Pistachia integerrima, deciduous tree of dry slopes of W. Himalya, with 

 characteristic leaf-galls 6-7 in. long. Flowers small, dioecious; Drupe J in. 



Rbamnaceae (45/500) based on European Rhamnus (Buckthorn); cf. — - 



Zizyphus Jujuba, a spinous tree, largely cult, for fruit : flowers small, 

 greenish-yellow ; ovai)- sunk in receptacle, 2-locular ; fruit a drupe, \ in. long (to 

 \\ in. cuh.), with furrowed stone, 2-seeded and giving 2 seedlings. 



Ampelideae (Vitaceae, 11/450) include liana-forms as Vilis, Wild Vines, 

 400 sp., tf. : — 



Vitis vinifera indig. to NW. Himal) a and W. Asia, cult. ; a large woody 

 climber with inllorescence-tendrils : flowers small, green, panicled, petals cohering 

 distally and shed ; stamens 5 antipet., free : carpels 2, ovules 2 (3) per loculus : berry 

 3-5 seeded, endosperm solid with thick walls. 



Leea, a genus of erect shrubs, no tendrils, flowers with greater range, stamens 

 uniting with petal-bases in a staminal tube. /. umhractdifera in valle)s, Sikkim, 

 50 ft., with thick trunk. 



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