Pyius.~\ LI. ROSACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 375 



PUNJAB in woods by mountain torrents, Jacquemont. 



I know this only by the above characters given by its author, who says that it 

 much resembles P. Pashia, but is easily recognised by its smooth young fruit; he 

 however does not speak positively of its being a distinct species. The form of the 

 calyx-lobes is not stated. 



SECT. III. Aria. Leaves simple, entire or margin lobulate. Calyx-lobes 

 persistent. Ovary 2-5-celled, styles 2-5. Fruit pyriform or globose crowned 

 with the calyx-lobes, flesh granular, endocarp membranous. 



8. P. lanata, Don Prodr. 237 ; leaves broadly oblong margins lobulate 

 lobules serrulate woolly beneath, corymbs densely woolly, petals glabrous 

 within, styles 2-3 woolly all over. P. kumaonensis, Wall. Cat. 678. P, 

 Aria, Herb. Ind. Or. Hook.f. $ Thorns. ; Srandis For. Fl. 206 (excl. syn. P. 

 vestita). P. Aria var. kumaonensis, Maxim. Diagn. Dec. xv. 173. Sorbus 

 lanata, Wenzig in Linwea, 1874, 61. 



Eastern temperate Himalaya; from KASHMIR to KUMAON, alt. 8-10,000 ft. 



A middle sized tree, with the young parts densely woolly ; bark of branches 

 smooth, dark brown, shining. Leaves 5-8 by 2-4 in., acute, glabrous above when 

 old, except often the midrib ; lobules of leaf with many serratures ; base acute or 

 rounded; nerves 812, nearly straight; petiole ^^ in. Corymbs short, 2-5 in. broad, 

 terminal and subterminal, much branched. Flowers shortly pedicelled, ^ in. diam., 

 white. Calyx turbinate ; lobes short, ovate, acute. Petals narrowly obovate, nar- 

 rowed into naked claw. Stamens 20. Styles 2-3, densely woolly. Fruit very few 

 in a corymb, or solitary, ^-l^ in. diam., globose and 2-3-seeded, or smaller pyriform 

 and 1-2-seeded. This differs from P. Aria in the lobulate leaves (like those of P. 

 latifolia, Poir.) with regularly serrulate lobes, much larger flowers and fewer very 

 large fruits, the latter of which are very variable in size and shape according to 

 the number of seeds ripened. I have not cited Aria kumaonensis, Dene., or A. lanata, 

 Dene. (Mem. Fam. Pom. 162, 163) under this or the following, the species being so 

 much confounded ; one of them is the Sorbus nepalensis of gardens and Crateeaus (Aria) 

 cuspidata, Spach. (Suite Stiff, ii. 106). 



9. P. vestita, Watt. Cat. 679 ; leaves elliptic acute not or obscurely lo- 

 bulate serrulate very shortly petioled most densely woolly beneath and on both 

 surfaces when young, corymbs densely woolly, petals woolly within, styles 3-5 

 woolly at the base only. P. crenata, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. t. 1655, not of Don ; 

 Wenzig in Linncea, 1874, 60. 



Temperate Himalaya ; from GARWHAL to SIKKIM, alt. 9-10,000 ft. 



A tree very closely allied to P. la,nata, but distinguished by the more elliptic and 

 more woolly leaves with rarely marginal lobules, and more numerous nerves. The 

 shorter broader petals woolly within and the styles glabrous except at the very base, 

 are excellent characters. The figure in the ' Botanical Eegister ' if intended for this, is 

 a very bad one in respect of its representing slender petioles and a want of woolly 

 clothing. I do not understand why Lindley identifies it with Don's P. crenata, the 

 leaves being serrate and not crenate, and the corymbs compound. Very old leaves 

 have the tomentum on the leaves beneath appressed, polished and silvery. 



VAR. khasiana ; leaves smaller, narrower, very membranous. P. Aria, L. ? Hook. 

 /. $ T. Herb. Ind. Or. Khasia, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



SECT. IV. Sorbus. Leaves pinnate. Calyx-lobes persistent. Ovary 2-4- 

 celled. Styles 2-5, free. Fruit globose crowned with the persistent calyx ; 

 endocarp membranous or coriaceous. 



10. P. Aucuparia, Geertn.; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 100; glabrous or with 

 white woolly down, leaflets 7-12 pair linear-oblong obtuse and apiculate or 



