328 ROSACJSJE. [Pyeus. 



A stout erect or subscandent "bush. Branchlets and inflorescence densely 

 tomentose; prichles straig-ht, compressed, often in pairs below the 

 stipules. Leaves 3-4 in. ; stipules small, laciniate ; leajlets 3-4 pairs, 

 elliptic or oblong-, acute or acuminate, finely serrate, shining above, 

 glabrous on both surfaces or tomentose beneath. Flowers 2-3 in. across, 

 on short pedicels, solitary or in short corymbs ; bracts large, lanceolate, 

 more or less gland-serrate below"; peduncles and pedicels sometimes 

 gland-hairy. Calyx-tube obovoid, unarmed ; lobes caudate-acuminate, 

 entire deciduous. Petals retuse. Fruit globose, densely tomentose, 

 styles distinct. Achenes many, pale-coloured. 



Oorakhpur (Duthie's collector), and probably in other localities within 

 the Sub -Himalayan tract westward to Dehra Dan. Distrib, Along 

 the base of the Himalaya eastward to Bengal and Burma ; also on Mt. 

 Abu and in Mysore, A very handsome plant when in flower during 

 the end of the cold season. It is essentially a tropical species, and is 

 usually found growing gregariously in swampy ground. In Bengal 

 during the rainy season, the plants are almost completely submerged, 

 the fruiting stems alone being visible above the surface of the water, 



E. damascena. Mill.; Brand. For. Fl. 200; F. B. I. ii, 364 ; Watt E. D.— 

 V^ern. guldb (Damask Rose). Largely grown in native gardens within 

 the area. The flowers, which are very fragrant, are collected for the 

 manufacture of rose-water and attar. 



El. multifiora, a climbing rose, with clusters of small double pink flowers, 

 forms a conspicuous feature in Dehra Dun when in full blossom during 

 the month of April. It is very common in roadside hedges, and as a 

 climber on trees, and it seems to be gradually spreading throughout 

 the Dun as a naturalized plant. 



The cultivated roses imported from Europe thrive remarkably well in 

 the gardens of Upper India. 



6. PYRUS, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii, 373. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves deciduous, simple or pinnate ; stipules 

 deciduous. Flowers white red or pink, in terrainal cymes or corymbs ; 

 bracts subulate or linear. Calyx-tuhe urceolate turbinate or obconic ; 

 lobes 5, erect or reflexed, persistent or deciduous. Petals 5, quincun- 

 cially imbricate in bud. 'Stamens 20 or more ; filaments sometimes 

 connate at the base. Dish annular or coating the calyx-tube. Car- 

 pels 2-5, connate and adnate to calyx-tube ; i^tyUs 2-5, free or 

 connate below, stigmas truncate ; ovules 2 in each cell, basal, colla- 

 teral, ascending. Fruit (a pome) fleshy, 2-5-celled ; cells with a 

 membranous or cartilaginous often 2-va'lved endocarp, i-2-seeded. — 

 Species 50-60, found chieily in IST. temp, and mountain regions. 



