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late elliptica vel suborbicularia, parva, 0°8-1°4 em. longa, 0°7-1°2 
lata, nervi subtus obsoleti. (Flores non visi]. Drupa 
breviter pedicellata, (sicca) rubra 08-1 cm. longa 
“ Prostrate shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers white. On rocks and 
humus-covered boulders in dry situations, side valleys on the 
eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8& 
10,000 ft. June-July 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4427. 
Habit of C. horizontalis, Decne, but differing in the verruculose 
branchlets with more persistent stipules, by the still more 
orbicular leaves, and the fruit being three times as large. 
Cotoneaster hebephylla, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex divaricato-ramosus, 1°8-3 m. altus; rami cinereo- 
corticati, patentes, juniores purpurei sublucidi. Ramuli foliati 
florigerique nonnunquam tomentelli, ad 3 cm. longi, graciles. 
Folia breviter petiolata, decidua, primo pilosa demum glabres- 
centia, subtus glauca, elliptica vel saepius obovata, obtusa vel 
retusa, I-2°5 cm. longa, 0°7-1'2 cm. lata, nervi subtus haud 
prominentes. Corymbi 6-16~-flori, pedunculi et pedicelli pilosi 
demum glabrati. Calyx infundibuliformis demum glabratus, 
dentes late triangulares apice purpurei atque barbulato-ciliati. 
Petala alba, unguiculata, orbiculata, 3-4 mm. diamet. Antherae 
violaceae. (Fructus non visus.) 
“Shrub of 6-8 ft. Flowers white. Open situations at the 
north end of the Chung-Tien plateau on the ascent of pass leading 
to the Yangtse valley. Lat. 28° N. Alt. 14,000 ft. September 
1904.”’ G. Forrest. No. 283. 
“ Spreading shrub of 6-10 ft. Flowers white, anthers violet. 
Moist, open situations on banks of stream at north end of the 
Lichiang valley. Lat. 27° 10’ N. Alt. 8500-g000 ft. May 
1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2110. 
Allied to the C. bacillaris, Wall. ; but the fruit being not yet 
known, I prefer to keep it distinct from that Western Himalayan 
species. 
Cotoneaster insculpta, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex divaricato-ramosus, rami cortice atropurpurea praediti, 
novelli cinereo-pilosi; ramuli abbreviati foliati floriferique vix 
o'5 cm. longiores. Folia breviter petiolata, persistentia, coriacea, 
supra glabra lucida, costa nervisque valde insculptis venisque 
subrugosa, subtus albo-tomentosa, margine anguste recurva, 
ovata, brevissime apiculata, 1°5-2°5 cm. longa, 1°2 cm. lata, 
nervi primarii circ. 4 utrinque a costa abeuntes, [Flores non 
visi.] Drupae (siccae) singulae, rubrae, 6-7 mm. diamet. 
‘“‘ Spreading shrub of 4-9 ft. Flowers white. On open, dry 
hillsides around Lu-chang, Salwin valley, Salwin-Irrawadi 
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