316 LI. EOSACB^. (J. D. Hooker,) [Pmnvs. 



A small nearly glabrous tree, with young parts sparingly pubescent. Leaves Tery 

 variable, 4-6 in., usually oblong-lanceolate with a cordate base, serratures often 

 double very close-set ; nerves often with hairs in the axils beneath, under-surface not 

 glaucous ; nerves spreading, slightly arched ; petiole ^1 in., slender, glands small op 

 ; stipules linear, membranous, caducous. Bacemes from the axils of fallen leaves or 

 terminating lateral leaf-branchlets, 4-10 in. long, drooping ; peduncle and raehis gla- 

 brous pubescent or tomentose ; pedicels J in. ; bracts linear, caducous. Flowers white. 

 CaMjx-tvhe hemispheric or turbinate ; lobes rounded, obtuse, gland-toothed. Tetals 

 orbicular, concave. Drupe acid, the size of a large pea ; stone thick, rugged, — Wal- 

 lich's name of cornuta alludes to a diseased (by insects) condition of the ovary, which 

 becomes elongate curved and fusiform as in P. Puddum. Foliage red in autumn. 



9. P. nepalensis, Ser. in DC. Prodi: ii. 540 (Ceiasus) ; leaves lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate acuminate crenate-serrate glaucous lieneafJi, nerves 

 16-30 pairs, base usually acute, petiole eglandular, racemes elongate, drupe 

 globose, stone smooth f in. diam. Cerasus glaucifolia, WtM. Cat. 717. C. Lind- 

 leyana, Wall. Cat. 1008. 



Temperate Himalaya, from KuiiiiAON, alt. 6000 ft. to SiKxrw alt. 7-10,000 ft. 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 4^6000 ft. 



Very difficult to distinguish from P. Padiis except by the fruit, which is more 

 than twice as large, with a quite smooth thick- walled stone ; leaves usually glaucous 

 beneath and acute at the base, serratures far less sharp and more distant ; calyx 

 lobes shorter. 



10. P. undulata, Ham. in Bon Prodi: 239 ; leaves membranous ob- 

 Ibng-lanceolate acuminate crenate-serrate glabrous, nerves 6-10 pair, petiole 

 usually eglandular, racemes slender, flowers ^ in. diam., stamens 15-20, drupe 

 globose pointed, stone smooth \ in. P. adenophylla, Wall. MSS. Cerasus un- 

 dulata, Ser. MSS. in DC. Prodr.n. 540. C. capricida. Watt. Cat. 718. 



Temperate Himalaya from Kumaon alt. 6-8000 ft. to SrcKiM alt. 8-12,000 ft., 

 and Bhotan. Khasia Mts., Griffith. 



Branches slender, quite glabrous. Leaves variable, usually 2-3 in., oblong- 

 lanceclate but often larger and almost linear-lanceolate, base acute or rounded, mem- 

 branous and undulate when dry; nerves 8-10 pair, slender, spreading and arched; 

 glands or 1 or 2 at the base of the leaf, rarely on the slender petioles. Racemes 

 usually more slender than in the two preceding species, glabrous or puberulous. 

 Flowers white. Calyx-tvhe glabrous, lobes glabrous or ciliate. Stamens short. Drupe 

 with a thin-walled smooth stone. — Foliage of this is often like that of P. n^alensis, 

 but has usually fewer veins, and the small flowers and drupes well distinguish it — 

 "Wallich observes that the foliage is poisonous to goats. 



** Foliage persistent. 



11. P. martabanica, Wall. Cat. 4902 (Cerasus ?) ; glabrous except the 

 pubescent racemes, leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acumiuate quite entire 

 smooth, nerves very faint, racemes fascicled stout short, petals small orbiculai', 

 stamens very numerous. Kwz, Fm: Flor. Brit. Burm. i. 434. 



Eastern Peninsula ; Maetaban, Wallieh ; MEEom, Griffith ; Andaman and Tu- 

 MAssEEiM, Kturz. 



BroMoMets quite glabrous. Leaves 5-7 in. long, coriaceous, very smooth on both 

 surfaces, shining above, base rounded ; nerves 6-8 pair, arched, very slender ; petiole 

 §-i in., slender, eglandular. Bacemes 1-7 in., usually on the old wood ; peduncle and 

 radiis strict; pedicels J in., stout. Flowers i in. diam. Caiyjj-ijtie obconic, coria- 

 ceous ; lobes erect, ovate, obtuse. Petals small, orbicular. Stamens 60-80 in many 

 series. Ovary glabrous, style long, exserted ; Drupe 1 J in. long, cylindric oblong, 

 pointed, apparently dry ; stone thin- walled, smooth.— Foliage like that of P. Java- 



