Elcpagmis] XCV. ELJEAGNAOEiE 547 



Indigenous in Macedonia and Greece, Western Central Asia and China. Cultivated 

 in Baluchistan, Afghanistan and North West Himalaya, 7-10,000 ft., possibly wild in 

 Chitral. El. April-July. 



B. Endocarp ribbed, coriaceous, clothed inside with a dense felt of white 

 hairs. 



2. E. latifolia, Linn.; Wight Ic. t. 1856; Brandis F. M. t. 46; Bedd. 

 M. Sylv. Manual t. xxv. fig. 1. — Syn. E, arborea, Eoxb. ; E conferta^ Eoxb. 

 Vern. GMivCu, Nigali^ N. W. Him. ; Jarila, Nep. ; Nurgi^ Amhgul^ Mar. ; 

 MingUj Burm. 



An evergreen tall straggling or scandent shrub, or a small tree, branchlets, 

 petioles and underside of 1. densely clothed with ferrugineous or silvery 

 circular, dentate and lobed scales, L. elliptic, acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. |-J 

 in. long. n. (J and ^ , scented, pedicellate in few- or many-fid. often peduncu- 

 late fascicles, perianth clothed outside with silvery or ferrugineous scales, in 

 the fertile fl. much constricted above the ovary. Fr. 1-1 ^ in. ovoid-oblong, 

 succulent, red or yellow when ripe, edible. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from the Jumna eastwards ascending to 

 8,000 ft. Khasi hills. Manipur. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. Along 

 the western Ghats from Mahahaleshwar southwards. Hills of the Deccan. Fl. at 

 various times, chiefly March-Oct. — Ceylon, Malay Archip. China. A variety with 

 larger 1. 4-6 in. and fruit 1-2 in. long, cultivated by the Karens on the hills east of 

 Toungoo and by the Shans at Fakial vill. beyond Makum, Assam. — {Mingu^ Burm.; 

 Maloli^ Shan), should be studied. 



3. E. umbellata, Thunb. ; Collett Simla Fl. 437, fig. 141. — Syn. JE. parvifolia, Wall.; 

 Boyle 111. t. 81. f . 1. Yern. Chmdar, Pangi ; Gmroi, Gehaln, Jauns. ; Hil, Bash. 

 Kuram valley, wild and cultivated. Himalaya 3-10,000 ft, Manlpur. — China, Japan. 

 A deciduous shrub, annual rings distinct, branchlets and underside of 1. densely 

 clothed with shining silvery scales, upperside bright green with scattered stellate 

 hairs. L. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 1-3, pet. J in. long. Fl. white, exquisitely scented, 

 axillary often fasciculate, on the cun-ent year's branchlets, appearing with or after 

 the leaves. Upper free portion of perianth slender, tubular. Fr. ovoid or globose, 

 I in. long, succulent. 



C. Endocarp crustaceous, not ribbed, glabrous within. 



4. E. pyriformis, Hook. f. Mishmi hills. Fr. shortly pedicelled, in lateral clusters, 

 pyriform, narrowed at both ends, J-J in. long. 



2 HIPPOPHAE, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 202. 



Deciduous, dioecious shrubs or small trees, usually spinescent. Fl. before 

 the leaves, ^ in the axils of deciduous bracts, perianth of two opposite sepals, 

 stamens 4; ? in the axils of young leaves, perianth tightly enclosing the 

 ovary, minutely bifid at mouth, fleshy in the mature fruit. Species 2. 



1. H. rhamnoides, Linn. Yern. Simh, Pangi. Inner arid tract of the N. W. Himalaya, 

 chiefly in moist gravelly streambeds, gregarious, forming dense thickets, continuous for 

 miles. Lahoul, Ladak, Piti, Upper Kunawar, Inner Kumaon. Tibet, 7--15,000 ft. — 

 Afghanistan, Central Asia, Siberia, Caucasus. In Europe on the Carpathians, Alps 

 and Apennines in shingly and gravelly valleys, descending along the rivers into the 

 plains. Also on the sea coast of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the German Ocean 

 and the Baltic. A large thorny shrub, sometimes a small tree, branchlets and under- 

 side of 1. densely clothed with silvery or rust-coloured circular or irregularly indented 

 scales. L. thinly coriaceous, J-2 in. long, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, narrowed 

 into short petiole, upper side glabrous and dull green, with a few scales while young. 

 Fr. scarlet or orange. Seed dark brown, shining. 2. H. salicifolia, Bon. Vern. Siitz, 

 Kun. ; Chtifj, Lahaul. Outer and Middle Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. Branchlets, petiole 

 and midrib beneath clothed with circular irregularly indented rust-coloured scales, 

 1. membranous 2-3 in. long, linear-lanceolate, white velvety beneath with dense soft 

 tomentum of short stellate hairs. 



Obdbb XOVI. LORANTHACE^. G-en. PL iii. 205. 



Evergreen parasitic shrubs, living mostly on stems and branches of other 

 shrubs or trees. L. entire, usually opposite, often coriaceous, sometimes want- 



