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Shrubs with Opposite Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Sambucns elsulus, 

 Dwarv Eldor, 



Gand'tl. 



CaPRIFOLIACE^. 

 F. B. I.iii. 2. 

 Kashmir, 6-10,000 ft. 



small, leaves unequally pinnate, 9 in. long, leaflets 

 5-9, oblong, lanceolate, 3-6 in. long, slightly velvety ; 

 stipules often leafy ; flowers with a strong odour in 

 large many rayed level bracteate bunches, calyx 3-& 

 toothed, corolla ^ in. dia., 3-5 lobed, broad, white, 

 pink or dark purple ; stamens 5, drupe J in. dia„ 

 round, black when ripe, crowned with the calyx. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



Berberis vulgaris, 

 BaiberrY) 



Chock r. 

 Bbrbkbidace^. 

 F. B, I. 1. 109. 

 Himalaya, 8-12,000 

 Narkaada (Collett). 



it. 



small, wood yellow, bark brown soft ; leaves, in 

 tufts in the axils of 3-5 forked spines, stalked, 1-3 

 in. long, margin spinous, toothed ; flowers pale 

 yellow in droopin ' racemes longer than the leaves, 

 sepals 6, petal-like, in 2 series, petals 6, in 2 series 

 stamens 6, siyle short ; berry oblong, ovoid, red when 

 ripe. This plant is used as a diuretic. 



Serlsoris aristata, 



Eaxhtiial. 

 BEUBEUIDACEiE. 

 F. B. I. i. no. 

 Himalaya, 6-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Lolbti). 



like the last species, young branches red tint, 

 leaves sessile, broad, lanceolate, 1^-2 in, long, margin, 

 with few teeth, racemes long stalked, branched, 

 longer than the leaves. The root is used as a cure 

 for ague in native medicine. 



Berlseris Lyciiim, 



Chiitrn. 



Bebberidace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 110. 

 Himalaya, H-a,0O0 ft, 

 Simla (Collett). 



like the last, but smaller, bark white ; leaves sessile, 

 narrowly lanceolate, 1^ by ^ in., acute, margin smooth 

 or only few small teeth, racemes shortly stalked, not 

 branched, hardly longer than the leaves, berry ovoid 

 violet, covered with bloom. Rasout, an extract from 

 the root, Ls used as a febrifuge. 



Cadaba farixiosa, 



Capparidace^, 



F. B.I. i. 173. 



The Plains, Multan. 



small, straggling, much branched, wiry, and hoary : 

 leaves \-h in., rarely 1 in. long, ovate, obtuse ; flowers 

 1 in. diam., greenish-white, in few flowered level 

 bunches, petals 4, narrow, stalked oblong, stamens 

 4-6 on a long stalk ; fruit i-l| in. long, fleshy, cylin- 

 dric. 



