460 LXXXII. ERICACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Cassiope. 
2, C. selaginoides, H. f. $ T. in Hook. Kew Journ. vii. (1855) 126, t. 
4; leaves j-3 in. elliptic-oblong, pedicels 1-11 in. woolly. 
ALPINE Sixx ; alt. 10-13,000 ft. ; Lachen, J. D. H.; Jongri, C. B. Clarke. 
Closely allied to C. fastigiata and hardly to be diagnosed by any technical eha- 
racter; but readily distinguishable by its much more slender stems and more elongate 
pedicels, 
4, LEUCOTHOE, D. Don. 
Glabrous shrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong or lanceolate. Racemes 
axillary and solitary or terminal and corymbose ; pedicels bracteate and 1-2- 
bracteolate. Calyx 5-fid or -partite ; segments open or imbricate in bud. 
Corolla urceolate, 5-fid, white. Stamens 10; anthers oblong, not horned on the 
back, sometimes aristate at the apex. Ovary 5-celled ; style cylindric, stigma 
simple; ovules many. Capsule depressed-globose, loculicidally 5-valved. 
Seeds many, compressed, narrowly winged ; testa laxly reticulate,— Species 7, 
North American, with 1 Japanese, 1 Himalayan. 
L. Griffithiana, Clarke; leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 
subentire coriaceous, calyx-teeth triangular. Gaultheria sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 
138, n. 606 Pieris Griffithiana, Hook. f. in Herb. 
Buoran ; towards Sanah, alt. 6800 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3485). 
A shrub; with lax, flexuose, pendent branches, and black-green leaves (Griffith). 
Griffith’s examples (in late fruit) are altogether glabrous. Leaves 5} by 14 in., some- 
times almost caudate-acuminate, entire or minutely acutely serrulate upwards, 
punetate beneath; petiole Vin. Racemes 3-5 in., axillary and corymbose at the ends 
of the branches, dense; pedicels} in. Calyx-teeth 15-15 İn., subobtuse, united at the 
base. Fruit } in. diam., depressed-globose, glabrous, Seeds AA in. diam., orbicular, 
much compressed, outer coat white, margined by closely-placed long glistening scale- 
like papille.—Though the flowers are unknown, this plant (from the capsule and 
seeds) can belong to no known genus except Leucothoe. 
5. PIERIS, D. Don. 
Trees or shrubs; branches terete. Leaves alternate, petioled, persistent, 
entire or serrulate. Racemes axillary or panicled at the ends of ‘Ne adds baa: 
pedicels bracteate and 1-2-bracteolate. Calyx 5-fid or -partite ; segments open 
or valvate in the bud. Corolla ovoid; lobes 5, short, recurved. Stamens 10; 
filament with 2 horns divaricate from its apex (0 in P. villosa) ; anther-cells 
ovoid, truncate. Ovary globose, 5-celled ; style cylindric, stigma capitellate ; 
ovules very many in each cell. Capsule globose, loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds 
many, linear-oblong, falcate, not winged; testa loose.—Species 10; Himalaya, 
Birma, Japan and N.E. America. 
l. P. ovalifolia, D. Don in Edinb, Phil. Journ. xvii. (1834) 159; leaves 
ovate or elliptic acute entire, calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, corolla pubescent 
without, filament 2-horned at the apex. DC. Prodr. vii. 599 ; Loud. Arb. Brit. 
570, fig. 1070. Andromeda ovalifolia, Wall. Cat. 763 and in Asiat. Research. xiii. 
391, with fig.; Don Prodr. 148; Wight Ic. t. 1199; Cleghorn in Agri-Hort. 
Soc. Cale. Journ, xvi. 260, with Jig.; Brand, For. Fl. 280; Kurz in Journ. As. 
Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 216 and For. Fi. ii. 92. A, elliptica, Sieb. $ Zucc. Fl. Jap. 
Fam. Nat. ii. 126.— Thibaudia, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 514. e 
TEMPERATE Himataya; alt. 3-8000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, common. 
Kuasia Mrs.; alt. 3-5000 ft., common.  Bnrrisu. Bigwa.— DrsTRIB. Japan. 
A tree, 20-40 ft., or shrub. Leaves 3-7 by 1-4 in., rounded at the base, glabrous 
or pilose beneath ; petiole à-) in. Racemes 4-10 in., simple, rarely (by the suppression 
of leaves towards the ends of the branches) appearing panicled, more or less pubes- 
