^316 LI. ROSACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pmnw. 



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A iynj^ll nearly glabrous tree, with young parts sparingly pubescent. Leaves very 

 variable, 4-6 in., usually oblong-lanceolate with a cordate base, serratures oficn 

 double very close-set; nerves often with hairs in the axils beneath, under-snrtace not 

 glaucous; nerves spreading, slightly arched; petiole i-1 in., slender, glands small or 

 0*, stipules linear, membranous, caducous. Racemes from the axils of fallen leaves or 

 terminating lateral leaf-branchlets, 4^10 in. long, drooping ; peduncle and rachis gia- 

 btous pubescent or tomentose; pedicels ^ in.; bracts linear, caducous. -^^^"'^'^^ ^7^; 

 Calyx-tube hemispheric or turbinate ; lobes rounded, obtuse, gland-toothed. leim 

 orbicular, concave. Drupe acid, the size of a large pea; stone thick rugged.— v> a- 

 lich's name oi cornuta alludes to a diseased (by insects) condition of the ovary, wmca 

 becomes elongate curved and fusiform as in P. Puddum. Foliage red in autumn. 



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9. P. nepalensis, Ser. in DC. Prodr. ii. 540 (Cerasus) ; leaves lance^ 

 late or oblong-lanceolate acuminate crenate-serrate glaucous beneath, nen 

 16-20 pairs, base usually acute, petiole eglandular, racemes elon^te, druje 

 globose, stone smooth f in. diam. Cerasus glaucifolia, WalL Cat. 717. t* 1 

 leyana, WalL Cat. 1008. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Kuumaon, alt. 6000 if, to Sikkim alt. 7-10,000 

 Khasia Mts„ alt. 4-6000 ft. , . ,. 



Very difficult to distinguish from P. Padus except by the fruit, vihx^h is ^ 

 than twice as large, with a quite smooth thick- walled stone ; leaves ^^^H^^^^ ^ ^y, 

 beneath and acute at the base, serratures far less sharp and more distant; t j 

 lobes shorter. 



10. p. undulata, Ham. in Dm Prodr. 239 ; leaves membranous^oV 

 long-lanceolate acuminate crenate-serrate glabrous, nerves G-10 pair, P? 

 usually eglandular, racemes slender, flowers ^ in. diam., stamens 1^^" " J^ 

 globose pointed, stone smooth \ in. P. adenophylla, Wall. MSS. Cerasus i 

 dulata,-Ser. MSS. in DC. PywZr. ii. 640. 0. capricida, Wall. Cat. 718, 



Temperate Himalaya from Kumaon alt. 6-8000 ft. to Sikkim alt. 8-12,000 -f 

 and Bhotan. Khasia Mts., Griffith. . .^^^a- 



Branches slender, quite glabrous. Leaves variable, usually 2-3 in., o a 



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lanceolate but often larger and almost linear-lanceolate, base acute or ^^^^® ' jjgd; 

 branous and undulate when dry; nerves 8-10 pair, slender, spreading and a _^^ 

 glands or 1 or 2 at the base of the leaf, rarely on the slender petioles. ^ j^^^ 

 usually more slender than in the two preceding species, glabrous or pu^ 

 Flowers white. Calyx-tvbe glabrous, lobes glabrous or ciliate. Stamens ^^^^'^i^Ja, 

 with a thin-walled smooth stone. — Foliage of this is often like that of P 'K? j^.^ 

 but has usually fewer veins, and the small flowers and drupes well distmgrn- 

 Waliich observes that the foliage is poisonous to goats. 



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Folia (J e persistent. 



11. P. martabanica 



, WalL Cat. 4902 (Cerasus ?) ; glal)rous except^^ 



pubescent racemes, leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate ^^ n j^jj^r, 

 smooth, ner\'es very faint, racemes fascicled stout short, petals small or 

 stamens very numerous, Kurz, For. Flor. Brit, Burm. i. 434. 



Eastern Peninsula; Mabtaban, Wall%ch\ Mkrgui, Griffith] Andaman an 



KASSBRIM, KufZ, . ^ ]yQ^ 



Branchlets quite glabrous. Leaves 6-7 in. long, coriaceous, very smoot .^^^ 



surfaces, shining above, base rounded; nerves 6-8 pair, arched, very ^^^^^'^e^^ 

 §-^ in., slender, eglandular. Racemes 1-7 in., usually on the old wood ; pe^ ^^^j- 

 rachis strict ; pedicels^ in., stout. Flowers \ in. diam. Calyx-tube obQ^^\^^^^^ 

 ceous ; lobes erect, ovate, obtuse. Petals small, orbicular. Stameiis 60 »^ ^^j^j,g, 

 series. Ovary glabrous, style long, exserted; Drupe \\ in. long, <^y"°^p jai^' 

 pointed, apparently dry ; stone thin-walled, smooth.— Foliage like that oi -r. ^ . 



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