Pieris.] Lxxxii. ekicacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 461 



cent ; pedicels g-j in. ; bracts i in., lanceolate or linear. Cah/x-teeth J(|-| in., connate 

 at the base. Corolla ^-J in., elongate-ovoid, white. Capsule | in. diam., globose, 

 glabrous. Seeds small, linear-oblong. 



Yar. lanceolata ; leaves narrower cuneate or sometimes almost acuminate at the 

 base. P. lanceolata, D. Don in Edivb. Phil. Journ. xvii. (1834) 159 ; DC. Prodr. yii. 

 699. Andromeda lanceolata, Wall, in Asiat. Research, xiii. 390, with fig. j Wight Ic. 

 t. 1198. A. squamuloaa, D. Don. Prodr. 149. — Himalaya and Khasia. 



2. F. villosa, Soak. f. ms. ; leaves elliptic subobtuse entire villous 

 teneath, calyx-teeth narrowly lanceolate, corolla pubescent without, filaments 

 without horns at the apex. Andromeda villosa, Wall. Cat. 762. 



Alpinr Himalaya; Gttewhai,; alt. 10,000 ft., near Eogila, Strach. ^ Winterb. 

 Nipal; WaUich. Sikkim; alt. 10-13,000 ft., Lachen and Toaglo, J. D. H. ; Yakla, 

 C. B. aarke. 



A small tree, closely resembling P. ovalifolia in leaves, flowers and fruit. The 

 leaves are hardly more villous beneath than in some forms of P. ovalifolia ; the calyx- 

 teeth are very narrow downwards, only shortly connate ; the corolla is rather wider ; 

 but it is definitely separated by the absence of horns at the apex of the filament. 



3. P. formosa, D. Dim in Edinh. Phil. Journ. xvii. (1834) 159; leaves 

 lanceolate serrate glabrous, racemes panicled, calyx-teeth broadly lanceolate, 

 corolla scarcely pubescent without. I) C. Prodr. vii. 599. Andromeda formosa, 

 Wall. Cat. 761 and in Asiat. Research, xiii. 395 ; Don Prodr. 149 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 1200; Brand. For. Fl. 280.— Gaultheria sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 125 (n. 430), 

 and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 517. 



Eastern HmAtATA from Nipal to Bhotan; alt. 6-10,000 ft, Wallich, Griffith, 

 J. D. H., &c. Assam; Ghombunda Hills, Simons. 



An evergreen, small, glabrons tree, 12 ft. Leaves 4 by l-lj in , acuminate, 

 attenuated at base; petiole j in. Racemes 2-4 in. ; pedicels ^-\ in. ; bracts J in., 

 linear-oblong, caducous. Calyx-teeth ^-^ in., acute, very coriaceou.s, valvate in bud. 

 Corolla T by §■ in. ovoid, white. Filaments with 2 horns at the apex. Capsule \ 

 in. diam., ovoid-globose, glabrous. Seeds many, linearfasiform, subtriquetrous, testa 

 very lax. ' 



6. ENKXANTKUS, Lour. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves petioled, entire or serrulate. Flowers ter- 

 minal, umhelled or subcorymbose, pendulous or cernuous. Caly.v free, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla broadly campanulate ; lobes 5,' short, imbricated in, bud, entire or 

 laciniate. Stamens 10 ; anthers oblong, cells aristate on the back, dehiscing by 

 very short slits in front. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled ; style columnar, stigma simple ; 

 placentas pendent from the upper inner angles of the cells, many-ovuled. 

 Capgade. ovoid or oblong, woody or coriaceous, 5-celled, loculicidally 6-valved. 

 Seeds few perfect (and often many imperfect) in each cell ; testa crisped, mem- 

 branous. — Species 5 ; E. Himalaya, China, Japan. 



E. himalaicus, H. f. Sr T. in Rook. Kew Journ. vii. (1855) 126, t. 

 3 ; leaves ovate or elliptic serrulate, pedicels umhelled, corolla widely campanu- 

 late lobes entire, capsules cernuous. Bot. Mag. t. 6460. — Rhodoracese, Griff. 

 Itin. Notes, 148, n. 717. Rhodora deflexa. Griff. Itin. Notes, 187, n. 969. 



East Nipal, Sikkim and Bkotan, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Griffith. J. D. H., &c. 



A small tree, sometimes 20 ft., or a bush. Leaves mostly in terminal clusters, 

 1| by 1-1 in., narrowed at both ends, acute or obtuse, pubescent beneath, at least 

 when young; petiole ^-^ in. Peduncles about 10, 1-2 in., 1- (rarely 2-)flowered, 

 hairy. Cah/x-teeth ^-| in., lanceolate, scarcely pubescent. Corolla 5 by j in., base 

 not gibbous, red-orange. Anther-cells oblong, each awned. Capsule j in. diam., 

 globose, somewhat pentagonal, glabrous. Seeds large, ^ in., ellipsoid, subtrigonous ; 

 testa very lax crisped &nd honeycombed. 



