12 MENISPERMACE^l. [ 



After these bundles have attained full development, they in turn cease 

 to grow, and a third circle forms in the cellular tissue of the bark, and 

 so on. There is great variety in the wood structure of the genera of 

 this family.'" Brandts' Forest Flora, p. 10. 



1. COCCULUS, DC. 



1. C. laurifolius, DC.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 101; Brandis 9. Meni- 

 spermum lanrifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 815. Vern. Ttlpara, kakra, Hind. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark thin, grey. Wood greyish 

 white, soi't, divided by very broad medullary rays and concentric rings of 

 the same substance as the rays, into numerous oblong radial masses, each 

 mass consisting of wood cells and small uniformly distributed pores with 

 a narrow belt of fibres (liber) at the outer edge. 



Outer Himalaya from the Ravi to Nepal ascending to 5,000 ft. 



Weight 41 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



ibs. 



H 2939. Near Suni, Sutlej Valley, 3,000 ft 42 



E 2466. Calcutta Botanic Gardens . 40 



ORDER VI. BEEBERIDE^E. 



An order containing four Indian genera of woody plants, belonging to two tribes, viz. : 

 Tribe I. Lardizabaleae .....:. Decaisnea, Parvatia 



and Hollbollia. 

 II. Berbereoe ....... Berberis. 



Two, each containing one species, are climbers, viz., Parvatia Brunoniana, Decaisne ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 108, from Assam and the Khasia Hills; and Hollbollia latifolia 

 Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 108 ; Brandis 13 ; Gamble 4. Vern. Gophla, Kumaun ; Chiriya- 

 nangri, bagul, Nep. ; Pronchadik, Lepcha ; Domhyem, Bhutia. The latter is found 

 in the Himalaya from Kumaun eastwards, above 4,000 feet elevation, and in the 

 Khasia Hills. It has a large edible fruit, a soft corky bark and wood with large 

 pores and broad medullary rays (E 2859. Tukdah, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet). Decaixiica 

 iiisignis, Hook. f. and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 107. Vern. Nomorchi, Lepcha ; Loo- 

 dooma, Bhutia, is an erect shrub of the Inner Sikkim Himalaya, growing between 

 7,000 and 10,000 feet, also with edible fruit. 



1. BERBERIS, Linn. 



Contains about twelve species, all Himalayan ; two only extending southwards to the 

 Nilgiris and the hills of Burma. One species, B. asiatica, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 1S'2 ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 110. Vern. Xilmora, Kumaun ; Mate-kissi, chitra, Nep., is nlso 

 found on Parasnath in Behar. Besides those here described, B. umbellata, Wall., 

 B. asiatica, Eoxb., B. Wallichiana, DC., B. insiffnis,Hook. L,JB.macrosepala, Hook. 

 f., and B. concinna, Hook. f. occur in different parts of the Himalaya, chiefly at 

 elevations above 8,000 ft. 



Wood yellow, hard or moderately hard, splits very much in seasoning. 

 Pores small, larger and more numerous on the inner edge of each 

 annual ring, the rest of the pores smaller and arranged in irregular tails 

 or patches. Medullary rays bright yellow, moderately broad, or broad. 



Thechi'T X.-rih-Wrsl Himalayan spears may thus be recognized: 

 Leaves pinnate ........ , B. 



Leaves simple 



Leaves thin with many equal sevraliuvs . . . JB. 



L ::vrs OOriaoeoUft, sen-attires few, unequal 







Leaves large, ^iven hmeath . . . B. 



Le;i\e^ siiiiill. o'l.-iurous lh'lie;ith . . B. I .^/ri II III. 



Brunches ivddi.-h ..... //. 



