112 VI. BERBERiDE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Berie)i3, 



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beneath margin thickened, peduncles slender, outer sepals half as long aa 



the inner, berries large oblong. //•/. d' T. FL hid, 229. 



Interior vallejs of Sikkim; Himalaya, alt. 12-13,000 ft. -ff. /. 



A small shrub, 1-3 ft., often forming appressed cushions, conspicuous for the deep 

 green upper and white under surface of its small deciduous leaves ; spines equalling 

 the leaves or shorter, 3-fid, slender. Leaves \~\ in., tip rounded or truncate. Peduncle 

 exceeding the leaves. Flowers bright-orange. Berries J-f in., pendulous, compressed, 

 many-seeded. 



Doubtful species are (1) a shrub like B. concinna and referred to it as var. /3 in FI. 

 Ind,, with angled and lobed spinous toothed leaves, found at 9-10,000 ft. in Kuinaon 

 and Garwhal. (2) A Sikkim (alt. 9000 ft.) species allied to the above, in flower and 

 young leaf only, with obovate-lanceolate entire awned leaves, and fascicled or subum- 

 belled flowers on a slender peduncle. 



6. EPXMEDZUM, Linn. 



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Herbs ; rootstock creeping. Leaves ternately compound. Flowers white 

 or coloured, racemed or panicled. Sepals 8, petaloid, in 2 opposite series, 

 outer smaller. Petals 4, opposite the sejials, hooded or spurred. SUiTnens, 

 4, opposite the petals ; anther-cells opening by recurved valves. Ovart/ 1; 

 style subulate, continuous with the dorsal suture, stigma dilated; oyule3 

 few or many, 2-seriate on the ventral suture. Capsule elongate, unequally 

 2-valved, smaller valve deciduous, leaving the seeds attached to the persis- 

 tent larger. >SV<?<i5 few, aril fleshy.— DiSTRiB. Specie sabout 8 ; temp. Europe 

 and Asia. 



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. elatum, Morr. ^ Due. in At^u. Sc. Nat Ser. 2, ii. 356 ; leaves 2-3- 

 ternate, leaflets ovate-cordate, sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, filaments 

 equalling the ovary, ovules 2-3. Dne.in Jacg. Voy. BoU 9, t. 8 ; H,f. <f^ J* 

 FL Ind. 231. 



Western Himalaya, Kashmir, Banahal and Kishtwar, alt. 6-8000 ft., J(i<^V^' 

 montf &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., slender, glabrous. Leaves 6-12 in. ; leaflets 1-24 ^^^-i lateral oWiqu^i 

 membranous, flpinuloiis-toothed. Panicle glabrous or glandular ; bracts niinate. 

 Flowers I in. diam., jellow-white. Anthers linear. Ovary linear; style slender per* 

 sistent. Capside membranous. Seeds 2-3, reniform, black. 



6. PODOFBirZiZitrM, Linn 



Scapigerous herbs ; rootstock creeping, scaly, 2-leaved. Leaves peltat^j 

 palmately lobed. Flowers large, white or rose-coloured, Sejmls 3-6, pe^^ 

 loid. Petals 6-9 (rarely 4). Stamens as many or twice as many as tne 

 petals ; anther-cells opening by slits. Ovary simple ; stigma large, sessile, 

 peltate ; ovules many, on a broad ventral placenta. Fruit berried, m^W 

 seeded. Seeds obo void, imbedded in pulp. — DisTiaB. A N. American ana 

 a Himalayan species. 



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1. P. emodi, Wall Cat. 814 ; scape supra-axillary, stamens usuauy^ 

 Royk. III. 64 and 379 in note; IL /. <(: I\ FL Ind. 232. P. hexandrum, 

 Moyle Lc. ; Dne. in Jacq. Voy. Bot, ii. t. 9. 



Interior ranges of the Himalata, alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Sikkim to H-A^-***' 

 descending to 6000 ft. in Kashmir. ur , ^. 



Stem or scape 6-12 in., erect, stoo^ 'herbaceous. Leaves 2, vernal, alternate, lo|* 

 fie'tioled, plaited and deflexed in venation, 6-10 in. diam., orbicular, 3-5-lobea w> 



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