640 XLii HHAMNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) [Bhamms. 



7. R. nlpalensis, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 375 (Ceanotlius) ; 

 Cat. 4263 ; leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in. glabrous fascicles of flowers disposed 

 in simple or compound racemes, petals 5. 



Cbntkal and Easteen Himalaya; Nipal, WaUieh; Sikkira, alt. 3-6000 ft., 

 J. D.H.; Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft.; and Assam; Bikma? Griffith. 



A subereot or rambling shrub, with long slender glabrous branches, or pubescent only 

 on the younger parts. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, serrate, 

 membranous or subcoriaceous, dark-green and shining above. Flowers shortly pedicel- 

 late, small, green, pubescent. Petals oblong, concave. Fruit \ in., broadly obovate, 

 blackish-red. 



8. R. procumbens, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 43 ; leaves ^-1 in., 

 petals 0. K. rupestris, Royle III. 169 {name only). 



Westekn Himalaya, from Simla to Kumaon, alt. 7-8000 ft., Edgeworth, &c. 



A small shrub with prostrate branches, the younger ones pubescent. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute or subacuminate, coriaceous, serrulate, very shortly petiolate. Flowers 1-2, 

 in the axils of the leaves, pedicellate. IfVuit fleshy. 



6. KOVENZA, Thunb. 



A small unarmed tree. Leaves alternate, subbifarious. Flowers in 

 pedunculated, dichotomous, manjr-flowered, axUlary and terminal cymes. 

 Calyx 5-fid ; tube broadly obconical. Fetals 5, inserted below the disk', 

 clawed, cucuUate. Stamens 5, a little longer than the petals. Bisk 

 lining the calyx-tube, the margin free and hairy. Ovary conical, sunk in 

 disk, 3-celled ; style 3-cleft, branches straight, erect. Fruit with arching 

 thickened pedicels, the size of a pea, indehiscent, obscurely 3-lobed 

 3-celled, 3-seeded, the outer covering coriaceous and separating from the 

 inner membranous endocarp. 



1. K. dulcis, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 101 ; Lamk III. t. 131 ; Sieb. Fl. Jap 

 t. 73 & 74; £ot. Mag. t. 2360; Roxb. FL Ind. i. 630; Wall. Gat. 4274- 

 BC. Prodr. ii. 40; Brandis For. Flw. 94; Bon Prodr. 189. H. acerba', 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 501 ; BC. Prodr. ii. 40. H. insequalis BG 

 Prodr. ii. 40. ' 



SuBTKOPicAL Himalaya ; alt. 3-6500 ft, from Chamba and Hazara to Bhotan but 

 often cultivated. — Distrib. China and Japan. ' 



A tree 30 ft. ; trunk straight ; head broad, rounded. Leaves 4^6 by 2-8 in., ovate- 

 acuminate, deeply and sharply serrate or nearly entire, membranous, glabrous or more 

 rarely pubescent,_ 3-nerved at the base, the midrib pinnately branched.— Extensively 

 cultivated in China and Japan for its sweet fleshy peduncles, which taste like a Ber- 

 gamot pear. 



7. SCVTZA, Cpmm. 



Glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite or subopposite, penninerved co- 

 riaceous. Flowers in axillary fascicles or subumbellate. Calyx 5-fid • 

 tube hemispherical or turbinate. Petals 6, clawed, emarginate, flat 

 or hooded. Bisk filling the calyx-tube. Stamens 5, equalling the 

 petals. Ovary sunk m the disk, 2-4-celled, narrowed into a short 2-3- 

 cleft style. Frmt broadly obovoid or subglobose, dry or sub-fleshv 

 surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx-tube, 2-4-celled 2-4- 

 seeded.— DiSTEiB. Species 8; natives of Asia, Africa, and tropical 

 America. 



S. indica, Bronyn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. x. 363; W. & A Prodr 165- 

 WigM III it 73; Bak d; Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 60; Thwaites Enum. 75 1 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixx. S. Commersohi, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. 

 Mat. Ser. 1, x. 363. S. lucida, G. Bon Gen. Syst. ii. 33. S. Kheediana, . 



