Sageretia.] XXV. RHAMNE.E. 95 



Leaves acuminate ; lateral nerves 4-8 pair . . 1. S. oppositifolia. 

 Leaves acute or obtuse ; lateral nerves 2-4 pair. 



Under side of leaves covered with a dense white 



woolly tomentum . . . . . 2. S. Brandrethiana. 



Under side of full-grown leaves glabrous . . 3. S. theesans. 



1. S. oppositifolia, Brongn. Syn. Zizyphus oppositifolia, Wall, in 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 370. Vern. Kanalc, gidarddk (jackal's vine), 

 drange, girthan, Pb. ; Aglaia, Kamaon. 



Armed with short spinescent branchlets. Leaves short-petiolate, silky- 

 tomentose when young, glabrous afterwards, coriaceous, ovate-oblong, acu- 

 minate, serrate, 2-4 in. long, with 4-8 pairs of lateral, arcuate nerves. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles and lateral racemes, ramifications covered 

 with short pubescence. Bracts 3-10 under each cluster, ovate, brown, cili- 

 ate. Calyx-lobes brown, persistent. Drupe turbinate, not lobed, \ in. 

 long ; black when ripe. 



Common in the North-West Himalaya, alt. 2000-6000 ft. ; from the Indus 

 to Bhutan, also in the Konkan and on the Nilgiris. Fl. at various seasons, 

 chiefly in autumn ; the fruit, which is. sweetish and edible, ripens in spring 

 and summer. A large shrub or small tree, branches often climbing, angular, 

 pubescent. Bark of stem and larger branches cinereous, often white speckled 

 and fairly smooth. 



2. S. Brandrethiana, Aitchison; Linn. Journ. viii. 62; Boissier Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 22. Vern. Momanna, maimuna, numdni, Afg. ; Ganger, 

 Ranger, goher, holier, Pb. 



Armed with numerous spinescent branchlets ; under side of leaves, 

 young branches, and ramifications of inflorescence covered with a dense 

 white woolly tomentum. Leaves on short petioles, elliptical, 1 in. long, 

 entire or slightly dentate, glabrous above, lateral nerves 2-4 pair. Flower- 

 panicles terminal and axillary. Bracts small, brown, ovate. Drupe ovoid, 

 obtuse, trisulcate, size of a small pea or black currant, succulent, with 

 raised longitudinal nerves, black when ripe. 



Abundant on the east side of the Suliman range, in the Salt range, and at 

 places in the outer N.W. Himalaya, between the Indus and Jhelam ; also in 

 Afghanistan, Beluchistan, and Muscat. Fl. usually from January-April, the 

 fruit ripening about May. A shrub, at most 10-12 ft. high, branches stiff, diver- 

 gent ; the younger decussate, and often spinescent. Bark of larger branches 

 glabrate, with a thin, white, shining epidermis, exfoliating while young. The 

 foliage easily distinguished by the dark green upper- and white tomentose un- 

 der side of the leaves. The fruit is sweetish, and is a great favourite with the 

 Afghans ; it is sold in bazaars of the frontier districts, and in some places a con- 

 diment is made of it. 



3. S. theesans, Brongn. ; Benth. Fl. Hong Kong, 68. Vern. Drangu, 

 awkol, kauli, karur, phomphM, kdnda, brinkol, cliannsli, kafrdi/i, thum, 

 hum, Pb. 



