RHAMNACEAE. 217 
BERCHEMIA. Supple Jack. 
(Family Rhamnaceae). 
Woody twiners: deciduous. 
Stems terete, slender, twiggy: 
pith moderate, continuous and 
homogeneous, round, pale. Buds 
small, solitary, sessile, elongated- 
triangular, closely appressed, with 
a couple of exposed scales. Leaf- 
scars alternate, small, round or 
half-round, much-raised, with 
minute persistent stipules at the 
top: bundle-trace 1, elliptical. 
Winter-character figures of the 
similar hardier Asiatic Berche- 
mia racemosa are given by Schnei- 
der, f. 69; and Shirasawa, 260, pl. 
dis 
When they can be grown suc- 
cessfully, the berchemias are ef- 
fective climbers, growing rapidly 
and producing an abundance of 
slender branches covered in the 
open season with rather small and neat leaves. In the South 
B. scandens, or B. volubilis as it is called sometimes, often 
reaches far up into the tops of tall trees. 
Glabrous: bud-scales with exfoliating cuticle. B. scandens. 
