Japan (B. Japonica, Fl. Jap. t. 16), only differing from this, it 
would appear, in the entire, not four-lobed limb of the calyx; 
for assuredly the Malpighiaceous hairs on which the author lays 
stress, as characteristic of B. Japonica, are found equally on the 
present species. The fruit, tempting as it looks, is only eaten 
by the inhabitants of the Himalayan hills. 
Drscr. We believe that in favourable situations this has at- 
tained in England a height of twenty feet; more usually it is a 
low bushy shrub, copiously branched. Zeaves oblong or broad- 
lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, shortly petiolate, pubescent 
on both sides, but most so and nearly hoary beneath, with very 
close-pressed shortish hairs, many of which are Malpighiaceous. 
Peduncles terminal, solitary, bearing a dense globose head of small 
whitish flowers, surrounded by a large four-leaved involucre, each 
leaf broadly obovate, buff-coloured and subcoriaceous, veined. 
Tube of the calyx obconical, somewhat angular by mutual pres- 
sure of the adjacent flowers. Zim four-lobed, scabrous. Petals 
four, concave, ovate. Stamens four, as long as the petals. Style 
short, columnar, surrounded by a tubular lobed and furrowed 
disc or nectary. Stigma peltate. Fruit nearly as large as a nec- 
tarine, formed of the united large acini, which exhibit their four- 
sided apices on the surface, of a deep red-orange colour. W. J. H. 
Fig. 1. Involucre and head of flowers :—natural size. 2. Head :—slightly mag- 
nified. 3. Flowers :—more magnified. 4. Section of calyx, showing the nectary 
and style :—more magnified. 
