400 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [may 



(no. 1256); eadem regione, prope Kua-pie, in declivibus calcareis montium, 

 alt. circ. 3000 m., 23 Maji 1914, C. Schneider (no. 3546; typus in Herb. Arb. 

 Am. et Hb. Schneider). 



At first sight, this species seems to be much like S. avails Rehd., which also 

 has terete branchlets and similar leaves and flowers, but which is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the glabrous branchlets, leaves, and inflorescence, as well as by 

 the leaves being not papillose beneath. According to the papillose leaves, 

 5. teretiuscula is more closely related to S. canescens Don, but all the forms of 

 this variable species have the branchlets distinctly angular. 



Here may be mentioned another interesting form I collected in southern 

 Szechuan "in dumetis montium inter viculos Hun-ka et Wo-lo-ho, alt. circ. 

 3300 m., 13 Junii 1914 (no. 3525; frutex circ. 2 m. altus, alabastra rosea)/' 

 the flower buds of which are pink. In its angular branchlets it resembles S. 

 canescens, but the young ovate or ovate-elliptic leaves are not distinctly 

 papillose beneath. Judging by its pinkish flowers it seems to represent a new 

 species, but, unfortunately, the flowers are too young to furnish sufficient char- 

 acters for a description. The young branchlets, leaves, and inflorescences are 

 not quite so distinctly puberulous as in 5. teretiuscula, and they seem to become 

 very soon almost glabrous. The leaves are entire, and measure up to 15 mm. 

 in length and 7 mm. in width. 



£'^* Malus pumila Mill., var. subsessilis, n.var. — A typo praecipue 

 recedit fructibus immaturis subsessilibus iis Docyniae Delavayi 

 similibus ovato-ellipticis circ. 2 . 5 cm. longis et 2 cm. crassis sparse 

 villosis apice concavis sepalis persistentibus conniventibus. 



Szechuan australis: inter pagos Hoh-si et Te-li-pu, alt. circ. 2300 m., 

 7 Maji 1914, C. Schneider (no. 1132; typus in Herb. Arb. Arn. et Hb. Schnei- 

 der; tantum arborem unicam mutilatam probabiliter cultam ad 5-metralem 

 vidi) . 



The subsessile fruit of this apple suggests a Docynia, but the leaves and 

 flowers are that of a true Malus. So far as I can judge by the material before 

 me, it represents only a form of M . pumila, the variability of which needs a 

 careful study. To M. pumila sensu meo (111. Handb. Laubh. 1:715- I 9°5) 

 certainly belongs M. asiatica Nakai in Matsumura, Icon. PL Koisik. 3: 19. pi* 



\$ft Malus (Sect. Docyniopsis Schn.) docynioides, sp.n. — Arbus- 

 cula squarrosa, ad 6 m. alta; ramuli novelli griseo-villosi, floriferi 

 laxius villosuli ut vetustiores glabrescentes f uscescentes ; gemmae 

 satis evolutae ignotae. Folia partim sempervirentia, tenuiter 

 coriacea, biennia elliptico-oblonga vel obovato-elliptica, apice plus 

 minusve rotundata sed apiculata, basim versus sensim attenuata, 

 cuneata, margine subintegerrima vel a medio ad apicem indistincte 



