Pithecolobium.] leguminosjE. ]03 



3. P. cljrpearia, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 209. A tall tree, the 

 younger branches very acutely angular, and as well as the inflorescences slightly 

 pubescent. Leaves of 4 to 6 pair of pinnae. Leaflets in the lower pinnse 3 

 to 6 pair, in the terminal ones 10 to 12 pair, all obliquely ovate, nearly 

 rhomboid or trapezoid, obtuse or acute, the terminal ones about 1^ in. long, 

 the others smaller. Panicle large and terminal. Peduncles short, clustered 

 one above another ; the common bract reduced to a short stalk with a large 

 gland. Elowers few together in small heads, the corolla about 2 lines long, 

 the stamens three times as long. Pod forming 2 or 3 coils of \\ in. diameter, 

 indented between the seeds on the outer edge. — Inua dimidiata. Hook, and 

 Ai-n. Bot. Beech. 181. 



Hongkong, Hance. We have it alsq from the adjacent continent, from Sumatra and 

 Java. 



OiiDEE XXXVIl. ROSACEA. 



Sepals 5, rarely 4, united into a lobed calyx, either enclosing the ovaiy, or 

 adheiing to it, or quite free. Petals as maiiy, inserted on the calyx at the base 

 of its lobes or rarely none. Stamens usually numerous, inserted with the petals, 

 free. Ovary of 1, 2, or more carpels, usually distinct at the time of flowering, 

 but sometimes combined even then into a single 2- to 5-celLed ovary, which 

 is then always inferior or combined with the cdyx. Ovules 1 or 2, or rarely 

 more, in each carpel. As the fruit enlarges, the carpels either remain free, or 

 are variously combined with each other or with the calyx ; when ripe, they 

 either remain indehiscent or more rarely open on their inner edge. Seeds 

 without albumen. Embryo vrith large cotyledons, and a short radicle. — Trees, 

 shrubs, or (in genera not included in the present Flora) herbs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, mostly toothed or divided, the stipules seldom wanting, and often leaf-like. 

 Flowers either solitary at the end of the year's shoots, or in cymes or panicles, 

 - or more rarely in lateral branches or racemes. 



A nnmerous Order, widely spread over the globe, but more in the temperate and cooler 

 parts of the northern hemisphere than within the tropics or in the southern hemisphere. 



Ovary or carpels superior or free from the calyx. 

 Tree. Flowers in racemes. Calyx deciduous. Carpel 1. Fruit a 



drnpe 1. Pigeum. 



Scrambling prickly shrubs. Calyx persistent. Carpels numerous. 



Fruit a compound granular berry 2. KuBUS. 



Shrub not prickly. Flowers in corymbs. Carpels 5 or 6, with 3 or 



4 ovules in each, becoming dry capsules 3. Spib^a. 



Ovary or carpels inferior or adhering to the tube of the calyx, which is 

 closed over them. 

 Fruit enclosing several seed-like hairy carpels irregularly placed . . 4. Kosa. 

 Fruit 1- to 5-celled, with 1 or 3 seeds in each. 

 Ovary S-celled. 



Calyx-limb very short, persistent 5. Photinia. 



Calyx-limb nairow-campanulate, deciduous 6. Khaphiolepis; 



Ovary 5-Gelled V. Ekiobotkya. 



1. PYG-EUM, Oolebr. 

 Calyx free, deciduous, broadly campanulate or spreading, 5- or 6-toothed. 

 Petals as many, small, and usually resembling the calyx-teeth. Ovaiy superior. 



