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Caudolle attributes only three nerves to each segment of tho leaf. Roxburgh’s R . scandeus (Fl. Ind. 2. p.
326,) has glabrous leaves and orbicular petals, and is noiv called R . macrostachya by Dr. Wallich, in his
List of East Indian Plants, n. 5774.
In addition to the above species of this Order, Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell have detected Crotalaria
calycina, Schrank, C. variegata. Wall., a very line Tephrosia near T. Heyneana, Wall., Uvaria crinita,
DC., Dicerma elegans, De Cand., Rhynchosia virgata. Wall. Cat., Desmodium triquetrum, DC., Alysicarpus
monilifer, DC., Lablab vulgaris, Savi, Pachyrhizus angulatus. Rich., P. trilobus, DC., Dalbergia scandens,
Roxb., and D . latifolia, Roxb., Arachis hypogea, L., Poinciana pulcherrima, L., Cassia Thora, L.,
C. bicapsularis, L., (according to Wall. Cat.,) aud a new species ? aud C. Fistula.
O r d . X X X . R O S A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Kei ria Japonica. De Cand. L in n . Soc. Trans, v. \2 . p . 156.
We regret to say that the flower is double, as in all the specimens we have yet seen.
2. Spiræa lanceolata ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis glaberrimis subtus glaucis obtusiuscule '
•serratis, corymbis umbelliformibus paucifloris glabris ad apices ramulorum brevium lateralium,
pedicellis gi’acilibus, staminibus uniserialibus, disco 10-partito.—Poir. Encycl. Meth. v. 7.
p . 354. Cambess. in Ann. Sc. N a t. v. I . i . 25. D e Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 542.— S. Cantoniensis.
Lour. Cochin, v. \ . p . 394.— S. corymbosa. R o x b .F l. Ind. v. 2. p . 512?
S . corymbosa of Roxburgh, we believe to be the cultivated state of this plant, more especially as he
says, iu his Flora Indica, that it is a native of China ; he adds, however, that it is also a native of the Mountains
north of India, from which he seems to confound it with S . callosa, Thunb. (the S. Bella of Sims,
Bot. Mag. t. 2426.) The figure among his drawings, n. 949, a t the India House, is not like either, having
neither the lateral few-flowered slender umbels of the one, nor the corymbose panicle of the other. Mr.
Lindley has accordingly, in Wallich’s List o f E. I. Plants, n. 701. p. 21 and 248, considered it as probably a
variety of S. chamoedrifolia.
1. Rubus parvifolius ; caule pi'ostrato tereti, ramis tomentosis, acidéis numerosis recurvis,
foliis pmnato-trifoliolatis foliolis subrotundis basi cuneatis inciso-serratis impart sæpe inciso-
lobato supra glabris viridibus subtus tomentosis, stipulis subulatis, floribus paucis laxe racemosis
terminalibus, laciniis calycinis ovato-lanceolatis.—Lfrm. Sp. P I p . 707. Lour. Cochin.
V. 2. p . 398. D e Cand. Prodr. v . 2. p . 563.—R . tripliyllus. Thunb. FL Jap. p . 215.
It is singular that Seringe, in De Candolle’s Prodromus, and Mr. G-. Don, in Miller’s Dictionary, both
refer to R . parvifolius of Thuoberg, when no such plant is described by him. We have, however, brought
hither as a synonym R . tripliyllus of tbat Author, on the authority of a specimen from Nagasaki in J a p a n jn
Mr. Arnott’s Herbarium, from Dr. Fischer of St. Petersburg, and agreeing minutely with Thunberg’s
description. Linnæus’s plant was given him by Osbeck, and is most probably therefore from China ; but he
and succeeding Botanists have surely erroneously referred to Rumphius, Herb. Arab. v. 5 . t. 47. f. 1. This
last species has ovato-lanceolate leaves, and seems to be what Chamisso and Schlechtendal have described as
R . Tagallus, (Linnæa, v. 2. p. 9 ): if, however, it has tomeutose leaves, but Rumphius does not say so,
it may rather form a species with what Thunherg caUs R . Idoeus, but which can scarcely be the same with
the Europæan plant.
