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as well as petals 4-5. Stamens 20-00, on a fleshy often hairy disk, which ia 

 i^enerally adnate to calyx-tube. Carpels usually 5, free or connate below, 

 ovules 2 or moie. Seeds thin, minute. Species 40, in the noithern temperate 

 zone. Of the Indian shrubs the followinix may be mentioned : 



A. Leaves simple, toothed. 



1. S. canescens, Don ; Collett Simla Flora, fig. 4i. North We^t Himalaya 6-9,000 ft. 

 (rAft/cis, N. West Himal.) Sikkim, 10-12,000 ft. Softly tomentose, stem attains 2 in. 

 <liam. and more, 1. nearly sessile, \-l in , entire or 3-5-tootlied at tlie tip. Fl. white, 

 bisexual. Eipe carpels villous, baJl immeised in calyx-tube. 2. S. bella, Sims, Hima- 

 laya, from Hazara eastwards, 7-12,000 tt. Kuilcm^ Haz. Nearty glabrous,!, i-2 in. 

 long serrate, fl. pink, unibcxual. Iiipe carpels glabrous 3. S. vaccinifolia, "Don, N. W. 

 Himalaya 5-7,000 ft., near Simla on limestone (Naldera, Shall ) A small gregarious 

 shrub, 1. glabrous, glaucou.s beneath, blade ]-l^, petiole I-], in. FL white, bisexual. 



B. Leaves pinnate. 



4. S. sorTbifoUa, Linn. jN". W. Himalaya 5-10,000 ft. (iv'«/7t«??,Haz.; iT^Jj/?. Knnawar.) 

 Leaflets 6-10 pair, narrowly lanceolate, sharplv toothed, 2-4 in. long, 11. white in large 

 terminal panicles. Small boxes made of the wood. 



Neillia thyrsiflora, Don, and N. ruMflora, Don, are common shrubs in Sikkim and 

 the KhasL hills, 1. more or less lobed, fl. white m panicled racemes, calyx campanulate 

 hairy persistent, ripe carpels solitary, oblique, dehiscent, half enclosed in the hairy 

 calyx- tube 5 seeds 4-G, globose. 



(). RUB US, Linn. ; n, Brit. Lid. ii. 32G. 



Trailing shrubs, a few low nndeishiubs, as a rule prickly. Leaves alter- 

 nate, simple or compound, stipules more or less adnate to petiole. FL w^hite 

 or red, in terminal or axillary corymbose panicles. Calyx free, broadly cup- 

 shaped, deeply cleft into 5 lobes, persistent in fruit, petals 5, staiiiens oc . 

 Eipe carpels numerous, usually fleshy, one- seeded, on a conical dry or spongy 

 receptacle. Species 180-200, cosmopolitan. 



A. Leaves entire, not deeply lobed, usually longer than broad. 



1. R. acuminatus, Sm. ; Gamble List 35, 



Branches long arching cylindric, glabrous, prickles very few, leaves glabrous, 

 green on both sides, ovate caudate-acuminate, petiole .^-lin., stipules slender, 

 setaceous. Petals white, carpels 8. Drupes large, globose, scarlet, enclosed 

 by the calyx. 



Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikkim 4-7.000 ft. Khasi hills. El. July. 2. E. hexagy- 

 nus, Boxb. {M, pyrifoUut>, Kurz F. Pi. ii. 436.) Asbam, Khasi hills, Silhet. Kakhyen 

 hills, Upper Burma. Yunnan. A laige, scrambling or climbing shrub, prickles short 

 recurved, leaves ovate-oblong, petiole | in., carpels 6. 3. E. assamensis, Focke, Mishmi 

 and Khasi hills. Manipur. Erect, branchleth, underside of 1. and inflorescence whitish- 

 villous l^ith soft spreading hairs, prickles very few, short. 1. ovate-oblong, stipules and 

 bi'acts pectinate. Panicles terminal and in the axilb of the upper leaver, petals white, 

 carpels 10-12, glabrous. 



4. R paniculatus, Smith; Brandis F. PL 19G. Vern. Eala Anclnc, Jauns. 



A straggling shrub, branches, petioles, underside of leaves and inflorescence 

 densely clothed with white or grey cottony tomentum, prickles few, minute, 

 hooked. Leaves from a cordate base broad-ovate, serrate and sinuate, basal 

 nerves 3-5, prominent, stipules and bracts cleft into linear segments. Fi in 

 iax spreading terminal panicles. Petals white, shorter than the long acnmi- 

 nate calyx-segments. Fr. black. 



Himalaya, outer ranges 3-8,000 ft., from Hazara to Sikkim, Khasi hills. Fl. April- 

 July. Yunnan. 5. E. insignis, Hook, f., Bhutan, Khasi hills. All part« except upper 

 side of leaves densely clothed with buff tomentum, numerous prickles on j)®tiole and 

 midrib, leaves hastate, petals white, almost orbicular, equalling the silky calyx-lobes, 



