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Hongkong, Harland. Common in the mountains of northern India. Dr. Harland's 

 specimen is a single one, withont any indication of its precise locality. It is a small variety 

 approaching in some measure the following species, hut with the calyxes and the white flowers 

 of JJ. moschata. 



3. R. multifiora, Thunh.; DC.Prod.u.^'d%. Stems clunbing, slender, 

 pubescent, as well as the petioles ; the prickles nearly straight, or slightly re- 

 curved. Leaflets usually 7, or on the smaller branches sometimes 5 or 3, 

 sessile, obovate or oblong, shortly pointed, glabrous above, pubescent under- 

 neath. Flowers small, pink, in terminal corymbs; Peduncles 6 to 8 lines 

 long, glandulai--pubescent. Calyx-lobes scarcely 3 lines long, hoai-y or cottony 

 inside, with short points, and quite entire. 



On the hills. Hinds, Hance. Extends from S. China to Japan. 



5. PHOTIH" lA Lindl. 



Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary ; the limb short, persistent, 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5. Ovary inferior, completely or partially 2-celled, with 2 erect ovules 

 in each. Styles 3. Fruit succulent, crowned by the remains of the calyx- 

 teeth. Endocarps thin, usually 1 -celled, with 3 rather small oblong seeds.-r^. 

 Erect shrubs, without prickles. Leaves simple, evergreen, usually serrulate. 

 Flowers small, white, in terminal panicles- or corymbs. 



A genus of fewt species, dispersed over central and eastern Asia and north-westem Ame-. 

 rica. 



1. P. pruuifolia, Lindl. Bot. Reg., under t. 1956. An evergreeji shrub., 

 Leaves oblong, 3 to 3 in. long, serrulate, narrowed at the base, coriaceous and 

 shining, quite glabrous, but marked underneath with small bladk dots. Flowers 

 numerous, in dense terminal corymbs, rather shorter than the last leaves, very 

 downy at first, btit sometimes 'becoming glabrous as the fruit ripens. Ovary 

 villous, completely 3-celled. Styles glabrous. Fruit ovoid or nearly globular, 

 red, about 3 lines long. 



Common in the Happy Valley woods, Champian and others. Not known- out of south' 

 China. Another Photinitt, apparently P. serrulata, Lindl., from the adjacent continent, is 

 cultivated in Hongkong. 



6. EHAPHIOLEPIS, Lindl. 



Calyx-tube narrow, adherent at the base to the ovary, the upper portion 

 free, deciduous, 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Ovary inferior, 

 2-celled, with 2 erect ovules in each cell. Styles 3. Fruit succulent, crowned 

 by a ring or cup indicating the base of the calyx-limb. Seed usually solitary, 

 nearly globular, testa thin ; cotyledons very thick, with scarcely any radicle. — 

 Trees or shrubs, without prickles. Leaves simple; evergreen, usually serrate. 

 Flowers in short panicles or corymbs. 



A very small genus, extending from S. China to Japan. 



1. R. indica, Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 468. An erect nearly glabrous shi-ub. 

 Leaves from ovate to oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 1^ to 3 in. long, serra,te, 

 narrowed into a rather long petiole, coriaceous, smooth and shining above. 

 Flowers white or pink, in short ovate panicles or shorter corymbsi Calyx-lobes 

 usually naiTOW and acute. Fruit globular, vai-ying in size, the scar of the 



