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ADDENDA, 



P. 307. Under Tkibe III. Splreeae, insert : 



Seeds linear, testa memLrauous, albumen scanty or 7, Spib^a. 



Seeds turgid, testa crustaceous, albumen copious 7*. Neillia. 



P. 326. Before 8. Rubus, insert: 



7*. NZ:iZ.X.ZA, Don. 



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Perennial sliruls. 



Leaves alternate, simple; stipules large, deciduous. 

 Fio2vers racemed or panicled, white. Calyx persistent; tube campanulate ; 

 lobes 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10 or more. I)isc lining the calyx-tube. Carpels 

 1-5, free or connate ventrally; ovules few or many. Follicles coriaceous or 

 membranous. Seeds few or many, turgid ; testa crustaceous, albumen copious. 

 — DiSTRiB. Species 4 or 6, natives of the Himalaya, Java, N.E. Asia, and N. 

 America. 



1. K. thyrsiflora, Don Prodr, 228; stipules usually serrate, racemes 

 slender panicled, bracteoles usually toothed, calyx silky. DC. Prodr. ii. 546; 

 Wall. Cat. G08 ; SooL /. 4" Thorns, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 75. N. virgata, 

 Wall Cat. 7108. Adenilema fallax, Plume Pijd. 1121. 



Central and Eastern Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft. Khasia Mrs., alt. 



5-7000 ft. — DisTRiB. Java. 



^ A large shrub, with drooping slender leafy branches. Leaves 2 by 1| in., ovate- 

 cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes shallow, acute, sharply irregularly toothed or serrate. Panicles 

 3-8 in. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube | in., base rounded ; lobes shorter 

 than the tube, lanceolate, acute, in fruit often clothed with long rigid gland-tipped 

 bristles. Petals small, white, oblong or obcordate. Fruit inclosed in the calyx, of 1 

 carpel. 



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2. N. rublflora, Don Prodr. 229; racemes solitary or shortlj panicled, 

 stipules and bracteoles usually quite entire, calvx tomentose. DC. Prodr. ii. 

 547; Ilooh.f. ^' Thorns, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. /6; Wall. Cat. 697. 



Central and Eastern Tempebate Himaxaya ; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 



Very similar to N. thyrsiflora in foliage, but leaves usually more deeply lobed ; 

 inflorescence always much shorter, petals larger, and calyx tomentose. 



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