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Bird Cherry. Vera. KalakCtt^ Hazara ; JcDnun, Janio/j JCimUj N.-West 

 Himal. 



A tree, attaining 50-60 ft., wood handsome, polishes well, young shoots, 

 inflorescence and underside of leaves along nerves pubescent. L. from a slightty 

 cordate base, obovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, stipules thin, linear-lanceolate, 

 early caducous. El. white, appearing after the leaves, racemes 3-8 in. long, at 

 the ends of short lateral (often leaf-bearing) branchlets, bracts thin, caducous, 

 longer than buds. Drupe globose, | in. diam., first red, then dark purple or 

 nearly black, stone rugose. 



Kuram valley, Trans Indub. Hnnalaya, Hazara to Hikkim, 4-10,000 ft. L. turn red 

 before tliey fall. Fl. April-June. "Widely spread, from North and Central Europe 

 through Western Asia and Siberia to Amur land and Kamtoliatka. The ovary of this 

 and of P. Pudclum is often punctured by an insect and then becomes elongate curved 

 and fusiform, 2 in. long and more, hence the name " corimta." 15. P. nepalensis, Hook, f., 

 Kumaon, Nepal. Sikkmi 6-10,000 ft., Bhutan, Tibet. Kliasi hills. Upper Burma, ever- 

 green forebt Euby Mines district, 6,000 ft. Yunnan. A large tree, similar to 14, but 

 1. with an acute or rounded, not cordate base, glaucous beneath, bracts small sliorter 

 than, or equal to pedicel, fr. I in. long, stone smooth, lb. P. undulata, Ham. Kumaon 

 b-8,000 ft., Nepal. Sikkim 8-12,000 ft., Bliutan, Kliasi hills, a small tree ^^ ith slender 

 lax racemes, small fl. and drupes. 



17. P. acuminata, Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 181. Yern. LciJi, Pah. 



A small tree, entirely glabrous, 1. quite entire or remotely serrate, pale 

 beneath, racemes axillary, lax. Fl. yellowish-white, on slender pedicels, longer 

 than calyx. Calyx open, cup-shaped, segments linear, petals oblong, stamens 

 15. Drupe ovoid, \ in. long, atone thin, quite smooth. 



Nepal, Sikkim, 5-7000 ft., Assam, Kliasi hills. Fl. Oct. to March. 



D. PL in axillary or terminal many-flowered racemes, L persistent. 



18. P. martabanica, Kurz P. Fl. i. 434, Tena'=iserim, Andamans, Malay Peninsula. A 

 large evergreen tree, 1. glabrous entire, blade 4-6, pet. \-% in., racemeb solitary, or in 

 ]jairs, pubescent 2-6 in. long, calyx broad-cam panufate, tomentofoe outbide, petals 

 caducous, orbicular 1 in. diam., stamens 60-80. Fr. cylindric, pointed, 1 in. long, peri- 

 carp thin, quite dry. 19. P. punctata, Hook. f. & Th., Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, 

 China. A shrub or small tree, L long caudate-acuminate, dotted beneath with minute 

 dark-coloured glands, racemes axillary, compound pedicels very slender Stamens 30. 

 20. P. JenMnsii, Hook. f. & Th., Assam" (Tanaju\ Kliasi and Kaga hills, a small tree 

 with shining undulate and more or less serrate 1., racemes lj-2i in., straight erect, 

 Ubually densely furnished with fl. to the base, which bearb numerous concave orbicular 

 scales, stamens about 50. Drupe | in. long, broadly ovoid, stone rugose, with a tbick 

 ridge on one side, walls thick and hard. 



3. PRINSEPIA, Poyle; FL Brit. Ind. in 322 

 (Species 3, two in Mongolia and North China.) 



P. utilis, Eoyle 111. t. 38 fig. 1 ; Brandis P. PL 196. Vern. Phuliairi, 

 Haz. ; Bekhar, Bhekalj KW. Himal. 



A spinescent deciduous shrub, glabrous, youngest shoots only pubescent, 

 pith large, separating when dry into horizontal layers ; stout, green axillary 

 often leaf-bearing spines, L lanceolate, serrate. FL white, in short racemes, 

 generally at the base of spines. Calyx-tube cup-shaped, lobes 5 uneq.ual, im- 

 bricate in bud, petals rounded, claw short. Stamens numerous, inserted below 

 the petals in several rows, anther-cells separated by a broad connective. Carpel 

 1, sessile, ovules 2, collateral. Fr. an oblique, oblong-cylindrical, fleshy 

 purple drupe, scar of style basal, endocarp coriaceous, seed one only. 



Outer Himalaya from Hazara to Bhutan, 2-9,000 ft., common on dry slopes. Khasi 

 hills. Fl. in autumn and winter up to February, fr. in spring. In Jaunsar fl. in 

 spring, fr. B. S. (Kanjiial F. FL p. 154.)— Yunnan. A common hedge plant in parts of 

 Hazara. Oil expressed from the seeds. 



Maddeuia Mmalaica, Hook, i & Thorns, Sikkim, Bhutan, Mishmi, Tibet, Szechuen, a 