2. Rubus refiexus; ramis teretibus rufo-tomentosis, aculéis parvis sparsis foliisque oblongo-
cordatis 3-5-lobis infra dense tomentosis lobo terminali elongato venis reticulatis numerosissimis,
stipulis bracteisque lanatis fimbriatis, racemis spiciformibus interruptis folio plus
dimidio brevioribus, laciniis calycinis ovatis obtusiusculis corollam æ q u a n tib u s .-B o t. Reg. t
461, De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 566.—E . Mollucanus. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p . 396. (non Lm n .)
— R. alceoefolius. Poir. Encycl. Meth. v. 6. p . 247.
Dr Wallicb proposes to unite this species to II. nigoms, as a variety : the shape of the leaves and ot their
lobes is however, considerably different. In cultivation the racemes are almost abortive and very short,
but in the wild specimens they are two or three inches lone. It is probable that R . Lamberlmnus may be
a nearly glabrons variety, hut wo are not acquainted with it. Seringe, .n add.Oon to the
niven of ft in De Candolle's Prodromus, writes: “ cette espece u'a non qu. frappe Ice.l, mais elle me parait
se distinvner aux lobes de ses feuilles eordiformes assez semblables par leur grandeur et leur cxrconferencc
aux feuiUes d' Altlica officinalis: Les rame,aux sont cylindriques, comme granuleux par une poussière
flocconeuse qui leur couvre Its native country also is China.
1 \losamicrophylla; uculeis ad petioli basiu rectis, stlpidis angustissimis infra adnatis
superne divaricato-liberis, foliolis 5-9 ellipticis nitidis gl.abris argute serratis floribus soli-
tariis calyce aeuleis dcnsissimis muricato, sepalis brevibus late ovatis apicidatis margine
p iib e sc en tib u s.-i'o a ii. Pl. Ind. 2. p . 515. L in d l. R o s .p . 146. Scr. in De Cand. Prodr. v.
2. p . 602.
This has much the appearance of R . bracteata, but we have not been able to perceive the iuvolucral
bracteas which characterise the section to which th at species belongs.
1 Raphiolepis Indica; foliis cuneato-ovatis plus minusve acuminatis, petalis ovaris acutis
staminibus calyce brevioribus. Lin d l. Lin n . Soc. Trans. ». 13. p . 106. De Cand. Prodr. ».
I . p. 630.—Cratægus rubra. Lo u r. Cochin. ». 1. p. 391.
A l th o u g h w e h a v e r e ta in e d th e a b o v e sp e c ific n am e f o r th is s p e c ie s , y e t w e e n t e r t a in v e ry g r e a t d o u b ts as
toitoetoteeplau.intcndedhyLi„umus.Since,however.Hr.Liudlcyhaspaidmuehatteutioutothesubj^^^^
we prefer following him and De Candolle to changing the names they have given. Lommro *
In d ia aud we think also of Linnæus, has lanceolate leaves, aud belongs to R . phoeosUmon of Lindley : while
C rubra. Lour, we have referred here, onr specimens having generally the leaves “ cuneiforra.-ovala.
A u th o r d e s c rib e s . T h e J Ï . n iS r a , L i n d i , is v e r y d is tin c t.
1 Pliotinia serrulata; foliis oblongis acutis serrulatis subtus glmiduloso-puiictatis, pedicellis
ealyce longioribus, De C a n d .-L in d l. in Li,« :. Soc. Trans. ». 13. p . 103. De Cand.
Prodr. ». 2. p . 6 3 1.—Cratægus glabra. TItuub. Fl. Jap. p . 205. Bot. Mag. t. 210o.
¡3 p runifolia; foliis ellipticis basi acutis apice vix acuminatis serrulatis, paniculæ ternu-
nali’s corymbosæ rainis ramulisque strigoso pubescentibus, pedicellis calyce longioribus.
The shape ot the leaf in onr p. is so very different from that of «., as almost to justify onr considering
« , wo Z t iu c t species We were inclined to refer il to P. lands ot De CandoUe. the Cratagus te ..» of
vlrieties has the glands so deeply coloured.-We possess Eriobotrya Japomca from Mi. Millett.
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