290 XLVI. ROSACEA [Eriobotrya 



membranous. Seed large, angular, cotyledons thick, fleshy. Species 10, 

 South-Eastern Asia. 



A. Styles 2 or 3. 



1. E. bengalensis, Hook, f.— Syn. E. dubia, Kurz E. El. i. 443. Vern. 

 Petsut, Burrn. 



A large evergreen tree, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, coarsely serrate, quite glabrous, 

 shining above, sec. n. 8-12 pair, blade 4—8, petiole f— If in. Panicle softly 

 tomentose, fl. smelling of hawthorn, ± in. diam., petals oblique, emarginate, 

 styles 2, crown of ovary as well as lower part of styles very woolly. Fr. 

 ellipsoid 1-2-seeded, f in. long. 



Khasi hills, Manipur. Chittagong. Mergui. Upper Burma (Smales). Fl. Feb. 

 Malay Peninsula. 2. E. dubia, Dene., Nepal. Sikkim, 5-7,000 ft. Taunggyi, Shan 

 hills 6,000 ft. Leaves glabrous, shining above, sharply serrate, blade 3-5, pet. J in. long. 

 3. E. petiolata, Hook. f., Sikkim, 5-9,000 ft., Bhutan. Leaves glabrous, firmly coriaceous, 

 entire or coarsely serrate towards the apex, sec. n. arching. 4. E. Hookeriana, Dene., 

 Sikkim, Bhutan, 4-8,000 ft. A middle-sized tree, leaves nearly sessile, rusty tomentose 

 when young, glabrous when full grown, oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrate, sec. n. 25-35 

 pair, stipules large coriaceous, semilunate. Panicles pyramidal, 4-6 in. broad, styles 2. 

 Fr. ellipsoid, yellow, § in. long. 5. E. angustissima, Hook, f ., Khasi hills, a small gregarious 

 rigid shrub on river banks, 1. perfectly glabrous, linear-lanceolate, fl. few, $ in. across, 

 on a small almost glabrous panicle, styles 3. 



B. Styles 5. 



6. E. japonica, Lindl. ; Wight Ic. t. 226. The Loquat. 



A middle-sized tree, leaves nearly sessile, oblanceolate, acuminate, remotely 

 serrate, as well as petiole, densely woolly beneath, nerves 10-15 pair, prominent 

 beneath. Panicles softly woolly, with stout branches. Fl. i in. across, crowded, 

 white, fragrant, petals broadly ovate. Fr. ovoid, intruded at the top, 1-1 i long, 

 yellow, seeds 2—5. 



Indigenous in China and Japan, largely cultivated in northern India. Fl. Aug- 

 Nov. 7. E. elliptica, Lindl. Nepal, Manipur. L. perfectly glabrous when full grown, 

 entire or coarsely serrate, blade 5-11, petiole 1-3 in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair very promi- 

 nent beneath, tertiary nerves parallel. 



11. PYRUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 372. 



Deciduous trees or shrubs. L. simple or pinnate, stipules deciduous. Fl. 

 white, red or pink, in terminal corymbs, bracts subulate or linear. Ovary 2-5- 

 celled, enclosed within and adnate to calyx-tube, ovules 2 in each cell. Fr. 

 fleshy 2-5-celled, cells lined with a cartilaginous or bony endocarp, often 2- 

 valved, 1-2-seeded. Species 50-60, temperate and cold regions of the northern 

 hemisphere. 



A. Leaves simple, sometimes lobed. Ovary 3-5-celled, styles 3-5, free or 

 united. Calyx-lobes persistent or deciduous. 



1. P. Malus, Linn.; Brandis E. El. 205. The Apple tree. Vern. Ohur, 

 Paugi ; Pcilu, Kunawar ; Seo, seb, Hind. 



Young shoots, underside of leaves and inflorescence clothed with thin white 

 silky tomentum. L. ovate, acuminate, obtusely serrate, petiole usually half the 

 length of leaf or shorter. Fl. white, tinged with red. Styles 5, connate, 

 ovary 3-5-celled. Fr. on a short pedicel, large', globose, intruded at both ends, 

 crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes. 



Indigenous in Europe and western Asia, supposed also to be wild in the N. W. 

 Himalaya. Largely cultivated. Fl. March-May, fr. July-Sept. 



2. P. baccata, Linn. ; Brandis F. Fl. 205. Vern. Patol, Buirol, Gicdlam, 

 N. W. Himal. ; Katsbal, Bash. 



Trunk short, bearing a rounded crown of dark green foliage. L. elliptic, 



