382 LI. EOSACE^!. (J. D. Hooker.) ^^PowrtMoea. 



22. FOTTILTXIBIA, Dene. 



Shiubs or small trees, glabroiis or woolly when young. Leaves simple, cre- 

 nate, persistent; stipules minute, subulate. Flowers small, white, in few- 

 flowered corymbs, with warted friiit-heaiing branchlets. Calyx-tuhe obconic ; 

 lobes 5, acute. Petals 5, contorted, obovate, oblique and notched, clawglabroiis. 

 Stamens 20, filaments slender. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles 2-3, connate high up, 

 stigma capitate 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell, coUateral, basal, ascending. Fruit 

 small, globose or ovoid, 1-2-seeded, flesh granular; endocarp membranous. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, plano-convex ; testa thicHy coriaceous with reticulated grooves 

 on the convex, side ; cotyledons plano-convex ; radicle curved, short, ex- 

 serted. — Disikib. Himalaya, China, Oorea, Japan. 



1. P, arguta, Dene. Mem. Fam. Pom. 147. Photinia ? arguta, WdU. 

 Cat. 672 ; lAnO. Sot. Reg. undei- 1956 ; Wenziff in Linncea, 1874, 90, excl. 

 synonym. 



KJaASiA Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft., abundant. BmiiA, Griffith. Foot of the Stkkiht 

 Terai, Gavible (var. HooJeeri only). 



I can distinguish but one Indian species of this very abundant Khasian bnsb, 

 which occurs all over the range ; all have white- woolly young leaves and inflorescence, 

 which is thrown ofiF with age, the fruit varies much in size. 



Vae. 1. WaO,ich,ii; leaves 1^2 in. coriaceous ovate-lanceolate acuminate quite 

 glabrous in age, nerves 8-10 pair, corymbs subsessile few-flowered sometimes almost 

 capitate, fruit J in. diam. globose. P. arguta. Dene. I. c. 



Vae. 2. Hoolceri ; leaves 3— t in. coriaceous oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, 

 petiole longer, corymbs 2-3 iuj. long, fruit | in. diam. globose. P. Hookeri, Dene. I. e. 

 148. Sikkim and Khasia. 



Tab. 3. saUaifoUa ; leaves 4-5 in. coriaceous narrowly lanceolate caudate-acumi- 

 nate more persistently woolly beneath, corymb effuse, flowers larger. P. salicifolia. 

 Dene. I. c. 148. 



Vab. 4. mernbranacea ; leaves 2-3 in. very membranous ovate-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate or caudate-acuminate, corymbs of few long branches floriferous at the tip. £hasia, 

 Griffith (no number). This is no doubt a lax form growing in woods. 



Vae. 5. latifolia ; leaves 4-5 by 1^-2^ in. rather coriaceous oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate more persistently woolly beneath, serratures smaller, corymbs 

 umbelhform, branches IJ in., flowers longer pedicelled. Hookhoom valley, Birma, 

 Griffith. 



Vae. 6. parvifolia; leaves 1^-2J in. coriaceous narrowly lanceolate acuminate,, 

 corymbs contracted, fruit J in. rather ovoid. Ehasia Mts. at Jowai, 0. B. Clarke. 



23. STRANVSiSIA., lAndl. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, quite entire or serrulate ; 

 stipules subulate. Flowers small, white, in compound many-flowered coiymbs. 

 Cdyx-tube small, obovoid ; limb dilated, 5-toothed. Petals 6, obovate, usually 

 contorted in bud, claw naked or bearded. Stamens 20. Ovary 5-ceUed ; styles 

 5, connate high up ; stigma capitate 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell, basal, colla- 

 teral, ascending. Fruit globose, rather fleshy, 5-celled ; endocarp crustaceous, 

 dehiscing locuUcidally ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds ovoid, plano-convex ; testa coria- 

 ceous, mucilaginous ; embryo plano-convex. — ^Distkib. Himalaya and China ; 

 I 3 or 4. 



1. S. glaucescens, Lindl. in Bat. Reg. t. 1956; leaves obovate oblan- 

 ceolate or narrowly lanceolate acuminate or obtuse and apiculate en&e or serru- 

 late quite glabrous, calyx and pedicels woolly. Brand. For. Fl. 210 ; Wervag 



