1897,] G. Kiiig^Mat^-iah Jvr a Flom t'f the Mahiyan Pminsula. 297 
lobes 5, erect or r^jtloxed, piSrsiHtent or deciduouB, Petah 5, quinciiuci- 
ally imbricate in bud. Staniem 20 or more, fiinmeuta Bomettmes conimto 
at the base. Disc anuultir, or lining the calyx-tiibe. Carpels 2-5^ 
connate and adimte to tlie caiyx-tube; styles 2-5, free or countxto below, 
Btiisfmas trunoate ; ovules 2 in eacli cell/ basal, collateral, asceDdhig. 
Fruit (ii. pome) fleshy, 2-5 -eel led i cells with a membranous or cartila- 
g^irsous often 2-valvod endocarp^ J-2'Beedetl, Seeds when in pairs plauo- 
convex, testa coriaceous ; cotylefJoos amjgjdaloid, Distrib. N. temp, 
and cold regions ; species about 100. 
Pybus granqlosa, Bertol. m Mem, Acad. Sc. Bolog. Ser. II, IV, 
312. A Bniall glabrous tree. -Leaves coriaceous, ovate, usually ncu- 
minate, the base cuueate or rounded, the edges serrate or siuuate- 
serrate; upper surface shining, tho lower dull-brown when dry; main 
nervea 7-9 pairs, promitient on the lower surface^ oblique. Fruits 
globose*pyriform, minutely regulose, glabrous, the calyx-lobes not 
pei'siatent, *75 in. long and *6 in. in diam., 4-celled, in lax terminal 
glabrous corymbs longer than the leaves; fruit pedicels from '4-1*5 
ill. loWg, endocarp of large granules. Hook. flL Fl. Br, Ind. II, 378. 
P, sikkim&nsis, Wenzig in Liunasa, 1874, 58, part ; Knrz For. Flor, 
Brit. Biirm. I, 442. F, Karemium^ Kurz in Jouru. As. Soe. Beug. 
1872, II, 306 i 1873, 11,232. 
Pebak ; . at an elevntiou of 2000-2500 feet \ Sc'oH echini, DrsTiiiB. 
Burma ; Khasia Motintains ; Sumatra, Forbes ^050 ! 2376, 
Okper XL. SAXtFKAGACE^. 
Trees shrubs or herbs. Lefl res alternate and cxfitipnlate, or stipules 
adnate to the base of the petiole, or opposite and oxstipulate. Ivjiores- 
eence various ; flowers hermaplirodite or poly gamo- dioecious ; the st-pale, 
petals and stumens ayrametrically regular. Calyx more or less adnate 
to the ovary, sometimes nearly free, sometimes quite iuferior ; lobes 
irabricute or valvate. Pefah 5 or 4, rarely 0, perigynons or epigynons, 
rarely sub-hypog3'nous, imbricate or valvate. Stamens inserted with the 
petals, equalling or double their number, rarely numerous. Ovary of 
2 or 3-5 united carpels ; UBtially 2- or 3-5*celIed with axile placentas, 
occasionally J -celled with parietal placentas; styles as many as the 
carpels, distinct or combined nearly to the summits, stigmas capitate 
or lateral and subcapitato ; ovules numerous, jmatropous, erect or pen- 
dulous. Fruit capsular or berried. Seeds numerous or several (Bolitaiy 
in Folyosma) albumiJious ; the albumen rarely scanty or rieaily want- 
ing. DiSTiUB. Species 580 ; in the cold or temperate regione of the 
whole world and in the mount aius of the tropica ; together with a few 
genera of tropical trees. 
J. II. m 
