NOTICED IN THE PRECEDING TOUR. o63 



high mountains near Chkhooa. Stem woody, 

 slender, procumbent. Branches without order, 

 mostly t\\o-faced, columnar, terminating with 

 an obtuse rigid point. Leaves, the young- 

 est fascicled, when more advanced appear al- 

 ternate, petioled, wedge-form, sometimes ovate, 

 entire, hairy beneath, smooth and sliining, above 

 five-eighths of an inch in length, including a 

 petiole of one-eighth. Peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, one-flowered, short, hairy. Calyxes hairy. — 

 Flowers A\'hite, fragrant. Berry, size of a common 

 pea, red when ripe. 



ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Pyrus. — With branches alternate, slender, cylindri- 

 cal. Leaves, about the endsof the branches, long- 

 petioled, ovate, accuminated, serrulate, smooth. 

 Peduncles solitary, cylindrical, long, erect, inter- 

 mixed with the leaves. Fruit globular, size of a 

 pigeon's e^g^ of a russet-brov/n, spotted, harsh to 

 the taste, and stony. Grows to a small tree ia 

 several parts of the mountains between Nataana 

 and Adccaanec. Flowers in March. 



Sjjiraea ? doubtful. — Leaves alternate, oblong, ovate, 

 petioled, entire towards the base, obscurely crenate 

 upwards, sorr.etimes entire. Corymbs terminal. 

 Flowers small, numerou', of a yellowish white. 

 Calyx, corol, stamens, and pistil, not materially 

 dili'ering from the Lhmmn characters; but to these 

 must be added in the present species — Nectary 

 twelve smuil, flesliy, compressed, oblong scales, 

 covering the base of the stamens, and united be- 

 low to the side of the calyx, emarginated above. 

 Pericarp not seen. Grows to a slender tall twiggy 

 bush. Found a few miles S. W. oi' SirinagKr, near 

 the village of Na/^claala. It most resembles 6\ 

 Crenata of Li n n ^e u s. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Rosa, — Stems numerous, smooth, thorny. Leaves 



alternate. 



