602 XL. ILICINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) {Hex. 



11. I. Thomson!, Hook, f.; a small shrub, branchlets puberulous, 

 leaves \-\ in. obovate or oblanceolate subacute or apiculate serrulate 

 coriaceous gland-dotted beneath, flowers 4-inerous, $ solitary and in 3-5- 

 flowered cymes, $ subsolitary, drupe globose \ in. diam. with 4 large 

 coriaceous 3-gonous stones. 



EASTEBN HIMALAYA ; Bhotan, at Tongse, Grijtith. KIIASIA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft., at 

 Moflong, Wdllich; Churra and Surureem, H. f. & T. T. 



A. small bright green shrub, about 6 ft. high. Leave* shining, green, retaining their 

 colour when dry, narrowed into the short petiole, serratures obtuse ; nerves very obscure 

 beneath. Flowers about in. diam., white ; cymes of ,*> of usually 3 flowers on a pe- 

 duncle \-\ in. long; pedicels slender; 9 pedicels ^ in., lengthening and thickening in 

 fruit. Calyx with 4 orbicular lobes. Petals broadly oblong, obtuse, connate at the 

 base in both sexes. frt< ///< us as long as the petals, inserted on the corolla in both 

 sexes. Drupe like that of /. Ciririithii, but smaller, purple; stigma -bed. 



This was first tratheivd by Walfich at Motion^; in 18-'!"), when on the tea deputation to 

 Assam. Very near, indeed, to /. Horsfielilii, Mi<j., of .lava, but the leaves are obovate ; 

 both have leaves of similar texture and surraturc, and gland-dotted beneath. 



12. I. intricata, Hook. f. ; branches straggling with waited ridges, 

 leaves -3-^ in. obovate obtuse coarsely serrate very coriaceous, flowers 

 subsolitary 4-nuTous, $ shortly pedicelled, $ sessile, drupe in. diam. 

 with 4 large 3-gonous stones. 



SIKKIM and EAST NII-AL HIMALAYA, alt. 10-11,000 ft., ./. />. //. 



A low ri^id straggling shrub, forming matted masses with interlaced woody branches; 



branchlets stout, angled and rii:id, the ridues waited. L<:n,-> -.> spreading, thickly cori- 

 aceous, bright L r reeu, narrowed into very short petioles; nerves Jew beneath, raised. 

 Flowers -^ in. diam. Culux-lobc* orbicular. l'< /,//.> broadly oblong. nearly 



live below in the $ , spreading. >SY</// //x ei|ualiin^ the pi-tals, shorter in the ?, and 

 hardly adherent to the petals al the very base. /- I!.-, rod, globose, stigma 



sessile 4-lobed, flesh thin, of the same structure as those of /. Tlioniauid and QriffUhti, 

 to which this spceirs is clearly allied. 



13. I. fragilis, l/nok.j.; glabrous, leaves 4-5 in. elliptic or ovate sub- 

 Cftudate-acuminate serrulate membranous, flowers 5-merous all fascicled, 

 drupe -* in. with 5-8 stones. 



SIKKIM and P.HOTAX HIMALAYA, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Griffith. KIIASIA MTS. at Suru- 

 reem, alt. 5000 ft., H.f. & T. T. 



A small tree, with very brittle branches, quite glabrous. Leaves bright deep green, 

 more membranous than in any of tin- Indian spe< "'on^ly reticulate with 



many raised nerves beneath : petiole J, -'\ in. Plotters in. diam., both <$ and ? fasci- 

 cled; pedicels - in., glabrous. < 'ali/.r-lobcs rounded-oblong. Petals spreading, 

 broadly oblong, obtuse, united at the base in both sexes. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals, filaments stout, inserted on the corolla in both sexes. Drupes ^ in. diam., on 

 short stout pedicels, fleshy, red, globose, stigma rather large and tumid, stones thickly 

 coriaceous. 



SECT. IV. Female flowers in simple or branched peduncled umbellules. 

 Leaves quite entire in all. (See various species in V.) 



14. I. venulosa, Hook.f. ; quite glabrous, leaves 5-8 in. elliptic-oblong 

 with long slender caudate points quite entire much reticulated, umbellules 

 simple and panicled, flowers 4- $ 5-6-merous, drupe very small, stigma 

 tumid subsessile. 



KHASIA MTS., in woods, alt. 4-5000 ft., De Silva, &c. 



A handsome tree. Leaves shining above, pale beneath, with many spreading strong 

 branching nerves, suddenly contracted at the apex into a tail sometimes almost 2 inches 



