RHAMNACE^ Sj 



Gen. List. Punjab. Temperate Himalaya from Simla to Bhotan ; and 

 on to China and Japan. 



A close ally of R. catharticus Z., the common Buckthorn of England, 

 Fr. Nerprum medicanal, Ger. Kreuzdom. Also of R. dahuricus Pall, of 

 northern Asia which however is not the same plant. 



The F.B.I, gives the leaves as glabrous, but those of var hirsuhis as 



2 inches long and pubescent. The leaves seen by me are pubescent on the 

 under side, and especially on the petiole, but are small, in size exactly as 

 Wight's Herb. Prop. 508 ! the type of R. hirstitus W. & A. and as figured 

 by Beddome as R. hirstitus in Y\. Syl. An. Gen. t. X., which is also quoted 

 for this variety in the F.B.I. I find specimens from the north-western 

 Himalaya at high elevations, and also from Burma. Also pubescent and 

 am inclined to think therefore that the var hirsntus is not a definite one. 



In t. 63 : b. flower as seen from above showdng the four long sepals ; 

 c. flower in section through two opposite sepals ; d. the same through two 

 opposite petals, sepals not shown ; e. stamen and petal in position as in 

 the flower j /. stamen and petal separated. 



Rhamnus wightii Wight and Aniott ; Wight Herb. Prop. 

 507 ! ; F.B.I, i 639, V 4. A shola shrub or tree, growing 

 on the Kodaikanal downs to a height of 50 feet with 

 branches 15 inches thick at 15 feet from the ground ; twigs 

 dark green and like all the other parts glabrous. Leaves 



3 to 5 inches long, elliptic or oblong, shortly acuminate, 

 finely serrate, when dry black. Flowers in fascicles in 

 the leaf-^xils ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; floral 

 parts in fives. Sepals triangular. Petals flat. Styles 

 three. Disc thin. Fruit 1/5 inch, set on the cup-shaped 

 calyx tube. t. 65. Wight Ic. 159. 



Very common in sholas near Ootacamund, and everywhere 

 on the Nilgiri and Pulney downs. The short flowering branches 

 are often arranged in large terminal panicles. Flowers May to 

 September. Fyson 2066,2050. Bourne 227^492, 1502. 



Gen. Dist. Western Ghats and Ceylon, at high elevations only. 



POMADERRIS. 42 ix.* 



An Australian genus one species introduced here, 

 peculiar in its egg-shaped calyx tube and comparatively 

 long flat petals. 



Species 20, of which 18 in south and south-east Australia 

 and 2 in New Zealand. 



Nanied frovi poma a lid avd derrii skin. 



