68o 
XLVIII. ROSACEA. 
[. Rubus. 
long. Stipules pectinate. Inflorescence slender zigzag puberulous, 
lax, 6 in. long; branches short, i to 1*5 in. long. Flowers *3 in. 
across. Sepals rounded. Petals white. Fruit red, glossy black 
when quite ripe. Hab. Dense open jungle, 300 to 800 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Thaiping Hills, Waterfall (Wray). Distrib. 
Malay isles. 
(6) R. rosaefolius Sm. Ic. iii. 60; Focke, l.c. 153; King, 
lx. 296. 
A slender scrambling bramble, with slender stems sub-glabrous 
with long straight thorns. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 7 to 9, ovate 
or lanceolate acuminate, toothed, glabrous or hairy beneath, 1*5 to 
3 in. long, *7 in. wide. Stipules subulate. Flowers 1 to 2 axillary 
and terminal on peduncles ‘5 in. long, glabrous or pubescent, *5 in. 
across. Calyx-lobes setaceous, glabrous. Petals large, white. 
Fruit a blunt cone of many crimson drupes, about ’5 in. tall, sweet 
and juicy. Hab. Mountain thickets, Pahang, Telom. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills near the Cottage, 3500 
to 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). Distrib. India, Malay islands to 
Papua. 
7 . PYRUS, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers in terminal cymes or 
corymbs. Bracts subulate or linear. Calyx-tube urceolate or 
obconic, lobes 5. Petals 5. Stamens 20 or more; filaments 
connate at base. Disc annular or lining the tube. Carpels 2 to 
5 connate and adnate to tube. Styles 2 to 5; ovules 2 in each 
cell. Fruit fleshy, 2- to 5-celled, cells with a membranous carti¬ 
laginous endocarp. Species 100, North Temperate zone, rare in 
tropics. 
(1) P. granulosa Bertol. in. Mem. Acad. Sc. Bot. Ser 2, iv. 
312; King, l.c. 297. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Stem 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous ovate, acuminate, base cuneate or round, edges serrate, 
glabrous; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, prominent below, 4 in. long, 2*5 in. 
wide. Corymbs lax, terminal. Fruit globose pear-shaped rugulose, 
‘75 in. long, *6 in. through, 4-celled; endocarp of large granules. 
Hab. Rocky spots in woods by streams, 2000 to 5000 ft. altitude. 
Pahang, open woods and stream borders on Gunong Tahan. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills at 2000 to 2500 ft. altitude (Kunstler); Box Hill 
(Fox). Distrib. India, Burma, Sumatra. 
8. ERIOBOTRYA, Lindl. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate petioled, coriaceous. Flowers 
white in corymbs and panicles. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes ovate, 
5. Petals 5. Stamens 30, insert in calyx-mouth. Ovary inferior, 
2 ~ to 5-celled; ovules 2 in a cell. Styles 2 to 5, free or more or 
