602 XL. iLiciNE^. (ff. D. Hooker.) [Hea;, 



11. X. Thomsonl, Hook /.; a small shrub, brancHets puberulous, 

 leaves ^1 in. obovate or oblanceolate subacute or apiculate serrulate 

 coriaceous gland-dotted beneath, flowers 4-merous, (J solitary and in 3-5- 

 flowered cymes, ? subsolitary, drupe globose i in. diam. with 4 large 

 coriaceous 3-gonous stones. 



Eastern Himalaya ; Bhotan, at Tongse, Griffith. Khasia Mis., alt. 4-5000 ft., at 

 Moflong, Wallich; Churra and Suruveem, S.f. '& ~T. T. , 



A small bright green shrub, about 6 ft. high. Leaves Shining, green, retaining their 

 colour when dry, narrowed into the short petiole, serratures obtuse ; nerves very obscure 

 beneath. Flowers about J in. diam., white ; cymes bf S of usually 3 flowers on a pe- 

 duncle J- J in. long ; pedicels slender ; $ pedicels ^ in., lengthening and thickening in 

 frait. CaVijx with 4 orbicular lobes. Petals broadly oblong, obtuse, connate at the 

 base in both sexes. Stamens as long as the petals, inserted on the corolla in both 

 sexes. Drupe like that of I. Griffitkii, but smaller, purple ; stigma sessile, 4-lobed. — 

 This was first gathered by Wallich at Moflong in 1835, when on the tea-deputation to 

 Assam. Very near, indeed, to /. Sorsfieldii, Miq., of Java, but the leaves are obovate ; 

 both have leaves of similar texture and serrature, and gland-dotted beneath. 



12. Z. intricata, Hook. f. ; branches straggling with warted ridges, 

 leaves -l-^ in. obovate obtuse coarsely serrate very coriaceous, flowers 

 subsolitary 4-merous, $ shortly pediceUed, ? sessile, drupe \ in. diam. 

 with 4 large 3-gonous stones. 



SiKKiM and East Nipal Himalaya, alt. 10-1 1 ,000 ft., /. D. H. 



A low rigid straggling shrub, forming matted masses with interlaced woody branches ; 

 branchlets stout, angled and rigid, the ridges warted. Leaves spreading, thickly cori- 

 aceous, bright green, narrowed into very short petioles ; nerves few beneath, raised. 

 Flowers ^ in. diam. Cahjx-lohes orbicular. Petals broadly oblong, coriaceous, nearly 

 free below in the ? , spreading. Stamens equalling tfie petals, shorter in the ? , and 

 hardly adherent to the petals at the very base. Drwpes sessile, red, globose, stigma 

 sessile_ 4-lobed, flesh thin, of the same structure as those of J. Thomsoni and Griffcthii, 

 to which this species is clearly allied. 



13. X. frag°ilis, Book. J. ; glabrous, leaves 4-5 in. elliptic or ovate sub- 

 caudate-acuminate serrulate membranous, flowers 5-merous all fascicled, 

 drupe i in. with 5-8 stones. 



SiKKiM and Bhotah Himalaya, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Griffith. Khasia Mts. at Suru' 

 reem, alt. 5000 ft., H.f. & T. T. 



A small tree, with very brittle branches, quite glabrous. Leaves bright deep green, 

 more membranous than in any of the Indian species, very strongly reticulate with 

 many raised nerves beneath ; petiole 4-| in. Flowers j in. diam., both i and ? fasci- 

 cled; pedicels i-J in., glabrous. Calyx-lohes rounded-oblong. Petals spreading, 

 broadly oblong, obtuse, united at the base in both sexes. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals, filaments stout, inserted on the corolla in both sexes. Drupes |-in. diam., on 

 short stout pedicels, fleshy, red, globose, stigma rather large and tumid, stones thickly , 

 coriaceous. 



Sect. IV. Female flowers in simple or branched peduncled umbellules. 

 Leaves quite entire in aU. (See various species in § V.) 



14. X. venulosa, Hoohf. ; quite glabrous, leaves 5-8 in. elliptic-oblong 

 with long slender caudate points quite entire much reticulated, umbellules 

 simple and panicled, $ flowers 4- % 5-6-merous, drupe very small, stigma 

 tumid subsessUe. 



Khasia Mts., in woods, alt. 4r-5000 ft., De Silva, &o. 



A handsome tree. Leaves shining above, pale beneath, with many spreading strong 

 hranohing nerves, suddenly contracted at the apex into a tail sometimes almost 2 inches 



