410 V Lii. SAxiFBAGACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) - {^Bihes. 



1. Sr. Orossulariay Linn; Wall. C'a^. 6835 and in JRoxb. FL Ind, ii. 

 515 ; Em/. Bot, t. 1292 ; H,f, .^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 86 ; Boiss. FL Orient. 

 ii. 815 ; Brand. For. FL 213. E. Himalensis, Ro7jle IlL 225. R. alpstre, Dene. 



in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 75. 



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Alpine Western Himalaya, from Kumaok to Kashmir, alt. 9000-12,000 ft.; 

 frequent.— DisTKiB. North and Alpine Europe; the Atlas, Greek and Caucasus 

 ranges. 



Prickles usually 3 beneath each axil ; stems smooth or with numerous prickly 

 setae. Zeare^suborbicular, obtusely 3-5-lobed, the lobes incise-crenate, somewhat vil- 

 lous beneath. Peduncles usually solitary. Calyx-tube long, produced above the fruit. 

 Berry ^ in. long, oblong, inedible in the Indian plant. - , '.■. 



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Sect. II. Ribesia. Flowers racemed. Unarmed. 



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* Calyx-tube hardly produced above the fruit. 



2. R. orlentale, Poir. Diet. SuppL ii. 856 ; sticky glandular and minutely 

 hair}^, leaves round-reniform crenate obscurely 3-5-lobed; bracts f in. long, linear 

 often exceeding the pedicels, berry \ in. long yellow or reddish glandular-pubes- 

 cent, Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 817; Brand. For. FL 214. R. leptostachyum, 

 Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 76 ; H.f.Sf T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 86. R. vd- 

 losum, WalL Cat. 6832; andinRoxb.FLInd.W. 514. R. glutinosum, W 

 Joiirn. ' 



Kashmir and Baltistan, alt. 8000-12,000 ft. ; Jacqueviont, Munro, Boyle, &c.— 

 DisTRiB. Cabul, Persia, Armenia, Asia Minor and Greece. ' 



A shrub 6 ft. high, polygamo-dicecious. Leaves 1-1| in. diam. Eaf ernes erect,^ 

 somewhat dense in flower, lax and pendent in fruit. Flowers Hmoilj greenish.-^"- "*" 

 ierotrichum, Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 235, only differs by the eglandular fruits; ana 

 there is a whole series of closely allied species from the Altai to Persia. '. 



3. R. eriaciale, WalL in Boxb. FL Ind. ii. 513 ; stem glabrous, leaves' 

 glabrous or with scattered hairs above, bracts |-^ in, linear-lanceolate usually 

 much exceeding the pedicels, calyx-segments oblong, berries \ in. long glabrous 

 or minutely pubescent. WalL Cat. 6833 \ U. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. ^>oc. 

 ii. 88 ; Brand. For. FL 214. R. acuminatum, WalL Cat. 6834. ' 



Temperate and Alpixe Himalaya, fromBnOTAX to Kashmir, alt. 7000-12,000 ft. J 

 common and often epiphytic. ' ; 



Polygamo-dicecious, Leaves 1-2 in,, cordate, 3-5-Iobed, crcnate-serrate, the 

 middle lobe often elongate ; or simple, cordate-ovate, acuminate, sometimes n 

 in. long. Racemes pubescent, sometimes elongate. Flowers brownish or pink. »^: 

 2, laxiinmtum, H. f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 87 (spO* <iiff^^^ ^^ ^^^ f of 

 segments lanceolate. (The leaves are often not more laciniate than in examples o 

 Ii. glaciale.) 



desmocarpum, H. f. 



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87 ; stem 



glabresceiit, leaves softly pubescent beneath, bracts H ^°' ^""^^ Kr 

 lanceolate often exceeding the pedicels, calvx-segnieuts ovate-oblong obtu. , 

 berry \ iu. long glandular-pubescent. 



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SiKKiM and Ehotax, alt. 8500-10,000 ft. ; Griffith ; Lachen in Sikkim, t^ ^'^^^^ 

 Dioecious. Leaves 1_4 in., cordate, 3-o-lobed, crenate- serrate, the l^bes o ^ 



elongate. Bacemes pubescent, often elongate. Flowers brownish.— Very near 



ylaciale, Viall, differing chiefly by its very hairy berries. 



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