112 VI. BERBERIDE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns,) [Bcrbcris. 



beneath margin thickened, peduncles slender, outer sepals half as long as 

 the inner, berries large oblong. //./. & T. Fl. Iml. 229. 



Interior valleys of SIKKIM ; HIMALAYA, alt. 12-13,000 ft., //./. 



A small shrub, 1-3 ft., often forming appressed cushions, conspicuous for the deep 

 green upper and white under surface of its small deciduous leaves ; spines equalling 

 the leaves or shorter, 3-fid, slender. Leaves 4~f in., tip rounded or truncate, fedtutd* 

 exceeding the leaves. Flowers bright-orange. JBerries ^-f in., pendulous, compressed, 

 many-seeded. . ._ 



Doubtful species are (1) a shrub like . concinna and referred to it as var. ft in Fl. 

 Ind., with angled and lobed spinous toothed leaves, found at 9-10,000 ft. in Kumaon 

 and Garwhal. (2) A Sikkim (alt. 9000 ft.) species allied to the above, in flower and 

 young leaf only, with obovate-lanceolate entire awned leaves, and fascicled or subum- 

 belled flowers on a slender peduncle. 



5. EPHVIEDIUltt, Linn. 



Herbs; rootstock creeping. Leavr* ternately compoimd. Flowers white 

 or coloured, racemed or panicled. Sepal* ^, petaloid, in -2 opposite series, 

 outer smaller. Petals 4 opposite the sepals, hooded or spurred. Sf'nnt>/ix 

 4, opposite the petals ; anther cells opening by recurved valves. (),'<iry 1; 

 style subulate, continuous with the dorsal suture, stigma dilated; ovules 

 few or many, 2-seriate on the ventral suture. Ctt]*nl<- elongate, unequally 

 2-valved, smaller valve deciduous, leaving the seeds attached to the persis- 

 tent larger. Meeds few, aril fleshy. DISTRIB. Species about 8 ; temp. Europe 

 and Asia. 



E. elatum, Morr. & Dne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, ii. 356; leaves 2-3- 

 ternate, leaflets ovate-cordate, si-pals ovate-lanceolate acute, filaments 

 equalling the ovary, ovules 2-3. Dne. in Jacq. Voy. JM. 9, t. 8 ; //./. & T. 

 /'/. Ind. 231. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, KASHMIR, BANAHAL and KISHTWAR, alt. 6-8000 ft., Jacque- 

 mont, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., slender, glabrous. Leaves 6-12 in.; leaflets l-2 in., lateral oblique, 

 membranous, Bpionlon^-tOOthed. J'<m'-l- irla brims or glandular; bracts minute. 

 Flowers in. diani., yellow-white. Antlnra linear. Oi-ary linear; style slender, per- 

 sistent. Capsule membranous. reiiifurm black. 



6. PODOHPYLLUIVI, Linn. 



Scapigerous herbs ; rootstock creeping, scaly, 2-leaved. Leaves peltate, 

 palmately lobed. Flowers large, white or rose-coloured, ft/mis 3-6, peta- 

 loid. Petals 6-9 (rarely 4). ,S7,//,,, //.s- as many or twice as many as the 

 petals ; anther-cells opening by slits. Ovary simple ; stigma large, sessile, 

 peltate ; ovules many, on a broad ventral placenta. Fruit berried, many- 

 seeded. Seeds obovoid, imbedded in pulp. DISTRIB. A N. American and 

 a Himalayan species. 



1. P. emodi, Wall. Cat. 814 ; scape supra- axillary, stamens usually 6. 

 Royle III. 64 and 379 in note ; II. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 232. P. hexandrum, 

 Royle I.e. ; Dne. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. ii. t. 9. 



Interior ranges of the HIMALAYA, alt. 9-14,000 ft., from SIKKIM to HAZARA, 

 descending to 6000 ft. in KASHMIR. 



Stem or scape 6-12 in., erect, stout, herbaceous. Leaves 2, vernal, alternate, long- 

 petioled, plaited and deflexed in venation, 6-10 in. diam., orbicular, 3-5-lobed to the 



