Sorbus graeca, (Spach) Kotschy Sorbus rupicola, (Syme) Hedl.

6. S. graeca (Spach) Kotschy View in CoL in Unger & Kotschy, Ins. Cypern 369 (1865)

(S. eretica Lindley , S. meridionalis (Guss.) Fritsch).

Shrub or small tree. Leaves 5-9 x 4-7 cm, obovate or suborbicular, not lobed, widest above the middle, broadly cuneate at the base, somewhat coriaceous, with 9-11 pairs of veins, usually with a thick, greenish-white tomentum beneath, biserrate; teeth symmetrical and patent. Fruit usually less than 12 mm, subglobose, crimson, with few, large lenticels. 2n = 34. S.E. & E.C. Europe, extending to Sicilia, Czechoslovakia and Germany. Al Au Bu Cr Cz Ge Gr Hu It Ju Rm Rs (K) Si.

Amphimictic diploids and apomictic plants have both been reported in this species.

Related species include:

S. baldaccii (Degen & Fritsch ex C. K. Schneider) Zinserl. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 9: 398 (1939). Al Ju.

S. eminens E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 4: 44 (1957). 2« = 68. Br.

S. hibernica E. F. Warburg , op. cit. 44 (1957). Hb.

S. lancastriensis E. F. Warburg, op. cit. 45 (1957). Br.

S. norvegica Hedl. , Nyt Mag. Naturvid. {Christiania) 52: 254 (1914). Apomictic. No Su.

S. pannonica Kârpâti , Feddes Repert. 62: 182 (1960). Au Cz Ge

Hu?Rm.

S. porrigens Hedl., Nyt Mag. Naturvid. {Christiania) 52: 255 (1914). Gr.

S. porrigentiformis E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 4: 45 (1957). Apomictic. 2« = 51,68. Br.

S. wilmottiana E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 6: 296 (1967). Br.

5. eniinens and 5. pannonica are intermediate between 5 and 6.

7. S. rupicola (Syme) Hedl. View in CoL , Nyt Mag. Naturvid. {Christiania) 52: 256 (1914)

(5. salicifolia (Hartman) Hedl. ).

Shrub c. 2 m, rarely a small tree. Leaves (6-)8-14-5 cm, c. l |- 2 times as long as wide, obovate or oblanceolate, widest above the middle, usually cuneate and entire at the base, with 7-9 pairs of veins, not lobed, rather thickly white-tomentose beneath, coarsely and unequally serrate, the teeth somewhat curved on the outer margin and directed towards the leaf-apex. Petals c. 7 mm. Fruit 12-15 mm, subglobose, wider than long, carmine, with numerous scattered lenticels. 2« = 68. Apomictic. • Britain and Ireland; Norway, S. Sweden and Estonia {Saaremaa). Br Hb No Rs (B) Su. Related species include:

S.

vexans E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 4: 46 (1957). Br.