13, inserted with the petals: filament filiform: ‘stigrna dilated 4 
drupe dry, transversely oblong, somewhat kidney-shaped, eontracta 
ed in the middle. 
P. Zeytanicum: (Gaertn.) 
' ddent. Dalz. Bomb: flor. p. 89: 
Syn. P. acuminatum}.Colebr. in Linn. Trans. XI. p. 460. 
Engrav. Gaertn. fr. I. p 218. t. 46. —Wight’ s Spicil.. I. t. 66) 
—Ieon. t. 993. 
Spec. Cuar. Large tree: leaves’ ovate-oblong, acuminate, ens , 
tire, glabrous: racemes long, slender, axillary: calyx-tube slightly 
hairy : flowers yellowish-white: fruit small, smovuth, . obtusely .and 
slightly 2-lobed, 
Neilgherries. Hilt! Fort Munohur and Parwar Ghaut. Coma 
taon at Mahableshwur. Flowering in July. 
ORDER LVIII. ROSACEA. 
Herbaceous plants or shrubs: leaves simple or compound, 
alternate, stipulate: calyx 4-5 lobed: -petals 5,’ perigynous; 
qual to the lobes of the calyx or wanting: stamens definite or 
indefinite, arising from the calyx, curved inwards in estiva- 
tion: anthers innate, 2-celled, bursting longitudinally: ovaries 
Buperior, solitary or several, 1-celled: ovules 2 or more, sus+ 
pended, rarely erect: styles lateral : stigmas usually simple 
and emarginate on one side : fruit either 1-seéded nuts or achenia, 
er many-seeded follicles: embryo straight: albumen none. 
GENUS I. RUBUS. 
Feosandria Polygynia. Sex: Byrtt 
Deriv. From the Celtic word Rad, red, in allusion to the cdlous - 
of the fruit of some of the species. 
Gen. Cuar. Shrilis, or rarely perennial hefbaceotis plants : 
stems often rooting, unarmed bi prickly: leaves pinnate or palmate; 
sometimes simple : éalyx . 5-clett, without bracteéoles i etals 53 
Stamens inserted on the calyx along with the petals : szhenia: nus 
merous, collected into a head on a protuberant spongy disk, afters 
wards becoming juicy and resembling small drupes: styles slightly 
aa near the summit of the achenia: seed inverted : fruit’ eats 
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