Polyosma.'] LII. SAXIFKAGACEJK. (C. B. Clarke.) 409 



f.$T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 77 ; Miq. Fl 2nd. Bat. 1, pt. i. 724 ; Suppl. i. 

 '336. Itea fragrans, Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 420 ; Wall. Cat. 8472, partly. 



SINGAPORE, Wattich. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Bark of the twigs not lenticellate. Leaves 2-4 in., usually pubescent on the 

 nerves on both surfaces. Lower flowers on the raceme \ in. long, quite sessile, yel- 

 lowish. 



. 2. P. integrifolia, Blume Bijd. 659; leaves entire or denticulate, lan- 

 ceolate narrowed at both ends drying black, flowers shortly pedicelled, fruits 

 f- in. long smooth ellipsoid acute at both ends. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 196 ; 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 276 ; Blume Mus, Bot. i. 260 ; H.f.Sf T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 77 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 724 ; Suppl. i. 335. Itea fragrans, Wall. Cat. 

 8472, partly. P. Wallichii, Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm, i. 444. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3000-4000 ft., De Silva, J. D. H., and T. Thomson. ASSAM, 

 Griffith. MALAY PENINSULA, Griffith, Wallic.h, Maingay. ANDAMANS, Kurz. 

 DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra. 



A tree 60 ft. high (Blume) ; bark of the twigs lenticellate. Leaves often 6-8 in., 

 usually pubescent on the nerves beneath. Lower flowers of the raceme -f in. long ; 

 pedicels ^--j^ in. Very near to P. ilicifolia, Blume (remarks Mr. Kurz in Journ,. 

 As. Soc., 1876, pt. ii. 308) but the flowers are smaller and more hairy, the fruit 

 larger, and the leaves longer and more acuminated. In both Var. 1 and Var. 2 the 

 leaves are sometimes very hairy beneath. 



VAR. 1. t i/pica; leaves quite entire. 



VAR. 2. Wallichii, Benn. PL Jav. Rar. p. 196; Wall. Cat. 8471 ; H. f. $ T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 77 ; leaves denticulate. 



3. P. mutabilis, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 261 ; leaves leathery narrow-ob- 

 ovate acute drying green- yellow, flowers pedicelled very tomentose, fruit in. 

 long ovoid obscurely rugose ultimately nearly glabrous. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. i. 336. P. leetevirens, Griff. MSS. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra. 



A tree 22 ft. high, with a thick trunk (Maingay) ; branches and leaves variable 

 in their pubescence (even more than in P. integrifolia) from dense woolly to nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves 3-4- by 1-1 in., quite entire, rarely obscurely glandular-den- 

 ticulate : upper surface sometimes softly hairy, sometimes shining and glabrous, 

 lower always hairy. Pedicels ^-^ in. long, woolly. Flowers -f in. long. Fruit 

 erect on the pedicels, the bracteoles remaining horizontal become very prominent. 

 P. latevirens Griff", is here reduced to P. mutabilis, Blume, from Blume's description 

 only. 



14. RISES, Linn. 



Prickly or unarmed shrubs. Flowers often unisexual. Pedicels bracteate at 

 the base and 2-bracteolate at the middle. Calyx adnate to the ovary with 4^-5 

 epigynous lobes, or the calyx-tube produced above the ovan r . Petals 4-5, small, 

 epigynous, white yellow red or purple-black. Stamens 4-5, epigynous. Ovary 

 inferior, 1-celled ; styles 2, free or connate, stigmas simple ; ovules numerous, on 

 2 parietal placentas. Berry oblong or globose, crowned with the calyx, several- 

 seeded. DISTKIB. Species 56; temp. Europe, Asia, N. America, and the 

 Andes. 



SECT. I. G-rossularia. Peduncles 1-3-flowered. Prickly. 



