142 Rosacea. \Photinia. 



large, leafy, hairy, adnate to petiole below, free part semi- 

 hastate, deeply toothed or gashed, lflts. very unequal, the 

 larger ones f-ij in., very broadly oval or subrotundate, obtuse, 

 coarsely toothed, silky-hairy on both sides, especially beneath, 

 the smaller ones often minute ; fl. very shortly stalked, distant, 

 in very long erect terminal spikes, each in axil of toothed 

 leafy bract ; cal.-segm. acuminate ; pet. oval-oblong ; styles 

 exserted, stigma bilobed ; cal.-tube in fruit strongly grooved 

 hairy, spines erect, glabrous, red. 



Montane zone, 4000-7000 ft., in grassy or bushy places ; rather rare, 

 though locally plentiful, especially in Uva Province. Fl. Feb.-April ; 

 yellow. 



Endemic. 



This is very close to the common A. Eupatorium of Europe, but is a 

 sufficiently well-marked local variety to deserve a name. It is remarkable 

 that it does not occur in the S. Indian hills. 



7. FHOTINIA. Lindl. 



Trees, 1. simple, with subulate deciduous stip., fl. small, in 

 terminal corymbs ; cal.-tube adnate to ov., segm. 5 ; pet. 5 ; 

 stam. 15 or 20; ov. inferior, 2-celled, with 2 ascending ovules 

 in each cell, styles distinct, stigmas dilated ; fruit a small 

 berry-like pome, flesh scanty, endocarp membranous ; seeds 2 

 with a leathery testa. — Sp. 8 ; 5 in Fl. B. Ind.. 



P. Notoniana, W. and A. Prod. 302 (1834). 

 Thw. Enum. 100. C. P. 136. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 380. Wight, 111. i. t. 86; Ic. t. 991. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 192. 



A small tree with wrinkled bark, young parts glabrous ; 

 1. 4-6 in., oval or lanceolate, tapering to or rounded at base, 

 acuminate, acute, entire, somewhat undulate, glabrous on 

 both sides, thin, rather stiff, shining above, paler beneath, 

 petiole long, i-i^in.; fl. small, \ in., numerous, on glabrous 

 ped., corymbs terminal, much branched, quite glabrous ; cal. 

 glabrous, segm. triangular; pet. broadly oval or rotundate, 

 distant, clawed ; fruit less than \ in., capped with remains 

 of cal. -teeth, glabrous, red-purple; seeds compressed, pointed 

 at both ends. 



Upper montane zone, to highest elevations ; rather rare. Fl. March, 

 April ; pinkish-white, slightly scented. 



Also in the Nilgiris, and mountains of Khasia, Martaban, and Java. 



The only Ceylon member of the apple tribe ; the little berry-like fruit 

 has a harsh, bitter flavour. 



