328 LI. EOSACBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Em5iw. 



pul)escent tomentose or glabrate, prickles short stout recurved, leaves oblong 

 obtuse acute or acuminate serrate, stipules pectinate, panicles terminal, bracts 

 tomentose pectinate not exceeding the buds, calyx hoary with white down, pe- 

 tals small, carpels 6. WiffM ^ Am. Prodr. 299 ; Wall. Cat. 725 in part ; R. 

 indicus, Lesch. in DC. Prodr. ii. 568. R. pyrifolius, Herh. Ind. Or. Hook.f. §■ 

 T. in part, not of Smith ; Kurz For. Flor. Brit. Burm. i. 436. 



Assam, Siuhet and the Ehasia Mts. ascending to 4.500 ft. Katchyen hills, 

 AvA, Kurz. — DiSTEiB. Yunan. 



Climhing ; stem as thick as the arm; prickles flattened. Leaves \\-i in., usually 

 cordate at the base, glabrous above, beneath pubescent or tomentose wholly or on the 

 nerves only, usually rugose when dry, not shining ; nerves 8-10 pair, spreading and 

 arched; midrib beneath prickly; petiole short, ^ in., stout, tomentose ; stipules white 

 and hoary, with no lamina. Panicles large and spreading, densely white-tomentose ; 

 bracts §— J in. Flowers |— 4 in. diam. Cah)x-lobes erect in fruit, villous within, entire, 

 rarely 3-fid at the tip. Petals linear, white, shorter than the calyx. Carpels glabrous, 

 with very slender styles. Frttit of 1-6 large red-purple drupes ; receptacle vUlous ; 

 stone rugose. — This and the following have been usually confounded with the Java 

 E. pyrifoVms which has shorter leaves with fewer and more oblique nerves. 



5. R. Kamiltonl, Hook.f. ; eglandular, gkbrous or pubescent, prickles 

 short stout recurved, leaves oblong-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate, sti- 

 pules pectinate, panicles terminal, bracts glabrous pectinately laciniate far 

 exceeding the buds, calyx with appressed hairs, tips of lobes long acuminate 

 usually laciniate, petals small, carpels 6. R. pyrifolius. Ham. in Herb. Wall, not 

 of Smith; Wall. Cat. 725 inpart. 



Central and Eastern tropical Himalaya ; Bhotan alt. 5000 ft., Griffith ; Sms.m 

 lit. 2-3000 ft., J. B. H. Assam, Hamilton, Masters, &c. 



Very similar to E. hexagynus, but readily distinguishable by its brown colour when 

 dry, usually narrower and more acuminate leaves, less tomentose inflorescence, which 

 is nearly black when dry, and by the very large pectinately laciniate curved bracts 

 which are membranous and curving over the young buds give a curiously crinite ap- 

 pearance to the immature panicles ; the sepals also have usually longer tips split into 

 setaceous lobes. Fruit as in if. hexagynvs. 



6. R. assamensis, Foche Batogr. in Ahhandl. Natwwiss. Verein, Bre- 

 men, iv. 197 (1874) ; eglandular, branches petioles and panicles vUlous with soft 

 spreading hairs, pricMes very few short, leaves oblong or ovate-oblong very ob- 

 scurely lobed acuminate toothed hairy above hoary with whitish down beneath, 

 nerves 5-6 pairs, petioles very short, panicles triangular, flowers small, calyx- 

 lobes tomentose, carpels 10-12 glabrous. Rvhus 20 Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. ^ T. 



MisHMi Huxs, Griffith, and Khasia Mts. atSyong, alt. 5500 ft., H.f. ^ T. 



An erect whitish shrub ; prickles hooked. Leaves 3-4 in., acute or obtuse at the 

 base, rarely subcordate, nerves very oblique, margins sometimes without trace of 

 lobing ; petiole J in. ; stipules woolly, small, pectinately pinnatifid. Panicles as broad 

 as long, shortly pyramidal; pedicels short; bracts small, cleft half way into setaceous 

 lobes. Flowers \ in. diam., white. Calyx-lobes ovate, long-acuminate, usually quite 

 entire, erect in fruit, inner surface glabrous with a broad tomentose margin. Petals 

 wholly absent in Khasia specimens. Carpels with a few long hairs and very long 

 styles. Fruit (in Mishmi specimens) globose, hardly exceeding the calyx ; drupes 

 few ; receptacle villous ; stone pitted. 



tt Leaves lobed at the sides towards the base, normally longer than broad ; sti- 

 pules pectinate. Carpels many. 



7. R. ^lomeratus, Blume Bijd 1111 ; eglandular, brajiches slender and 

 eaves beneath tomentose with white or buff down, prickles minute, leaves ovate- 

 aordate acuminate 3-5 lobed, the lateral lobes near the base of the leaf very 



