Cotoneaster. ] ROSACEJB. 171 



1. C. bacillaris, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 384; Brandis 208. Vern. 

 Et } riu, lin, lun, raw, reush, risk, Pb. Hills $ Ruinsh, Jaunsar Bawur. 



A small deciduous tree with bluish grey, nearly smooth bark. Wood 

 white, turning- light red towards the centre, smooth, very hard, close 

 and even grained, but splits and warps much. Annual rings marked by 

 the darker colour of the outer portion of each ring. Pores extremely 

 email, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. 



Salt Kange above 1,500 feet, North- West Himalaya, from the Indus to the Sarda, 

 between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, Sikkim and Bhutan. 



Growth moderate, 11 rings per inch of radius. Weight, on an average, 571hs. per 

 cubic foot. The wood is used for making walking-sticks : the " alpenstocks " sold at 

 Simla are usually made of it. 



IbB. 



H 55. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet 61 



H 2890. : 



H 26. Madhan, Simla, 6,000 feet 58 



H 124. Kulu, about 7,000 feet 52 



H 925. Hazara 56 



H 3177. Dungagalli, Hazara, 7,000 feet 



2. C. acuminata, Lindl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 385 ; Brandis 209. 

 Vern. Riu, rduns, rim, ruinsh, Hind. 



A deciduous shrub. Wood hard, structure like that of C. bacillaris. 



Himalaya, from the Beas to Sikkim, between 4,500 and 10,000 feet. 

 Growth slow, 15 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 541bs. per cubic foot. Wood 

 used to make walking-sticks, like that of C. bacillaris. 



ibs. 

 120. Jalaori Pass, Kulu, 9,000 feet 54 



H 3013* JNagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet 



3. C. microphylla, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 387; Brandis 209; 

 Gamble 37. Vern. Kkdriz, luni, Kashmir; Garri, Kumaun. 



A small procumbent shrub. Wood hard, similar to that of 

 C. lacillaris, but with slightly larger pores. 



Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhutan, from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in the North-West and 

 above 10,000 feet in Sikkim. Often planted for ornament in England. 

 Growth slow, 24 rings per inch of radius. 

 H 2823. Simla, 7,000 feet. 



ORDER XLII. SAXIFRAGES. 



An Order of about 8 Indian arboraceous genera, chiefly Himalayan. It is divided 

 into 3 tribes of woody plants, viz,, 



Tribe I. Hydrangeas Hydrangea, Pileostegia, 



Dichroa, Deutzia, and 

 PhiladelpJius. 



II. Escallonies9 Itea and Polyosma. 



M III. Ribesieae ..... Ribes. 



Five of these genera are here described. Pileostcc/ia viburnoides, Hook. f. and 

 Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 405, is a shrub of the Khasia Hills. Itea contains three species 

 of shrubs or small trees of the Himalaya and Khasia Hills, of which I. nutans, 

 Royle ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 408 ; Brandis 213. Vern. Lelar, Kaghan ; Garkath, 

 Kumaun, is a small tree of the North- Western Himalaya from the Indus to Nepal, 



