ADDENDA. 



p. 307. Under Teibb III. Spireeae, insert: — 



Seeds linear, testa membrauous, albumen scanty or 7. Spiejea. 



Seeds turgid, testa crustaoeous, albumen copious 7*. Neiiiia. 



P. 326. Before 8. Rubus, insert: — 



7*. NEXXiXiXiV, Don. 



Pei'ennial shruljs. Leaves alternate, simple; stipules large, deciduous. 

 Flowers racemed or panicled, witite. Calyx persistent ; tube campanulate ; 

 _ lobes 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10 or more. IHse lining the calyx-tube. Carpels 

 1-5, free or connate ventrally ; ovules few or many. Follicles coriaceous or 

 membranous. Seeds few or many, turgid ; testa crustaoeous, albumen copious. 

 — DiSTRiB. Species 4 or 5, natives of the Himalaya, Java, N.E. Asia, and N. 

 America. 



1. IT. tbyrsiflora, Don Prodr. 228; stipules usually serrate, racemes 

 slender panicled, bracteoles usually toothed, calyx silky. DC. Prodr. ii. 546; 

 Wall. Cat. 698 ; Hook. f. Sf Thorns, in Journ. JJinn. Soc. ii. 75. N. virgata. 

 Wall. Cat. 7108. Adenilema fallax, Plume Bijd. 1121. 



Central and Eastern Tempeeatb Himaiaya, alt. 5-8000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 5-7000 ft. — DisTEiB. Java. 



A large shrub, with drooping slender leafy branches. Leaves 2 by 1^ in., ovate- 

 cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes shallow, acute, sharply irregularly toothed or serrate. Panicles 

 3-8 in. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tvhe \ in., base rounded ; lobes shorter 

 than the tube, lanceolate, acute, in fruit often clothed with long rigid gland-tipped 

 bristles. Petals small, white, oblong or obcordate. IPruit inclosed in the calyx, of 1 

 carpel. 



2. N. rubiflora, Don Prodr. 229 ; racemes solitary or shortly panicled, 

 stipules and bracteoles usually quite entire, calyx tomentose. DC-. Prodr. ii. 

 547 ; Hook. f. Sf Thorns, in Jown. Lmn. Soc. ii. 75 ; Wall. Cat. 697. 



Central and Eastern Tempeeatb Himalata ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 

 ft., J.D.ff. 



Very similar to N. thyrsiflora in foliage, but leaves usually more deeply lobed ; 

 inflorescence always much shorter, petals larger, and calyx tomentose. 



