2-4 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, coriaceous, with a narrow 
callous margin and numerous sharp spines which are 
directed forwards and are up to tin. long ; spines at the bases 
of the leaf-tufts tripartite, }-2 in. long. lowers in fascicles 
of 2—15, usually 5—9, from winterbuds the scales of which are 
ovate, with sharp points ; pedicels slender, 2—2 in. long, or 
even longer. Sepals 6, the outer +'y in. long, the inner up 
to + in. long, all suborbicular. Petals obovate-orbicular, as 
long as the inner sepals, brownish yellow. Stamens one-third 
shorter than the petals. Stigma subsessile, pileiform. Berry 
black with a glaucous bloom, ellipsoid, 1—% in. long, } in. 
wide.—Orro Srapr. 
Fig. 1, leaf margin; 2, flower; 8, petal and stamen; 4, petal; 5, pistil:— 
all enlarged. 
