376 JODRNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited, 



flattened, one seeded nuts, ridged, surrounded by the 

 enlarged purple petals, separating the nuts by their 

 keels, seeds flattened. 



SsutZia COryXUbOSa, medium size, stellately hairy, bark-thin, light brown, 

 Saxifragace.*!. peeling in thin rolls, inner white ; leaves nearly sessile, 



F. B. I. ii. 406. 1^-3^ ins. by f-l| ins. long pointed, ovate, with 



Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. minute teeth, stellately velvet above, green below ; 

 Mashobra, Shall, Nar- flowers white, fragrant, | in. diam. in terminal branch- 

 ing many— flowered clusters, calyx teeth 5, ovate, 

 obtuse, petals 5, smooth stamens 10, winged forming 3 

 points, styles 3-5 ; capsule a in. diam., round, opening 

 by 3-5 valves, seeds many minute. 



kanda (Collett). 



Deutzia staminea, 



Saxipraqace^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 407. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Prospect Hill 

 CCollettJ. 



medium size, stellately hairy, bark dark grey, peel- 

 ing in long thin strips ; leaves 1-2^ ins. by ^-l^ ins., 

 minute teeth, above stellately velvety, below grey with 

 stellate wool ; flowers white, fragrant, f ia. diam.. 

 calyx 5, teeth triangular, petals 5, velvety outside ; 

 stamens 10, winged, forming 3 points : capsule smaller 

 than the last. 



medium size, bark light grey ; leaves l-i-4 by |-2^ 

 ins,, ovate-lanceolate, long pointed, finely hairy, glossy 

 beneath, teeth minute, margin often hairy ; flowers 

 white, orange scented, 1 in. diam. in short terminal 

 racemes, sometimes solitary, calyx lobes 4, petals 4, 

 rarely 5, stamens 20-40 not winged, styles 4, capsule 

 5 in. long, valves 4, 



i 



FliiladelPlitis Ooro- 

 narius, Moci^ oraage, 

 or Serlngat, 



Dalit lie /it, buzru. 

 Saxifragace,*}, 

 F.B.I, ii. 407. 

 Himalaya, 5-9000 ft. 

 Matiana, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 



Osbsckla stellata, 



Melastomace^. 



F. B. I.ii. 517. 



Himalaya to 6,000 ft. 



Lansdowne Falls, Simla ^j^j^^ ^-tj^ ^^^^^.^ bristles, lobes 4 or 5 large and 4 or 5 



^ ° ^ ■'■ small, falling off after flowering, petals 4 or 5 twisted 



in bud, stamens 8-10, yellow, curved, capsule ^-J- in. 



long, ovoid, covered with bristles, opening by pores, 



seeds many, minute. 



medium size, branches four angled, bristly, leaves 

 3-6 ins. long, lanceolate, minutely bristly, tapering 

 to a fine point ; nerves prominent, flowers purple, 

 2-2| ins. diam., in small terminal clusters, calyxmatted 



