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1 Temperate Himalaya; Kips], Wallich ; Sikkira, alt. 7-10.000 ft., X -D- -ff. 

 ,' A climbing shrub; young branches \sith black spreading deciduous hairs. Pedicm 

 J-J in. long, often arcuate. Calyx 5-M] lobes triangular, acute*- Fdak 5, oblong. 

 Stamens 5. Fruit 4 in. long. '// .vt? . * 



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leaves 1-1| in. ovate obtuse, 



petiole -jin., tlowers in axillary racemes. ,, / 



,v BiRMA ; at Taong Dong, Wallich. . 7 .' . 



/ An erect? shrub; young branches, rachis, and petioles puberulous. Pedicels J-J in. 



long, straight. Ca/?/x5-fid, lobes triangular, acute. -Pe^aZ^ 5, almost orbicular. Siammo. 

 ■Fruit I in. long, — Closely allied to B.Jlavescens. .■■"... -^^v/irrrp t .-^ ' -' 



, DC. Prodr. ii. 23; leaves ^-1 in. ovate of suBorbicular 



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subsessile, stipules very small setaceous, flowers 2-3 together fascicled m 

 the axils of the leaves or clustiered at the ends of the branches. i^W-^ 

 Arn. BoL Beech. Ill, t. xxxvii. ; Brandis Far. Flor. 91. ? R Poiretiana, 

 DC. Prodr. ii 23. Ehamnus lineatus, Linn. Amcen. iv. 308. - - - 



NoBTH West Himalaya, from the Indus eastwards ; Khazan Valley, alt. 4-700011., 

 Stewart; Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ft., /. D, ^.— Distrib. China. _, ' 



A diffuse shrub, with subvoluble branches, puberulous when young, /'"^"'f' 

 slender pedicels J -| in.' Calyx 5-cleft; lobes linear-subulate, many times longer 

 than the tube. Petals linear-lanceolate. Fruit ovoid, i in. long, succulent, blue. 



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An erect? shrub, with glabrous branches. Flowers on short P^^^f^^^V l«^ 6 

 almost hidden by the stipules. Calyx ^-M. Pefafe 6, very broadly-ovate, ^(f'"^ ^j 

 J^rw/f g in. long, surrounded at the base by the persistent entire calyx.—i^ofl 

 ' once by Its conspicuous stipules and 6-merous flowers. ''- ■'' \ . . > * 





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Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Flowers fascia^" 

 the axils of the leaves or disposed in simple or . compound ^'^^^Q 

 hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx 4-5-fid ; tube^ ^^'^^'^^ n -'j. thin, 

 keeled within. Petals 4-5 or 0, cucullate or flat. Stamens 4-5. ^p^ ,^ 

 lining the calyx-tube. Ovary free, 3-4-celled, narrowed into ^r^.^^ 

 style. . Fruit a berry-like drupe, girt at the base by tlie sniaJl caiy^'J^^jV 

 2-4-celled, 2-4-seeded, obscurely dehiscent or indehiscent. .'^^YXrand 

 albumen fleshy.— DiSTRiB. Species about 60, scattered over the not'!*' , 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



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Ceylon; in the most elevated parts of the Central province. ■ ^^ q'W ?'li ^'' 

 A small glabrous tree; young branches puberulous. - -^^^^^^ -^ V- Lcicled i^^ 

 ovate.lanceolate, acute or subacuniinate, closely serrate. Flowers Z-% 'V|4obed, 

 the axils of the leaves. Fruit on pedicels |-1 in. long, the size of ajpea, o 

 reddish-black.— The whole plant turns blackish in drying. , ^ ' ' 





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