292 XLVI. BOSACE.E [Pynis 



stigma large, fr. J in. diani. 11. P. kohimensis, Watt MSS., Kohinia, Naga hills at 

 6,000 ft., is similar, "but the petals have a tuft of hairs inside, the fr. is ovoid, ridged, 

 J in. long. 12. P. rhanmoides, Dene.. Sikkim 6-9,000 ft., often epiphytic. Nearly allied 

 to P. Griffithii, but 1. acuminate, with a few hairs beneath while young, entirely glab- 

 rous afterwards, sec. n. prominent beneath, very oblique, 10-16 pair. 



13. P. granulosa, Bertol. ; Kurz F. M. i. 442. 



A middle-sized at times a large tree, 1. entirely glabrous, elliptic, from a 

 cuneate, often uneqtial-sided base, acuminate, sharp-serrate in the upper part, 

 the base being entire, sec. n. 8-12 pair, oblique, blade 3-5, petiole 1 in. Fr. 

 | in. diam., spotted, on short stout pedicels in small terminal corymbs. 



Khasi and Naga hills, near streams. Higher hills of upper and lower Burma 

 (reported as epiphytic from the Kub3^ Mines hills). Fl. C. S. Fr. H.S. Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra. Closely allied and probably not specifically distinct : 14. P. Khasiana, Dene., 

 Khasi hills, sec. n. more numerous, nearly straight. 



15. P. polycarpa, Hook, f., Khasi hills, perfectly glabrous, also inflorescence, 1. serrate 

 to the base, otherwise similar to those of P. granulosa, petals glabrous, stamens 20, 

 alternately longer, styles 3, fr. J-J in. diam., rim of calyx large, the top of fr. depressed 

 with a conical centre. 16. P. Thomsoni, King, Sikkim 8-10,000 ft., a large tree, entirely 

 glabrous, also inflorescence, only claw of petals woolly, 1. elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late, serrate above the middle, blade 2-3, petiole J-J in. Fl. J in. across. Fr. J in. 

 diam., with a few white spots. 17. P. cuspidata, Bertol., Khasi hills. Tenasserim, 

 Muleyit 6,400 ft. (Bedd.), a large tree, branches with numerous oblong lenticels, 

 young shoots and leaves clothed with flocculent cotton, that falls away in white flakes. 

 L. thinly membranous, pale green, not shining, ovate, long-acuminate, blade 2-4, petiole 

 1 in. Corymb dense, rounded, tomentose while young, fl. J in. across, petals obovate, 

 claw pxibescent. Fr. pyriform, J in. diam. The Muleyit specimens have the petals 

 hairy on the upper side. 18. P. ferruginea, Hook, f ., Bhutan, shoots, underside of 1. and 

 inflorescence clothed with ferrugineous tomentum, 1. ovate, suddenly acuminate, blade 

 2-3, petiole J-J in. long. Corymbs few-fld., petals woolly above, styles 3, glabrous. 



C. Leaves impari-pinnate. Corymbs more or less peduuculate. Ovary 

 2-5-celled, styles 2-5, free. Calyx-lobes persistent, 



19. P. foliolosa, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 189.— Syn. P. ursina, Wall. ; 

 Brandis F. Fl. 20G. Vera. Eangrek, Ivunawar. 



A large shrub or small tree, in Sikkim often epiphytic on other trees, bark 

 peeling off in horizontal papery strips. Buds, petioles, underside of leaves 

 along nerves and inflorescence with long soft generally rusty hairs. Leaflets 

 9-15 pair, 1-2 in. linear-oblong, apiculate, sharply serrate, when dry pale 

 brown beneath. Fl. white or greenish-white, smell unpleasant, in dense, 

 many-fld. coiwmbs, bracts linear, rusty -pilose, deciduous. Fr. small red or 

 bluish red. 



Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, extending into the inner arid region, 6-12,000 

 ft. Fl. May-July. 20. P. mierophylla, Wall., Kashmir to Sikkim 10-14,000 ft. East 

 Tibet. Nearly glabrous, slender, scandent or epiphytic, leaflets 12-18 pair, J-§ in. 

 long, deeply serrate. Fl. deep red, corymbs lax and few-fld.. on slender peduncles 

 1-2 in. long, fr. large bluish-white. 



21. P. Aucuparia, Gjertn., the Mountain Ash of Europe, western and northern Asia. 

 Afghanistan, Kuram valley. N. W. Himalaya, 9-13,000 ft., often associated with 

 Juniper at the limit of tree vegetation. Leaflets 6-12 pair, oblong-lanceolate, green 

 beneath when dry, fr. scarlet, in Lahaul white, J-J in. diam. 22. P. Wallicmi, Hook, 

 f., Sikkim 6,500-9,000 ft., Naga hills. Young shoots densely woolly, leaflets 5-8 pair, 

 glabrous, glaucous beneath, oblong, entire or obscurely serrulate towards the tip, fl. 

 white. 23. P. insignis, Hook, f., Sikkim 8-11,000 ft., Manipur, a small tree, branchlets 

 thick, bud-scales large, brown, shining. Young shoots densely brown silky-tornentose, 

 leaflets 4-6 pair, coriaceous, glabrous when full grown, linear-oblong, entire or obscurely 

 serrulate, 4 by J in. Corymbs dense, glabrous in fruit, ramifications lenticelled. 



12. STRANV^ESIA, Lindl. ; Fl. Brit, Ind. ii. 382. 

 Species 5, China, Tibet and Himalaya, 



1. S. glaucescens, Lindl. ; Brandis F. Fl. 210. 



A small evergreen tree, leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, serrulate, glabrous above, 



