680 XLVIII. ROSACEA^. [RubiiS. 



long. Stipules pectinate. Inflorescence slender zigzag puberulous, 

 lax, 6 in. long; branches short, i to 1*5 in. long. Flowers '3 in. 

 across. Sepals rounded. Petals white. Fruit red, glossy black 

 when quite ripe. Hab. Dense open jungle, 300 to 800 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; Thaiping Hills, Waterfall (Wfay). Distrib. 

 Malay isles. 



(6) R. rosaefolius Sm. Ic. iii. 60; Focke, I.e. 153; King, 

 I.e. 296. 



A slender scrambling bramble, with slender stems sub-glabrous 

 with long straight thorns. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 7 to g, ovate 

 or lanceolate acuminate, toothed, glabrous or hairy beneath, 1*5 to 

 3 in. long, '7 in. wide. Stipules subulate. Flowers i to 2 axillary 

 and terminal on peduncles '5 in. long, glabrous or pubescent, '5 in. 

 across. Calyx-lobes setaceous, glabrous. Petals large, white. 

 Fruit a blunt cone of many crimson drupes, about "5 in. tall, sweet 

 and juicy. Hab. Mountain thickets, Pahang, Telom. Selangor, 

 Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills near the Cottage, 3500 

 to 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). Disirih. India, Malay islands to 

 Papua. 



7. PYRUS; Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers in terminal cymes or 

 corymbs. Bracts subulate or linear. Calyx-tube urceolate or 

 obconic, lobes 5. Petals 5. Stamens 20 or more; filaments 

 connate at base. Disc annular or lining the tube. Carpels 2 to 

 5 connate and adnate to tube. Styles 2 to 5 ; ovules 2 in each 

 cell. Fruit fleshy, 2- to 5-celled, cells with a membranous carti- 

 laginous endocarp. Species 100, North Temperate zone, rare in 

 tropics. 



(i) P. granulosa Beylol. in. Mem. Aead. Se. Bot. Ser 2, iv. 

 312 ; King, I.e. 297. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Stem 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves cori- 

 aceous ovate, acuminate, base cuneate or round, edges serrate, 

 glabrous; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, prominent below, 4 in. long, 2'5 in. 

 wide. Corymbs lax, terminal. Fruit globose pear-shaped rugulose, 

 •75 in. long, '6 in. through, 4-celled; endocarp of large granules. 

 Hab. Rocky spots in woods by streams, 2000 to 5000 ft. altitude. 

 Pahang, open woods and stream borders on Gunong Tahan. Perak, 

 Thaiping Hills at 2000 to 2500 ft. altitude (Kunstler) ; Box Hill 

 (Fox). Dislrib. India, Burma, Sumatra. 



8. ERIOBOTRYA, Lindl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate petioled, coriaceous. Flowers 

 white in corymbs and panicles. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes ovate, 

 5. Petals 5. Stamens 30, insert in calyx-mouth. Ovary inferior, 

 2- to 5-celled; ovules 2 in a cell. Styles 2 to 5, free or more or 



