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Plant. As. Bar. iii. t. 243 ; Cat. 1478, ff.f. d; T. Fl. hid. 225. B. asiatica, 

 ^rf. Ic. PI. hid. Or. iv. t. 1648. . 



Temperate Himalaya in forests, alt. 8-10,000 ft., from Nipal, WalMi, to Bhotan, 

 ^mth; Khasia hills, alt. 5-fiOOO ft. 

 Var. 1. atroviridis (sj). Wall, mss.) ; branches angular, leaves 1^-4 in. lanceolate 



or narrow obovate, berries black-purple shining. B. Wallichiana, DC. Lc—mpal to 

 i>flotan. 



Kf *n" '^^^^ocarpa; branches angled or deeply grooved, leaves as in Var. 1, 

 out smaller and sometimes (juite entire, berries \ in. elliptic-oblong, style short, stigma 

 small. — Khasia hills. 



\^^. d.latlfoUa ; leaves 1-2 in. broadly obovate or elliplic-oblong, flowers as in 



V ^'■~:^*'^'^,^.^^^oods, alt. 8-10,000 ft. in Sikkim. 

 y ^^-^^ pcdUda; leaves 2-3 in. narrow lanceolate spinulose pale and glaucous 

 i>eneath, iascicles few-flowered.— Bhotan, Griffith. 



evL^' i^sigrnis, //./ ({r T. FL hid. 226; erect, spines very few, leaves 



ergreen large solitary or geminate elliptic or linear-lanceolate shining on 



^ss 1 ^^, ®^ spinous toothed, pedicels short thick, berries ovoid, stigma 



^ob£^S A°^ *^^ Eastern Himalaya, alt. 7-10,000 ft. ; from E. Nipal, H.f., 



/'/IJ^^^i'S holly-like bush, 4-6 ft. Leaves 3-7 in., rather remote ; petiole short. 

 ^ernV/i ~ i/^/ fascicle, golden-yellow; pedicels ^-l in., curved. Peiafo 2-fid. 



Wef f ^"'^^j*' ^^••^- ^ ^- ^^- ^^^<^- 227 ; glaucous, robust, densely spiny, 

 small Af *^^^^^a pungent margins thickened, pedicels very short, berries 

 "wu, stigma sessile. 



aS"* ?T''' '^°"^' '^'•y places in Nubra, alt. 14-16,000 ft., T. T. /■ 



'ed. Berry black, glaucous. 



in i'^'^"'^^«« solitari/ {rarely 2-3), l:/towered. 



leaves smaS**?^^®**' ^^^^- <^«^- 1475 wi joa?-«; young shoots puberulous, 

 peduncle pl^^^X^^e or obovate-lanceolate puberulous, margins thickened, 

 ^iiner h^rr,- v "? ^^^ leaves stout curved, outer sepals equalling the 

 ■ T ' ''^^^^e^ broad pendulous. 



T^MPER^,, HlMALAV 



?^'^"ncle stn,?r *^^ ^""V^^ oWong, red, 5-7-8eeded, edible ; stigma sessile or style short; 

 ..:' . °^"ui, curved. > i a 



^^•^is, lea^f ° K**®^*^*' ^- f- *'« ^^^- ^^«J7- t- 4744 ; erect or prostrate, gla- 

 H«ncle slpn I ^^®"°^^""g coarsely spinulose-toothed, margins thickened,. 



£•/• cC- T.njnd ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ equalling the inner, berries large ovoid. 



r^ ^n'aiuii^f^? Himalaya, alt. 12-13,000 ft., ff.f. . V \ 



r^wfascicledi , • ' '^'"anches spreading; spines slender equalling the leaves, 

 ""^^d. glabrous *» ^"•' "^"^'^y glaucous beneath. Flowers rather large, peduncle 

 12. S '■^«^'-»f» 4-1 in., red, 6-10-8eeded ; stigma sessile. ;,^ 



^^(^IgI ^enJ*^^*? ^' f' *» ^0^- Mag. t. 4744 ; prostrate, much branched, 



cuuer red. glabrous, leaves small obovate spinous-toothed white 





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