44 SAXIFRAGACE^ 



PRINSEPIA. 



See Vol. I p. 467. 



ERIOBOTRYA. F.B.I. 51 xix. 



Trees with simple, very coriaceous leaves, and white 

 flowers, in pyramidal panicles. Ovary inferior, 2 to 5 

 celled. Fruit a berry with 2 or 3 seeds. 



Species few, in sub-tropical Asia. 



Eriobotrya japonica Lindl. ; F.B.I. i 372, XIX 19 

 Loquat. A fair-sized tree. Leaves very dark-green 

 above on the upper and white tomentose on the lower 

 side. Fruit like a small apple, yellow. 



Nilgiris : Planted and common in and about Coonoor and 

 elsewhere on the plateau at 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Fyson 696, 2802. 



COTONEASTER. 



Cotoncastcr buxifolia Wall; Vol.1 p. 141. Young 

 shoots and the undersides of the leaves covered with 

 white hairs, upper surface of leaves glossy, t. 328. 



C. microphylla W^W/., a species of Kashmir which is sometimes grown 

 in gardens, is distinguished by the dull surface and the flowers solitary. 



SAXIFRAGACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 141, and add under 



PARNASSIA. 



Parnassia wightiana Wall. ; Vol. I p. 142. A very 

 handsome species, the flowers over I inch across. 

 Stigmas pink, three-lobed. Anthers orange-pink at first, 

 changing one after the other to brown. Capsule sur- 

 rounded by the five sepals, three-angled, splitting open 

 widely from the top. t. 329. 



The anthers at first stand above the stigmas. Later they 

 are reflexed down between the petals and lie each just above a 

 sepal. There they persist after the petals have fallen and until 

 the fruit is nearly ripe. 



