382 * LI. EOSACEiG. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pourthiced. 



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Shrubs or small trees, glabrous or woolly when young. Leaves simple, cre- 

 nate, persistent; stipules minute, subulate. Floivers small, wbite, in fe"^- 

 flowered corjTiibs, with warted fruit-bearing branchlets. Calyx-tuhe obcomc ; 

 lobes 5, acute. Petals 5, contorted, obovate, oblique and notched, claw glabrous. 

 Stamens 20, filaments slender. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles 2-3, connate high up, 

 stigma capitate 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, basal, ascending. Ftniit 

 small, globose or ovoid, 1-2-seeded, flesh granular ; endocarp membranous. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, plano-convex ; testa thickly coriaceous with reticulated grooves 

 on the convex side ; cotyledons plano-convex ; radicle cur\^ed, short, ex- 

 serted. — Distrib. Himalaya, China, Oorea, Japan. 



1. P. arg^uta, Dcm, Mem. Fam, Pom. 147. Photinia? arguta, Wall 

 Cat. 672 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. unde?- 1956 ; Wenztg in Linyusa, 1874, 90, excl 



synonym 



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Khasia Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., abundant, Birma, Griffith. Foot of the Sikkim 

 Terai, Gamble (var. Hookeri only). _ , 



I can distinguish but one Indian species of this very abundant Khasian misn, 

 which occurs all over the range ; all have white-woolly young leaves and inflorescence^ 

 which is thrown oiF with age, the fruit varies much in size. ^ . 



•^r^M Vab. 1. Wallichii; leaves 1^-2 in. coriaceous ovate-lanceolate acuminate quite 

 glabrous in age, nerves 8-10 pair, corymbs subsessile few-flowered sometimes almost 

 capitate, fruit j in. diam. globose. P. arguta. Dene. Lc. . . ' 



:^9?V Vab. 2. Hookeri; leaves 3-4 in. coriaceous oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, 

 petiole longer, corymbs 2-3 ia;. long, fruit \ in. diam. globose, P. Hookeri, Bene. I C- 

 148. Sikkira and Khasia. 





Var. 3. salicifoUa; leaves 4-5 in. coriaceous narrowly lanceolate caudat _ 

 nate more persistently woolly beneath, corymb effuse, flowers larger. P. salicifoua; 

 Dene. Lc. 148. 



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nate or caudate-acuminate, corymbs of few long branches floriferous at the tip. Knasiai 

 Crriffiih (no number). This is no doubt a lax form growing in woods. 



Var. 5. latifolia; leaves 4-5 by 1^-2^ in. rather coriaceous oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate more persistently woolly beneath, serratures smaller, co^'"^ 

 umbelliform, branches U in., flowers longer nedicelled. Hookhoom valley, Birina» 



Griffith. 

 Vab. 



corymbs 



inate. 



Jowai 



23. STHAirVSrSZA. Lindl. 



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Shrubs or small trees. Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, quite entire or serrui 

 stipules subulate, Floivers small, white, in compound many-flowered cory • 

 ^CalyX'tube sniall, obovoid ; limb dilated, 5-toothed. Petals 5, obovate, ^^^^^^ 

 contorted in bud, claw naked or bearded. Stamem 20. Ovary 5-celled ; s > ^ 

 6, connate high up ; stigma capitate 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell, basal, c ^^^ 

 teral, ascending. Fmit globose, rather fleshy, 5-celled ; endocarp ^^^^.1^1 

 dehiscing loculicidally ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds ovoid, plano-convex ; ^j^'^^g • 

 ceous, mucihiginous ; embryo plano-convex. — Distkib. Himalaya and V 7 

 species 3 or 4. ^i' 



1. S. ETlaucescenB, Lindl. in Dot Reg. t. 1956; leaves ^'^^^^^J^S- 

 ceolate or narrowly ' ' ' ' ' " ^ ' ^'""^ -^^^^i^ nr 



late quite glabrous 



lanceolate acuminate or obtuse and a-piculate enuic^ ^^^^ 

 calyx and pedicels woolly. Brand. For. FL 21u; 



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