I'yrus.] LI. rosacea:. (J. D. Hooker.) 377. 



towards the tip, glaucous beneath, corymbs very tomentose compound, petals 

 broadly obovate. P. foliolosa, Wall. Cat 677, in part. Sorbus foHosa, Wenztg 

 m Lmncea, 1874, 75, excl. syn<m. 





Central and Eastern temperate Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich, Sikkim 

 6500-9000 ft., J.D,H.,&c, 



- A. smaii tree, young parts densely woolly, old glabrate except the corymb. Leaves 

 •±-6 in ; leaflets coriaceous, sometimes perfectly entire, base very unequal-sided, mid- 

 nb stout; nerves numerous, slender. Corymbs 2-3 in. diam. ; pedimcle and pedicels 

 stout. Flowers ^-| in. diam., white. Styles 3, glabrous. Fruit (unripe) very small, 

 <JVoid, ^in.diam.— A very distinct species. 



\.^' ^" Inslgpnls, ^00^. y. ; very robust, leaflets 4-6 pair 3-4 in. linear- 

 oblong acutely obscurely crenulate very coriaceous glaucous beneath, fruiting 



corjmbs excessively compound, branches very stout. 



^; Suamt Himalaya, alt. 8-11,000 ft., J.D,H.,C B. Clarke. 

 . A small very robust tree ; branchlets nearly as thick as the little finger, bud-scales 

 ^d, chestnut-brown, shining ; young parts clothed with long rather silky rusty brown 

 ^001, old glabrous. Leaves 6-10 in.; leaflets soon glabrate, apiculate in the sinus 

 wtween the obscure crenatures, which are incurved in old leaflets, pale and rather 

 glaucous beneath ; base unequal-sided : young petioles densely silky. Flowering co- 

 2^05 appearing with the young leaves, densely rufously woolly, with stout peduncle 

 »na branches. Flowers crowded, \ in. diam. ; bracts linear. Calyx obconic, short, 

 j«eth triangular. Styles 3, glabrous. Fruiting corymbs branched from the base, 6 in. 

 ODg and as broad ; branches covered with oblong white spots, pedicels short stout. 

 ^'^^it globose or broadly ovoid, 3 -celled, I in. diam. (when dry). 



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Sect. V. IHicromeles (Dene. Gen.). Leaves simple. Calyx-\6bQS 



J^auous. Omry 2- 3-celled ; styles 2-3, free or united. 

 ,/iate; endocarp membranous or coriaceous. 



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-M. . weaves 8/iortly petwled, nairowedto both ends : nen^es very oblique close set 

 "^h/^raigU, ve^^y jyroniinmt. 



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^^P' J?. Griffithil, Dme. Mem. Fam. ram, 170 (IVIicromeles) ; leaves 

 flo ^^' J^™? woolly beneath elliptic acuminate serrulate, corymbs very many- 

 wered densely woolly, fruit small. P. sikkimensis y. microcarpa, Wenzig in 

 ^nm, 1874, 59. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 6-9000 ft., J. B. K, C B, Clarke. Bhotan, Griffith. 

 cottn ^^^ ^*^^^*^ branches ; young twigs and leaves covered beneath with a soft 



neaa ^ ^^^1 that is deciduous in flakes. Leaves coriaceous, opaque above, paler be- 

 M • 5^^^^ ^^-^^ P'^^^'' slightly curved; petiole \ in., stout, channeUed. Corymb 

 ^\xi^' n^'' branched from the base, most densely woolly. Flowers \ m. diara., 

 OTat J^^^y^'tube obconic, woolly ; lobes ovate, membranous, subacute. Petals oh- 

 RlaW^ ^^^^^* S^^^^ns long. JHsk tumid, 10-lobed, woolly. Styles 2, slender, 

 similn * ^^^^^ ^^26 of a pea, 1-2-ceUed, cells 2-seeded. Seeds plano-convex.— \ ery 



^w to Pyrus vestita. 



leai?"o*l" ""lianinoldes, Dene. Mem. Fam. Pom. 169 in part (Micromeles) ; 

 sW 1 ^^- "^'^^y young tairy beneath elliptic acuminate serrulate, petiole 

 Phnt- • '^^^' corymbs tomentose many-flowered, fruit smaU not spotted 2-ceUed. 

 ""ma polyneura, King in Herb. Caic. 



« Himalaya, alt. 7-9000 ft., J. B. H., C. B. Clarke. 

 i«ai¥, *®' "^^^y youDg branches and leaves tomentose and hairy, soon glabrous. 

 laiiteM '^v^'^ceous, very variable in breadth, f-2 in.; nerves 12-14 pair, very pro- 

 ^^\ beneath, slightly curved; petiole i-J m. Corymbs branched from the base. 



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