Sorbus latifolia, (Lam.) Pers. Sorbus sudetica, (Tausch) Fritsch Eriobotrya Lindley

16. S. latifolia (Lam.) Pers. View in CoL , loc. cit. (1806).

Medium-sized tree. Leaves broadly elliptical, 1-1 | times as long as wide or somewhat longer, shortly acute, rounded or slightly cordate at base, with 7-9 pairs of veins, somewhat coriaceous, lobed (but never with free leaflets), glabrescent above, with grey-green tomentum beneath; lobes more or less triangular, the second pair usually the largest, acute or acuminate, rounded at the lower edge, biserrate or unequally serrate, the teeth terminating the main veins straight. Flowers c. 20 mm in diameter. Fruit 12-14 x 13-15-5 mm, subglobose, yellowish-brown, with rather many, large lenticels. • From E.C. Portugal to S. W. Germany. Ga Ge Hs Lu [Su].

16 and the very numerous related species are, so far as is known, all apomictic, and probably originated by hybridization between 3 and one or other of the species 5, 6, 7 or 8. The related species may be arranged in 2 series, as follows:

Series (a). Leaves with greenish-grey tomentum beneath. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, brown, reddish-brown or orange. Resembling 3.

S. borosiana Kârpâti , Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sei. Agr.

(Budapest) 12: 144 (1948). Hu. S. decipiens (Bechst.) Irmisch in Petzold & Kirchner, Arbor .

Muscav. 301 (1864). Ga Ge. S. decipientiformis Kârpâti , Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sci.

Agr. (Budapest) 14: 36 (1950). Hu. S. degenii Jâv. , Magyar Bot. Lapok 25: 85 (1926). Hu. S. devoniensis E. F. Warburg , Watsonia 4: 46 (1957). Br Hb. S. gayeriana Kârpâti, Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sei. Agr.

(Budapest) 14: 35 (1950). Hu. S. heilingensis Düll , Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 34: 47 (1961). Ge. S. joannis Kârpâti , Bot. Közl. 52: 140 (1966). Cz. S. klasterskyana Kârpâti , op. cit. 136 (1966). Cz. S. multicrenata Bornm. ex Düll , Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 34: 49

(1961). Ge. S. parumlobata Irmisch ex Düll , op. cit. 45 (1961). Ge. S. pseudolatifolia Boros , Mitt. Kgl. Ungar. Gartenb.-Lehranst.

3: 51 (1937). Hu. S. subcordata Bornm. ex Düll , Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 34: 47

(1961). Ge. S. zertovae Kârpâti , Bot. Közl. 52: 137 (1966). Cz.

Series (b). Leaves with whitish-grey tomentum beneath. Fruit subglobose, red or orange-red. Resembling 5-8.

S. adamii Kârpâti , Hung. Acta Biol. 1: 112 (1949). Hu. S. andreanszkyana Kârpâti , Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sci. Agr. (Budapest) 14: 35 (1950). Hu. S. badensis Düll , Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 34: 51 (1961). Ge.

S. bakonyensis (Jâv.) Kârpâti , Hung. Acta Biol. 1: 116 (1949). Hu.

S. baiatonica Kârpâti , op. cit. 121 (1949). Hu.

S. barthae Kârpâti, Ann. Sect. Horti- Viticult. Univ. Sei. Agr. {Budapest) 14: 37 (1950). Hu.

S. bohemica Kovanda , Acta Univ. Carol. {Biol.) 1:77 (1961). Cz.

S. bristoliensis Wilmott , Proc. Linn. Soc. London 146: 76 (1934). 2« = 51. Br.

S. dominii Kârpâti , Bot. Kôzl. 52: 140 (1966). Cz.

S. eugenii-kelleri Kârpâti, Hung. Acta Biol. 1: 113 (1949). Hu.

S. franconica Bornm. ex Düll , Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 34: 49 (1961). Ge.

S. futakiana Kârpâti , Bot. Kôzl. 52: 137 (1966). Cz.

S. gerecseensis Boros & Kârpâti , Hung. Acta Biol. 1: 107 (1949). Hu.

S. karpatii Boros , Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sei. Agr. {Budapest) 13: 153 (1949). Hu.

S. kmetiana Kârpâti , Bot. Kôzl. 52: 137 (1966). Cz.

S. latissima Kârpâti , Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sei. Agr. {Budapest) 14: 36 (1950). Hu.

S. magocsyana Kârpâti , Bot. Kôzl. 52: 140 (1966). Cz.

S. paxiana Jâv. , Magyar Bot. Lapok 25: 89 (1926). Rm.

S. pseudobakonyensis Kârpâti , Hung. Acta Biol. 1: 117 (1949). Hu.

S. pseudosemiincisa Boros , Mitt. Kgl. Ungar. Gartenb.- Lehranst. 3: 53 (1937). Hu.

S. pseudovertesensis Boros , op. cit. 53 (1937). Hu.

S. redliana Kârpâti , Hung. Acta Biol. 1: 118 (1949). Hu.

S. semiincisa Borbâs , Term.-Tud. Közl. 11: 34 (1879). 2zz = 34. Hu.

S. simonkaiana Kârpâti , Ann. Sect. Horti-Viticult. Univ. Sci. Agr. {Budapest) 14: 38 (1950). Hu.

S. slovenica Kovanda , Acta Univ. Carol. {Biol.) 1: 73 (1961).?Au Cz.

S. subcuneata Wilmott , Proc. Linn. Soc. London 146: 76 (1934). Br.

S. vertesensis Boros , Mitt. Kgl. Ungar. Gartenb.-Lehranst. 3: 52 (1937). Hu.

17. S. sudetica (Tausch) Fritsch View in CoL in A. Kerner, Sched. Fl. Exsicc. Austro-Hung. 7: 20 (1896).

Shrub. Leaves elongate- or obovate-elliptical, acute, c. 1 | times as long as wide, with 8-9 pairs of veins, coarsely serrate, the teeth straight and not pointing forward, not lobed, glabrous above, with a dense grey tomentum beneath. Petals c. 5 mm. Fruit red. • N. W. Czechoslovakia {KrkonoSe). Cz.

18. S. margittaiana (Jâv.) Kârpâti View in CoL , Feddes Repert. 62: 304 (1960).

Like 17 but leaves obtuse, finely serrate, very slightly lobed, with a less dense tomentum beneath. • E. Czechoslovakia {Fatra). Cz. 17 and 18 are probably apomictic species which have arisen by hybridization between 4 and one or other of the species 5,6,7 or 8.

29. Eriobotrya Lindley 1

Evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves simple. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Sepals persistent in fruit; petals ovate or suborbicular, clawed, white; stamens 20; carpels 2-5, walls thin in fruit; ovules 2; styles connate only at base. Fruit with 1 or a few large seeds.

1. E. japonica (Thunb.) Lindley View in CoL , Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 102 (1821).

Small tree up to 10 m. Leaves 12-25 cm, obovate to elliptic-oblong, dentate, reddish-brown-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence densely reddish-brown-tomentose. Flowers c. 1 cm in diameter. Fruit 3-6 cm, pyriform or ellipsoid, yellow. Seeds 1-1-5 cm. Cultivated in S. Europe for the edible fruit, and elsewhere for ornament. More or less naturalized in Açores, Portugal and Kriti. [Az Cr Hs It Lu.] (C. China.)