EosA.] BO SAC E^. a27" 



corymbose cymes. Calyx persistent, 5- rarely 4-bracteolate ; lobes 

 as many, valvate in bud. Tetals as many, sometimes narrow. 

 Stamens many, rarely few. Disk annular or coating tbe calyx -tube. 

 Carpels many, rarely 1 or few, on a small dry receptacle ; style 

 persistent or deciduous ; ventral or terminal ; ovule 1, pendulous. 

 Achenes many, on a dry receptacle.— Species about 130, chiefly con- 

 tiued to the IM. temp., Arctic and Alpine regions. Of the 39 species 

 described in the Fl. Lrit. India, onl}^ one is found within the area 

 of the Upper Gangetic Plain. 



P. supina, Linn., 8x>- PL 497 ; W. ^ A. Prod. 800 ; F. B. I. ii, 359 ; Watt 

 E. D. P. denticnlata, Wall. ; Royle III. 202. Comarum flaYum, Eoxh. ; Fl,- 

 Ind. ii, 521. 



Annual. Stems many, leafy. Leaves pinnately 3-9-foliolate, ^-3 in. long ; 

 petioles -|-2 in. ; stipules ovate, .entire ; leajiets opposite or alternate, 

 obova.te oblong or cuneate, obtu.se, lobulate or serrate. Flowers i-^ 

 in, across, on slender axillary pedicels. Calyx-lohcs and bracteoles 

 obtnse or acute. Petals oblong, smaller than the calyx, yellow. Achenes 

 minute, smooth or ridged ; styles subterminal ; receptacle globose, 

 villous, 



Eohiikhand, N. Oudh, Gorakhpur and Bundelkhand, also on river-banks in 

 theDoab. Distkib. Up to 8,50* i ft. on the N.- VV . Himalaya from Kashmir 

 and Baltistan eastward, and south to the iS" ilgiris ; also in Afghanistan 

 and westward to the Atlantic. The plains form differs from that of the 

 Himalaya by having more slender stems and smaller flowers, and the 

 achenes are smooth instead of being ridged. 



5. ROSA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 363. 



Erect, sarmentose or climbing shrubs, usually prickly. Leaves 

 pinnate; leaflets serrate; stipules adnate to the petiole. Floivers 

 terminal, solitary or corymbose, white yellow or red, bracts rarely 

 persistent. Calyx-tube persistent, globose ovoid or pitcher-shaped ; 

 mouth contracted ; lobes leafy, imbricate in bud. I^etals 5, large ^ 

 Stamens many, inserted on the disk. Disk coating the calyx-tube, 

 all bn.t closing its mouth by its thickened margin, silky. Carpels 

 many, rarely few, in the bottom of the calyx- tube ; styles subter- 

 minal, free or connate above ; stigma thickened ; ovule 1, pendulous. 

 Achenes coriaceous or bony, enclosed in the fleshy calyx-tube. 

 — Species widely diffused over the temperate regions of the X. Hemis- 

 phere, rarely extending to the tropics, except in mountain districts. 



R. involucrata, Uoxb. Sort. Beng. 38 ; Fl. Ind. ii, 513 ; Brand. For, FL 

 199 ; F.B.I, ii, 365 ; Watt E. D. 



