453 XLix. rosace.t:. 



1. Pygeum Wightianum, Dlume, 3Iehinr/es Bot. (ISoo) n. 2 {ex 

 Walp. Ann. v, 4 (l^-")7) ]). 042). A moderate-sized tree; bark rough, 

 pale-browu ; young shoots slightly pubescent with appressed hairs. 

 Leaves 2-5 by l-j-S^ in., coriaceous, dark-green above, ])aler beneath, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, entire, glabrous on both aides, with 2 large round 

 or oval immersed glands on eitiier side of ttie midrib, base rounded ; 

 nerves arched, spreading, prominent beneath ; petioles h-\ in. long, 

 stout, rugose. Flowers j in. in diam., in lax pubescent racemes 2-4 in. 

 long ; pedicels ^-g in. long, pubescent with apjjressed hairs. Calyx 

 i in. long, pubescent ; tube obconic or turbinate ; teeth usually 5, acute. 

 Petals 4-6, elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, softly pubescent on the 

 margins. Stamens 20 or more, much longer than the petals. Ovary 

 glabrous; style stout. Drupe broader than long, § in. broad by f in. 

 long, slightlv bilobed, apiculate, glabrous ; pericarp thin. I'l, B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 319 ; Trim, Y\. Ceyl. v, 2, p. 134 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, ed. 2, p, 157 ; 

 Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (189S) p, G35, F. ce>/lanicum, Bedd. 

 Flor, Sylvat. t. 19, exclud. syn. (not of Ga^rtn.). — Flowers : JVov.-Dec, 



Kanaka: S. Ghats of N. Kaiiara in evergreen forest?, Talbot; Divimana(N. Kanara), 

 Woodrow. 



Tliese localities are given on tlie aiitlionty of Talbot and Wooclrow. I have seen 

 no specimens fi-oni Kauara, and there are none in Herb. Kew, — Distrib, India 

 {\y . Pensinsula) ; Covlon. 



2, Pygeum Gardneri, Uool-.f. In Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1878) p, 321. A 

 midille-sized tree, glabrous except the inflorescence ; bark of the branches 

 dotted with white specks. Leaves coriaceous, 4-G by l\-2\in., alternate, 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, quite entire, glabrous, 

 base acute or rounded, often unequal-sided, basal glands rarely present ; 

 petio'es stout, |-| in. long, rugose, glabrous. Flowers in axillary close 

 racemes li-3 in. loug ; rhachis densely pubescent ; pedicels ^— jiu. long, 

 stout, pubescent. Calyx ^-^ in, long, densely clothed outside Avith 

 fulvous pubescence ; tube urceolate ; lobes 8-12, obtuse, densely pubes- 

 cent. Petals 0, Stamens often more than 20, in 2 rows ; filaments 

 about as long as the calyx, much-exserted. Ovary glabrous, surrounded 

 at the base by a ring of hairs. Fruit broader than long, 1-1 j in. across, 

 transversely oblong, bilobed, smooth, ajuculate in the sinus at the to]), 

 the endocarp smelling strongly of prussic acid. 



The ovary appears at first sight to be hirsute, especially in dried 

 specimens, but it is really glabrous, being seated on a ring of hairs which 

 surround it, I have examined numerous fresh specimens at JMahableshwar 

 where the tree is common, Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 157 ; Woodr, 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v, 11 (1898) p. 035 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ, Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 373. Fi/r/citm acnminatnuK Grab. Cat. p. 247 (not of Coleb.). 

 Fi/r/eum zei/Janicum, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 89, exclud. syn. (not of Gocrtn.). — 

 Flowers : Nov, Ykux. Bula. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cooke I, Woodrow ; Khandala (rare), Graham. S. M. 

 Countky: Parva Ghat, JDahell ^' Gihxon; Ranighat, I?ifrkie, 17481 Konkan : 

 Gairsoj)pa Gb;it, I'albot, 275 ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. RUBUS, Linn. 



Suberect or sarmentose prickly shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple or 

 compound ; stijjules free or aduate to the petiole. Flowers in terminal 



