Eriobotrya.'] LI. ROSACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) 371 



Mismn HILLS, Griffith. 



A shrub, branchlets as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves firmly coriaceous, 1^-lf in. 

 diam. ; margins revolute (in drying ?), perfectly glabrous, hardly shining above ; pe- 

 tiole in. Panicles 4-5 in. long, glabrate ; branches rather slender. Flowers shortly 

 pedicelled, white. Calyx appressed- pubescent, tube obconic ; limb in. diam. ; lobes 

 . triangular, obtuse, glabrous within. Petals cochleate, claw glabrous. Styles 2, the 

 united part pubescent. I have not seen the' petals, which Decaisne describes ; he 

 refers it to Photinia, but^ the habit foliage and inflorescence are altogether those of 

 Eriobotrya. 



4. E. Hookeriana, Dene. Mem. Fam. Pom. 146 ; robust, leaves 8-12 in. 

 very shortly and stoutly petioled elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate sharply 

 coarsely serrate, more or less pubescent beneath, nerves 20-30 pair, panicle tomen- 

 tose, branches spreading. Photinia suhsessilis, King in Herb. Calc. 



Eastern Himalaya ; SIKKIM, alt. 6500-8000 ft., J. I). H. BHOTAN. alt. 4-6500 ft. 

 Griffith. 



A small tree, with very stout branches. Leaves 8-12 by 2-4|- in., when young 

 thickly covered with rusty tomentose, old glabrate or glabrous, very thickly coria- 

 ceous, opaque above with impressed close-set nerves, serrated nearly to the truncate 

 rounded or subacute base ; petiole ~-\ in., very thick ; stipules semi-lunate, very co- 

 riaceous. Panicle 4-6 in. and as broad, finely softly tomentose, almost woolly. 

 Flowers \ in. diam., white; bracts small, ovate; pedicels short, stout. Calyx-tube 

 shortly obconic ; lobes rounded, obtuse. Petals contorted, orbicular, claw woolly. 

 Styles 2, base woolly. Fruit f in. long, ellipsoid, yellow. 



5. E. dubia, Dene. Mem. Fam. Pom. 145, excl. some syn. ; rather slender, 

 leaves 3-5 in. shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate 

 quite glabrous shining above coarsely sharply serrate, nerves 10-12 pair, panicle 

 softly tomentose or only puberulous, crown of ovary glabrous. Photinia? dubia, 

 Lindl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 104, 1. 10 ; Wall. Cat. 668, 1. P. dubia, Wen- 

 zig in Linnaa, 1874, 94, excl. synonym. Cratgegus ? Shicola, Ham. in Don 

 Prodr. 238. Mespilus tinctoria, Don Prodr. 238. 



Central and Eastern Himalaya ; NEPAL, Wallich ; SIKKIM, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. 

 BHOTAN alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 



A small tree, 20-40 ft. Leaves thinly coriaceous, not exceeding 1J in. broad, 

 gradually narrowed at the base into the petiole, which is slender and~|in. Panicles 

 2-4 in. long and broad ; branches rather slender. Flowers not crowded, % in. diam., 

 white, shortly pedicelled ; bracts short, subulate. Calyx-tube short, obconic ; lobes 

 rather variable, short, acute or obtuse. Petals orbicular, claw slightly woolly. Styles 

 2, glabrous, on the short hemispheric glabrous top of the ovary. Fruit in long, 

 shortly ellipsoid, 1-seeded, eatable. 



6. E. beng-alensis, Hook. f. ; rather stout, leaves 4-8 in. long-petioled 

 elliptic or elliptic oblong or lanceolate acuminate coarsely obtusely serrate or lobu- 

 late quite glabrous shining above,nerves 8-12 pair, panicle softly tomentose, crown 

 of ovary woolly. E. dubia, Dene. Mem. Pom. 145, in part ; Kurz, For. Fl. 

 Brit. Burm. 443. Mespilus bengalensis, Roxb. Cat. Hort. Beng. 38 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 

 510. Photinia dubia, Wall. Cat. 668,2, 3, 4, and E. 



Eastern Himalaya ; SIKKIM, alt. 4000 ft., C. B. Clarke. KHASIA MTS. and Muku 

 hilts, alt. 3-4000 ft. CHITTAGONG, AVA. Wallich; TENASSERIM, Heifer; MALACCA, 

 Griffith, Maingay. DISTBIB. Bhamo. 



A large robust tree. Leaves often 2| and sometimes 3 in. broad, sometimes acute, 

 obtuse or rounded with coarse lobules or crenatures ; petiole stout or slender, f-lf in., 

 glabrous. Panicles 3-5 in. long and broad, branched from the base, branches rather 

 stout. Flowers % in. diam., white, smelling of hawthorn. Calyx-tube obconic ; lobes 

 acute or obtuse. Petals orbicular, claw slightly woolly. Styles 2, base very woolly. 

 Fruit f in. long, ellipsoid, 1-2-seeded, uneatable. Confounded by Wallich, myself, 



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