202 cxxxi. EL^EAGNACE^E. (3. D. Hooker.) [Elccagnus. 



parvifolia, Wall Cat. 4026 ; Royle III. 323, t. 81, f. 1 ; Sot. Eeg. xxix. t. 51. 

 E. reflexa, Dene. Sf Morren in Ann. de Hort. Paris, 1841. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 3-10,000 ft. DISTEIB. 

 Affghanistan, N. China, Japan. 



Branches often thorny, not so dark as IE. hortensis. Leaves 1-2| in., obtuse, 

 glabrous or sparsely pubescent above, nerves obscure , petiole ^ in. Flowers pedi- 

 celled, appearing with the leaves, white, fragrant. Perianth | in., silvery, tube 

 slender, narrowly funnel-shaped, teeth broadly triangular-ovate. Fruit % in. long, 

 succulent. I follow Maxiinovicz in referring E. reflexa to this, but the only specimen 

 so called that I have seen is from Thuret's garden (Antibes) and is IE. latifolia. 



3. E. pyriformis, Hook. f. ; shrubby, leaves persistent ? oblong or 

 elliptic subsilvery beneath, flowers clustered, fruit very small very shortly 

 pedicelled pyriform acute at both ends, endocarp crustaceous smooth 

 glabrous within. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Mishmi Hills, or the Lohits near Koondilak, Griffith. 



Branches brown, none silvery, obscurely scaly. Leaves 2-3 in., obtuse or sub- 

 acute, rusty -brown above when dry, young only silvery beneath, older discoloured ; 

 petiole -i in. Flowers not seen. Fruit - in. long, turgid, clothed with ap- 

 pressed brown hardly shining scales, turbinately narrowed below ; top mammillate or 

 beaked. The fruit is quite unlike that of any other species, 



4. E. latifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 177 (excl. syn.) ; shrubby, erect or 

 scandent, leaves ovate oblong elliptic or almost rounded obtuse or acute, sil- 

 very or rusty beneath, flowers usually many in a cluster, fruit large linear- 

 oblong, endocarp coriaceous ribbed woolly within. Schlecht. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 

 610 ; Maximov. Diagn. viii. 560 ; Brand. For. Fl. 390, t. 46; Wight Ic. 1. 1856 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 4028; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 317 ; Beddome, Fl. Sylv.t. 18(\; 

 Thwaites Enum. 252 (excl. syn. parvifolia}. E. conferta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 440, and JEW. Carey <$f Wall. i. 460 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 331. E. arborea, 

 Roxb. I. c. 441, and Ed. Carey $ Wall. 461; Schlecht. I. c. 611; Wall. 

 Cat. 4027 ; Don Prodr. 67. ' E. armata, Ham. mss. E> ferruginea, A. 

 Rich. Monoqr. Elceagn. 387, 404; Schlecht. L c. 610; Wall. Cat. 4029. 

 E. Thwaitesii & Wallichiana, Schlecht. I. c. 611, 612. E. Kologa, Schlecht. 

 1. c. ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 224. E. elliptica, Herb. Heyne. E. Simoni, 

 Hort. 



SUBTROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon, alt. 2-7000 ft., to 

 Sikkhu, alt. 5-8000 ft. ; Bhotan and the Mishmi Hills. KHASIA MTS., alt. 0-5500 ft. 

 BENGAL, at Comilla, Clarke. CHITTAGONG, J. D. H fy T. T. TENASSKRIM, 

 Griffith,. PENAN G, Maingay. DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards, 

 ascending to 7000 ft. CEYLON, ascending to 5000 ft. DISTRIB. Burma, Malay 

 Islands, China. 



A bush small tree or climber, very variable in habit, trunk sometimes 6 in. diam.; 

 branches often spinescent. Leaves 4-5 in., very variable, thin or coriaceous, from 

 almost rounded to elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate, silvery or bright 

 rusty-red beneath ; petiole - in. Flowers often very numerous, pedicel lengthen- 

 ing in fruit. Perianth campanulate, lobes very broad. Fruit f-l in. long, elliptic- 

 oblong, fleshy, red, acid, ribs 8,. strong. Roxburgh figures the flowers as white ; they 

 are of a pale yellow, but probably vary. 



2. HXPFOPHAE, Linn. 



Dioecious shrubs or small trees, often spinescent. Leaves alternate, 

 narrow. !JJ,B FL. in axillary clusters, bracts deciduous. Perianth-seg- 

 ments 2, opposite. Stamens 4. FEMALE FL. solitary. Perianth tubular, 

 2 -dentate. Fruit a membranous utricle enclosed in the succulent perianth. 



