Stranvcesia] XLVI. ROSACEA 293 



pale and pubescent beneath along the midrib. Fl. white, pentamerous, .', in. 

 across, in silky corymbs. Calyx white-tomentose, segments short, erect, per- 

 sistent. Ovary villous, adnate to base of calyx-tube, 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled, 

 styles ■">. glabrous, connate half-way ap. Fr. fleshy, including a 5-cellei 

 capsule, dehiscing loculicidally, the dissepiments remaining attached to the 

 inner face of the valves. 



Outer ranges of the Himalaya in Garhwal and Kumaon, 3-8,000 ft. Nepal. Khasi 

 hills. Buby Mines district ami Sban bills, upper Burma-. Fl. Apr-June. Yunnan. 

 A species nol yel described, leaves, corymbs and calyx perfectly glabrous is known from 

 Mogok, Buby Mines district, and from Yunnan. 



L3. PHOTINIA, l.indl.: Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 380. 



Evergreen shrubs or small frees, leaves coriaceous, entire or serrulate, stipules 

 subulate, deciduous. Fl. corymbose, white. Calyx-lobes short, persistent. 

 Ovary more or less adnate to calyx-tube. 2- rarely 3-) celled, ovules 2 collateral 

 in each cell, apex of ovary free, pubescent or woolly, styles short, free or 

 united in the lower part. Fr. l~2-seeded, endocarp crustaceous or mem- 

 branous. 



1. P. Lindleyana, Wight & Arn. : Wight Ic. t. 228. Vern. Eodai Bikki, 



Kan. 



A small tree, as a rule quite glabrous. Leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, 

 serrulate, rarely entire, blade 3-6, petiole 1-2 in. long. Fl. \ iu. diam., calyx- 

 tube hemispherical, fr. turbinate 



Nilgiris, common in Sholas on the plateau. Fl. March-May. 



2. P. Notoniana, Wight & Arn. : Wight Ic. t. 991 : 111. t. 86. Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 192.— Syn. Eriobotrya integrifolia, Kurz F. Fl. i. 442. Vern. Bikki, 



Kan. 



A large tree, inflorescence finely pubescent, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminate, quite entire blade 6-9, petiole i-lj in. long. Fl. J in. 

 d i.nii., fr. globose. 



Nilgixi, Palni and Anamalai hills. Travancore. Khasi and.Naga hills. Burma. 

 billseasl of Toungoo at 7,000ft. Pl.May-Oct. Bills of Ceylon.' 



:'.. P. integrifolia, I. in>ll. Nepal, Sikkim, 5 7,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Buby 



Mines district, Dpper Burma. Quite glabrous, I. oblam late, quite entire, blade 2-4, 



oarrowed into petiole J-4 in. long. PI. white, J in. across, fr. globose. Closely allied 

 in-.'. I. p. mollis, Hook. f. Sikkim Terai. Branchlets, petioles and young 1. silky, leaves 

 cbartaceous, ovate, acuminate, midrib silky beneal b, sit. q, 8-10 pair, arching, slender 

 but conspicuous, blade 8— 4, petiole ,'. 1 in. Fl. in white-woolly corymbs, bracts linear, 

 almosl filiform, deciduous. Calyx-) ube campanulate, teeth triangular, petals { in. long. 



Styles - or 8, fre 'united below. r>. p. Grifflthii, IVm-.. Bhutan, branchlets, petiole and 



underside of midrib tawny tomentosej I. oblong, acuminate, serrulate near the tip only, 

 blade 5-7, pet. I >. in. long. 



II. POURTHI^EA, Dene.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 382. 



L. serrate, stipules minute. Ovary 2 3-celled, nearly free, base adnate to 

 calyx-tube, often on one side only. Fr. small, globose, l 2-seeded, endocarp 



orustac s, testa thickly coriaceous with irregular often reticulate grooves. 



Species 5, eastern Asia. 



!. P. arguta, Dene. Khasi hills (abundant). Hook! ui valley, Upper Burma. An 



evergreen shrub, youngest shoots woolly. L. elliptic Ian latesharph > i abrous 



win ii full grown, sec. n. impressed above, prominent beneath, blade 2 6 in., petiole 1— \. in. 



PI. white in few fid. corymbs. A variable sp., oi f the 6 forms described bj II 



in PI, Brit. Ind., is distinct; J. P. sallcifolla, Dene. Khasi hills. Upper Burma, on river 



banks i ie petsul,S les, Feb, 1902). A. deciduous shrub, branchlets white woolly, 1.' 



In in late, tomentose beneath, blade I 5, petiole i in. long. P).cream> white in many-fid. 



corj in lis. petals J in. long, claw boiry. Styles 2 8, free, glabrous, The specimens from 

 Burma have larger petals. 



