36 D. Prain — A review of the genus Colquhounia. [No. 1, 



Brit. Ind., iv, 674 (1885). G. coccineaVkR. /?. major Benth. in 

 Wall. Cat. n. 2085//3 (1829). G. vestita Wall., Tent. Flor. 

 Nap., i, 14, (1829), and PI. As. Rar., iii, 43 (1832), in part 

 and excluding the Kamaon locality and the figure. 

 Nepal ; on Grossain Than, Wallich ! Scully ! and Sheopore, Wal- 

 lich ! Sikkim : Jongri, King's collector ! and Lachen, Hooker ! G. Gammie ! 

 Khasia : Mairung, Hooker and Thomson ! Mann ! 



A shrub 8-10 feet high, erect when standing alone but of sprawling 

 habit and semi-scandent when growing with other species. In the form 

 originally issued as vae. /?» major Benth., the tomentum is white as in 

 G. vestita, and unusually dense, while the flowers are generally of a 

 rather paler pink than in the specimens originally intended as typical, 

 where the leaves are often ultimately quite glabrous from an initial 

 rusty pubescence, and the flowers are dark red. Both forms have, how- 

 ever, similarly shaped dentate-crenate leaves, and in both the wings 

 of the nutlets are nearly as long as the body of the nut. These are the 

 forms to which, in spite of his figure, it would be necessary to restrict 

 Wallich's name G. coccinea, if G. vestita and the others are distinct species. 

 VAR. (3. vestita Prain ; leaves (sometimes cordate at the base) 

 crenate, crenations large, tomentum dense, floccose, white, 

 separating in patches but not disappearing completely ; 

 flowers large pink. G vestita Wall., Tent. Flor. Nap., i, 14 

 (1824) in part, the Kamaon plant only; PI. As. Bar., iii, 43, 

 t. 267 (1832) as to fig. ; Wall., Cat. n. 2086 ( J829) : Benth., 

 Bot. Reg., xv, sub 1292 (1829) ; Lab. Gen. & Sp. 644 (1834) ; 

 DC. Prodr., xii, 457(1848) excl. the Assam plant : Hook. 

 f., Flor., Brit. Ind., iv, 674 (]885) the Kamaon plant only. 

 KAMAON; Srinagar, Blinlcworth! Nairn Tal, Anderson! Mussoorie, 

 King ! Kali valley, Duthie n. 3308 ! Chdmbi ; at Tak-Chang, King's 

 collector ! 



Like the preceding this is according to circumstances erect or semi- 

 scandent. The flowers are pale red as in C. coccinea (3. major, where also 

 the tomentum is white. The leaves, however, (which in G. vestita are 

 crenate, none of the crenations being sharp pointed) enable us to dis- 

 tinguish easily the two forms. The gathering from Chumbi has the 

 thinner tomentum of G. coccinea /3. major, but the leaf -margins are 

 crenate not serrate ; it thus serves to connect G. coccinea with G. vestita. 

 var. y. parviflora Benth. ; leaves and flowers smaller than in 

 the type, tomentum rusty, flowers orange or golden yellow, 

 with orange red lobes. G. coccinea Wall., Tent. Flor. Nap., 

 i, t. 6 (1824) the fig. only; Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 4514 (1850). 

 C. coccinea vae. parviflora Benth. in Wall., Cat. n. 2085/y 



