Rosa.} ROSACEJC. 167 



North- West Himalaya, from Afghanistan to Nepal, ascending to 11,000 feet. 

 A tall climber, very sweet scented, and very ornamental when in flower in May and 

 June. Flowers white. Growth slow, 15 rings per inch of radius. 



H 115. Bhajji, Simla, 5,000 feet. 



2. R. sericea, Lindl.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 367; Brandis 202 ; Gamble 36. 

 A thorny .shrub with greyish brown bark, peeling off in papery 



flakes. Wood very hard, darkening on exposure. Annual rings marked 

 by a continuous line of very small pores in the spring wood, the pores 

 in the autumn wood being extremely small. Medullary rays short, 

 moderately broad to broad, prominent. 



Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Bhutan, from 9,000 to 14,000 feet. 

 Growth slow, 18 rings per inch of radius. Flowers white or pink. 

 E 2366. Suburkum, Darjeeling, 11,000 feet. 



3. E. macrophylla, Lindl.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 366; Brandis 203. 

 Vern. Gnldd, ban-guldb, Hind.; Tikjik, Cheuab ; Akhiari, Ravi; Breri, 

 bankoi, Simla. 



A thorny shrub. Bark blackish brown, peeling off in thin flakes. 

 Wood hard and compact'; annual rings marked by a belt of numerous 

 small pores in the spring wood ; pores in the rest of the wood extremely 

 small. Medullary rays moderately broad to broad, prominent. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Sikkim, between 3,500 and 10,000 feet. 

 Growth slow, 13 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 57 Ibs. per cubic foot. Flowers 

 pink. It makes good hedges. 



Ibs. 



H 50. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet 



H 2872. 55 



H 2847. Mahasu, Simla 59 



7. ERIOBOTRYA, Lindl. 



Contains 9 species. E. japonica, Lindl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 372 ; Brandis 575 

 (Mespilus japonica, Banks ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 510). The Loquat, is cultivated in most 

 parts of India (Weight 46 Ibs., Wallich). E. petiolata, Hook, f . ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 370, 

 is a tree of Sikkim and Bhutan at 5,000 to 9,000 feet. E. lengalensis, Hook. f. ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 371 (E. dubia, Kurz i. 443. Mespilus bengalensis, Roxb. Fl.Ind. ii. 510) 

 is an evergreen tree of Northern and Eastern Bengal and Burma. The remainder 

 are shrubs or small trees. 



1. E. dubia, Dene; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 371. Photinia dubia, Lindl. 

 Gamble 37. Vern. Berkung, Lepcha. 



A small tree. Bark light brown, \ inch thick. Wood white, soft, 

 even grained. Pores very small. Medullary rays of two classes, 

 numerous very fine rays closely packed between, fewer moderately broad 

 rays. 



North-East Himalaya, from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. 

 Weight, 46 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



E 2365. Rangbul, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. 



2. E. elliptica, Lindl.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 372. Photinia sp. 

 Gamble 37. Veru. Mihul, my a, Nep. ; Yelnyo, Lepcha. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark greyish brown, inch thick. 

 Wood reddish brown, compact, hard, apt to warp slightly. Pores small 

 and very small. Medullary rays fine and very fine, very numerous, 

 prominent on a radial section. 



