.] MI. SAxiFEAGACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 407 



2. p. Stamlnea, Br. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 82, t. 191 ; petals oHong 

 induplioate-valvate, corymlis many-flowered, calyx-tiibe hoary tomentose with' 

 stellate hairs, teeth short triangular. WaU. Cai. 3651 ; Bot. Reg. xxxiii. t. 

 13 ; H. f.Sr T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 83 ; Brandis Forest Fl. 212 ;. Maxim, 

 in Mem. Acad. Petersb. x. No. 16, p. 29. D. Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. 3650. D. 

 coryinhosa, Lindl. Bot.' Seg. xxvi. t. 5. Leptospermum stamineum and L. 

 scabrum. Wall, in Serb. 



Tbmpkbate Westben Himalaya to Kashmir, alt. 5000-9000 ft., common. Ths 

 specimens collected by Sir J. D. Hooker in Sikkim and East Nipal and named B. 

 staminea, should be referred to D. corynAosa. 



Leaves 1-2 in., oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, grey tomentose beneath with stellate 

 hairs. 



3. D> macrantha, H.f. Sf T. in Joum. lAnn. Soc. ii. 84; petals } in. 

 long oblong induplicate-valvate, corymb large 8-flowered, calyx-tube with stel- 

 late tomentum, teeth linear. 



Western Himalaya; Kumaon, alt. 5500 ft.; below Binsur, Straehey ^ Winter- 

 bottom. 



Leaves 4 in., elliptic-lanceolate from a rounded base, acuminate, with close scat- 

 tered stellate hairs on both surfaces. 



11. PHXIiADEIiPBTTS, Linn. 



Shrubs with opposite branches. Leaves opposite, deciduous. Calyx-ta\xi 

 adiiate to the ovary ; lobes 4 (rarely 5), valvate. Petals 4 (rare 5) roundish, 

 convolute in bud. Stamens 20-40, subepigynous, filaments subjdate. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-5-celled ; styles 3-5, filiform, free or combined at the base; ovules 

 numerous, azile, pendulous. Capsule inferior, corlty, 3-5-celled, turbinate from 

 a naiTow funnel-shap^ base, the summit shortly conical, at length loculicidal. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong, testa loosely reticulated.— JDisteib. Species 8 ; central 

 Europe^ the Himalaya, Japan and N. America. 



1. P. coronarius, Linn ; var, toiebntostts ; leaves hairy beneath, 

 margins densely hairy or glabrous except a few marginal hairs. P. tomentosus, 

 Wall. Cat. 3563 ; RoyU III. t. 4 ; S./.S^T. in Joum. Idnn. Soc. ii. 83. P. 

 tn&on\s,WaU. and P. nepalenws, Loud, ex Maximov. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 No. 16, 36. P. coronari-iis, Brand. For. Fl. 212. 



Temperate Himalaya ; ftom Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 5000-9000 ft. ; frequent in 

 GrUEWHAi, and Xtmaon. 



Jjucaes 1^-3 J in., ovate-lanceolate, serrate ; petiole ^ in. Cymes few-flowered, 

 «ften with linear bracts ^ in. long; pedicels ^J in. Calyx-tee/ih elongate-triangular, 

 acute. Petals l-J in. long, white. Capsule | in. long. — The typical P. coronarius 

 (of which Zeyheri, ftoribundus, verrucosus, latif alius, and many others are varieties) 

 is a native of Europe and the East, extending to North China and Japan. 



12. XTEA, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, glabrous, glandular-dentate or 

 crenate. Racemes axillary and terminal, long, many-flowered. Cnlyx-tube adnate to 

 base of the ovary, lobes 5. Petals 5, oblong, perigynous, white, valvate. Sta- 

 mem 5, perigynous. Ovary f-superior, 2-celled ; style short, simple ; ovules 



