638 XLII. RHAMNE^:. (M. A. Lawson.) [BcrcJicmia. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft., /. D. H. 



A climbing shrub; young branches with black spreading deciduous hairs. Pedicels 

 -J in. long, often arcuate. Calyx 5-fid ; lobes triangular, acute. Petals 5, oblong. 

 Stamens 5. Fruit 4 in. long. 



3. B. polyphylla, Wall. Cat. 4259 ; leaves 1-1| ID. ovate obtuse, 

 petiole iin., Bowers in axillary racemes. 



BIRMA ; at Taong Dong, Wallich. 



An erect? shrub; young branches, racbis, and petioles puberulous. Pedicels J- in. 

 long, straight. Ca///;/*5-iid, lubes triangular, acute. Petals 5, almost orbicular. /Stamen* 5. 

 Fruit ^ in. long. Closely allied to . Jlavescens. 



4. B. lineata, DC. Prodr. ii. 23; leaves '^-1 in. ovate or suborbicular 

 subsessile, stipules very small setaceous, flowers 2-3 together fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves or clustered at the ends of the brandies. Hook. <( 

 Arn. Eot. Beech. 177, t. xxxvii. ; Jlrnndi* For. Flr. 91. ? B. Poiretiana, 

 DC. Piodr. ii. -l'.\. llhamnus lineatus, Linn. Aum-n. iv. 308. 



NORTH WK-T HIMALAYA, from the Indus eastwards; Kha/.an Valley, alt. 4-7000 ft., 

 Stewart; Sikkim, alt. 10,000 it., ./. D. //. UISTIMM. China. 



A diffuse shrub, with subvolublr branches, puberulous when young. Flowers on 

 slender pedicels i-| in. Cali/.i- "i-cK-lt ; lobjM linear subulate, many limes longer 

 than the tube. Petals linear-lanceolate. Fruit ovoid, in. long, succulent, blue. 



5. B. Edg-eworthii, Law*.; loaves ;-l in. subelliptic, petiole ; .] in., 

 istipules ] in. long ovate-lanceolate scariuus, ilowers about 2 together in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



\YI:SIKI;N HIMALAYA, alt. 7-8000 ft., EtTyrworth. 



An erect? shrub, with glabrous bruin-hcs. l''hi; rs on short pedicels, the buds 



almost hidden by the stipules. < 'u'i/s i) lid. l\tulx ('., vry ln-oadly-.ivati-. Xtdinens 6. 

 -arrounded at t!, ;he porsistt-nt entire calyx. Known at 



once by its conspicuous stipules and u'-menms lluwers. 



5. RHA1VINUS, L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Flowers fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves or disposed in .simple or compound racnnes, 

 hermaphrodite or polygamous. ('<////./ 4 r>-fid ; tube urceolate ; lobes 

 keeled within. /'' /'//.< 4 5 or 0, cucullate or Mat. Stamens 4-5. ])i*h thin, 

 lining the calyx-tube. Ovary free, 3-4-celled, narrowed into a 3-4-cleft 

 style. Fruit a berry-like drupe, girt at the base by the .small calyx-tube, 

 2-4-celled, 2-4-seeded, obscurely deliiscent or indehiscent. Meed obovoid, 

 albumen fleshy. DISTRIB. ^j-ecics about 60, scattered over the hotter and 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



* Flowers 4-merous. 



1. B. Arnottianus, Gardn. in Thwaites Enum. 74; unarmed, 

 petals 0. 



CEYLON ; in the most elevated parts of the Central province. 



A small glabrous tree; young branches puberulous. Leaves l|-3 by |-1| in., 



ovatu-lauceolate, acute or subacurninate, clcsdy serrate. Flowers 2-4, la.sc.icled in 

 the axils of the leaves. Fruit on pedicels f-1 in. long, the size of a pea, 3-4-lobed, 

 reddish-black. The whole plant turns blackish in drying. 



2. R. persicus, Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 17; armed, leaves tomentose 

 beneath, petals 4. Brand** For. Flor. 93. 



SULIMAN and SALT ranges; TE.MI-EKATE HIMALAYA, from the Jhelum eastwards to 

 Garwhal, alt. 2-5000 it. ; WESTERN TIBET, alt. 9-14,000 it. JJISTIUB. Beluchistan, 

 Persia. 



