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acuminate, serrulate, petiole usu.ally longer than half the length of leaf. El. 

 white, on long slender pedicels, in sessile umbelliform corymbs. Calyx-tube 

 urceolate, glabrous or slightly pubescent, limb spreading, lobes lanceolate, 

 deciduous, equal to or longer than tube, white cottony inside. Petals with 

 dark veins. Styles 3-5 nearly free, woolly at base. Tr. small, red or scarlet, 

 globose, sometimes pyriform, .^-1 in. diam., on pedicels 2 in. long. 



N. AV. Himalaya, Ivaslimir to Nepal 6-11,000 ft. Bhutan and Kliasi hills. Bernard- 

 myo, Upper Burma. Fl. spring, Fr. autumn. — Northprn Asia. 3. P. silskimensis, Hook, f ., 

 Sikkim 7-10,000 ft.. Bhutan, it, believed to differ by a woolly calyx, 1. tomentose beneath 

 and pyriform speckled fruit, but is probably not specifically distinct. 



4. P. communis, Linn. ; Brandis F, M. 203. The Pear tree. Vern. 

 Ndslipati^ Hind. 



Usually glabrous, branchlets on young trees often spinescent. L. broadly 

 ovate, entire or obtusely serrate, petiole slender, nearly as long as leaf. M. 

 white, styles 5, free, Fr. more or less turbinate, not intruded at base, crowned 

 w^ith the persistent calyx. 



Indigenous in Eastern and Central Europe and in "Western Asia. Largely cultivated 

 in the Sf.W. Himalaya. Fl. March- Apiil (at times in autumn). Er. Aug.~Oct. 



5. P. Pashia, Ham. ; Collett Simla Flora t. 47. — Syn. P. variolosa^ Wail. ; 

 Brandis E. Fl. 204. Vern Patangi^ Hazara ; Keint^ 3Ie7ic% Mol^ N. W. Hima- 

 laya. 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots, peduncles and calyx clothed with whitish 

 £occose tomentum. Barren branchlets often spinescent. Leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, from a rounded or slightly cordate base, acuminate, crenate, on coppice shoots 

 and suckers often iobed or pinnatifid, petioles slender, half the length of leaf or 

 longer. Petals obovate, with dark radiating veins. Fr. nearly globose when 

 ripe, f-li in. diam., crowned with the base* of calyx, rough and scurfy with 

 numerous elevated white round spots. 



Afghanistan. Trans Indus. Himalaj^a, Hazara to Bhutan, 2,500-8,000 ft. Kliasi 

 hills, Manipur. Upper Burma. FL Feb.- April, occasionally in autumn. Er. eaten, 

 like a medlar when it is half rotten. Closely allied, if specifically distinct, are : 6. 

 P. KTimaoni, Dene., Himalaya, Kashmir to Kumaon, leaves corymbs outside of calyx-tube 

 glabrous, calyx-lobes broad, rounded, woolly on the margin. 7. P. Jacquemontiana, 

 Dene., Punjab Himalaya, 1. glabrous, corymbs lax tomentose, young fr. smooth. 



8. P. lanata, Don. — Syn. P. Arta^ Brandis F. FL 206. Vern. Amlok, 

 Kuram valley; Doda, Hazara; 3Iohlj Banshara^ Banphalta^ Marphal^ Pahi\ 

 IsT. W. Himal. 



A middle-sized or large tree, young shoots, inflorescence and outside of 

 calyx-tube clothed with white woolly tomentum. Leaves ovate or obovate, 

 sec. n. prominent beneath, 8-14 pair, each terminating as a rule in a small 

 acute lobe, lobes serrate, blade 3-6, petiole |-1 in. long ; full grown leaves 

 glabrous above, generally greyish white floccose, rarely glabrous, beneath. FL 

 white, scented, | in. across, in compound terminal corymbs, petals unguiculate, 

 nearly glabrous, often with a few scattered hairs, veined, styles 2-5, free, 

 the lower half densely woolly. Fr. narrowed to the base, red, |-li in., edible, 

 crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes. 



Kuram valley. Himalaya, Hazara to Kumaon. Sikkim, Bliododendroii Forest, 

 8-10,000 ft. Fl. March-May. Fr. Aug.-Oct. 9. P. vestita, Wall, Himalaya, Jumna 

 to Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. Khasi hills, Yunnan, a large tree, 1. very woolly white-tomentose 

 beneath, not Iobed, calyx tomentose, petals woolly within, styles 3-5, woolly at base, fr. 

 nearly globose. United with 8 under P. Aria in Bramlis F. Fl. N, W. & C. India, 



B. Leaves simple, ovary 2-3-celled, styles 2-3, free or united, calyx-lobes 

 deciduous, leaving a raised ring at the top of the fruit. 



10. p. GriffltMir Dene., Sikkim 6-9,000 ft., Bhutan, Naga hills, a tree, sometimes epi- 

 phytic, somewhat resembles P. vestita, 1. densely grey-tomentose beneath when young, 

 glabrous and shining when full grown, petals glabrous, styles 2, distinct, glabrous, 



