380 LI. BOSACEJ). (J. D. Hooker.) [Pyrus. 



Wenzig douttfiilly (and erroneously) refers P. Nassia, Don. — ^Var. S. ferrugimea is P. 

 ferruginea, 



P. CEENATA. Don, Frodr. 237 ; " leaves long-petioled ovate Eicute crenate glabrous 

 above, young beneath and branchlets white-tomentoBe, corymbs simply woolly, calyx- 

 lobes ovate acute.— Suemba in Upper Nepal, Hamilton. Obs. P. Follveria £ffers in 

 the shorter broader serrate not crenate leaves and in the more numerous flowers." — I 

 do not recognise the above. — Can it be the common pear ? 



21. PKOTXITXA, Undl. 



Evergreen small trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, quite entire or serrulate ; 

 stipules subulate, deciduous. Flcmers small, corymbose, vrhite. Calyx-tube ob- 

 comc ; limb S-cleft ; lobes short, persistent. Petals 5, contorted or imbricate in 

 bud, orbicular or obovate, cl^^vy glabrous or vrooUy. Stamens 20 or more. 

 Ovary with a conical pubescent or woolly crown, 2- rarely 3-ceUed ; styles 2, 

 rarely 3, free, or combined at the base, short ; ovules 2, collateral, nearly basal 

 in each cell, ascending. Fruit small, globose or ovoid, 1-2-seeded ; flesh rather 

 hard ; endocarp crusteceous or membranous. Seeds obovoid, triquetrous or com- 

 pressed, nearly as long as the fruit, testa coriaceous. — Distetb. Eastern tropical 

 and subtropical Asia ; species 7 or 8. 



1. P. Xiindleyana, Wight §• Am. Pi-odr. 302 ; quite glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic oblong or ovate acute creniilate or entire base rounded, nerves 13-15 

 pair faint, petiole long stout, flowers j in. diam., claw of petal villous, fruit tur- 

 binate or subglobose. Wight Je. t. 228 ; Dcyne. Mem. Fam. Pom. 141. P. No- 

 toniana, WaU. Cat. 671, not of Wight Sf Am. P serrulata, lAndl. y. Wenzig in 

 Linncea, 1874, 94. , 



NiLGHiEBi Hills, Noton, Wight, &c. 



A smaE tree ? everywhere glabrous except the crown of the ovary and claw of the 

 petals ; branches stout. Leaves 3-6 in., very thickly coriaceous, not shining on either 

 surface, flat; nerves nearly horizontal ; petiole lJ-2 in., cylindric. Corymbs 3-5 in. 

 diam., much branched from the base, branches stout. Flowers 1 in. diam., pedi- 

 celled; bracts subulate. Calyx-lobes rounded. Petals orbicular-obovate, claw dis- 

 tinct. Styles 2, very stout, short. Fruit ^ in. long, smooth, glaucous; endocarp 

 crustaceous. — Wallich's P. Notoniana is only a form of lAndleycma, with the crena- 

 tures few and confined to near the top of the leaf. 



2. P. Motoniana, Wight ^ Am. Prodr. 302 (not of WaU. Cat.) ; leaves 

 elliptic ovate oblong or lanceolate acuminate quite entire base acute or rounded, 

 nerves very many and slender, petiole long (1-1^ in.), corymbs pubescent or 

 glabrous, flowers J in. diam., fruit globose. Wight Ic. 991 ; Lll. t. 86 ; Dene. 

 Mem. Fam. Pom. 141 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 192. P. Blumei, Dene. I. c. 142. 

 Eriobotrya integrifolia, Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Svrm. i. 442. 



NiLGHiHEi and Pulnby Mts., Wight, &c. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft. Mab- 

 TABAN, alt. 7-7200 ft., Kiirz. Ceylon; Central province, alt. 6-7000 ft. — ^Distbib. 

 J'ava. 



A small tree, glabrous except the inflorescence, which is finely pubescent. Leaves 

 24-6 in., very variable, sometimes caudate-acuminate, thickly coriaceous, thenumerous 

 nerves very delicate, hardly shining above; petiole |-2 in., flat or grooved above. 

 Corj/mJ excessively branched, 3-10 in. diam.; branches slender in flower; stout in 

 fruit. Flowers pedicelled, white. Cah/x-lobes rounded. Petals orbicular, claw gla- 

 brous or slightly villous. Fruit J in. diam., blue, glaucous ; endocarp membranous. 

 Seeds compressed, radicular end incurved. — I refer Kurz's plant hereon the authority 

 of his citatibn of Beddome ; he describes the leaves as sometimes cuneate-oblong and 

 with a few inconspicuous teeth. 



