Tas. 8259, 
SORBUS cusprparTa. 
Himalaya. 
- Rosackar, Tribe Pomeag. 
Sorsus, Linn.; Hedlund in Svensk, Vet, Akad. Handl. 1901, vol. xxxv. pp. 1-147. 
Sorbus cuspidata, Hedlund, loc. cit. p. 89; K. C. Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laub- 
holzk. p. 683; species S. /anata comparanda, sed foliis haud vel indistincte 
ster petiolis intus lanatis, stylis a basi liberis supra medium glabris 
recedens. 
Arbor culta mediocris, spontanea interdum peralta, novellis niveo-lanatis, ramis 
mox magis minusve glabratis purpureo-fuscis lenticellis conspersis ; 
gemmae ovoideae, subacutae, glabrae. Jolia elliptica, basi rotundata vel 
breviter cuneata, apice breviter acuminata subacuta vel obtusa, margine 
simpliciter vel duplo dentata dentibus irregularibus, interdum brevissime 
lobulata, 12-20 cm. longa, 7-10 cm. lata, matura firma, supra primo albo- 
araneosa tandem glabrata, inferne niveo-tomentosa, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 12-15 subrectis in dentes excurrentibus; petiolus 1-2°5 cm. 
longus, robustus. Corymbi breves, ad 6 cm. diametro, multiflori, densius- 
culi, undique niveo-tomentosi; pedicelli breves vel brevissimi. Recepta- 
culum fundo glabro viride excepto et sepala triangularia vel e basi 
triangulari lanceolato-subulata albo-villosa. Petula alba, intus villosa. 
Stamina circiter 25, antheris purpureis. Carpella inter se et cum 
receptaculo plane connata; styli 3-5 ima basi connata et hic et paulo ultra 
lanugine floccosa vestiti. Hructus globosus ad 2 cm. diametro, calyce 
persistente coronatus, in planta spontanea ruber, exsiccando fuscescens, 
lenticellatus, endocarpio tenuiter papyraceo.—Pyrus vestita, Wall. Cat. 
Lith. 679 (nomen tantum); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 875. P. 
crenata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1655; non D, Don. Crataegus cuspidata, 
Spach, Hist. Veg. vol. ii. p. 106.—O. Starr. 
The Nepalese Whitebeam, sometimes met with in collec- 
tions under the garden names of Sorbus nepalensis or Pyrus 
nepalensis, is not confined to the country from which its most 
familiar name is derived, but extends throughout the temper- 
ate Himalaya, at elevations of 8000-10,000 ft. above sea- 
level, from Garhwal to Sikkim, According to a manuscript 
note placed by Dr. Schneider in the herbarium at Kew, the 
tree from the Khasia Hills treated as a variety, khasiana, 
of this species and characterised by the possession of very 
membranous leaves, is better referred to the genus 
Micromeles. . 
According to Loudon this species was first introduced 
into European collections in 1820; the tree from which the 
plate now given has been prepared was purchased for the 
June, 1909. 
