] LI. BOSACEJi. (J. D. Hooker.) 377 



towards the tip, glaucous Tjeneath, corymbs very tomentose compound, petals 

 broadly obovate. P. foliolosa, Wall. Cat. 677, in part. Sorbus foliosa, Wenzig 

 in lAnncea, 1874, 76, exd. synon. 



Central and Eastern temperate Himalaya; Nepal, WalUch. Sikkim, alt. 

 6600-9000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



A small tree, young parts densely -woolly, old glabrate except the ooiymb. Leaves 

 4-6 in ; leaflets coriaceous, sometimes perfectly entire, base very unequal-sided, mid- 

 rib stout; nerves numerous, slender. Corymbs 2-3 in. diam. ; peduncle and pedicels 

 stout. Mowers J-| in. diam., white. Styles 3, glabrous. Fruit (unripe) very small, 

 OToid, ij-in. diam. — A very distinct species. 



14. P, insig^nls, Sooh. f. ; very robust, leaflets 4-6 pair 3-4 in. linear- 

 oblong acutely obscurely crenulate very coriaceous glaucous beneath, fruiting 

 corymbs excessively compound, branches very stout. 



SmKiM Himalaya, alt. 8-11,000 ft., J. D. H., G. B. Clarke. 



A small very robust tree ; branchlets nearly as thick as the little finger, bud-scales 

 rigid, chestnut-brown, shining ; young parts clothed with long rather silky rusty brown 

 wool, old glabrous. Leaves 6-10 in.; leaflets soon glabrate, apiculate in the sinus 

 between the obscure orenatures, which are incurved in old leaflets, pale and rather 

 glaucous beneath ; base unequal-sided ; young petioles densely silky. Flowering co- 

 rymbs appearing with the young leaves, densely rufously woolly, with stout peduncle 

 and branches. Flowers crowded, J in. diam. ; bracts linear. Calyx obeonic, short, 

 teeth triangular. Styles 3, glabrous. Fruiting corymbs branched from the base, 6 in. 

 long and as broad ; branches covered with oblong white spots, pedicels short stout. 

 IVuit globose or broadly ovoid, 3-celLed, § in. diam. (when dry). 



Sect. V. DXicromeles (Dene. Gen.). Leaves simple. Ca^ar-lobes 

 deciduous. Owary 2- 3-celled ; styles 2-3, free or united. Fruit globose, um- 

 bonate ; endocarp membranous or coriaceous. 



* Leaves shortly petioled, naiTOwedto both ends ; nerves very oblique close set 

 nearly straight, very prominent. 



16. P. Griffitbii, Bene. Mem. Fam. Pom. 170 (Micromeles) ; leaves 

 6-9 in. young woolly beneath elliptic acuminate serrulate, corymbs very many- 

 flowered densely woolly, fruit small. P. sikkimensis y. miorocarpa, Wenzig in 

 lAnmsa, 1874, 59. 



SiKKiH Himalaya, alt. 6-9000 ft, J. D. H., C. B. Clarice. Bhoian, Griffith. 



A tree, with stout branches ; young twigs and leaves covered beneath with a soft 

 cottony wool that is deciduous in flakes. Leaves coriaceous, opaque above, paler be- 

 neath; nerves 12-15 pair, slightly curved; petiole \ in., stout, channelled. Corymb 

 5-6 in. diam., branched from the base, most densely woolly. Flowers | in. diam., 

 white. Calyx-tube obeonic, woolly ; lobes ovate, membranous, subacute. Pe<a/« ob- 

 ovate, glabrous. Stamens long. Bisk tumid, 10-lobed, woolly. Styles 2, slender, 

 glabrous. Fniit size of a pea, 1-2-ceUed, cells 2-seeded. Seeds plano-convex. — Very 

 similar to Pyrus vestita. 



16. P. rhamnoides, Bone. Mem. Fam. Pom. 169 inpart (Micromeles) ; 

 leaves 3-6 in. very young hairy beneath elliptic acuminate serrulate, petiole 

 short slender, corymbs tomentose many-flowered, fruit small not spotted 2-celled. 

 Photinia polyneura, King in Serb. Calo. 



SmxiM Himalaya, alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 



A tree, very young branches and leaves tomentose and hairy, soon glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, very variable in breadth, |-2 in.; nerves 12-14 pair, very pro- 

 minent beneath, slightly curved ; petiola J-f in. Corymbs branched from the base, 



