mruu'w,sla] XLA^I. EOSACE.E 298 



pale and piiljescent beneath along the midrib. PL white^ pentamerous, i in. 

 acrobs, in bilky corymbs. Calyx white-tomentosej segments short, erect, per- 

 sistent. Ovary villous, adnate to base of cal5^x-tiibe, 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled5 

 styles 5, glabrous, connate half-way up. Pr. fleshy, including a 5-celled 

 capsule, dehiscing loculici dally, the dissepiments remaining attached to the 

 inner face of the valves. 



Outer rangeb of the Himalaya in Gaih-^Aal and Kmiiaou, 3-8,000 ft. Nepal. Khabi 

 liills. Eul)y Mines district and Slian bills, upper Burma. PI. Api.-June. Yunnan. 

 A species not yet described, leaver, corymhb and calyx perf(vtly g-labious is known from 

 Mogok, Ruin' Mniesclistiict. and from Yuinian. 



13. PHOTINIA, Lindl. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 380. 



Evergreen shrubs or small trees, leaves coriaceous, entire or serrulate, stipules 

 subulate, deciduous. PL corymbose, white. Oalyx-lobes short, persistent. 

 Ovary more or less adnate to calyx-tube, 2- (.rarely 3-) celled, ovules 2 collateral 

 in each cell, apex of ovary free, pubescent or vt^oollj^, styles short, free or 

 united in the lower part. Pr. 1-2-seeded, endocarp crustaceous or mem- 

 branous. 



1. P. Lindleyana, Wight & Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 228, Vern. Kodal Bikkf^ 

 Xan. 



A small tree, as a rule quite glabrous. Leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, 



senailate, rarely entire, blade 3-6, petiole 1-2 in. long. PL I in. diam., calyx- 

 tube hemispherical, fr. turbinate. 



Nilgiris, common m Sholas on tlie plateau. FL March-May. 



2. P. Notoniana, Wight & Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 991 ; IlL t. 80. Bedd. PL 

 Sylv. t. 192. — Syn. Eriohotrya Integrifolia^ Kurz P. PL i. 442. Vern. Bikkij 

 Jt\.an. 



A large tree, inflorescence finely pubescent, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminate, quite entire, blade 6-9, petiole h-ll in. long. PL ^ in. 

 diam., fr. globose, 



Nilgiri, Palni and Anamalai hills. Travancore. Ivhasi and^ Naga liills. Burma, 

 hills east of Toungoo at 7,000 ft. PL May-Oct. Hills of Ceylon.^ 



3. P. integrifolia, Lindl. Nepal, Sikkim, 5-7,000 ft. Bhutan. KLasi hills. Buby 

 Mines district, Upper Burma. Quite glabrons, L oblanceolate, quite entire, blade 2-i, 

 narrowed into petiole J-J in. long. PL white, I in. across, fr, globose. Olobely allied 

 to 2, 4. P. mollis, Hook, f . Sikkim Terai. Branohlets, petioles and young 1. silky, leaves 

 chartaceous, ovate, acuminate, midrib silky beneath, sec. n, 8-10 pair, arching, slender 

 but conspicuous, blade 3-4, petiole l-^ in. PL in wliite-'vvoolly corymbs, bracts linear, 

 almost filiform, deciduous. Calyx-tube campanulate, teeth triangular, petals ^ in. long. 

 Styles 2 or 3, free or united below. 5. P. GriffitMi, Dene., Bhutan, branoLlets, petiole and 

 underside of midiib tawny toxnentose, 1. oblong, acuminate, serrulate near the tip only, 

 blade 5-7, pet. IJ in. long. 



14. POURTHIi^A, Dene.; PL Brit. Ind. in 382. 



L. serrate, stipules minute. Ovary 2-3-celled, nearly free, base adnate to 

 calyx-tube, often on one side only. Pr. small, globose, l--2-seeded, endocarp 

 crustaceous, testa thickly coriaceous with irregular often reticulate grooves. 

 Species 5, eastern Asia. 



1. p. argtita, Dene. Khasi hills (abundant). Hookhoom valley, Upper Burma. An 

 evergreen shrub, youngest shoots woolly. L. elliptic-lanceolate sharply serrate, glabrous 

 when full grown, sec. n. impressed above, prominent beneath, blade 2-5 in., petiole J-J in. 

 PL white in few-iid. corymbs. A variable sp., one of the 6 forms described by Hooker 

 in PL Brit. Ind., is distinct ] 2. P. salidfolia, Dene. Khasi hills. Upper Burma, on river 

 banks (Ye petsuf, Smales, Peb. 1902). A deciduous shrub, branchlets white woolly, 1. 

 lanceolate, tomentose beneath, blade 4-5, petiole J in. long. PL creamy white in many-fid. 

 corymbs, petals J in. long, claw hairy. Styles 2-3, free, glabrous. The specimens from 

 Burma have larger petals. 



