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tantum in costa impressa pilosa, facie plana sed tenuissime reticu- 
lata nervis non incisis, subtus dense ut ramuli tomentosa, etiam 
biennia tantum in costa prominente paullo glabrescentia, nervis 
lateralibus utrinsecus 5-7 vix vel paullo prominulis; petioli vix ad 
5 mm. longi, dense tomentelli; stipulae anguste triangulari-lanceo- 
latae, acuminatae, petiolis breviores, subglabriores. Corymbus 
pluriflorus, ad 3 cm. latus et 2.5 cm. longus, dense villoso-tomento- 
sus; pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi, ut pedunculi tomentelli, bracteis 
bracteolisque deciduis; flores ignoti; fructus parvi, obscure rubri, 
turbinati vel globoso-turbinati, circ. 4 mm. longi et 3 mm. crassi, 
plus minusve villosuli, apice sepalis incumbentibus extus villosis 
fere clausi; pyrenia 2, circ. 3 mm. longa et 2.5 mm. lata, obovoidea, 
ventre plana, satis laevia, nitidula, dorso leviter rugulosa, stylum 
apice gerentia, hypostylio circ. trientem dorsi occupante villosulo. 
Yunnan boreali-occidentalis: ad latera orientalia montium niveorum 
prope Lichiang-fu, alt. circ. 3000-3200 m., Octobri 1914, C. Schneider (no. 
2676; typus in Herb. Arb. Arn. et Hb. Schneider). 
The fruits of this species are extremely like those of C. oligocarpa Schn., 
previously described, but in its narrow elliptic obtuse leaves, which are smooth 
above and show very little prominent veins beneath, C. Vernae differs widely 
from all the species mentioned above. It seems to be more closely related to 
C. pannosa Fr. which, however, can easily be distinguished by its more ovate 
acute or shortly acuminate leaves, and by its larger fruits, the sepals of w 
are more erect. Iam unable to identify my no. 2676 with any Chinese species 
hitherto described. I introduced it into pmiahinrrete (seed | no. 578); and — 
vations of living plants may give further indications of 
this apparently well marked species. It is named for my daughter Verna. 
PRUNUS LATIDENTATA Koeh., var. trichostema, n.var.— 
_P. trichostoma Koehne in Sargent, Pl. Wils. x: 216. 1912.—A 
typo non nisi — intus et stylis basi distinctius — differre 
videtur. ; 
: - Szechuan australis: ‘in regione Yen-yiian fies, inter ‘vedes Ka-la-pa 
et Liu-ku, i in sepibus, alt. circ. 3200 m., 17 Maji ror4, C. Schneider (no. 1210; 
_ frutex ad 2 m. altus); inter viculos Hun-ka et Wo-lo-ho, alt. circ. 3300 m., 
13 june 1914, Cc. Schneider (no. 3520; arbuscula vel arbor ad Gémalta). 
cording own statement, there is really no other difference — 
| Detween P.laidenat nba sand P.ichastoma than the vabsionece lai the eal ao 
So far as I can j s bef : : De 
