*ir 



"tl'. 



Beuhta.'] 



Lii. SAxiPRAGACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 



407 



A^A' 



I 



f 2. p. Stamlnea, -Br. in Wall. PL As. Bar. 82, t. 191; petals oblong 

 induplicate-valvate, corymbs many-flowered, calyx-tube hoary tomentose with 

 stellate hairs, teeth short triangular. WalL Cat. 3651 ; Bot. Reg. xxxiii. t. 

 13 ; H. /. 8f T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 83 ; Brandts Forest Fl. 212 ; Maxim, 

 tn Mmn. Acad. Petersb. x. No. 16, p. 29. B. Brunoniana, WalL Cat. 3650. D. 

 copymbosa, LindL Bot. Beg. kxjn. t. 5. Leptospermum stamineum and L. 

 scabrum, WalL in Herb. . : ; . - . : / 



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Temperate Western Himalaya to Kashmir, alt. 5000-9000 ft., common. The 

 specimens collected by Sir J. D. Hooker in Sikkim and East Nipal and named D. 

 stamijiea should be referred to D. corymbosa. • , 



' Leaves 1-2 in., oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, grey tomentose beneath with stellate 

 hairs. ■' ■ . = ■ ' • ' 



^ -■ 



^^. D. macrantlia, H.f. ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 84; petals f in. 

 ■M^ oblong induplicate-valvate, corymb large 8-flowered, calyx-tube with stel- 

 late tomentum, teeth linear. 



-: Western Himalaya; Kumaon, alt. 5500 ft. ; below Binsur, Strachey ^ Winter- 

 oottmn, - 



Leaves 4 in., elliptic-lanceolate from a rounded base, acuminate, with close scat- 

 hed stellate hairs on both surfaces. 



11. 



, Linn. 



Shrubs with opposite branches. Leaves opposite, deciduous. CbZy.r-tube 

 wnate to the ovary ; lobes 4 (rarely 6), valvate. Petals 4 (rare 5) roundish, 

 convolute iu bud. Stamens 20-40, subepigynous, filaments subulate. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-^5-celled ; styles 3-5, filiform, free or combined at the base; ovules 

 numerous, axile, pendulous. Capsule inferior, corky, 3-5-celled, turbinate^ from 

 ^narrow funnel-shaped base, the summit shortly conical, at length loculicidah 

 ^^ numerous, oblong, testa loosely reticulated.— Distrib. Species 8 ; central 

 ■*^urope, the Himalaya, Japan and N. America. 



1. P. 



triflo 



coronariuB, Linn ; var. TOMENiosrs ; leaves hairy beneath, 



P. tomentosus, 



^ T. in Jburn. Linn- Soc. ii. 83. P. 



hairy or glabrous except a few marginal hairs. 

 I; Boijle IlL t. 4; H.f 



WalL and P. nftnalfinsis. Loud, e.v Ma 



Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 



G .^^P^^^^te Himalaya ; from Ka 



to Bhotan, alt. 5000-9000 ft. ; frequent in 



RWHAL 



.^<iV€s 1^_3J in., orate-lancoolate, sernitc; petiole ^ in 



Cymes few-flowered, 



^iten with linear bracts i in. long ; pedicels J-i in. CaZya-teeth elongate-triangular. 

 ?«^te Pe/afc 14 in. long, white. Capsule I in. long.— The typical P. cord;«ant/^ 



loi whifih 7^tl^^; 4f :/...-, J.. « ;^/;/^.7,'i/o qhH manv nthfirs n.re varieties) 



Zeyl 



lurope and the East 



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h; ^ 



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1" 



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12. 



' 1 



, Linn. 



Jg 



% - 



*- ^ ' J 



^ Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, glabrous, glandular-dentate or 

 ^nate. Racemes axillary and terminal, long, mauv-flowered. Cnh/.r-tube adnate to 

 ^ of the ovary, lobes 5. Petals 5, oblong, pe'rigynons, white, yalvate. Sia- 

 "'" "> perigynous. '';Orffn/ J-superior, 2-ct'lkHr: .-^tylc tlurt, simple ; ovules 



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