Eosa.] ROSACEA. 107 



Hongkong, Harland. Common ia the momitains of nortliern India. Dr. Ilarland's 

 specimen is a single one, without any indication of its precise locality. It is a small variety 

 api)roaching in some measure the following species, but with the calyxes and the white flowers 

 of R. moschata. 



3. R. multiHora, Tlinnh.; DC. Prod. li.h'^^. Stems climbing, slender, 

 pubescent, as well as the petioles ; the prickles neariy straight, or slightly re- 

 curved. Leaflets usually 7, or on the smaller branches sometimes 5 or 3, 

 sessile, obovate or oblong, shortly pointed, glabrous above, pubescent under- 

 neath. Flowers small, pink, in terminal corymbs. Peduncles 6 to 8 lines 

 long, glandular-pubescent. Calyx-lobes scarcely 3 lines long, hoary or cottony 

 inside, with short points, and quite entu'e. 



On the hills, Hinds, Hance. Extends from S. China to Japan. 



5. PHOTIIT IA Lindl. 



Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary ; the limb short, persistent, 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5. Ovary inferior, completely or partially 2-celled, with 2 erect ovules 

 in each. Styles 2. Fruit succulent, crowned by the remains of the calyx- 

 teeth. Endocarps thin, usually 1 -celled, with 2 rather small oblong seeds. — 

 Erect shrubs, without prickles. Leaves simple, evergreen, usually seiTulate. 

 Flowers small, white, in terminal panicles or corymbs. 



A genus of few species, dispersed over central and eastern Asia and north-western Ame- 

 rica. 



1. P. pnmifolia, Lindl. Bot. Reg., under ^.1956. An evergreen shnib. 

 Leaves oblong, 2 to 3 in. long, serrulate, narrowed at the base, coriaceous and 

 shining, quite glabrous, but marked underneath with small black dots. Flowers 

 numerous, in dense terminal corymbs, rather shorter than the last leaves, veiy 

 downy at first, but sometimes becoming glabrous as the fruit ripens. Ovary 

 villous, completely 2-celled. Styles glabrous. Fruit ovoid or nearly globular, 

 red, about 3 lines long. 



Common in the Happy Valley woods. Champion and others. Not known out of south 

 China. Another PJwtinia, apparently P. serrulata, Lindl., from the adjacent continent, is 

 cultivated in Hongkong. 



6. RHAPHIOLEPIS, Lindl. 



Calyx-tube narrow, adherent at the base to the ovary, the upper portion 

 free, deciduous, 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Ovary inferior, 

 2 -ceiled, with 2 erect ovules in each cell. Styles 2. Fruit succulent, crowned 

 by a ring or cup indicating the base of the calyx-limb. Seed usually solitaiy, 

 nearly globular, testa thin ; cotyledons very thick, with scarcely any radicle. — 

 Trees or shrubs, without prickles. Leaves simple, evergreen, usually serrate. 

 Flowers in short panicles or coiymbs. 



A very small genus, extending from S. China to Japan. 



1. R. mdica, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 468. An erect nearly glabrous shrub. 

 Leaves from ovate to oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 1^ to 2 in. long, serrate, 

 narrowed into a rather long petiole, coriaceous, smooth and shining above. 

 Flowers white or pink, in short ovate panicles or shorter corymbs. Calyx-lobes 

 usually narrow and acute. Fruit globular, varying in size, the scar of the 



