432 NOUVELLES ARCHIVES DU MUSÉUM. 
datis apice acuminatis denticulatis utrinque glabris reticulatoque 
venosis, petiolo gracili longiusculo, foliis sureulorum spinosorum 
inciso-lobatis, lobis acute-dentatis glabris; fructibus oblongis v. lage- 
niformibus. — Diff. a D. indica, foliis adultis sureulorumque glabris 
fructibus oblongis nec globosis. 
Pirus indica, Wall. var.? 
Loc. n&t. Khasia, regio temp. alt. 5000 pds. (Hook. et Thom., distrib. II, Kew., n. 511.) 
IV, RAPHIOLERPE:IS, Lixor. 
{Tab. 8.) 
Calyx infundibuliformis, 5-dentatus, dentibus linearibus, acutis, 
subulatis, tubo basi circumscisso deciduus. Petala 5, oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, integra v. denticulata, acuta, ungue villoso, æstivatione imbricata 
y. contorta. S{amina 15-20, summo tubo inserta, antheris pallidis. 
Discus brevis, in fundo calycis tenuis, lutescens, mellifluus, ovarii 
verticem tegens. Stylus inferne simplex, superne bifidus, ramis gra- 
cilibus, apice stigmatosis, stigmatibus capitato-bilobulatis. Ovarium 
2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis transversis raphe contiguis. Piri- 
dium carnoso-baccatum, calyce deciduo apice cicatrisatum, umbonatum, 
endocarpio tenuissimo v. carthaceo. Semina globosa, testa fusca, mu- 
cosa, chalaza apicali; cotyledones crassæ, virides; radicula brevissima. 
Frutices chinenses v. japonici; foliis sempervirentibus, coriaceis, 
stipulis subulatis; floribus racemosis v. racemoso-paniculatis, bracteis 
linearibus stipatis; fructibus globosis v. turbinatis, succosis, nigris ; 
seminibus globosis. 
4, RAPHIOLEPIS INDICA, Lindi., L. c., p. 405; DC., Prodr. 1, p. 630; Bnth., FI. Hongk.. 
p. 107 et 108 
Cratægus indica, Bot. mag., t. 1726; Bot. reg., t. 468; Colla, Mem. Torino, XXXI, 
p. 324, t. 43 
