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hirsuta ; semina numerosa, ellipsoidea, subcurvata, longe hisruta, 
circiter 4 mm. longa. 
Costa Rica. Las Nutes, Cascajal River, 2100 m., C. H. 
Lankester. 
Mr. Lankester, who brought home both flowering and fruiting 
specimens, remarks that this tree occurs sparingly along the 
ravine of the Cascajal River, and in some of the ravines just 
beyond his Cascajal farm. It bears a general resemblance to the 
original W. insignis (of which ample materials were also collected 
at Cascajal), but it is of somewhat smaller stature, and the flowers 
do not open so widely, while the petals are lemon yellow or bright 
canary yellow instead of lilac rose. The genus is at present only 
known from Costa Rica. 
1013. Cotoneaster obovata, Wall. MS. in Herb. propr. ex 
Dunn [Rosaceae-Pomeae], a C. rosea, Edgew., foliis ellipticis 
obtusis subtus persistenter tomentosis differt. 
Frutex deciduus, ad 3 cm. altus. Caules longe arcuantes, 
superne paullo ramosi ; cortex rubescens, tandem griseus. ) 
exacte elliptica, apice basique obtusa, ad 10 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, 
chartacea, supra mox glabra, subtus ut ramuli novelli, petioli, 
pedicelli, calyces, petalorum bases et ovaria dense griseo- vel 
albo-tomentosi. lores 1 cm. diametro rubidi. Calycis tubus 
intra glaber, 3 mm. longus; lobi 2 mm. longi, acuminati. Petala 
spathulata, 3 mm. longa, erecta vel patula. Stamina 18-20. 
Ovaria 2. Poma pyriformis, tandem rubra, 8 mm. diam. 
Inpia. N.E. Punjab: Kangra, Chandaghery, Wallich; 
Chamba from 2300-3700 m., common in the Urnu, Pontu, Kagal, 
Rangi, Chota and Bara Bambal forest reserves. Flowers in 
June and July, fruitin December. Hillis 75, 1192; Parker 18-23, 
Mr. Parker writes that it is a plant of forest undergrowth, 
affecting (for Pangi) rather moist places. It usually sends up a 
simple stem, which gets pressed down by the snow, a fresh shoot 
taking its place. Occasionally on rocky ground it forms a small 
thicket 2-3 ft. high. Large, flowering plants are rare. The petals 
at low elevations are usually spreading, but higher up are upright. 
1014. Spiraea hypoleuca, Dunn [Rosaceae-Spiraeeae]; 8. 
hypericifoliae, Lam., affinis, sed foliis apice saepius-3-lobatis subtus 
albis, pedicellis bracteisque sericeis differt. 
Frutex parvus, ramosus, ramis longis gracilibus striatis, cortice _ 
rubro. Folia obovato-lanceolata, apice saepius paucidentata 
vel trilobata, basi cuneata, 15-20 cm. longa, mox glabra, subtus 
alba, papyracea, plana; petioli ad 8 mm. longi. Flores albi, 
7-8 mm. diametro ; pedicelli graciles, 10-15 cm. longi, ut bracteae 
et bracteolae caducae calycesque primo sparse sericei, plurimi in 
nodis approximatis fasciculati, nonnunquam parce ramosi et ita 
corymbos formantes. Calyx urceolatus, 2 mm. longus; dentes 
breves, obtusi. Petala spathulata, 2-5 mm. longa, patula. 
Stamina indefinita. Ovaria 6-8, sparse sericea. Carpella 4-5, 
fere glabra. 
