Pittospomm.] XT. pittospohe^. (Hook. f. & Tkoms.) 199 



NiLHHiRi Mts., above 5000 ft. . 



A small tree. Leaves 1-4 by J-2 in., acute or obtuse, sbitring above, thinly coria- 

 ceous, base tapering. Corymbs several together; pedicels J-^ in., spreading; brac- 

 teoles minute, subulate. Style glabrous. Capsule subgloboffe, subconiprfessed, 2-valvecl, 

 6-seeded. — Very closely allied to states of the .\frican F. Senacia, Putt. 



■5. P. Ceylanlcum, Wight HI. 173; leaves narrow-obovate; flowers in 

 terminal pedimcled or compound corymbs, sepals ovate acute subciliate,' 

 ovary pubescent. Tfiwaites Enum. 68 (excl. most syn.). 

 Ceylok ; in the Oova district, alt. 3-5000 ft. ' 



A smaU tree ; branches leafy, glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by |-1J in., obtuse or subacute, 

 base taperi'ng;. petiole J-J in. Peduncles several, 2-3 in., glabrous ; bracteoles small, 

 ovate, at the base of the pedicels. Flowers J in., greenish-white. Style glabrous. 

 Capsule sub^lobose, compressed, 2-Talved. — An imperfectly known species which turns 

 black in drying. 



6. Pi florxbundum, W. <Ss A. Prodr. 154 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate, margins waved, flowers small pubescent in 

 much-branched terminal compound corymbs, sepals ovate, ovary pubescent. 

 Rnyle III. 77 ; WaU. Oat. 8127 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 44. ? P. densi- 

 florum, Putterl. Monog. 9. Senacia nepaleusis, DC. Prodr. i. 347. Celastrus 

 verticiltata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 624, Ed. Wall. ii. 391. 



Subtropical Himalaya, from Sfkkim to Garwhal, ascending to 5000 ft. Khasia 

 HILLS and MisHMi ; Western Peninsula, Conoan to the Nilghiri Mta. 

 ' A small tree ; branches often umbelled. Leaves 2-8 by 1-3 in., glabrous shining, 

 pale below, coriaceous. Corymbs sometimes leafy below ; branches 1-3 in., spreading, 

 glabrous or pubeseent. J'Voioerff numerous, yellow. Sepals obtuse or acute, subcihate. 

 /SSj^fe glabrous . Capsules pisiform, glabrous', about 6-8eeded. — Nilghiri specimens are 

 usually broader and shorter leaved than Himalayan. The Afriean- P. Mannii, H. f., is 

 nearly allied, but has a glabrous ovary. 



tt Young branches pvi^escent or tomentose. Ova/ry tomentose in all. 



7, P. dasycaulon, Miquel in Herb. Hohenack. 775 ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate glabrous or midrib beneath downy, flowers in dense 

 much-branched terminal compound tomentose corymbs, sepals ovate acute. 



I Western Peninscla; hills of Canara [pi. Sohenach.) ; Belgaum, Bitehie; Conca:i, 

 Qibson. 



A shrub or small tree; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves 2^-4 by 1-14 in-i 



•gAe green when dry, thin, coriaceous, margin subundiilate ; young petioles tomentose. 



' Flowers white. Sepals ciliate. Anthers bright yellow. Capsule large, compressed, 



densely tomentose before dehiscence, about 6-seeded. — Flowers much larger than in 



P. jlorihumdum ; closely allied to P. abyssmicwm, Hochst. 



8. P. erlocarpum, Royle El. 77 ; leaves ovate obovate or broad lan- 

 'ceolate obtuse or acute, young floccose on both surfaces, fl'owers in many 

 compound many-flowered often umbellate corymbs, sepals lanceolate densely 

 tomentose. Wall. Cat. 8129, 8131, 9074. 



Western Himalaya ; in Garwhal and Kumaon, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



A small tree ^ branches subverticillate, spreading; young tomentose. Leaves -very 

 variable, 3-8 by 1^-24 in., adult pubescent beneath. Peduncles 1-2 in., bracteoles 

 subulate. Flowers ^ in. long, pale yellow. Ovafy tomentose ; style short, glabrous. 

 Capstdes rather large, tomentose, many-seeded, valves woody. 



9, P. ferrugiineum. Ait. ; DC. Prodr. i. 346 ; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolata acute or acuminate,, young rusty pubescent, flowers very- 

 small in many terminal subsimfple corymbose racemes, sepals narrow very 



