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VI. BERBERiDE-aE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Decaisim, 



liacemes 1 ft., horizontal, fascicled, terminal or leaf-opposed. Flotvers J in. long, pen- 

 dulous, yellow-green ; pedicels as long ; bracts small, subulate, deciduous. Follicles 3 in., 

 cylindric, obtuse, recurved, edible. 



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2. PARVATXA, Decaisne. 



Flmvers racemed, 



A large climbing shrub. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate. _ 

 monoecious. Sejxils 6, 2-seriate, 3 outer valvate. Petals 6, lanceolate, much 

 smaller. Male fl. : Stamens 3, monadelphous ; antbers oblong, apicuWe. 

 Feji. fl. : Staminodes 6, minute, free. Ovaries 3 ; stigma sessile, oblong, 

 acute ; ovules many, covering the walls of the ovary, mixed with long bairs. 

 Fruit of 3, berried, indehiscent, many-seeded carpels. Seeds imbedded in 

 pulp. 



1. P. Brunonlana, Decaisne in Archiv. Mtis. i. 190, t. 12 A : |^^^^ 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate rarely obtuse. II, f. & T. FL Ind. 214. 

 Stauntonia Brunoniana, Wall. Cat 4592. 



Assam and Khasia hills, alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallichj &c. 



Bark of old branches pale corky, of young smooth. Petioles 3-5 in. 

 1-2^ in,, base subacute or rounded, shinliig above, glaucous below, ^ — . ., 



leaflet 1 in,, of lateral \ in. Peduncles 2-4 in., fascicled on scaly tubercles, ngia, 



-Assam 



Leaflets 3-5 by 

 petiole of niw' 



slender*, pedicels spreading; bracteoles basal, minute, linear. Flowers green 

 male J, female § in. long. Carpels { in., obtuse at both ends, granulate, 

 specimens have more membranous aud obtuse leaves, less glaucous beneath. 





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A climbing shrub. Leaves digitate. 



cicles or racemes. Sepals 6, 2-seriate ; 3 outer valvate. 

 orbicular. AT ~ 



Flowers moncecious, in axillary »*• 



Petals 6, miuu e, 



tte. Fem. fl. : •^f; 



mi nodes 6 y rainnte _ , _,_^ ^^ ^, 



walls of the ovary. Fruit of 3, berried, many-seeded carpels. Seeds Hft^ 

 bedded in pulp. 



1. H. latifolia, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 24, t, 16 ; leaflets ovate or oblong, 

 . lanceolate or linear in young plants, acuminate. : 



. Himalaya, alt. 4-9000 ft, from Bhotan to Kumaon; Khasia mLLS alt. 4000 «•» 

 Upper Assam, at low elevations. 



Trunk sometimes 4-6 in. diam., bark corky when old. 



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Trunk sometimes 4-6 in. diam., bark corky when old. Leaves 3-9foliolate ; '^* .jj. 

 3-6 by 4-2 in., base rounded or acute, shiuing above, pale and reticulate ^?"^^^jj 

 petiole of mid-leaflet its own length, of the lateral shorter. Peduncles solitary 

 fascicled. Flowers subcorj-mbose, purplish-green, sweet-scented ; male ^-Sj"'» '^ 

 larger. Carpels 2-3 in., sessile or short-stalked, oblong, obtuse at both ends; ^« J 

 variable. iTie characters of the seed require confirmation. ..Mja 



Var. 1. ^/^/oZirt, leaflets 3-5 ovate or oblong, seeds straight obovoid.— H. lay^ y 

 Wall, I.e.; Decaisne in Archiv. Mm, i. 194, t. 12, B; II. f. & T, Fl Ind. 21^- ^' 

 acuminata, Lindl in Jour n. Hort. Soc. ii. 313. Stauntonia latifolia Wall ^^\ 



Var. an ffust: folio, leaflets 7-9 narrow- or linear- lanceolate, seeds cu^^^^^V^iu 

 angustifolia. Wall, Tent, t. 17 ; Decaisne and H.f. & T I.e. Stauntonia angus^^^**^ 



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Shrubs ; wood yellow. Leaves pinnate or simple and then f^^^^^ • i^d, 

 tbe axils of 3-5-partite spines. -F/ow?er5 yellow, hermaphrodite, ia^<^^*^.j 

 rac'emed or solitary. Sq>als 6. with 2-3 appressed bracts, imbricate ^ 



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