6 m. altus; ramuli hornotini tenues glabri vel 
subglabri nitenti-rubescentes, annotini plus minusve cinerei ; 
spinae rectae robustae circ. 1.5 cm. longae; gemmae rotundae 
perulis nitenti-brunneis glabris. Folia petiolo circ. 1 cm. longo 
glabro suffulta; lamina 3-5.5 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, late 
ovata, apice ambitu plus minusve obtusa, basi truncato-rotun- 
data vel late cuneata in petiolum alatum decurrens, serraturis 
rectis glanduloso-mucronatis serrata, supra medium 7-0-lobatula 
lobulis ovatis obtusis, membranacea ad maturitatem supra vix 
nitida, glabra, infra glabra vel ad axillas nervorum sparsim 
albo-pilosa ; nervi in loborum apicem nec in sinus excurrentes, 
infra prominuli; stipulae ovatae vel lanceolatae, deciduae, 
glandulosg-serratulae. Corymbi 3-4 cm. lati, multiflori glabri, 
bracteis sublinearibus vel spathulatis 2-3 mm. longis glanduloso- 
serratulis post anthesin subpersistentibus, pedicellis circ. 5 mm. 
longis glabris. Calycis tubus campanulatus glaber circ. 4 mm. 
longus lobis ovato-triangularibus vix I mm. superantibus tandem 
reflexis ; petala alba circ. 5 mm. diametro; stamina 20; styli 
1-2-3, basiglabri. Fructus globoso-oblongus, circ. 8 mm. longus, 
circ. 6*mm. latus, nitenti-ruber; pyrenae I-3, circ. 6 mm. 
longae, 4 mm. latae, dorso obscure costatae, ventre hic illic 
excavatae. 
“China :—Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 12-20 ft. Flowers creamy-white. 
Open thickets and on the margins of forests. July ror4.’’ G. 
Forrest. No. 12,644. 
“ Chungtien plateau. Lat. 27°° 53" Ni: Sept: tot3.""°'G. 
Forrest. No. 11,318. 
hoo? Crataegus oresbia, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. chungtienensi, W. W. Sm. a qua primo 
intuitu inflorescentia dense albo-pilosa inter alia discrepat. 
Frutex 6 m. altus; ramuli hornotini dense albido-patenti- 
pilosi, annotini glabri tandem cinerei; spinae in spec. nostr. 
deficientes ; gemmae rotundae glabrae. Folia cum eis speciei 
praecedentis quoad magnitudinem formamque nervosque bene 
congruunt sed apice minus obtusa, petiolo densiuscule albo- 
piloso praedita, supra ad maturitatem sparsim albo-pilosa, 
subtus ad costam nervosque prominulos nervulosque pilis albidis 
subadpressis sparsim induta. Corymbi fructiferi ad 7 cm. lati, 
multiflori ramis ramulisque densissime albido-patenti-pilosis, 
