382 LI. EOSACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [PourtMcea. 



22. 



A 



Shrubs or small trees, glabrous or woolly when young. Leaves simple, cre- 

 nate, persistent ; stipules minute, subulate. Flowers small, white, in few- 

 flowered corymbs, with warted fruit-bearing branchlets. Calyx-tube obconic ; 

 lobes 5, acute. Petals 5, contorted, obovate, oblique and notched, claw glabrous. 

 Stamens 20, filaments slender. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles 2-3, connate high up, 

 stigma capitate 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, basal, ascending. Fruit 

 small, globose or ovoid, 1-2-seeded, flesh granular ; endocarp membranous. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, plano-convex ; testa thickly coriaceous with reticulated grooves 

 on the convex side ; cotyledons plano-convex ; radicle curved, short, ex- 

 serted. DISTKIB. Himalaya, China, Corea, Japan. 



1. P. arg-uta, Dene. Mem. Fam. Pom. 147. Photinia ? arguta, Wall. 

 Cat. 672 ; Lindl. Sot. Reg. under 1956 ; Wenzig in Linncea, 1874, 90, excl. 

 synonym. 



KHASIA Mxs., alt. 3-5000 ft., abundant. BIRMA, Griffith. Foot of the SIKKIM 

 Terai, Gamble (var. Hookeri only). 



I can distinguish but one Indian species of this very abundant Khasian bush, 

 which occurs all over the range ; all have white-woolly young leaves and inflorescence, 

 which is thrown off with age, the fruit varies much in size. 



VAR. 1. Wallichii; leaves 1^-2 in. coriaceous ovate- lanceolate acuminate quite 

 glabrous in age, nerves 8-10 pair, corymbs subsessile few-flowered sometimes almost 

 capitate, fruit J in. diam. globose. P. arguta, Dene. I. c. 



VAR. 2. Hookeri ; leaves 3-4 in. coriaceous oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, 

 petiole longer, corymbs 2-3 in;, long, fruit | in. diam. globose. P. Hookeri, Dene. I. c. 

 148. Sikkim and Khasia. 



VAR. 3. salicifolia ; leaves 4-5 in. coriaceous narrowly lanceolate catidate-acumi- 

 nate more persistently woolly beneath, corymb effuse, flowers larger. P. salicifolia, 

 Dene. I. c. 148. 



VAR. 4. membranacea ; leaves 2-3 in. very membranous ovate-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate or caudate-acuminate, corymbs of few long branches floriferous at the tip. Khasia, 

 Griffith (no number). This is no doubt a lax form growing in woods. 



VAE. 5. latifolia ; leaves 4-5 by l-2 in. rather coriaceous oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate more persistently woolly beneath, serratures smaller, corymbs 

 umbelliform, branches 1| in., flowers longer pedicelled. Hookhoom valley, Birma, 

 Griffith. 



VAR. 6. parvifolia ; leaves l|-2 in. coriaceous narrowly lanceolate acuminate, 

 corymbs contracted, fruit in. rather ovoid. Khasia Mts. at Jowai, C. B. Clarke. 



23. STRANVJffiSIA, Lindl 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, quite entire or serrulate ; 

 stipules subulate. Flowers small, white, in compound many-flowered corymbs. 

 Calyx-tube small, obovoid ; limb dilated, 5-toothed. Petals 5, obovate, usually 

 contorted in bud, claw naked or bearded. Stamens 20. Ovary 5-celled ; styles 

 5, connate high up ; stigma capitate 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell, basal, colla- 

 teral, ascending. Fruit globose, rather fleshy, 5-celled ; endocarp crustaceous, 

 dehiscing loculicidally ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds ovoid, plano-convex ; testa coria- 

 ceous, mucilaginous ; embryo plano-convex. DISTKIB. Himalaya and China ; 

 species 3 or 4. 



1. S. glaucescens, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. t. 1956; leaves obovate oblan- 

 ceolate or narrowly lanceolate acuminate or obtuse and apiculate entire or serru- 

 late quite glabrous, calyx and pedicels woolly. Brand. For. Fl. 210 ; Wenzig 



